September 2011
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My spiders brought back this really interesting page which has info on all the versions of Ben Hur (with plenty of eye candy posters) … definitely worth a look: Ben Hur: The Making of an Epic (blu-ray.com)
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ante diem iv kalendas octobres 48 B.C. — Pompeius Magnus, in the wake of his defeat at Pharsalus, is murdered as he steps ashore in Egypt
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Not sure how long this will be available (these BBC things tend to disappear) … it appeared on BBC4 last weekend and is based on Adrienne Mayor’s First Fossil Hunters … enjoy:
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Very interesting blog out of France which came to my attention via Delphine Regnard on Twitter: Langues et Cultures de l’Antiquité … plenty of news, reviews (book and plenty of games), and the like … worth a look if you’re comfortable with the French! I’ll regularly be scanning this one for inclusion in our Circumundique…
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ante diem v kalendas octobres 70 A.D. — Roman armies break through the walls of the upper city of Jerusalem (by one reckoning)
rogue classicism 