Hodie est a.d. V Non. Quintiles (Iulias) 2772 AUC ~  2 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Massive intact mosaic to go on display
• Calstock dig reveals ‘unexpected’ Roman mine – BBC News 
• How do you read ancient scrolls too brittle to unfurl? An American scientist may have an answer. – The Washington Post 
• The incredible Roman remains discovered in modern York – Yorkshire Post 
• Minster FM – News – First concept pictures for the York Roman Quarter plan 
• Getty Villa Welcomes Its Ancient Ancestors | Art Talk 
• Complementary vibrational spectroscopic techniques used to test ancient burned bones 

In Case You Missed it

• LAST SUPPER IN POMPEII | Ashmolean Museum 

Latin/Greek News

• AVTORAEDA INCENDIARIA – EPHEMERIS. Nuntii Latini universi. 

Fresh Bloggery

• Dirk Obbink and the Museum of the Bible: A Brief History | Variant Readings 
• Science This! Some Ancient Theories on Eclipses – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• A 1987 plan for the ruins of the Roman fort of “Walton Castle” – Roger Pearse 
• Auction Alert – Bonhams Auction House – An il(licit) Apulian red-figure janiform kantharos? ~ ARCAblog 
• Object Withdrawn – Bonhams Auction House – Apulian red-figure janiform kantharos ~ ARCAblog 
• Questions for Christie’s with regards to its upcoming sale of the Quartzite head of the young pharaoh portrayed as the ancient god Amun ~ ARCAblog 
• Tawdry Tuesday Returns: A Priapic Poem That’s A Tad Too Defensive – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Difficulty of Translating 
• PaleoJudaica.com: Herod the Gardener? 
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archéologie des Conflits / Archéologie en Conflit: Documenter la Destruction au Moyen-Orient et en Asie CentraleArchaeology of Conflict / Archaeology in Conflict: Documenting Destruction of Cultural Heritage in the Middle-East and Central Asia 
• Attic Inscriptions Online Updated – Current Epigraphy 

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Sviatoslav Dmitriev, The Birth of the Athenian Community: From Solon to Cleisthenes. 
• [BMCR] Christopher Collard, Colloquial Expressions in Greek Tragedy: Revised and Enlarged Edition of P. T. Stevens’s Colloquial Expressions in Euripides. Hermes. Einzelschriften, 113. 
• [CJ ~ pdf]  Reperforming Greek Tragedy 
• [CJ ~ pdf] : Classical Art 

Dramatic Receptions

• All about Euripides – Cyprus Mail 

Professional Matters

• Lecturer in Classical Literature and Roman History/Culture (Liverpool) 
• Lecturer in Classical Studies (Greek)  (Liverpool) 
• Digital Scholarship Librarian | UOklahoma 

Alia

• Why Rome continues to underpin western culture and politics – an extract from Mary Beard’s book ‘SPQR’ | World Economic Forum 
• Terrorists are trafficking antiquities with impunity on Facebook — Quartz
• Designer Vassilios Kostetsos’ new collection inspired by Aphrodite de Milo calls for return of antiquities to Greece | Neos Kosmos 
• Opinion | A Revolution in Happiness – The New York Times 
• Thirteen UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships | University of Chicago News
• Grandmother, 82, secures a place at UCy – Cyprus Mail 
• Trump as Alexander the Great 
• Trump’s Rape of America, and Other Greek Tragedies