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In the News

• Student defaces Rome’s Colosseum – Wanted in Rome 
• Gucci to fund Tarpeian Rock restoration – ANSA.it 
• Roman coin of killer emperor found near Dover sells for half a million 
• Xanthos mosaics unprotected | Hurriyet
• The Just Legacy of Andre Gerolymatos – The National Herald 
• Aceramic Neolithic site discovered in Troodos mountains of Cyprus | Tornos 
• Happy Yo-Yo Day! Yes, Greeks Invented This Too | GreekReporter.com 
• Pliny: A second-rate author with a mysteriously good press | Catholic Herald 
• Thomas Jefferson on modern day sports and Greek mythology | WGN Radio 

In Case You Missed It

• ‘Blood Antiquities’ Looted from War-Torn Yemen Bring in $1 Million at Auction | Yahoo

News in Latin/Greek

• Finis anni scholastici | Nuntii Latini | Radio Finland 

Fresh Bloggery

• More on “Magganum” and St George – Roger Pearse

Fresh Podcasts

EPISODE 48 Give Me Back My Legions! (Part 2) — History on Fire 

A little over 2,000 years ago, Rome was a well-oiled war machine crushing everything in its path. At that time, the Roman legions were the most deadly military force in the Western world, and possibly in the whole world. Every year, they conquered new peoples and pushed the boundaries of their empire. Rape and pillage was the name of the game, and they were masters at it. But in the year 9 CE, something happened in the forests of Germany that was going to have a profound impact on the destiny of the world…

Reviews

• [BMCR] Walter Pohl, Clemens Gantner, Cinzia Grifoni, Marianne Pollheimer-Mohaupt (ed.), Transformations of Romanness: Early Medieval Regions and Identities. Millennium-Studien, volume 71. 
• [BMCR] Olivier Bordeaux, Les Grecs en Inde: politiques et pratiques monétaires (IIIe s.a.C. – Ier s.p.C.). Numismatica antiqua, 8 

Conferences and Calls for Papers

• Plato on Comedy – Durham University [July 6-7, 2019]  
• ‘Becoming’ and the Roman World – Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 September 2019 – Durham University (UK) 

Dramatic Receptions

• Casa Romantica goes Greek with comic spin on ‘The Odyssey’ – Orange County Register 

Exhibitions

• Ancient Athenian Neighborhood Opens to Public at Acropolis Museum | GreekReporter

Alia

• Boris Johnson may have found an advocate in ancient Greece | The Spectator 
• University subject profile: classics and ancient history | Education | The Guardian 
• The Ancient Origins of the Vacation – WSJ [possibly paywalled]  
• From the Odyssey to Njals Saga: a voyage round the great myths | The Spectator