December 7, 2011
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Blogging Pompeii: Ancient speed dating. [actually an interesting teaching technique]
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Katakolon Museums: The fire pump of Heron. [I saw a recreation of this thing (or something similar) on some television show; was it the Reinventors? I seem to recall they made it Chinese …]
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History of the Ancient World: Sol Invictus, the Winter Solstice, and the Origins of Christmas. [’tis the season; might as well have an academic article rather than some journalist’s spin …]
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The History of Rome: 161- The Swamps of Ravenna. [Stilicho and all that …]
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Tip o’ the pileus to Chuck Jones for alerting us to this paper (and others) by Andre Lemaire: Remarques sur le contexte historique et culturel de fondation de Carthage
rogue classicism 