June 2012
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From a research council of Norway press release: In ancient Roman times A.D., Palmyra was the most important point along the trade route linking the east and west, reaching a population of 100 000 inhabitants. But its history has always been shrouded in mystery: What was a city that size doing in the middle of…
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Seen on various lists: In Memory of Alan Rodger: A Conference on Legal History and Roman Law Conference site http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/law/research/legalhistory/aconferenceinmemoryofalanrodger/ Friends and colleagues of Alan Rodger will meet in his memory at the University of Glasgow, on 7-8 September 2012, for a conference on legal history and Roman law. Alan Rodger, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry,…
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John Gruber-Miller posted this to the Classics list: The latest issue of Teaching Classical Languages (www.tcl.camws.org) features articles meant to inspire and provoke. Eric Dugdale shows the way he motivates his Latin students to use the language actively to create lively Latin compositions ranging from comic strips to haikus. Wilfred Major and Byron Stayskal challenge…
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pungent (Merriam Webster) proxemics (OED) agnate (Dictionary.com) Latinitweet: brevissimus: shortest, smallest, very short: adjective. Example sentence:Vita eius erat brevissima.Translation:H… http://t.co/HocoxvVv — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 17, 2012
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ante diem xv kalendas quinctilias 2nd century A.D. — martyrdom of Nicander and Marcian 265 A.D. — martyrdom of Antidius
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