Pieces of Silver
The Way of the Fathers (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Adrian Murdoch is looking at Late Roman silver on auction at Christie’s. Pretty pictures, and provocative ponderings on provenance.
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Bread, Circuses, and Other Consolations
The Way of the Fathers (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Adrian Murdoch points us to online audio discussions of Boethius’s The Consolation of Philosophy. Well worth the time. Boethius plays an important role in Adrian’s The Last Roman: Romulus Augustulus and the Decline of the West.
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Recent Shared Items
Bible/History Blog (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Adrian Murdoch continues discussing the 2000 th anniversary of Varus' defeat. Dorothy King's ongoing research on Gaius Marius reminds me this stuff takes forever. Roger Pearse asks if " 6-10 sesterces " was expensive or not, for an ancient book. David Ker says I'm Emily Dickinson , not Oprah. (What a relief!) Like him or not, George F. Will is awesome. Every single time . Chris Tilling...
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Classical Apologetics?
Bible/History Blog (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
Adrian Murdoch graciously shot down my theory on the defeat of Varus in 9 AD and he's probably right. ( See comments on this post . ) Honestly, he's the expert , but I'll still wonder. In case YOU are wondering, no, this isn't vital to Bible/History. This is practice. Suetonius 3.16.1 says Tiberius had 15 Legions in his Illyrian War (6 to 9 AD). But Velleius 2.113 says he had 10 Legions...
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The Roman Battlefield at Kalefeld, Part 3
The Lost Fort (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
Adrian Murdoch of Bread and Circuses has a post about the Kalefeld finds , including a number of links to newspaper articles, and another about Maximinius Thrax which is worth reading for the information on his German campaign (and dietary habits). My other posts about Kalefeld can be found here and here (see below). Die Welt , another German newpaper, presents a bad example of sensational...
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The Apologist
The Way of the Fathers (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
... about Italian archeologists digging up the perfumed ointment of Mary Magdalene . It pays to wait: Adrian Murdoch gives us the definitive word on the significance of the ancient battlefield discovered in Germany. (Adrian also has launched a new option for your old-news-gathering: Bread and Circuses by email .) Adrian also posted a good summary of the big Byzantine coin...
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The flowers of Africa
The Toynbee convector (Free subscription) | 18/12/2008
Adrian Murdoch has a recent post on Peter Brown’s reception of the Kluge Prize. When I went to Oxford, Peter Brown inspired me, with his exploration of the reality of late antiquity. I was not taught by him directly, but I heard him speak and lecture. His work had a grandeur and freshness that was [...]
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After Thanksgiving, Feast Your Eyes
The Way of the Fathers (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Adrian Murdoch directs our attention to a virtual tour of Hagia Sophia and updates on its state of disrepair. PhDiva, who took us to Hagia Sophia last week, now takes us to the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna ? a site I’d love to see some day.
