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  • Reprinted with kind permission of Barry Baldwin himself, who years ago had to endure yours truly as a student. Errors in transcription naturally accrue to the latter. “The wilder, luminous music in Plato…” – Fort, Books, p315. Pre-Byzantine musical notation is scant, thus reconstruction is largely dancing in the dark. But there is enough literary evidence…

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  • Hodie est a.d. V Id.  Octobres 2772 AUC ~  13 Pyanepsion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad In the News Disgust at graffiti tarnishing Colchester’s ancient Roman wall | Gazette  Thracian civilization being unearthed  Public Facing Classics [Mary Beard] A ‘new’ gallery in the Fitzwilliam Museum, and a subtle LGBT tribute – TheTLS …

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  • Hodie est a.d. VI Id.  Octobres 2772 AUC ~  12 Pyanepsion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad In the News Archaeology: 2nd century inscription found at Plovdiv’s Roman Forum, fining Philippopolis | The Sofia Globe  Cretan tomb’s location may have strengthened territorial claim — ScienceDaily  Yemen calls on US to ban sale of…

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  • Hodie est a.d. VII Id.  Octobres 2772 AUC ~  11 Pyanepsion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad In the News Israel nabs 69 ancient Greek coins being smuggled from Gaza to Israel – Israel News – Jerusalem Post  Rare Ancient Tomb of Rich Minoan Woman Discovered at Monumental Archaeological Complex in Crete  Dig…

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