Saltveit on Palindromes

On 19 November, Mark Saltveit (Middlebury College, VT) is to give the Carol Rifelj lecture on palindromes in Sidonius, starting from Ep. 9.14.4 Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor and tackling the complexities of the manuscript tradition. Mark is a…

Cabau on the Epitaph, 21 Nov.

Patrice Cabau is to speak ‘À propos de deux manuscrits des Œuvres de Sidoine Apollinaire’. Organisation: Société archéologique du Midi de la France Date, time: 21 November, 17:00 h. Venue: Hôtel d’Assézat, Toulouse Les fragments d’une épitaphe retrouvée à Clermont-Ferrand…

Candidianus, Sidonius and Cesena, 22 Nov.

Next Wednesday, in the lecture series ‘Undici Giornate particolari nella Storia di Cesena‘, held at Cesena and organized by Franco Spazzoli, it is Sidonius’ turn with his letter 1.8 to Candidianus, the first inhabitant of Cesena known to us. Venue:…

Amy Richlin on ‘Love Among the Ruins’

On Wednesday 2 November, Amy Richlin will speak on ‘Sidonius Apollinaris in Visigothic Gaul: Love Among the Ruins’ in a series of four lectures she will be giving titled ‘Dirty Words: The Selective Survival of Latin Erotica’ as the Thomas…