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View Article  Very listenable talk on Herodotus - Radio 3
by arltblogger on Mon 07 Apr 2008 23:46 BST
I've just listened to an excellent talk in the Radio 3 Essay series. Prof Christopher Pelling has an engaging manner of speaking, and filled in the background to Herodotus expertly and ended with something a bit controversial.   more »
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View Article  Should the Classics community set its own exams?
by arltblogger on Mon 07 Apr 2008 22:06 BST
I think there is room for discussion as to whether there is space for a profession-based examination independent of the state examinations, which are subject to political vagaries.   more »
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View Article  Exhibitions this Summer in the North of England
by arltblogger on Mon 07 Apr 2008 21:34 BST
'The face of an emperor -- Hadrian inspects the wall' and 'Bede & Beijing'   more »
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View Article  Berlusconi boasts of 'good' Latin
by arltblogger on Mon 07 Apr 2008 12:37 BST
Italian opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi claims he speaks Latin well enough to engage Roman emperor Julius Caesar in lunchtime conversation.   more »
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View Article  More on the temple of Apollo at Bassae
by arltblogger on Mon 07 Apr 2008 11:35 BST
I first visited the temple in September 1958, after my first year as a Classics student. My friend Mark and I travelled by train to Athens (with an adventure on the way that must be for another time), a journey that cost £18 return.   more »
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View Article  Automatic collector of blog stuff.
by arltblogger on Mon 07 Apr 2008 10:35 BST
Not sure about that one.   more »
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View Article  Does this confuse the issue? An Italian Certamen Ciceronianum in Arpino
by arltblogger on Mon 07 Apr 2008 10:21 BST
The more Classical events the better, but I hope people don't get confused between the international CICERO competition that I've been reporting here, and this one in Arpino   more »
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View Article  Guy de la Bedoyere writes to The Times on the new coins
by arltblogger on Mon 07 Apr 2008 09:18 BST
The Romans first utilised the Greek idea of the seated female figure to represent Roma on the coins of Nero, though Roma’s helmeted bust had appeared centuries earlier on the silver coins of the Republic. The coin of Elagabalus in fact shows Roma, not Athena. It was struck at Rome in AD218.   more »
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