December 1, 2011
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Bestiaria Latina Blog: Gaudium Mundo: Latin Holiday Songs.
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Seen on various lists: Transgressive Spaces in Classical Antiquity Lambda Classical Caucus Panel, APA Seattle (2013) Organizers: Sarah Levin-Richardson, Rice University (slr AT rice.edu) Lauri Reitzammer, University of Colorado at Boulder (reitzammer AT colorado.edu) What spaces in Greek and Roman antiquity were used for gender and sexual transgression? By what means were everyday spaces transformed…
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Interesting item from the Boston College Chronicle: What does the music of the Rolling Stones have in common with St. Augustine’s notions of evil? Plenty, say Carroll School of Management junior Michael Barilli and Stephanie St. Martin ’07, MA ’10, who teamed up to write a chapter analyzing the famed Stones’ hit, “Sympathy for the…
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This one’s been sitting in my box for a couple of days … from the Plain Dealer: The images of ancient Roman mosaics found and preserved recently in south central Turkey were stunning. Unfortunately, they flashed across the screen in a darkened auditorium at the American Academy in Rome too quickly. One had the impulse…
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kalendas decembres rites in honour of Neptune (connected with an altar rededication or a temple dedication?) rites in honour of Pietas near the Circus Flaminius (not much known about this one, apparently) 147 A.D. — Annia Galeria Faustina, wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, is given the title of Augusta
rogue classicism 