Childhood Anecdotes in Suetonius’ 'De Vita Caesarum'
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Presented as part of the Centre for Classical Studies Seminar Series All are welcome to attend this seminar. After the talk, informal discussion will continue over light refreshments in the Classics Museum.
Technological Innovation in Roman Agriculture: the Example of Oil and Wine Presses
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Presented as part of the Centre for Classical Studies Seminar Series All are welcome to attend this seminar; check back soon for more details. After the talk, informal discussion will continue over light refreshments in the Classics Museum.
Special Happy Hour in the Classics Museum
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We extend a cordial welcome to all Friends and their guests to a special event in the museum. We will be hosting the Friends of the Drill Hall Gallery who are currently homeless while the Drill Hall is being refurbished. They hold a regular Friends’ Happy Hour on the last Friday…
The Evolution of Roman Law through the Prism of Roman History
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Presented as part of the Centre for Classical Studies Seminar Series Roman law came to being with the XII Tables that were promulgated in response to the plebs’ quest for transparent administration of justice. The XII Tables, legis actiones [actions-at-law], controlled by pontifices, as well as the…
But let us hasten on to Rome! Charles Nicholson in Italy 1857-58 and the collection that became a museum
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Presented by the Friends of the ANU Classics Museum Sir Charles Nicholson, Australia’s first Baronet, and a founding father of the University of Sydney, travelled in England, Egypt and Italy in the 1850s. The lecture places Nicholson’s travels in Italy in historical context and looks at the…
Athens makes Grecian ground of her Antipodes: Classical Greece in Australian Art and Architecture
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The ANU (Canberra) Friends of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens warmly invite you to an illustrated lecture by Kathleen Riley. >> Event Poster (382KB) In his 1912 poem ‘The Bush’, Bernard O’Dowd foresaw the future of Australia in terms of its equivalence to Greece in the…
Homer Goes to Hollywood: The Odyssey in Film
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In this presentation Prof Purves will touch on a number of adaptations and influences of the Odyssey in film, from Méliès’ Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus (1905), to Mario Camerini’s Ulysses (1954, starring Kirk Douglas), Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt (1963), Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: a Space Odyssey (…