From a Bucknell University press release: Two Bucknell University professors have been selected to lead the first joint Greek-American archaeological dig in the ancient city of Thebes, Greece – the first such excavation of the historic Ismenion Hill area in nearly a century. Bucknell classics professors Stephanie Larson and Kevin Daly, together with Vassilis Aravantinos, [...]

Cressida Ryan has been up to something interesting … from an Oxford press release: It is seen by many as an unofficial British national anthem – but an Oxford University academic believes she has discovered that Rule Britannia was heavily influenced by Greek literature. Dr Cressida Ryan of Oxford University’s Classics Faculty has found clear [...]

This is a long-developing — and still incomplete, it seems — story which should be of great interest. A couple of years ago, Diana Wright related in her blog how she was part of a group who were given access to a number of inscriptions from Herodes Atticus’ villa, one of which she described thusly: [...]

They’re chatting about this over on the Classics list: Most of the chat is about whether Bellum Stellarum is an appropriate translation of ‘Star Wars’ … Bellum Stellarum, of course, literally means ‘War of the Stars’ … Ralph Hancock suggested De bellis sidereis, which seems a bit better, perhaps. I always thought ‘Star Wars’ in [...]

A while ago we mentioned plans of assorted groups to try to prevent the covering-up of the recently-refound Altar of the Twelve Gods in Athens … Kathimerini has an update for us: An Athens court on Friday ordered the temporary suspension of railway works aimed at covering up a significant archaeological find in Monastiraki, central [...]

From Monsters and Critics: Enthusiasts launched a replica of a Roman military riverboat Thursday and plan to test it next month to assess the striking power of legions on the German Rhine. The Lusoria Rhenana took a year to construct out of oak planks. It was designed by computer, modelled on the wrecks of 1,700-year-old [...]

Adrian Murdoch continues the series with the ‘goodest’ of the Five Good Emperors: #16 Marcus Aurelius: Emperors of Rome We should also note (in case you miss it when you visit Adrian’s site) that you can download/subscribe to these in iTunes … salient info: I mentioned a while ago that you could get the Emperors [...]

ante diem xiv kalendas maias ludi Cereri continue (day 7) 359 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Gratian