September 2011
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We’ll be posting these in a few batches … I’ve got a bit of a backlog to catch up on (hectic week): The religious calendar from Thorikos September 23, 2011 David Gill On This Day (September 23) September 23, 2011 Eric Insurgency in Ancient Times: The Jewish Revolts Against the Seleucid and Roman Empires, 166…
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ante diem ix kalendas octobres rites in honour of Latona at the Theatre of Marcellus Mercatus — those cupboards must have been really empty! 484 B.C. — Birth of Euripides (?) 480 B.C. — Athenian naval forces under Themistocles defeat Xerxes’ Persian force in the narrows of Salamis (one reckoning) 63 B.C. — birth of…
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A sidebar to a piece on the resurgence of Latin in Norfolk includes a sidebar with some ‘modern equivalents’ … inter alia: Like – sicut (as in “”I’m sicut studying Latin at sicut North Walsham High School”.”) … never seen that one before … via: Roman invasion take two as Latin returns to north Norfolk…
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… it’s actually Madeline Miller’s (of Song of Achilles authorship fame): Madeline Miller’s top 10 classical books | Guardian
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From a University of Southampton press release: University of Southampton and British School at Rome (BSR) archaeologists, leading an international excavation of Portus – the ancient port of Rome, believe they have discovered a large Roman shipyard. The team, working with the Italian Archaeological Superintendancy of Rome, has uncovered the remains of a massive building…
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