ante diem xvii kalendas novembres

- 1854 — birth of Oscar Wilde
- 1861 — birth of J.B. Bury, author of History of the Later Roman Empire, among other ‘standard’ texts
- 1997 — death of Plotinus scholar Arthur Armstrong
quidquid bene dictum est ab ullo, meum est
ante diem xvii kalendas novembres
#TouristicDissonance 1: After initial surge in visitors, #Morgantina & its goddess are a flop — bad roads to blame? http://t.co/Je6inEyRPU
— Justin Walsh (@jstpwalsh) October 15, 2015
#TouristicDissonance 2: A new website will be unveiled on 16 October for #Morgantina and its surrounding areas http://t.co/IUugKC1Ew7
— Justin Walsh (@jstpwalsh) October 15, 2015
2015.10.20: Ralph O'Connor (ed.), Classical Literature in Medieval Irish Narrative. Studies… http://t.co/7vcCVi8eVp
— BMCR (@BMCReview) October 15, 2015
2015.10.21: Eugenio Amato, Gianluca Ventrella, Lucie Thévenet (ed.), Discorso pubblico e… http://t.co/fHAf4CWam3
— BMCR (@BMCReview) October 15, 2015
Not using Latin? That's a paddling. https://t.co/FbECfiDiGP
— Dr. Virginia L. Campbell (@campbell798) October 15, 2015
Cupido y Psique Benjamin West 1738-1820 pic.twitter.com/Kl4M4zZ1gm
— marialo (@lovalh) October 13, 2015
There is A LOT of Latin in the Simpsons!https://t.co/TKg4hljeva pic.twitter.com/FGJPR2TRix
— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) October 15, 2015
English owes so much to #Latin! Just look:http://t.co/vtOARBhhMm@MerriamWebster
— Ship of Phaeacians (@statekfeakow) October 13, 2015
Seminar today (Thurs):Emily Kneebone, 'Eternal time in later Greek epic'. 16.55, Roscoe 1.009. All welcome! pic.twitter.com/IAnqnt0L8d
— Manchester Classics (@Clah_Mcr) October 15, 2015
This rather wistful-looking couple used to adorn the wall of a house in #Pompeii. #Roman, 20 BC-AD 20 #BritishMuseum pic.twitter.com/H5o7f2ke9j
— Dr Paula Lock (@PaulaLock5) October 15, 2015
Exploring the Romans and SPQR and more beside on 28 October at Royal Geog Society. 5×15. http://t.co/7aVNyo75UP Intend it to be fun!
— mary beard (@wmarybeard) October 15, 2015
Have only just realised that Soranus' Gynecology might be considered by some a slightly strange choice of commuting read #perilsofacademia
— Dr. Liz Gloyn (@lizgloyn) October 15, 2015
We made the paper! pic.twitter.com/PS77oBM9e4
— Paul Found (@PaulFound17) October 15, 2015
Arch Of Macrinus, Diana Veteranorum in Algeria #imageoftheday from IMAGO http://t.co/NqzrQ8lKR1 pic.twitter.com/IeWWmugvjp
— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) October 15, 2015
Ionians in the East and West – 26-27-28-29/10/2015, #Empúries #Spain #congress
https://t.co/1jkIga5LOJ— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) October 15, 2015
When you overdo the pre-loading for a lads' night out. pic.twitter.com/tYk5gyzwUe
— ClassicalReactions (@ClassicalReacts) October 15, 2015
Lots of Aristotelian politics next Tuesday at 1715–is King's College Classics the most exciting place on earth? pic.twitter.com/t07M9qdEfp
— Edith Hall (@edithmayhall) October 15, 2015
Beautiful piece of display inspired by @Caecilius_CLC! #Latin pic.twitter.com/pzwwvS4CXB
— The Latin Programme (@LatinProgramme) October 15, 2015
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Archaic Greek Epigram In Context | Department of Classics – http://t.co/uxgaNJij6Q
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
Rare Piranesi drawings revive Greek architecture | Stanford Daily – http://t.co/lO4RfjeTan
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
Laudator Temporis Acti: Oblivion – http://t.co/Hq2WtCG3uY
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
The Best Bits of Hadrian’s Wall: the Forts (Drumburgh) | Per Lineam Valli – https://t.co/DrB02H09E1
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
EUZONES AND POETRY: JAMES MERRILL, GREEK LOVE, AND THE MAKING OF A PULITZER-PRIZE WINNER by Jack L. Davis | (cont) http://t.co/fTWAtUkSyw
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
Laudator Temporis Acti: The Evidence of Bookshelves – http://t.co/IFU0GPmwJl
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
The Bay Area Reporter Online | Kubrick in Rome – http://t.co/bTKFClf74Q
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
Socrates and Galen on the Great British Bake Off » The Spectator – http://t.co/GHi9qeNmM3
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
Clay Today: Richard Corcoran, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, and the idea of reforming Tallahassee – http://t.co/jqooequZ5E
