Hodie est a.d. XV Kal. Quintiles (Iulias) 2772 AUC ~ 15 Skirophorion in the second year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Ancient Settlement Adjacent to Philipopolis Discovered in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv in Rescue Digs – Archaeology in Bulgaria 
• Do These Skeletons Hold the Secret to the Fall of the Roman Empire? 
• Berliners wary as €600m super-museum is latest project to overrun | World news | The Guardian 

In Case You Missed It

• VIDEO: Oldest intact shipwreck found in Bulgaria – Mehr News Agency
• [possibly paywalled] How rise of quake‑proof buildings stopped fall of the Roman empire | The Sunday Times 

Public Facing Classicists

• [Rick LaFleur] I came, I saw, I tossed a mullet – News – The Times – Apalachicola, FL 

Fresh Bloggery

• Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: June 15 
• The World of The Dragon: Genesis – Part VI – The Antonine Plague: Pestilence and Pandemic in Ancient Rome 
• Carroll&McDowell circus has gone to Russia | Roberta Mazza 
• Another Part of Scott Carroll’s Manuscript Network | Variant Readings
• E3 Announcements and Archaeogaming Curiosities – Archaeogaming 
• The Edithorial: A Bloomsday Post on Another Irish Ulysses 
• de rerum natura 1.62-79: Lucretius’ devotion to Epicurus – The Classical Anthology 
• Sulpicia IV: On Adultery – The Classical Anthology 
• Quick Thoughts on Open Access | Summertime Fragments 

Fresh Podcasts

• Sermo Raedarius 93 

De tribus maximis praeceptis quibus puto in formandae rationes docendi Latine. Respuo etiam nomen “methodi” ut non iam aptum

• Audioboom / Fiona Haarer (Roman Society/KCL) | Coffee and Circuses 

Fiona joins David to discuss the Roman Society, including how it’s developed and the challenges it faces, the upcoming FIEC & CA conference, her work on the emperors Anastasius and Justinian, what led her to study Byzantium, and what areas of Late Antiquity she thinks need exploring.

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Erik Jensen, Barbarians in the Greek and Roman World. 
• [BMCR] Charles Delattre, Emmanuelle Valette, Jean-François Cottier, Stavroula Kefallonitis, Mickaël Robreau and Joëlle Soler (ed.), Pragmatique du commentaire. Mondes anciens, mondes lointains. Antiquité et sciences humaines (ASH), 4. 
• [BMCR] Miryana Dimitrova, Julius Caesar’s Self-Created Image and Its Dramatic Afterlife. Bloomsbury Academic studies in classical reception. 
• [BMCR] Morris Silver, Slave-Wives, Single Women and “Bastards” in the Ancient Greek World: Law and Economics Perspectives. 
• THE GREEK SUPERPOWER: SPARTA IN THE SELF-DEFINITIONS OF ATHENIANS – Classics for All 
• XENOPHON: POROI (Revenue-Sources) – Classics for All 
• Georgia – Early Origin and Antiquity. Appendix | Spartokos a lu
• Troesmis I, Die Forschungen von 2010–2014 | Spartokos a lu 

Dramatic Receptions

• [Oresteia] The journey from script to stage | Cherwell 

Alia

• Call for Applications: Berlin Prize 2020/2021 | Society for Classical Studies
• Junior Cert Latin and Classical studies: Students receive ‘fair’ papers – Independent.ie