Hodie est a.d. V Id.  Octobres 2772 AUC ~  13 Pyanepsion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Disgust at graffiti tarnishing Colchester’s ancient Roman wall | Gazette 
• Thracian civilization being unearthed 

Public Facing Classics

• [Mary Beard] A ‘new’ gallery in the Fitzwilliam Museum, and a subtle LGBT tribute – TheTLS 
• Victor Davis Hanson column: Members of previous generations now seem like giants | Columnists | richmond.com 

Fresh Bloggery

• Heraclitan Horror Show – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• WAG the Dog | Sphinx 
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Long Night 
• Cock and Bull Etymology – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Silver Spring MD, 10-12 October: It’s the 2019 CAAS Annual Meeting, and RU Classics will most definitely be present
• The World of Isle of the Blessed – Part II – Roman Lindinis: The Small Town with Big Ambitions 
• Unicorns: Where they Come From, What They’re Good For – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎Coffee and Circuses: 44: Csaba Szabó (University of Lucian Blaga, Sibiu) 

Csaba joins David to discuss his work on Roman religion in the Danubian provinces, as well as his PhD on religion in Dacia, a Roman province that is roughly akin to modern Transylvania. He chats about modern Romania’s relationship with its Roman past, and how Roman archaeology in Eastern Europe has developed over the last hundred years. Csaba also reflects on his hopes for the future, and that the growing collaborative efforts between scholars across what was once the Roman world can continue to flourish in the face of more isolationist politics. Naturally, there’s also lots of Mithras talk.

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Peter Mitchell, The Donkey in Human History: An Archaeological Perspective. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
• [BMCR] Kyle Harper, The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease and the End of an Empire. The Princeton history of the ancient world. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017.
• [BMCR] Ahmet Kaan Şenol, Commercial Amphorae in the Graeco-Roman Museum of Alexandria. Études Alexandrines, 44. Alexandria: Centre d’Études Alexandrines, 2018.
• [Tom Holland, Dominion] A new history of Christianity that upends Edward Gibbon | Catholic Herald 

Dramatic Receptions

• WallByrd Theatre Company Presents a New Adaptation of MEDEA 

Professional Matters

• Lecturer in Greek History – Jobs – University of Queensland 
• Associate Lecturer in Classical Languages – Jobs – University of Queensland 
• Corpus Christi College Oxford – Stipendiary Lecturer in Ancient Greek History 
• CFP: Space and Governance | Society for Classical Studies 
• Call for Papers « Roman Archaeology Conference 
• 2020 Departmental Memberships Available | Society for Classical Studies 

Alia

• Of Horses and Civilization – CounterPunch.org 
• Why are adult daughters missing from ancient German cemeteries? | Science | AAAS 
• The Wesleyan Argus | The Left Didn’t Kill the Classics, Public Schools Did: A Response to “The Age of Critical Theory”
• