Hodie est a.d. V Id. Quintiles (Iulias) 2772 AUC ~ 10 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
Again, apologies for lateness … we will probably be late tomorrow morning as well.
In the News
- Archaeology: Remnants of Roman dwelling found in centre of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv | The Sofia Globe
- More than 1,000 ancient coins seized from Turkish man at border crossing | News | ekathimerini.com
- The world’s oldest autograph by a Christian is in Basel | EurekAlert! Science News
- Culture minister heralds revamp of Athens, sites | News | ekathimerini.com
- Art ring charged with smuggling $143 million in antiquities – WAOW
- Zarqa to get its first museum | Jordan Times
- Palestinian police on red alert over antiquities smuggling
In Case You Missed It
- Man climbs Rome’s Colosseum and threatens to jump – The Local
- Picasso and Antiquity: Line and Clay – TLmagazine
Public Facing Classics
- [Peter Jones] Politics, Pandora and the tender leaves of hope | The Spectator
- [Paul Cartledge] Brexit and Alcibiades: Populism, demagoguery and a fake news | Neos Kosmos
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Newman’s Ancient Sage
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Coming Soon: Digital Classicist London 2019: Translating the Homeric Scholia
- That Old Greek and Latin Grammar Fetish – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: The Role of Restoration in Making Archaeological Artefacts into Saleable Trophy Art
Fresh Podcasts
Ancient Greece is notorious for keeping women silent, veiled, and firmly fixed at the loom. But was life for women in places like Athens really so restrictive? After exploring their houses, rights and duties in Part 1, we’re going to talk about life as a matron: childbirth, our relationships with the enslaved around us, Athenian nightlife (including the famous escorts who rule it), ritual and festivals. We’ll even hop on over to Sparta to see what mischief those ladies are getting up to.
Shortly after Livia’s death, Tibbo wrote a letter to the senate attacking both Agrippina and Nero. They were prosecuted by Aulus Avillius Flaccus – the future prefect of Egypt, which leads Cam into a sidenote about Flaccus’ treatment of the Jews in Alexandria – and were both sent into exile. Then in 30, Tibbo finally went after his nemesis – Asinius Gallus – the man who married the love of his life
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Stefano Bruni, Anton Francesco Gori, Gaetano Albizzini, Francesco Vettori e l’officina del Museum Etruscum. Symbolae antiquariae, 7 (2014).
- [BMCR] Antti Arjava, Jaakko Frösén, Jorma Kaimio (ed.), The Petra Papyri V.
- [BMCR] John Sellars, Hellenistic Philosophy.
- MYTHS & TRAGEDIES in their Ancient Greek Contexts – Classics for All
- TOMBS OF THE ANCIENT POETS: Between literary reception and material culture – Classics for All
- POET AND ORATOR: a Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens – Classics for All
- HESIOD: Theogony, Works and Days, Testimonia and HESIOD: The Shield, Catalogue of Women, Other Fragments – Classics for Al
- HOMER: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION – Classics for All
Professional Matters
- News – Classical Studies in the 21st Century: More Relevant Than Ever – Archaeological Institute of America AIA News
- Classical Studies in the 21st Century | Society for Classical Studies
- ROMARCH: Oxford Workshop: Textile Art in the Graeco-Roman World « [quem dixere chaos]
Alia
- Discover the LatinNow Exhibition at University Park – The University of Nottingham
- No, these photos show an Iron Age grave in Iran, German religious artifacts and Iraqi bracelets | AFP Fact Check
- Investigators Say a Ring Smuggled $145 Million in Ancient Artifacts – The New York Times
- Where have ancient Rome’s buildings gone? – Wanted in Rome
