Blog Profile / Rogue Classicism
| URL : | http://rogueclassicism.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | History / Ancient History | |
| Posts on Regator: | 10234 | |
| Posts / Week: | 37.3 | |
| Archived Since: | February 17, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews
I think I missed a week: 2013.04.55: Edward McCrorie, Homer. The Iliad. Johns Hopkins new translations from antiquity. 2013.04.56: Nadia Scippacercola, Il lato oscuro del Romanzo Greco. Supplementi di Lexis, 62. 2013.04.57: Therese Fuhrer, Almut-Barbara Renger, Performanz von Wissen: Strategien der Wissensvermittlung in der Vormoderne. Show More Summary
Caesar in Germania … the Evidence Mounts
Back in September, we were pondering some new evidence that Caesar’s troops may have been in Germany (Evidence of Caesar’s Troops … In Germany?) and it never did seem to make it to the English press. Now, however, a blog put out by the publishers of Ancient Warfare Magazine put out a nice summary (with […]
d.m. Geza Vermes
From the Telegraph: Professor Geza Vermes, who has died aged 88, was from 1965 to 1991 first Reader, then Professor, of Jewish Studies at Oxford and the foremost world authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls — early manuscripts of some Old Testament scriptures, the first of which were discovered accidentally in 1947 by a young […]
Moles Working Epiacum’s Roman Fort?
From the BBC: Epiacum is a site full of buried treasure, which no-one can reach – no-one human at least. Near Alston in Cumbria, close to the Northumberland border, where now there are fields, there was once a thriving Roman fort. Unfortunately for archaeologists, they cannot access any of the historic artefacts beneath the ground […]
Mary Beard and Robert Harris Discuss Pompeii
Interesting little video chat over at the British Museum Channel (didn’t know they had one!): Pompeii: an introduction
Akropolis World News
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Nuntii Latini (Bremen)
Latest news in Latin from the fine folks at Radio Bremen: Nuntii Latini Septimanales 10.5.2013
Nuntii Latini (YLE)
Latest Latin headlines from our friends in Finland: Giulio Andreotti mortuus Giulio Andreotti, qui in negotiis publicis Italiae diutissime versatus erat, pridie Nonas Maias (6.5.) diem supremum obiit nonaginta quattuor annos natus. Socius...Show More Summary
Pie Charting Imperial Demises
Sarah Bond has put together a couple of interesting items and shared them via Twitter … click on the images to get a clearer look at the causes of death: Chart I put together showing the causes of death of Roman emperors 193-476 CE. In conclusion: stay away from daggers. http://t.co/cxigiBwWE8— Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) May […]
Someone You Should Know: Alice Kober
Yesterday’s New York Times brought an opEd/hypish sort of thing by the author of a book on Alice Kober, whom I had never heard of and I’m sure many of you haven’t either. Here’s some in medias res: [...] Little did I realize six years ago, when I began work on a new book about […]
David Allsop Classics | Ancient Medical Tools
Ancient Medical Tools via David Allsop Classics
Classical Words of the Day
melliferous(Dictionary.com) sui generis (Merriam-Webster) mysterium tremendum (OED) Linguatweets: verb 3: iacio, iacere, ieci, iactus (in compounds -icio) => throw bit.ly/YF6RyC #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab— (@LatinVocab) May 13, 2013 cupire: to desire: verb. Show More Summary
David Allsop Classics | Representation of Caesar and Cato by Sallust
Representation of Caesar and Cato by Sallust via David Allsop Classics.
Corpus Grammaticorum Latinorum | The Ancient World Online
Corpus Grammaticorum Latinorum via AWOL – The Ancient World Online
Pass the Garum | Asparagus Patina
Asparagus Patina via Pass the Garum
Bestiaria Latina Blog | Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: May 13
Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: May 13 via Bestiaria Latina Blog
The Classical Anthology | Ibycus ~ Fragment 6
Ibycus | Fragment 6 via The Classical Anthology.
Tulliana News | SIAC Newsletter 34 10/2013
SIAC Newsletter 34 10/2013 via Tulliana News.
Musician-with-lyre Burial from Metaponto?
There are brief notices in assorted Italian press sources of a meeting about something of interest … the incipit of a piece at LiveSiciliaPalermo: La scoperta di uno scheletro di un musicista di 2.500 anni fa, sepolto con la sua lyra a Metaponto, una colonia della Magna Grecia. È questo ciò di cui si discuterà […]
Justinian’s Plague Redux ~ Yersina Pestis Confirmed
Back in December, we reported on an article in PLoS about a genome-based study suggesting Justinian’s plague was very likely caused by Yersina pestis (Also Seen: Justinian’s Plague ~ Yersina Pestis?) … the latest PLoS now has a study confirming it: Keep with out previous post’s style, here’s the abstract: Yersinia pestis, the etiologic agent […]