June 4, 2012
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Seen on the Classicists list: The Department of Classics at King’s College London is appointing to a three-year Lectureship in Greek and Latin Language and Literature. The lecturer to be appointed should have been awarded a doctoral degree in the relevant field, or be close to submission of the doctoral thesis; proven research quality is…
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This looks interesting: Announcement of Competition Latin, Greek and Humanities at the Academy Vivarium Novum in Rome – Italy Academic year 2012-2013 The Academy Vivarium Novum is offering ten full tuition scholarships for high school students of the European Union (16-18 years old) and ten full tuition scholarships for University students (18-24 years old) of…
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We’re almost at the end … Adrian Murdoch continues the series with a guy who is often seen as the last emperor of the West: Julius Nepos: Emperors of Rome
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enjoin (Wordsmith) putative (OED) histrionics (Dictionary.com) A dabbling of Latinitas: nuntiare: to announce: verb. Example sentence:Hostibus appropinquantibus senatus Cincinnato nuntiavit eum factum… http://t.co/VuYEfhZr — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 4, 2012
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nonas junias 470/469 B.C. — birth of Socrates (according to one estimate) 466 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Dius Fidius … a.k.a. Semo Sancus (and associated rites thereafter) 17 B.C. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 1) 204 A.D. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 2)
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