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Classics News

What's new about a dead civilisation? 

Find out how Classics is pretty much everywhere you go, from the news articles below. 

Clicking on the titles below will send you to the news story

Clash of the Titans  
​​                          18/01/2016
Boris Johnson and Mary Beard go head to head discussing Greece and Rome. 
Fresh                                                                                                         08/10/2014
What happens when you cross classic '90s rap with Classics 19(BC) literature? 
Money money money                                                                30/09/2014
An amazing horde of buried Roman gold, right here in England! 
Romans in London                                                                                               30/09/2014
The fascinating story of a buried temple in London, built by the Romans, dedicated to the Persian god Mithras. 
Of course, oh Socrates!                                                             30/09/2014
An excellent parody of Socrates' philosophical conversations. 
Hope I die before I get old                                                       12/05/2014
Ubiquitous Classics professor Mary Beard talks about our generation's attitudes to ageing and the elderly. How far have we really come?
The Evolution of Language                                                        9/05/2014
The entire history of European language, all squished into a one-page article. What did people do before the internet?

Useful Links
The Guardian - Classics in Education
Ephemeris - The news, in Latin
Mary Beard - An excellent blog by Mary Beard, TV Classics professor at Cambridge - sadly no longer a free blog, but available as a book.
Oxford - Good for keeping up to date with Classics-related TV and Radio shows 
The Cambridge Latin Course - ecce! Caecilius! 

The Ancient History Encyclopedia contains a wealth of regularly updated and absurdly interesting news stories.
Ultimate History - Links within links! Scroll down for various ancient history links.  
Easter Bunny Begins - What's the real origin story of Easter?         8/05/2014
Heather McDougall of The Guardian explores Easter's Pagan roots.  
Medea at the Southbank                                                               23/04/2014
The classic story of the terrifying witch-queen runs from July 14th to September 4th 2014
Terrible things breed in broken hearts.

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