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What Was New (in 2006):

Changes to this site (mostly additions), the most recent listed first

If you're looking for what's new THIS YEAR
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Minor changes, added photographs, corrections of broken links, etc. are not recorded, nor work in progress on unannounced sites.

Pages in Spanish will be reported here for now. Otherwise, pages in languages other than English will be reported here only if no English page exists, or if they are a resource in their own right. Italics indicate original material.

31 Dec 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Donatio • Libella

30 Dec 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Bona • Crypta

Gazetteer of Italy: Umbria: Castello di Sala

29 Dec 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Aegis

Gazetteer of Italy: Umbria: Pian d'Arca

28 Dec 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Arma (armor) • Pecten (comb) • Per Condictionem • Per Pignoris Capionem • Pinacotheca • Pluteus • Sthenia

Gazetteer of Italy: Umbria: Cantalupo di Bevagna

27 Dec 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Crater

26 Dec 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Villa

25 Dec 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Labyrinthus

Gazetteer of Italy: Umbria: Ponze di Trevi

23 Dec 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Possessio

21 Dec 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

A pair of measures of length: Cubitus • Pes

20 Dec 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Pelta (a type of shield) • Perduellionis Duumviri • Periscelis (anklet or breeches) • Petaurum • Praedium

19 Dec 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Consularis • Oscillum • Pedum (shepherd's crook) • Pegma (parade floats) • Pentathlon

17 Dec 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Patina (plate, bowl) • Salinum (salt cellar) • Scalptura (engraving and cameo work)

16 Dec 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Patera

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Cuneiform Texts and Hellenistic Chronology — CP 32:1‑14 (1937)

15 Dec 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Fax (torch) • Fictile (pottery)

11 Dec 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Grabovius — Gradivus, Plan and Pomerium of Iguvium — AJP 36:314‑322 (1915)

Tenney Frank review of Platner & Ashby's Topographical Dictionary — AJP 51:80‑81 (1930)

7 Dec 06

Sallust: Catiline

Gellius, Attic Nights: Book XII • Book XIII

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Livy I.26 and the Supplicium de More Maiorum — TAPA 39:49‑72 (1908)

6 Dec 06

Pfeiffer and Ashby: Carsioli —

A Description of the Site and the Roman Remains, with Historical Notes and a Bibliography

4 Dec 06

Gellius, Attic Nights: Book XI

29 Nov 06

Gellius, Attic Nights: Book X

27 Nov 06

Gellius, Attic Nights: Book IX

26 Nov 06

Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:

Curia Hostilia

24 Nov 06

Grattius: Cynegeticon

21 Nov 06

Gellius, Attic Nights: Book VII

19 Nov 06

Gellius, Attic Nights: Book VI • Book VIII

17 Nov 06

Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:

areae • Area Palatina

16 Nov 06

Gellius, Attic Nights: Book V

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The Discovery of the Heraion of Lucania — AJA 40:185‑187 (1936)

Excavations at the Heraeum of Lucania — AJA 42:441‑445 (1938)

15 Nov 06

Gellius, Attic Nights: Book IV

14 Nov 06

Gellius, Attic Nights: Book III

13 Nov 06

Gellius, Attic Nights: Book II

Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:

Area Capitolina

12 Nov 06

Dio Chrysostom: In Praise of Hair

(teased out from Synesius' Praise of Baldness)

11 Nov 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Talus (the game of knucklebones)

10 Nov 06

Strabo: Book XVI

4 Nov 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Tuba (the Roman trumpet)

Strabo: Book XV

Strabo: Book II

Strabo: Book I

Strabo: Loeb edition Introduction

25 Oct 06

Plutarch:

Sayings of Romans (Apophthegmata Romana)

24 Oct 06

Plutarch:

Bravery of Women (de Mulierum Virtutibus)

22 Oct 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Sex Determination and Control in Antiquity — AJP 43:62‑170 (1922)

