An exhibition in Arkansas of artifacts from Stabiae calls forth a long review including the following, which might come in handy when teaching about the life of the Roman upper crust.   more »

This could inspire some students, perhaps.

"The outline of William Sanders Scarborough's autobiography sounds like the plot to an improbable novel:

"Born a slave in Macon, he broke the law by learning to read. As a young man he witnessed the end of the Civil War, then excelled in school and went on to college. He became a professor of Greek and Latin - perhaps the leading black classicist of his generation - and served 12 years as president of an Ohio university.   more »

"Rome," HBO's new sweeping, multimillion-dollar, sword-and-sandal epic series, is poised to give viewers a down-and-dirty version of history, heralded by producers as the most authentic interpretation of life in the ancient city ever put on film.   more »

Robert Bowman, the actor playing Odysseus in the Bristol Old Vic's forthcoming production was interviewed by IC Wales.

I was intending to book for this play, but now I'm not so sure.   more »

The Sunday Times today gives the news that "David W Packard, whose family helped to found the Hewlett-Packard computer company, is concerned that the site may be poorly conserved or that excavation of the library may not continue unless he underwrites the work."   more »