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
Scholars engage in classical pursuits – Local News – Mobile – http://t.co/nlbPMYV9FQ
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
Repititiationes ~ 10/14/15 http://t.co/9gKWnTotsY
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
This Day in Ancient History ~ idus octobres http://t.co/HlPpzX4oSl
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
Paleojudaica: On ancient readers and how they read http://t.co/oCYCMeNgIv
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
Curator of Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts
https://t.co/gosDC0pNye— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
Collection of tweets from #Pompeii lecture @the_bsr by Soprintendente Massimo Osanna https://t.co/4tYjnCSprE via @storify
— Stephen Kay (@stephenjohnkay) October 15, 2015
Prof. Corso "Geologists discovered 2 large rooms" in #Amphipolis Tombhttp://t.co/4O22T2TQG8 pic.twitter.com/yxVNTAUCPV
— Zito E (@Zito__77) October 15, 2015
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1st C BC funerary relief from Via Statilia. Here at Centrale Montemartini on express recommendation of @pompei79 ☺ pic.twitter.com/jRlAbbBtjv
— Colin Bewes (@bushtick) October 15, 2015
Update on Roman camp near Hannover: it's an area of 500*600 with Roman-style ditches and coins dated 15BC – early AD http://t.co/FQwJqBpIEs
— Ancient Warfare (@ancientwarfare) October 15, 2015
Hunting in the #Roman world: anthropology, animal bones and ancient literature – blog by @saintmartyn @UniRdg_Arch pic.twitter.com/0XiVXvlWLL
— Food for Thought (@NotJustDormice) October 15, 2015
Happy 2084th birthday to Virgil, born Publius Vergilius Maro near Mantua in Cisalpine Gaul #OnThisDay in 70BC! pic.twitter.com/RnvgreLno9
— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) October 15, 2015
#OnThisDay in 1764, Gibbon had his "Capitoline vision" of 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.' pic.twitter.com/wsamQhsQZy
— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) October 15, 2015
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Prof Corso –
Sphinx head closely resembles #Dionysos from Thassos
and suggests workshop of #Scopas#Amphipolis pic.twitter.com/dLZdx2sKAH— Zito E (@Zito__77) October 15, 2015
Spanish football/soccer fans are now tweeting in Latin (article is in German) http://t.co/2jmcRelUvN
— Isabel Köster (@iota_subscript) October 15, 2015
The incredible but true story (per the @nytimes) of the time 5,000 came to @holy_cross to watch a Greek tragedy: http://t.co/EL290iomhE
— Holy Cross Classics (@CHC_Classics) October 13, 2015
Venus persuades Vulcan to make weapons for her son Aeneas. Virgil was born #otd in 70 BC. http://t.co/PAnsnve4Wi pic.twitter.com/RPvnL4wojk
— Getty (@GettyMuseum) October 15, 2015
#October15 BCE 70: Birth of Roman uber-poet Virgil, author of THE AENEID. http://t.co/EpAErSYU4g pic.twitter.com/o3gm9HQeA8
— Penguin Classics (@PenguinClassics) October 15, 2015
Which is why Classics is called Classics… https://t.co/IaMHqAiS3d
— Pythika (@Pythika) October 15, 2015
Enthusiasts Create Hadrian’s wall, Rome’s northern frontier out of LEGO cc: @wmarybeard http://t.co/MBNKdugJAb pic.twitter.com/9VtDIVMXOF
— Will🧙♂️Menaker (@willmenaker) October 15, 2015
#tbt to the time I went cistern-hopping in Jerusalem and hung out with Asclepius. pic.twitter.com/f3Fn9QxoiU
— Carly Silver (@CarlyASilver) October 15, 2015
Come and check out our new @GreekInItaly display at @FitzMuseum_UK as part of the… http://t.co/0gpR9xHBIK pic.twitter.com/TnAxVPyvhA
— Katherine McDonald (@Katherine_McDon) October 15, 2015
Hisarlik (occasionally spelled Hissarlik and also known as Ilion, Troy or Ilium Novum) is the modern name for a… http://t.co/2S2vdY1z4Y
— Kris Hirst (@archaeology) October 15, 2015
Hellenistic grave goods have been unearthed in Cyprus http://t.co/sINrcsAgOc pic.twitter.com/xU8kgrlfGZ
— Archaeology Magazine (@archaeologymag) October 14, 2015
A 2,400-year-old gold wreath has been unearthed in Cyprus http://t.co/sINrcsAgOc pic.twitter.com/9AjtUXEUNW
— Archaeology Magazine (@archaeologymag) October 13, 2015
Matidia, neice of Trajan and mother-in-law of Hadrian. Fierce-looking lady. Palazzo Alltemps. C.119 AD pic.twitter.com/ARnMrFO4X7
— Colin Bewes (@bushtick) October 14, 2015
Did you know today is the ides of October? http://t.co/l6iTznmRMp pic.twitter.com/nm3Q0Tme5n
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) October 15, 2015