21 Oct 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The Origin of the Name Cilicia — AJP 43:166‑167 (1922)

19 Oct 06

Gellius, Attic Nights: Book I

18 Oct 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Literary Frauds among the Romans — TAPA 25:140‑164 (1894)

15 Oct 06

Gellius, Attic Nights: Preface

12 Oct 06

Aulus Gellius: Noctes Atticae
(rescued from another website that suddenly disappeared)

11 Oct 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The Use of Place-Names in History — CR 12:11‑16 (1898)

26 Sep 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Lesche

25 Sep 06

Plutarch:

On the Failure of Oracles (de defectu oraculorum)

21 Sep 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The Campaign of the Metaurus — EHR 13:417‑438, 625‑642 (1898)

18 Sep 06

Plutarch:

That We Ought Not to Borrow

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Repair of the Athena Parthenos — AJA 38:93‑106 (1934)

The Date of the Notitia of Constantinople — EHR 31:442‑443 (1916)

15 Sep 06

Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:

Temple of Summanus

14 Sep 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The "Trajan-Reliefs" in the Roman Forum — AJA 5:58‑82 (1901)

Trajan's Balustrades — AJA 14:310‑317 (1910)

Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:

Senaculum

13 Sep 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Notes on the Servian Wall — CP 22:175‑188 (1929)

Notes on Latin Inscriptions — CP 19:77‑78 (1924)

Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:

Lautumiae

12 Sep 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The Columna Rostrata of C. Duilius — CP 14:74‑82 (1919)

The Elogium Duilianum — CP 15:176‑183 (1920)

11 Sep 06

American and Military History:

Mace's Primary History (Stories of Heroism)
— a children's history of the United States:

§§ 1‑2

9 Sep 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The City of Servius and the Pomerium — CP 4:420‑432 (1909)

8 Sep 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The Etymological Meaning of Pomerium — TAPA 44:19‑24 (1913)

7 Sep 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The Roman Farmer and the Moon — TAPA 49:67‑82 (1918)

6 Sep 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Remarks on the Water Supply of Ancient Rome — TAPA 45:35‑47 (1914)

The Population of Rome — CP 29:101‑116 (1934)

5 Sep 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The Silkworm of Aristotle — CP 25:22‑26 (1930)

4 Sep 06

American and Military History:

John Smith Kendall: History of New Orleans (1922)

— Chapter 39

which completes the transcription of the book.

3 Sep 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

On a Legend of the Alban Lake — AJP 16:203‑210 (1895)

2 Sep 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Silk in Greece — AJA 33:27‑33 (1929)

1 Sep 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Pliny on the Aqua Aufeia — AJP 64:440‑444 (1943)

31 Aug 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Montefalco in Umbria — AJAH 8:226‑230 (1893)

30 Aug 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Late Imperial Coronation Ceremonies — HSPh 30:37‑47 (1919)

29 Aug 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Chlamys

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The Form of the Chlamys — CP 1:283‑289 (1906)

28 Aug 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The Name Augustus — JRS 5:249‑250 (1915)

27 Aug 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Mundus Patet — JRS 2:25‑33 (1912)

26 Aug 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The Pomerium and Roma Quadrata — AJP 22:420‑425 (1901)

25 Aug 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The Gilt-Bronze Tiles of the Pantheon — AJA 3:40‑43 (1899)

The Date of the Arch of Titus — CJ 11:131‑141 (1915)

24 Aug 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Roma Quadrata and the Septimontium — AJA 12:172‑183 (1908)

The Septimontium and the Seven Hills — CP 1:69‑80 (1906)

Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:

Aedes Fidei

23 Aug 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

The Argiletum and the Roman Book-Trade — CP 9:77‑78 (1914)

Varia Topographica — CP 12:194‑197 (1917)

22 Aug 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Mons and Collis — CP 2:463‑464 (1907)

The Ara Martis — CP 3:65‑73 (1908)

Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:

Ciconiae Nixae • Temple of Minerva Chalcidica

21 Aug 06

American and Military History:

John Smith Kendall: History of New Orleans (1922)

— Chapter 45

The Antiquary's Shoebox:

Catullus and the Abacus — AJP 62:222‑224 (1941)

20 Aug 06

The Antiquary's Shoebox (a growing collection of articles from journals in classics, archaeology, and related fields):

George H. Chase: Archaeology in

1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918

Fairfax Harrison: The Crooked Plow

Eva Matthews Sanford: De Loquela Digitorum

J. Hilton Turner: Roman Elementary Mathematics

16 Aug 06

J. J. Hartman • De Porticu Claudia — Mnemosyne 34:83‑84 (1906)

13 Aug 06

American and Military History:

Charles Gayarré: History of Louisiana (1866)

— Vol. IV, complete

which completes the transcription of the entire book.

