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21 Nov 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
Asylum
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3 Nov 99
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Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:
Asylum
(a very brief article)
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13 Oct 99
12 Oct 99
9 Oct 99
8 Oct 99
6 Oct 99
3 Oct 99
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Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:
Arcus Neroniani
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2 Oct 99
27 Sep 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
Bulla
— both the bulla praetexta and the metal bosses of doors
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26 Sep 99
24 Sep 99
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Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:
Pomerium
(includes a small map of Rome, by the way)
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
Arcus
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Arcus Triumphalis
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Porta
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19 Sep 99
18 Sep 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
Pomoerium
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2 Sep 99
1 Sep 99
16 Aug 99
14 Aug 99
13 Aug 99
12 Aug 99
9 Aug 99
3 Aug 99
1 Aug 99
29 Jul 99
26 Jul 99
25 Jul 99
7 Jul 99
6 Jul 99
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Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome,
2 related entries:
Minerva Medica
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Nymphaeum
(covers 6 nymphaea, actually)
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29 Jun 99
28 Jun 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
Plaustrum
(oxcart)
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27 Jun 99
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Churches of the comune of Trevi:
S. Donato and 2 Roman inscriptions (in S.Pietro a Pettine and S. Emiliano) were already online; I've added an index page and 8 pages/11 photos of new material, including 2 new churches.
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
Milliare
(the Roman milestone)
Roman Roads in Britain, by Thomas Codrington:
No new pages but
the clickmap to Chapter 4
(Ermine Street) is now online.
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14 Jun 99
10 Jun 99
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Gazetteer of Umbria:
My existing single page on St. Francis's hermitage near Assisi was not very good. I've now divided it into 3, and added a lot of new material:
Eremo delle Carceri
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4 Jun 99
3 Jun 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
Augurium
(augury, or divination from birds: one of the better entries)
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Lituus
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22 May 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
Currus
(the main article for chariots)
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18 May 99
11 May 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
Agrimensores
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10 May 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
Dies
(divisions and types of days)
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Accensi
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9 May 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
Horologium
(sundials and water clocks)
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7 May 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
Fistula
(water pipe)
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Hydraula
(the hydraulic organ)
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5 May 99
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David Fingrut's Mithraism Page
This classic exposition of Mithraism (high-school level, though) had been taken offline. Thanks to its author, it reappears here.
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4 May 99
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Diary:
Index to Umbria
133 towns or small places linked to the first-hand reports, some of them very detailed. The page existed but had sat there for a long time only 30% complete. (A separate and much more detailed index to just the Roman remains is in construction, as are a general index for Italy and special indexes for the towns of Todi and Spello.)
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21 Apr 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
3 small articles, related mostly by their woodcuts:
Funambulus
(tightrope-walker)
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Thyrsus
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Vannus
(the winnowing-fan)
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13 Apr 99
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Endangered Heritage:
index page
A sampling of cultural monuments damaged by vandalism and art theft.
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Vitruvius: de Architectura
— Latin text (Teubner, 1899) completed, with only proofreading left:
Book X
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11 Apr 99
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Vitruvius: de Architectura
— Latin text (Teubner, 1899):
Book IX
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10 Apr 99
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Vitruvius: de Architectura
— Latin text (Teubner, 1899):
Book VIII
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9 Apr 99
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Vitruvius: de Architectura
— Latin text (Teubner, 1899):
Book VII
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8 Apr 99
7 Apr 99
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Vitruvius: de Architectura
— Latin text (Teubner, 1899):
Book V
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Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:
Obeliscus Hortorum Sallustianorum
(the obelisk at the top of the Spanish Steps)
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6 Apr 99
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Vitruvius: de Architectura
— Latin text (Teubner, 1899):
Book IV
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
a small article on obelisks:
Obeliscus
Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:
Obeliscus Augusti in Circo Maximo
(the Flaminian obelisk)
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4 Apr 99
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Vitruvius: de Architectura
— Latin text (Teubner, 1899):
Book III
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Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:
Obeliscus Augusti
(Augustus's great sundial)
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3 Apr 99
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Vitruvius: de Architectura
— Latin text (Teubner, 1899):
Book II
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2 Apr 99
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Vitruvius: de Architectura
— Latin text (Teubner, 1899):
Book I
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31 Mar 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
a minor article on what exactly was meant by being "naked":
Nudus
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29 Mar 99
26 Mar 99
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Vitruvius: de Architectura
— English translation by Joseph Gwilt, completed:
Book VIII
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Book IX
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Book X
Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:
Porta Collina
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23 Mar 99
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Vitruvius: de Architectura
— English translation by Joseph Gwilt:
Book VI
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Book VII
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21 Mar 99
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Vitruvius: de Architectura
— English translation by Joseph Gwilt:
Book IV
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Book V
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20 Mar 99
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Vitruvius: de Architectura
— English translation by Joseph Gwilt:
Book II
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Book III
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19 Mar 99
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Vitruvius: de Architectura
— English translation by Joseph Gwilt:
homepage
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Book I
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17 Mar 99
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Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:
Arch of Titus
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16 Mar 99
14 Mar 99
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Pliny the Elder, Natural History:
Book 19 is now proofread, supposedly errorfree.
