December 2012

  • seen on the Classicists list: A THREE-DAY CONFERENCE “Subversion and Censorship from Plato to Wikileaks” October 2-4, 2013 Papers are invited from scholars and researchers in all areas of the Humanities and all periods of history to explore important themes on the limitations of freedom of expression (in act, thought or speech). Instead of the…

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  • posted with permission: A Roman Verse Satire Reader: Selections from Lucilius, Horace, Persius, and Juvenal. By Catherine C. Keane. Mundelein, Illinois: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2010. Pp. xxvi + 142. Paper, $19.00. ISBN 978-0-86516-685-1. A Martial Reader: Selections from the Epigrams. By Craig Williams. Mundelein, Illinois: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2011. Pp. xxx + 185. Paper, $19.00. ISBN 978-0-86516-704-9.…

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  • Classical Words of the Day

    antepenultimate (Dictionary.com) limen (Wordnik) Latinitweets: adverb: ita , indeclinable => in this way, to such an extent, so http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) December 28, 2012 loqui: to talk: verb. Example sentence:Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.Translation:Slight griefs talk, g… http://t.co/JeCpszeu — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) December 28, 2012

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  • ante diem v kalendas januarias ? — traditional date for Herod’s massacre of the Holy Innocents 217 A.D. — the emperor Macrinus is coopted into all the priestly colleges

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  • lizgloyn: Bronze at the British Academy.

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