#55 Jovian: Emperors of Rome
Emperors of Rome continues with Jovian, the compromise the army elected to the throne in the aftermath of the death of Julian. Download #55 Jovian
View ArticleTran Dynasty site discovered
An archaeological site dating to the Tran Dynasty has been discovered in Tuyen Quang province. Archaeological site discovered in north Viet Nam News, 10 February 2012 The remains of a complex dating...
View ArticleRoman Valentine's Day
Professor Judith Hallett says that March 1 was the date on which Romans had love celebrations, according to Newswise's article Ancient Rome Waited Until March 1 to say "I Love You"...Read Full Post
View ArticleApuleius' Story of Cupid and Psyche
A lovely Valentine's Day type romance, the story of Cupid and Psyche comes from the Metamorphoses better known as the Golden Ass of Apuleius. The title refers to a golden ...Read Full Post
View ArticleBolomor Cave
Bolomor Cave is a Middle Paleolithic (Middle Stone Age) site, located in the beautiful Valencia region on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Those Neanderthals had some good taste in locations! ...Read...
View ArticleSilves latines 2012-2013
Horace, Satires I et II, 1-3 et Tacite, Annales I-II. Les ouvrages de la collection « Clefs concours » de l’éditeur Atlande sont attendus par les candidats aux concours d’enseignement. Le dernier paru...
View ArticleFaire des humanités numériques
« Faire des humanités numériques », conférence du 29 novembre 2011, dans le cadre du colloque Les Métamorphoses numériques du livre II (•). La mise en ligne de cette introduction historique et...
View Article2012.02.25: Richard Bentley: Poetry and Enlightenment
Review of Kristine Louise Haugen, Richard Bentley: Poetry and Enlightenment. Cambridge, MA; London:: 2011. Pp. vii, 333. $39.95. ISBN 9780674058712.
View Article2012.02.24: Tatarlı: renklerin dönüşü / The return of colours / Rückkehr der...
Review of Lâtife Summerer, Alexander von Kienlin, Tatarlı: renklerin dönüşü / The return of colours / Rückkehr der Farben. Istanbul: 2010. Pp. 367. ISBN 9789750818196.
View ArticleBack to Oxyrhynchus
EXCAVATIONS AT OXYRHYNCHUS are resuming:Spain: Catalan archaeological mission returns to Egypt06 February, 18:36(ANSAmed) - MADRID, FEBRUARY 6 - One year after the uprising in Egypt, the mission of...
View ArticleInterview of authors of Jewish Annotated New Testament
MARC BRETTLER AND AMY-JILL LEVINE, the authors of The Jewish Annotated New Testament, are interviewed by Jay Michaelson in The Forward: Jewish Roots of the New Testament: New Book Says Much of the...
View ArticleEvents 2012
A number of events are currently being planned for 2012, including: “Locating the Individual in Roman Funerary Culture: Patronage, Consumption, and Agency” 10-11 May 2012 Organizers: Stine Birk &...
View ArticleCtesias, Assyrian History fr. 1b (=Diodorus Siculus 2.3.1)
Ninus, king of the Assyrians, plans the foundation of the city of Nineveh. ἐπιφανεστάτας γὰρ πράξεις τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ κατειργασμένος, ἔσπευδε τηλικαύτην κτίσαι τὸ μέγεθος πόλιν, ὥστε μὴ μόνον αὐτὴν εἶναι...
View ArticleMetropolitan Youth Orchestra – Invest in MYO Concert, 2012
Click here to view the embedded video.Click here to view the embedded video.These are videos of the Orchestra B performances from yesterday’s concert. This was my son’s first concert as concertmaster...
View ArticleThe Villa Loupian: a Gallo-Roman estate in Languedoc
Villa in Roman Gaul. © Ministère de la culture et de la communicationThe ancient Roman world saw the rise and expansion of large-scale, estate-based agriculture, and at the heart of this system lay a...
View ArticleMajor Reference Work on Religion in Ancient World
(Larry Hurtado): Although it’s been out for several years now, I’ve only recently become introduced to a major and important, multi-volume reference work on virutually all aspects of religion in the...
View ArticleCarta a mi antiguo dueño
Me aparto un poco de la temática habitual de este blog, espero que no os moleste, para relataros una de las historias más sorprendentes que he descubierto recientemente (gracias al blog Letters of...
View ArticleDoctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
In “Attack of the Cybermen” the return of the show to its earliest roots is highlighted, not only by the Doctor’s emphatic statement, “This is the real me,” but also by the materialization of the...
View ArticleFrom the Corinthia to Sicyon
This weekend I spent some quality time with Y. Lolos newly published tome, Land of Sikyon. Hesperia Supplement 39 (Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2011). It runs to close to...
View ArticleLes contacts entre Grèce et Italie à l'époque archaïque à travers les noms...
Titre: Les contacts entre Grèce et Italie à l'époque archaïque à travers les noms des figures mythiquesLieu: ENS Ulm / ParisCatégorie: Séminaires, conférencesDate: 14.02.2012Heure: 10.00 h - 12.00...
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