quinta-feira, novembro 19, 2009
terça-feira, setembro 29, 2009
sexta-feira, junho 12, 2009
Época Augustana na BBC Radio 4
Ontem, no programa In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg debateu com Mary Beard (Professora de Estudos Clássicos na Universidade de Cambridge), Catharine Edwards (Professora de Estudos Clássicos e de História Antiga no Birkbeck College da Universidade de Londres), e Duncan Kennedy (Professor de Literatura Latina na Universidade de Bristol) a época augustana, “a time of strange connections between politics, peace, literature and creeping tyranny. It saw the rebuilding of Rome, the flowering of Virgil, Ovid and Horace and the slow but sure turning of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.”
In Our Time é o programa da BBC Radio 4 da responsabilidade de Melvyn Bragg; é transmitido às quintas-feiras, das 9h às 9h45 da manhã (com repetição às 9h30 da noite). Pode-se ouvir aqui, ou descarregar o podcast daqui.
quarta-feira, abril 08, 2009
quinta-feira, março 12, 2009
Guerra na Antiguidade IV
Quinta-feira, 26 de Março de 2009, no Anfiteatro III da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa; a entrada é livre, mas para o certificado de presença é necessária inscrição e o pagamento de 5€.
Programa das conferências
Semânticas de guerra na literatura de Ugarit, por José Augusto Ramos
O conflito entre Teumman e Assurbanípal: um episódio nas relações entre o Elam e a Assíria, por Francisco Caramelo
Fidelidade e hierarquia militares sob os Sargónidas, por António Ramos dos Santos
A fortaleza de Buhen: um ponto estratégico no Egipto do Império Médio, por José das Candeias Sales
Uma «guerra de libertação» no Egipto: a expulsão dos Hicsos e o início do Império Novo, por Luís Manuel de Araújo
O cenário de guerra na tragédia euripidiana, por Nuno Simões Rodrigues
Entre a batalha de Salamina e a Guerra do Peloponeso: as bases do império ateniense, por Delfim Ferreira Leão
A geografia das Guerras Lusitanas, por Amílcar Guerra
Dos inimigos de Roma: Boadiceia [sic] e as campanhas de Gaio Suetónio Paulino (59-61 d.C.), por José Varandas
«Ave Cæsar, morituri te salutant!»: As armas dos gladiadores, por Miguel Sanches de Baêna
Comitates e limitanei. A defesa da fronteira no final do Império Romano, por Pedro Gomes Barbosa
quinta-feira, agosto 14, 2008
Encontrado busto da mulher do imperador Antonino Pio
sexta-feira, agosto 01, 2008
Nero
O reinado de Nero é geralmente considerado o exemplo máximo da extravagância e da corrupção que, para muitos, simbolizam a Roma antiga.Nesta acessível introdução a Nero, imperador de Roma de 54 a 68 d.C, David Shotter traz-nos uma nova análise desta concepção.O texto versa as questões principais da vida do imperador, com especial incidência na primeira parte da vida de Nero e a sua ascensão ao poder, a sua política nacional e no império e, por último, as razões para a sua queda, bem como as consequências deste facto.Esta edição foi completamente revista tendo em conta as investigações mais recentes sobre o tema. Inclui, ainda, uma bibliografia seleccionada e um índice.
quinta-feira, julho 24, 2008
Hadrian: Empire and Conflict
«24 July - 26 October 2008 Reading Room £12, concessions available
The Roman Emperor Hadrian (117 to 138AD) is best known for his passion for Greek culture, interest in architecture, his love for Antinous, and of course the eponymous wall he built between England and Scotland, then Caledonia. This exhibition, supported by BP, will look beyond this established image and offer new perspectives on his life and legacy, exploring the sharp contradictions of his personality and his role as a ruthless military commander. Incorporating recent scholarship and the latest spectacular archaeological discoveries, the exhibition will feature over 180 objects from 28 lenders from Italy to Georgia, from Israel to Newcastle. Loans of dramatic sculpture, exquisite bronzes and architectural fragments will be brought together and displayed for the first time in the UK, alongside famous objects from the Museum’s own collection such as the iconic bronze head of Hadrian and the Vindolanda tablets. This exhibition will be held in the Round Reading Room, often compared to one of Hadrian’s architectural masterpieces, the Pantheon in Rome.»
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Um vídeo promocional poder ser visto aqui.
quinta-feira, julho 10, 2008
Loba Capitolina mais nova do que se pensava
quinta-feira, julho 03, 2008
Doubt over date for Brit invasion
Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain in 55BC could not have occurred on the dates stated in most history books, a team of astronomers has claimed.
The traditional view is that Caesar landed in Britain on 26-27 August, but researchers from Texas State University say this cannot be right.
Dr Donald Olson, an expert on tides, says that the English Channel was flowing the wrong way on these dates.
An invasion of the south coast at Deal on August 22-23 is favoured instead.
The claims appear in the latest issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.
Caesar came to Britain with 100 warships and two legions comprising 10,000 men. But as he approached Dover's white cliffs, spear-wielding Celtic warriors lined up along the ridge, prompting the Roman leader to look for a better landing spot.
He ordered his fleet to move along the coast, and after travelling about seven miles they came to "an open and flat shore".
What has been a matter of some debate is whether Caesar sailed left or right and when exactly his armada landed.Astronomical solutionCaesar mentioned strong tides, a full Moon and an ocean current. The astronomers Edmund Halley and George Airy previously used this information to try to solve the problem. But they disagreed with each other's conclusions.
Dr Olson identified August 2007 as a rare opportunity to investigate the question of when Caesar landed.
During this month, complex tidal factors involving the Moon and Sun would unfold in a near-perfect replay of those in August of 55 BC. So the researchers conducted an expedition to the south coast of England in order to investigate their idea.
On the day which corresponded closely to the traditional date for the invasion, Dr Olson carried out a basic experiment - dropping an apple into the sea off Deal pier at roughly the time of afternoon when Caesar described the fleet moving.
The apple floated south-west towards Dover, suggesting that the Roman fleet could not have travelled up to Deal from Dover on that day.
"The English Channel was flowing the wrong way," said Dr Olson.
Caesar's account led the researchers to focus on a possible invasion date a few days earlier.
On the day corresponding to the revised date of 22-23 August, the team chartered a sightseeing boat and took GPS readings to determine how the boat was drifting.
They found the boat was floating north-east towards Deal.
The Texas team's revised date gives Caesar the ocean current he needed to manoeuvre right, proceed seven miles, and land with a falling tide near present-day Deal.
This is the beach preferred by most historians but rejected by tide experts in the past. A modified reading of Caesar's reference to the "night of a full Moon" also leads to the August 22-23 date, Dr Olson claimed.
"The scientists were right about the tidal streams and so were the historians about the landing site," he explained.
quinta-feira, janeiro 24, 2008
segunda-feira, outubro 15, 2007
As vitórias e conquistas do Império Romano
Apresentação inicial
Doutor Carlos Fabião
16 de Outubro de 2007 - 10H30 - Anfiteatro IV