Comments for Reading, Writing, Romans https://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions The blog of the Ashmolean Latin Inscriptions Project (AshLI), a three-year project to catalogue and share Roman stories from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Tue, 16 Jan 2018 21:10:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 Comment on Classics Teachers get special access to Ashmolean on “Teaching with Ancient Artefacts” Day by URL https://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/2014/12/01/classics-teachers-get-special-access-to-ashmolean-for-teaching-with-ancient-artefacts-day/#comment-2176 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 21:10:15 +0000 http://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/?p=269#comment-2176 … [Trackback]

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]]> Comment on The Walking Dead: staging a Roman funeral at the Ashmolean Museum by Fresh takes on Ancient Rome with the Sutton Scholars – Reading, Writing, Romans https://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/2015/11/23/the-walking-dead-staging-a-roman-funeral-at-the-ashmolean-museum/#comment-2156 Mon, 27 Mar 2017 09:59:43 +0000 http://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/?p=493#comment-2156 […] each other on sling bullets and read Latin inscriptions for themselves. They’ve critiqued our Roman funeral video and had a go at doing a better job writing […]

]]> Comment on A Bullet with Your Name On – podcast 4 by FELAS OCTAVI: the Roman bullet that changed sides – Podcast 9 – Reading, Writing, Romans https://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/2015/05/15/a-bullet-with-your-name-on/#comment-2155 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:37:43 +0000 http://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/?p=402#comment-2155 […] of Perusia. Last year we explored how Roman soldiers would write messages to the enemy on their sling bullets. Experts have found this inscription difficult to read, and a number of possible interpretations […]

]]> Comment on What year are we in? How did the Romans talk about years before BC/AD was invented? by Now You Know: When Did People Start Saying That the Year Was ‘A.D.’? | NeoBlack.com News https://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/2015/01/08/what-year-are-we-in-how-did-the-roman-talk-about-years-before-bcad-was-invented/#comment-2154 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:08:21 +0000 http://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/?p=307#comment-2154 […] leaders and a well-kept chronology of the order in which they ruled. For example, the Romans generally described years based on who was consul, or by counting from the founding of the city of Rome. Some […]

]]> Comment on What year are we in? How did the Romans talk about years before BC/AD was invented? by Anno Domini, Before Christ: When Was That Calendar Invented? https://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/2015/01/08/what-year-are-we-in-how-did-the-roman-talk-about-years-before-bcad-was-invented/#comment-2153 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:03:02 +0000 http://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/?p=307#comment-2153 […] leaders and a well-kept chronology of the order in which they ruled. For example, the Romans generally described years based on who was consul, or by counting from the founding of the city of Rome. Some […]

]]> Comment on Following Flora: AshLI on the trail of a little inscription that won’t stay put by Following Flora: AshLI on the trail of a little... https://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/2015/08/07/following-flora-ashli-on-the-trail-of-a-little-inscription-that-wont-stay-put/#comment-2151 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 09:32:48 +0000 http://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/?p=442#comment-2151 […]   […]

]]> Comment on The Walking Dead: staging a Roman funeral at the Ashmolean Museum by Caroline Lawrence https://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/2015/11/23/the-walking-dead-staging-a-roman-funeral-at-the-ashmolean-museum/#comment-1913 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 11:47:00 +0000 http://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/?p=493#comment-1913 This is wonderful! Thanks for taking the trouble to film and post it.

]]> Comment on (Re)visiting an old friend from Hadrian’s Wall – Podcast 2 by Following Flora: AshLI on the trail of a little inscription that won’t stay put | Reading, Writing, Romans https://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/2015/04/13/revisiting-an-old-friend-from-hadrians-wall-podcast-2/#comment-951 Fri, 07 Aug 2015 12:27:31 +0000 http://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/?p=381#comment-951 […] (Re)visiting an old friend from Hadrian’s Wall – Podcast 2 | Reading, Writing, Romans on The Roman soldier who went to Newcastle and punched Hercules […]

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]]> Comment on She Built Rome: A Different Kind of Imperial Woman by She Built Rome: A Different Kind of Imperial Wo... https://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/2015/06/12/she-built-rome-a-different-kind-of-imperial-woman/#comment-824 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 16:55:09 +0000 http://blogs.ashmolean.org/latininscriptions/?p=421#comment-824 […] Reading the Roman historians, you’d be forgiven for thinking there was something just a little bit Game of Thrones about imperial women. If they’re not plotting to advance or avenge a male relative, they might be having dangerous affairs, or bringing their families into disrepute.  […]

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