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:
Month: June 2012
Classical Words of the Day
- enjoin (Wordsmith)
- putative (OED)
- histrionics (Dictionary.com)
A dabbling of Latinitas:
This Day in Ancient History: nonas junias
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)

Blogosphere ~ Review of Sperber, Greek in Talmudic Palestine
PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Sperber, Greek in Talmudic Palestine.
Blogosphere ~ Ancient and Modern
Friends of Classics ~ Ancient & Modern: 26th May 2012.