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In the News
- ‘Blood Antiquities’ Looted from War-Torn Yemen Bring in $1 Million at Auction | Live Science
- Archaeologists Looking for Lost Greek Temple in Iran’s Nahavand
- New Single Calls for Return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece (video) | GreekReporter.com
- Class of 2019: Classics and Religion master’s grad digs into science and engineering in ancient Rome | UToday | University of Calgary
- Radcliffe fellow heads team helping preserve ancient Roman city of Nicomedia – Harvard Gazette
- An ‘Accidental’ War with Iran Would End in Disaster for Both Sides, Holy Cross Professor Warns | College of the Holy Cross [Thomas Martin]
- Athens Acropolis Museum to mark 10th birthday with walk-through excavation | Tornos News
In Case You Missed It
Classical News
Fresh Bloggery
- Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: June 6
- Spice Up Your Latin!: Graffiti from the Romans to Today
- The Arete Award: A Lifetime with the Classics – In Medias Res – Medium
- An Ancient Christian Ritual in WH Auden – ad astra per mundum
- Discovery of unpublished letter by Eastern bishop on Easter, from the time of Nicaea, mentioning the Acts of Pilate – Roger Pearse
- Boudicca or Boadicea? – Mary Beard
- What does “magganum” mean? Looking for the Commentator Cruquianus of Horace – Roger Pearse
- Legacy Data as Data | Summertime Fragments
- How to chair a paper or a conference panel – The retiring academic
Fresh Podcasts
Episode 94 – Flesh Rains Down Upon Thee – The Partial Historians
We return to Rome’s narrative from the founding of City. The year c. 462 BCE ends on a high note with the consuls both gathering honours for their military exploits. L. Lucretius Tricipitinus is awarded a triumph for his successes against the Aequii while T. Veturius Geminus scores an ovatio for his part against the Volscii. As for the title of this episode—’Flesh Rains Down Upon Thee’— well, we wouldn’t want to spoil it, but let’s just say it’s best to keep your ears alert for prodigies!
Julius Caesar and the Point of No Return – Ancient History Fangirl
Julius Caesar was in Gaul for eight years—and while he was gone, things in Rome didn’t just stop. His enemies were sharpening their knives, just salivating for him to come back so they could prosecute him. If they got their way, Caesar could lose his legions, his fortune, and his position—and see all his achievements undone…
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Colonization and Subalternity in Classical Greece: Experience of the Nonelite Population.
- [BMCR] Osman Umurhan, Juvenal’s Global Awareness: Circulation, Connectivity, and Empire. Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies.
- [BMCR] John Briscoe, Titi Livi Ab urbe condita. Tomus III: Libri XXI–XXV. and John Briscoe, Liviana. Studies on Livy.
- Book review: A noble death? | Jerusalem Post [Magness, Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth]
Dramatic Classical Receptions
Conferences and Calls for Papers
- CFP: Language Instruction – Theory to Practice | Society for Classical Studies
- Epigraphic Heritage in the Digital Age, Madrid, 20-21 June 2019 – Current Epigraphy
Employment Opportunities
Alia
- Archaeology and female authority in the early church | National Catholic Reporter
- Behind the scandalous story of the £1.8m Warren Cup: an ancient Roman vessel | Telegraph [paywalled]
- Philosophy should care about the filthy, excessive and unclean | Aeon Ideas
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