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Sunrise on the Parthenon. Still imposing despite war, looting & passage of time. Britain return the #ParthenonMarbles pic.twitter.com/kYfP2CMEn6
— Australian Committee – IOCARPM (@MarblesReunite) October 14, 2015
— Maria Vamvakinou (@MariaVamvakinou) October 15, 2015
El escifo de Makrón (siglo V a.C.) y la formación del joven ateniense http://t.co/N2IJzbp1el #EducationDay pic.twitter.com/iHgBvusHSz
— Museo Arqueológico Nacional (@MANArqueologico) October 15, 2015
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Hermaphrodite, part of a group with a Satyr, Roman copy after Greek Hellenistic original (Venice Museo Archeologico) pic.twitter.com/O30n0EKeDK
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) October 15, 2015
Roman poet Virgil was born #onthisday in 70 BC. His Aeneid reached every part of the empire! http://t.co/BJuFSdnldy pic.twitter.com/30D3V0g9xF
— British Museum (@britishmuseum) October 15, 2015
Corinthus wasn't pleased with this bit of copying! He's written SEG (segniter – lazily) at the end! https://t.co/W4OvB94VWo
— Helen Forte (@minimus_latin) October 15, 2015
Greek Apulian Footed Plate ca. 4th c. BCE. Starting bid $2,750. See it here http://t.co/xHRBFdq9sC. pic.twitter.com/jrt6vPC7kf
— Artemis Gallery (@ArtemisAncntArt) October 15, 2015
A real fragment (i.e. 'broken off') of Virgil's A. 9.473; "certainly not a readily memorable line," says the BM. https://t.co/rWEYuCuJXM
— Dr Hannah Čulík-Baird (@opietasanimi) October 15, 2015
Know the answers to the B-C calendar questions? Tweet your answer each month by the 25th to win some new buttons! pic.twitter.com/1n8Uz3plgH
— Bolchazy-Carducci (@BCPublishers) October 15, 2015
Another, more respectable, picture from yesterday’s visit to #ROMpeii. Love the hairstyle & surviving colour. pic.twitter.com/Dx2IpnyEY2
— Aven (@AvenSarah) October 15, 2015
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[Artwork of the day]
Sphinx furniture ornament
☛ http://t.co/CboKOc69yZ#NearEasternAntiquities pic.twitter.com/ADd7ZttXZR— Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) October 15, 2015
@adreinhard me too… Not sure it was a genuine account
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 15, 2015
Marcus Ulpius Traianus in the Hall of the Doves, Capitoline today. Yes, it really is Trajan 😉 pic.twitter.com/11kKpMZ5gj
— Colin Bewes (@bushtick) October 15, 2015
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@OptimoPrincipi how's your Latin Gareth? Saw this today and thought of you. #Trajan #Rome #Capitoline pic.twitter.com/qEiVY5D4Ed
— Colin Bewes (@bushtick) October 15, 2015
2000 year old pyramid of Cestius. Why is there a pyramid in Rome? Who built it? Why is it… https://t.co/RTojXmzQ8Q pic.twitter.com/KoiWVKtxj5
— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) October 15, 2015
New blog post: When in Rome… a visit to the Centrale Montemartini http://t.co/xk0pjciCAx pic.twitter.com/9ntVTNaDRd
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) October 15, 2015
Patroclo (Patroclus) Jacques Louis David 1748-1825 pic.twitter.com/eGTZA8shan
— marialo (@lovalh) October 15, 2015
Hércules protegiendo el equilibrio entre la virtud y el placer
David Ligare pic.twitter.com/ZpfUkdVAE4— marialo (@lovalh) October 15, 2015
Vergil's pen is mightier than the sword: We sing of arms and the man on his birthday pic.twitter.com/dDNCyggxvq
— UT Classics (@ut_classics) October 15, 2015
Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan
Alexandre Charles Guillemot,1827
Notte💙@Asamsakti @N2312Neagoe @Rossy__RORO pic.twitter.com/iD2w76MQGI— Lucia Tassan Mangina🇪🇺 #FBPE (@LuciaTassan) October 15, 2015
I Musei in Comune visti da pjohn1789: http://t.co/s3A34J678j. #MiCRoma The Esquiline Venus #roma #rome #venus #god… pic.twitter.com/HmqncCUtmD
— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) October 15, 2015
Glimpsed this wonderful relief of a Roman carriage in ep 2 of Celts: Blood, Iron etc. Is it in Orange? @NEIL_OLIVER_ pic.twitter.com/n8qNcISqaA
— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) October 15, 2015
For all you wordy folk… the problematic-idiomatic-attic! pic.twitter.com/iPXvCPecLl
— Ireland / Orlaith (@ireland) October 15, 2015
Edward Burne-Jones, – The Mirror of Venus – 1875. pic.twitter.com/ZFkDA8mTg3
— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) October 15, 2015
Excavating in the foundations of the Roman stage building in 2001 #Fridayflashback #archaeology pic.twitter.com/gDB8XPnHaP
— Paphos Theatre Dig (@paphostheatre) October 15, 2015