8 Aug 06

Kentucky Scrapbook:

The Manchester Marked Rock (Red Bird Petroglyphs)

27 Jul 06

Kentucky Scrapbook:

Cannel City

Elkhorn Primitive Baptist Church in Shelby Gap

22 Jul 06

Ashby and Pfeiffer: La Civita near Artena in the Province of Rome
(Supplementary Papers of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, Vol. I, 1905)

20 Jul 06

Richard Norton: Archaeological Remains in Turkestan
(Supplementary Papers of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, Vol. I, 1905)

18 Jul 06

American and Military History:

John Smith Kendall: History of New Orleans (1922)

— Chapter 44

16 Jul 06

John Ward: Romano-British Buildings and Earthworks (1911)
(A 312‑page book with 99 illustrations)

30 Jun 06

Diary — A 24‑day stay in Jenkins, Kentucky, just ended, illustrated with about 50 large photos.

June 3 — Bus ride from Chicago to Cincinnati, Ohio.

June 4 — Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky.

June 5 — The horse country of northern Kentucky. Versailles, the Jack Jouett House, Frankfort, and a bit of Lexington; a ride across Kentucky with stops in Boonesborough State Park, Winchester, and Cannel City/Caney.

June 6 — First day back in Jenkins, Kentucky.

June 7 — A walk in Letcher County and Pike County, Kentucky, from Jenkins to Dorton.

June 10 — A walk from Whitesburg to Jenkins, including Mayking, Thornton, Millstone, Kona, and Seco.

June 11 — Not much.

June 12 — SW Virginia by car. Wise County and Dickenson County — Coeburn, McClure, the Jefferson National Forest, Haysi. A Sunday church service in Jenkins.

June 14 — The old mining town of Benham; Whitesburg and Ovenfork.

June 15 — A visit to the Highland Winery in Seco.

June 16 — Walking around Jenkins, KY and Pound, VA. A Bible study with the Jehovah's Witnesses of Jenkins; St. George's Catholic Church also in Jenkins.

June 18 — A drive from Jenkins to Manchester and its 'marked rock'. A swinging bridge, some barns, an interesting cemetery — and getting very lost at night on the small roads of Clay, Leslie, Perry, and Harlan Counties.

June 22 — Marshall's Branch and Pikeville.

June 25 — Devil John Wright's grave in Pound, Virginia. A drive across half of Tennessee, and my first day visiting Nashville.

June 27 — Second and last day visiting Nashville, especially the Parthenon. Uneventful Greyhound bus ride back home to Chicago.

1 Jun 06

American and Military History:

John Smith Kendall: History of New Orleans (1922)

— Chapter 41

— Chapter 42

31 May 06

American and Military History:

John Smith Kendall: History of New Orleans (1922)

— Chapter 36

— Chapter 38

29 May 06

American and Military History:

John Smith Kendall: History of New Orleans (1922)

— Chapter 37

— Chapter 47

28 May 06

American and Military History:

John Smith Kendall: History of New Orleans (1922)

— Chapter 46

27 May 06

American and Military History:

John Smith Kendall: History of New Orleans (1922)

— Chapter 40

21 May 06

American and Military History:

John Smith Kendall: History of New Orleans (1922)

— Chapter 43

1 May 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Colonatus (serfs in Late Antiquity)

30 Apr 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Comes • Jusjurandum (oaths in Antiquity)

26 Apr 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Commentarius • Commissum • Communi Dividundo Actio • Familiae Erciscundae Actio

24 Apr 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Vitrum

22 Apr 06

American and Military History:

