Monthly Archives: December 2014

Happy New Year, Roman Style: Time to Get Baking!

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Peter Kruschwitz

I am working, rather dilatorily, on a substantial paper on ‘fringe epigraphy’– inscriptions at the margins of what epigraphists tend to be interested in. This paper matters a great deal to me, for I believe that the Romans inhabited a … Continue reading →

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Season’s Greetings

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Peter Kruschwitz

There is no denying it: the festive season is upon us. Could I give my readership a more appropriate present than the text and my translation of two Latin verse inscriptions from the Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem – … Continue reading →

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Pope Damasus on Torture

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Peter Kruschwitz

Pope Damasus I (b. 305-ish, d. 385) was keen to promote veneration for the martyrs of the early Christian church. In order to achieve this he, among other things, composed epigrams, e. g. to decorate the burial spots of those … Continue reading →

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CIL VI 12194 (Re-)Discovered in the Villa Wolkonsky

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Peter Kruschwitz

This week saw the opening of an archaeological exhibition in the Villa Wolkonsky, home of the British ambassador to Italy in Rome. News reports covered the (re-)emergence of hundreds of marble artefacts in the wake of the ambassador’s wife’s efforts … Continue reading →

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Hadrian’s Wall Rocks!

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Peter Kruschwitz

Last weekend I was hunting inscriptions near Hadrian’s Wall. In particular, I was keen to see a number of Carmina Latina Epigraphica in Carlisle’s magnificent Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery – if you have never been, do go and … Continue reading →

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Sick Of It All

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Peter Kruschwitz

Recent days saw a great number of reports, analyses, and comments on the death of Stefan Grimm, late professor of toxicology at Imperial College, London. Several of these items contained copies of emails that (allegedly) were sent in the context … Continue reading →

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