A Note on Suetonius Domitian 3.2
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Presented as part of the Classics Seminar Series When one looks to answer the question of whether Suetonius believed character could change over the lifetime, a difficulty is created by a passage in Domitian 3.2: "but finally he turned the virtues also into vices [uirtutes quoque in uitia deflexit…
Roman Archaeology and the Politics of Power: Varro, Augustus, and the Spolia Opima
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Presented as part of the Classics Seminar Series In 29 BCE, M. Licinius Crassus (cos. ord. 30), proconsul of Macedonia and homonymous grandson of the great dynast of the Late Republic, boldly claimed the right to dedicate the so-called Spolia Opima to Jupiter Feretrius for having slain Deldo, king…
Eternal love (agapê) for the Desperate and Poor The Kingdom of God in Paul’s Corinth
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Presented as part of the Classics Seminar Series The paper analyses Paul’s letters written in Corinth and to Corinth, drawing on recent historical and archaeological research by Laura Nasrallah and Samuel Vollenweider. Paul lived in Corinth between A.D. 51 and 52, wrote to Corinth from Ephesus, and…
Friends of the ANU Classics Museum AGM
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A short AGM will be followed by a talk by Professor Chris Mackie, Professor of Greek Studies at La Trobe University, on a topic yet to be advised.
Friends of the ANU Classics Museum - 2013 annual dinner
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Cost: $60 pp (including wine), pre-dinner drinks and canapés will be served from 7pm. 2013 has been an excellent year for the Museum, with impressive acquisitions being added to the collection. Please join us to celebrate over a three-course dinner, which will focus on the foods and flavours of the…