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7 Mar 99
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Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:
Anio Novus
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6 Mar 99
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Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:
Aqua Claudia
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4 Mar 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
a fairly major article on Roman bridges:
Pons
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3 Mar 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities,
a very minor article:
Maenianum
(a tier of bleachers in a Roman amphitheatre)
Pliny the Elder, Natural History:
Book 18 is now proofread, supposedly errorfree. (This is like pulling teeth, folks. . .)
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2 Mar 99
1 Mar 99
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Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:
The Ara Pacis
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28 Feb 99
11 Feb 99
10 Feb 99
8 Feb 99
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Latin Inscription:
in the Musei Capitolini in Rome
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities,
2 articles:
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Emissarium
(engineering: a certain type of water channel)
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Velum
(curtains, veils, sails, awnings in various uses)
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7 Feb 99
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Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:
Aqua Marcia
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6 Feb 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities,
a major article on Greek and Roman theatre buildings:
Theatrum
and an article on the singing of Fescennine verses at Roman weddings:
Fescennina
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5 Feb 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities,
a major article on the Roman law of marriage and the wedding ceremonies:
Matrimonium
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3 Feb 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities,
an article on children in Roman law:
Infans
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1 Feb 99
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Pliny the Elder, Natural History:
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Preface (proofread)
The text of the Natural History on my site is now complete.
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27 Jan 99
23 Jan 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
a fairly major article on Roman roads:
Viae
and a minor article:
Stratores
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20 Jan 99
19 Jan 99
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Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities:
major article on the Roman aqueduct:
Aquaeductus
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Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:
minor article:
Via Collatina
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18 Jan 99
16 Jan 99
14 Jan 99
12 Jan 99
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Roman Amphitheatres:
Smith's Dictionary (1875) — "Amphitheatrum"
A major article, mostly about the Colosseum, with several diagrams; illustrated with several additional photos; linked to further pages from the same dictionary.
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6 Jan 99
4 Jan 99
3 Jan 99
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Roman Roads in Britain, by Thomas Codrington:
No new pages (text is complete, after all) but
the clickmap to Chapter 3
(Watling Street, continued) is now online.
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18 Dec 98
17 Dec 98
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Via Flaminia a Roma:
Porta Flaminia
La pagina già esisteva in inglese, ora tradotta: grazie a Paolo Carena.
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16 Dec 98
15 Dec 98
14 Dec 98
12 Dec 98
11 Dec 98
7 Dec 98
5 Dec 98
2 Dec 98
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Pitigliano (Tuscany): index page for
the "vie cave"
(maybe Etruscan roads)
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1 Dec 98
29 Nov 98
28 Nov 98
27 Nov 98
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Photo Index, 1998:
page 1
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page 2
I'm just starting to index the 110 rolls of 1998 photos; the index will be completed gradually over the next few months.
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26 Nov 98
25 Nov 98
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Diary
— The last pages of my 1998 stay in Italy, just ended:
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14
(Spello: the medieval aqueduct bridge known as the Ponte Parasacco; good-byes.)
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15
(I leave Spello. A guided visit of Roman remains in and around Narni. I stay overnight in Orte Scalo, and return to Chicago via Fiumicino airport and Munich.)
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24 Nov 98
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Diary
— 1998 stay in Italy, just ended:
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Nov. 2
(I visit Bettona: an old town with walls and a good museum.)
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3
(A day in Ostia Antica; a walk from Nocera Umbra to Fossato di Vico; a day in Rome: the Velabro and the Capitolium, in brief)
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6
(Not much.)
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7
(A rather thorough guided visit of Trevi and environs: Roman stuff.)
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8
(Not much reported, although I wander around quite a bit.)
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11
(The beginning of the 2d international Ostia colloquium.)
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13
(The Ostia symposium in more detail; a visit to Portus.)
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23 Nov 98
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Diary
— 1998 stay in Italy, just ended:
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Oct. 30
(Amelia: a disorganized sort of day)
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Oct. 31
(Amelia: was that a Roman dam? Ancona: mostly the Duomo; Norcia: a beautiful fall day and some Roman inscriptions; Rome: James almost misses his plane.)
