Hodie est a.d. XIII Kal. Quintiles (Iulias) 2772 AUC ~ 17 Skirophorion in the second year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Roman Spain: How an ancient lead sarcophagus was accidentally found in Granada | EL PAÍS
- Rare Roman floor and museum vandalised in St Albans, Hertfordshire – BBC News
- Umm Al Quwain seeks UNESCO status for ed-Dur temple – ArabianBusiness.com
- Remains of ancient city found on Albanian hill – The First News
- Dig hopes to solve mystery of why Roman town was built in a corner of County Durham – Chronicle Live
- The Acropolis Museum and the return of the Parthenon Sculptures: Back to the future | Neos Kosmos
- Watch as historic Roman bath drained for latest scrub | West Country – ITV News
[There were also several items hyping/related to the announcement of an upcoming Troy exhibition at the British Museum]
- The search for the lost city of Troy – The British Museum Blog
- The changing face of Helen of Troy through the years explored in new British Museum exhibition | London Evening Standard
- British Museum to finally display treasures of Troy in major exhibition—after failing to buy them 150 years ago | The Art Newspaper
- Troy’s treasures make their way to the British Museum – 150 years late
- British Museum finally atones for looking Trojan gift horse in the mouth | News | The Times
In Case You Missed It
- Archaeologists Find Underwater Building from Battle of Salamis – The National Herald
- Incredible Roman discovery underneath Exeter shopping arcade – Devon Live
News in Latin/Greek
Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Now Open Access: The Classics, Race, and Community-Engaged or Public Scholarship
- Re-Queering Sappho – EIDOLON
- Tawdry Tuesday Part II: A Shitty Diet – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The History Girls: Representing Rome by L.J. Trafford
Fresh Podcasts
In this episode we look at Augustus’s indecision on crossing the Rhine. While Marcus rectified his mistake by pushing the Sicambri back across the Rhine, Augustus starts to build up Gaul. For the next 3 years he will stay in Gaul and the Rhine stays on his mind. While Augustus pauses before making the leap, his stepsons Tiberius and Drusus make a name for themselves clearing the Alps of enemy tribes. Drusus (young, dashing, and highly charismatic) sees Germany as his Gallic campaign to prove himself worthy. Meanwhile his older brother is not a fan. The question is who will convince the Emperor?
When we last left the Oedipus family, they all found out they were more related than they ever thought possible. It’s somehow about to get even worse
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Hervé Inglebert (ed.), La présence impériale dans la Rome tardo-antique. Antiquité tardive, 25.
- [BMCR] Andrej Petrovic, Ivana Petrovic, Edmund Thomas (ed.), The Materiality of Text: Placement, Perception, and Presence of Inscribed Texts in Classical Antiquity. Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy 11.
- [BMCR] Shane Butler, Sarah Nooter (ed.), Sound and the Ancient Senses. The senses in antiquity.
- Monnaie antiques de Kertch. Collection d’avant-guerre transmise par la RFA. | Spartokos a lu
- The Senses in Antiquity – A new (essential) collection from Routledge – Ancient World Magazine
Dramatic Receptions
- Broadway Records to Release World Premiere Recording of CLEOPATRA THE MUSICAL EXPERIENCE | Broadway World
- ORESTEIA to Launch 2019 Summer Tour | Broadway World
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