Things Noted Here and There

Sergey Romanov will host History Carnival XLII at Holocaust Controversies on Wednesday 1 November. Send your nominations of the best in history blogging since 15 October to him at sergeyhc*at*gmail*dot*com or use the form. Nominations for the Cliopatria Awards for 2006 will also open on Wednesday. You will be invited to nominate candidates for the Best Individual Blog, Best Group Blog, Best New Blog, Best Post, Best Series of Posts, and Best Writer.

Allan Massie,"Return of the Roman," Prospect, November, reflects on resurgent interest in ancient Rome; and Charles McGrath,"Translating Virgil's Epic Poem of Empire," NYT, 30 October, interviews Robert Fagle, whose new translation of The Aeneid is out this week.

The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art's virtual exhibit,"Masterpieces of Persian Painting," mostly from the 14th to the 17th centuries CE, is extraordinarily rich. See also: Pruned.

We lost a young historian, Robert Secher, on the front lines in Iraq on 8 October. Dan Ephron and Christian Caryl,"A Centurion's E-Mails," Newsweek, nd, reports his experience through his own words. We lost a distinguished senior historian, Lawrence W. Levine, on 23 October. Farewell to them both. Rest in peace. Thanks to Robert Townsend at AHA Today for the tip.