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22 Nov 98
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Diary
— 1998 stay in Italy, just ended:
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Oct. 21
(Trevi: the annual Celery Fair)
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Oct. 24
(Chiusi: the Etruscan Museum and some tombs; a visit to Ostia Antica)
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Oct. 25
(San Gémini and Carsulae)
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Oct. 27
(We begin our visit of Amelia)
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21 Nov 98
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Diary
— 1998 stay in Italy, just ended:
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Oct. 1
(not much really; but I visit Bastia Umbra)
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Oct. 7
(Rome: St. John Lateran; Assisi: the Rocca)
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Oct. 10
(Spello: a meal that should have been better)
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Oct. 11
(Spoleto: the fascinating Late Antique churches of S. Ponziano and S. Salvatore)
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Oct. 12
(A performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni in Orvieto)
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Oct. 15
(Etruscan remains in Orvieto; a good meal)
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Oct. 16
(mostly underground Orvieto)
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Oct. 19
(Long entry: mostly Pitigliano and its "vie cave", which I don't believe are Etruscan roads)
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19 Nov 98
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Diary
— 1998 stay in Italy, just ended:
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Sep. 22
(end of a good restaurant in Todi)
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23
(Fossato di Vico, Sigillo, Scirca, Costacciaro, three Roman bridges)
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24
(Scheggia, a quick visit to the Roman theatre of Gubbio)
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25
(Nocera Umbra: when I saw the city in 1998 it had been a ghost town since the earthquake of the year before)
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27
(Etruscana in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Perugia; a Katia Ricciarelli concert)
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30
(a 47 km walk across most of central Umbria, from Spello to Todi)
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18 Nov 98
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Diary
— 1998 stay in Italy, just ended:
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Sep. 18
(Amelia /Ameria/, Seripola /Castellum Amerinum/)
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19
(Seripola, Amelia; Rome: a very disappointing visit of the Forum)
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20
(nothing much)
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17 Nov 98
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Diary
— 1998 stay in Italy, just ended:
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Sep. 11
(Pigge, a small town near Trevi)
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12
(Campello sul Clitunno; walk from S. Vittorio Terme to Sassoferrato)
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16
(mostly small Roman remains around Spello)
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17
(more small Roman remains around Spello; Fornole, near Amelia)
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16 Nov 98
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Diary
— the beginning of my 1998 stay in Italy, just ended:
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Aug. 26
(departure)
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27
(Rome airport and train thru Umbria)
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28
(arrival in Spello)
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29
(the flu in Spello)
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30
(train to Rimini)
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31
(Rimini & San Marino)
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Sep. 1
(flu: nothing much)
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2
(Urvinum Hortense & Cannara)
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3
(Rome: a stretch of the Aurelian Walls; the Colosseum)
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5
(as part of Spello's Festa Romana I parade thru Spello as Julius Caesar. . .)
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7
(the site of the battle of Lake Trasimene; a vandalized church in Spello; Julius Caesar again)
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8
(Spoleto: theatre, museum, S. Pietro)
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10
(Rome: Palazzo Barberini, Largo Argentina)
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26 Aug 98
23 Aug 98
16 Aug 98
10 Aug 98
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7 Aug 98
6 Aug 98
4 Aug 98
3 Aug 98
2 Aug 98
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Pliny the Elder, Natural History:
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completed Book 19
Diary
— 2 more pages that had been inadvertently omitted:
28 Dec
(visit of the roof of the Duomo of Milan) •
29 Dec 1996
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1 Aug 98
28 Jul 98
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A correction made today: the
Gubbio index page
put up a few days ago now contains the right material.
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26 Jul 98
25 Jul 98
23 Jul 98
16 Jul 98
15 Jul 98
14 Jul 98
12 Jul 98
11 Jul 98
6 Jul 98
3 Jul 98
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Roman Theatres:
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index page
(page existed but very poorly developed, so unreported; now adequate)
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Gubbio
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Spoleto
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30 Jun 98
27 Jun 98
26 Jun 98
25 Jun 98
24 Jun 98
22 Jun 98
21 Jun 98
20 Jun 98
19 Jun 98
18 Jun 98
17 Jun 98
16 Jun 98
15 Jun 98
14 Jun 98
12 Jun 98
11 Jun 98
10 Jun 98
9 Jun 98
8 Jun 98
7 Jun 98
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Roman Roads in Britain, by Thomas Codrington:
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Chapter 4 — Erming Street
(complete chapter only covers half of Erming Street)
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6 Jun 98
4 Jun 98
3 Jun 98
1 Jun 98
31 May 98
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Roman Roads in Britain, by Thomas Codrington:
Chapter 1 — Introduction
(a valuable intro to the study of Roman roads even elsewhere than Britain; also includes a version of the 15 Itinera of the Antonine Itinerary)
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30 May 98
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Latin Inscriptions:
a 16‑page site with 11 inscriptions (and its own separate "What's New" page).
Colosseum:
a Late Antique inscription of the year 484 (eight years after the "fall of Rome")
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28 May 98
27 May 98
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