Charles Gayarré: History of Louisiana (1866)

— Vol. III, complete

19 Apr 06

American and Military History:

Small items from the Louisiana Historical Quarterly, 1919:

Historical Data of Spanish Fort (in New Orleans)
A Modern Quasimodo
Reminiscences of Days that are Gone (the lives of a group of slaves who arrived from Africa on the same boat in the early 19c)

18 Apr 06

American and Military History:

One hundred years ago today, The San Francisco Earthquake:

Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror (1906 book)

14 Apr 06

American and Military History:

September 11, 2001:

United Airline Flight 93: Cockpit Voice Recorder Transcript

4 Apr 06

American and Military History:

Lafitte, the Louisiana Pirate and Patriot

2 Apr 06

American and Military History:

The Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819

1 Apr 06

American and Military History:

History of Louisiana:

Siege of Fort St. Philip in the War of 1812

22 Mar 06

American and Military History:

History of Louisiana:

Fray Antonio de Sedella, an Appreciation — an article by C. W. Bishpam

20 Mar 06

American and Military History:

The Emblematic Bird of Louisiana — an article by Stanley Arthur

19 Mar 06

American and Military History:

History of New Orleans: Jackson Square — an article by Henry Renshaw

12 Mar 06

American and Military History:

A Defense of General James Wilkinson by his great-grandson James Wilkinson

and the usual cascade of orientation pages forming the skeleton of a new chunk of site:

James Wilkinson, A Study in Controversy

History of Kentucky

Kentucky Scrapbook

American Scrapbook

and Letcher County, Kentucky

4 Mar 06

American and Military History:

The Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)

— an appendix to Vol. III of Gayarré's History of Louisiana

2 Mar 06

American and Military History:

The Admission of Louisiana into the Union

1 Mar 06

American and Military History:

General Collot's Reconnoitering Trip Down the Mississippi (1796)

27 Feb 06

American and Military History:

Excerpts from Bossu's Travels in North America (1768)

20 Feb 06

American and Military History:

Official Mexican Report (1828) on the Boundaries of Texas and Louisiana

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Corbis

19 Feb 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

The Oracle in Classical Antiquity

17 Feb 06

American and Military History:

Selections from the Louisiana Historical Quarterly starting with

the Diary of Bernardo de Galvez on the Operations against Pensacola

15 Feb 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Sacerdos

14 Feb 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Litis Contestatio

13 Feb 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Fideicommissum

11 Feb 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Comissatio • Compensatio • Concilium • Concio • Crocota • Fictio

10 Feb 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Artaba • Bona Fides • Cistophorus • Cupa • Curius • Lucta • Metope • Socii

9 Feb 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

The Bow • The Quiver

8 Feb 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

The Greek and Roman Sacrifice

3 Feb 06

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:

Fiscus

2 Feb 06

American and Military History:

Charles Gayarré: History of Louisiana (1866)

— Third Series, complete

27 Jan 06

All Greek text onsite is now in Unicode.

The 12,013 passages of Greek, from single letters to large blocks of text, found in 1252 webpages, had been rendered in four different systems, each time in the hope that it would be the definitive one. This time I waited until I felt really secure — famous last words — Anyhow, the switchover took a week's work, seems to be OK, and left me with no more than an increased revulsion for Greek.

If, however, you spot a systematic Greek error please alert me: the mistakes most likely to have occurred across several pages are χ for ξ or ψ and vice-versa, lower case where upper is to be expected (especially α for Α), and breathings instead of accents inside words (not counting words like κἂν, of course, which are fine).

To search for Greek on a page or onsite, TLG encoding no longer works; you must now use a Unicode keyboard. Also, Google needs a few weeks to catch up and reindex according to the new transcription.

16 Jan 06

American and Military History:

Charles Gayarré: History of Louisiana (1866)

— Second Series, complete

6 Jan 06

American Scrapbook:

Daniel Boone's Grave in Frankfort, Kentucky

4 Jan 06

American and Military History:

John Smith Kendall: History of New Orleans (1922)

— Chapter 31

3 Jan 06