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Some will get a smile from Reviewer A's bet about an article submitted by a grad student and me about Butera and Sear's identification of the location of the Battle of Philippi.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Another favourite index entry (from Cohen’s Josephus in Galilee and Rome)

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I enjoyed stumbling across this index in Fraenkel’s Horace:

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Anyone in the neighbourhood who might want to join us are welcome to come to Debra Nousek’s talk next week on "History Starts with a C: The Caesarian Corpus and Latin Literary Historiography" @debranousek.bsky.social

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Generative AI, '70s style

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Lexicographically inclined Latinists will welcome knews of the release to open access of the 4th fascicle of vol. 9.1 of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (nemo to netura) publikationen.badw.de/de/039602104

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My new article on "Hyrcanus’ ninth† year" is now out with Historia. I'm happy to send a pdf to anyone who bumps into a paywall.

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

hoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Happy National Ding-a-Ling Day to those who celebrate.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Why must publishers mock authors—or Brill, me—with royalties statements like this:

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

Is there a prize for the worst title? My entry: «A Letter of M. Antonius on the Battle of Philippi and a Volcano (Jos. AJ 14.306–313), and Appian on a Goldmine (B Civ. 4.443)» (Conditionally accepted by Hesperia.)

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Victory is mine! Victory is mine! I drink from the keg of glory! Bring me the finest muffins and bagels in all the land! (The Journal of Hellenic Studies has accepted my article)

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