Gaius Stern speaking at ISU about the Ara Pacis

Today (April 22nd) Gaius Stern will be at ISU to answer the question: “What did the Ara Pacis really look like?”

Join us in 210 Bessey Hall at 3:10 PM.

Items of Recent Interest (5)

Somehow I missed these (thanks, CAMWS winter newsletter!):

Good news out of Pompeii: major restoration project

Weird news out of Chicago: Socrates on trial again

New frescoes from the Colosseum? Apparently…

Items of Recent Interest (4)

Some items of recent (and no so recent) interest:

Hairdo of a vestal virgin.

Eddie Izzard on Hannibal.

Mitchell and Webb on Caesar.

Treasure found in ancient Black Sea fortress.

 

The Art Institute of Chicago

The new Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art at the Art Institute of Chicago are well worth a visit. There are many new pieces (on loan or newly acquired) and the best stuff is often hard to photograph (i.e., it’s behind glass).

Entrance to the ancient galleries

Torso of an emperor, ca 100 CE

Roman cat sanctuary in peril

The cat sanctuary at Torre Argentina in Rome, site of four Republican temples, “faces eviction.”

 

Items of Recent Interest (3)

In the news:

• hoard of Roman gold coins found in Britain
• tomb of Rhoxane and Alexander IV?
• site of Caesar’s assassination uncovered?

Items of recent interest (2)

Recent news items of interest:

• Homer the slam poet
• Roman greenhouse gases
• Return to Antikythera