March 2013

  • Roxane’s Tomb Redux

    In case you missed the Blogosphere post, there have been developments in the possible identification of Roxane’s tomb. Long time readers of rogueclassicism will recall that we first heard of this claim back in October (Roxane’s Tomb?) and a recent announcement is currently working its way through the various Greek newspapers — most seem based…

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  • posted with permission: Latin Panegyric. Edited by Roger Rees. Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Pp. xvi + 430. Hardcover, £76.00/$150.00. ISBN 978-0-19-957671-5. Paper, £29.50/$55.00. ISBN 978-0-19-957672-2. Reviewed by Eleni Manolaraki, University of South Florida The Table of Contents of this volume can be found at: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/ClassicalStudies/ClassicalLanguages/Latin/?view=usa&sf=toc&ci=9780199576715 Edited…

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  • A bit vague … from Greek Reporter: A series of important archaeological findings has gradually been unearthed by the sunken submarine research in the Heraklion port located in ancient Egypt, the last years, according to announcements made at an international scientific conference at the University of Oxford. The coastal city on the delta of the…

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  • laudable (Merriam-Webster) tablinum (OED) desultor (Wordnik) Latinitweets: verb 3: pello , pellere, pepuli, pulsus => drive http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) March 28, 2013 *doctus, docta, doctum* adj – learned, trained, experienced #etymology of English noun "doctor" – someone who has earned an doctorial degree — Latin Vocabulary (@latinwordaday) March 27, 2013 dēcĭpŭla,…

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  • ante diem v kalendas apriles 37 A.D. — arrival of Gaius (Caligula) in Rome 193 A.D. — murder of the emperor Pertinax; recognition of Didius Julianus as Augustus 364 A.D. — elevation of Valens to the rank of Augustus … in the early Church, this was one of the days claimed as the day of…

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