June 2013
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You’ve probably already heard about the ‘scandal’ that teenagers were asked to comment on a racy passage from the Amores, but in case you haven’t … here’s a sort of roundup of it all. The original coverage was at the Times, which is behind a paywall, but the Daily Mail — that bastion of moral…
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The blurb: Dr. Patrick Hunt, Stanford University, speaks. Hannibal, a Carthaginian commander who lived ca. 200 BCE, is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His use of the environment in his warfare against Rome in the Second Punic War—often called the Hannibalic War—set precedents in military history, utilizing nature and weather conditions…
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Seen on various lists: The Yale University Departments of Classics and History intend to make a senior tenured appointment in Roman History, beginning July 1, 2014. Preference will be given to historians whose scholarship focuses on subjects in the Roman empire. Candidates should expect to demonstrate exceptional qualities of scholarship, teaching, and University citizenship. The…
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2013.06.12: Gianfranco Nuzzo, Publio Papinio Stazio, Achilleide. 2013.06.11: Pierre Sauzeau, André Sauzeau, La quatrième fonction: altérité et marginalité dans l’idéologie des Indo-Européens. Vérité des mythes. 2013.06.10: Benjamin W. Millis, S. Douglas Olson, Inscriptional Records for the Dramatic Festivals in Athens: IG II2 2318-2325 and Related Texts. Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy. 2013.06.09: Simon…
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ante diem iv idus junias 17 B.C. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 6) 38 A.D. — death of Drusilla, the much-beloved sister of the emperor Gaius (Caligula) 86 A.D.. — ludi Capitolini (day 5) 120 A.D. — martyrdom of Gaetulius and companions at Tivoli 204 A.D. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day…
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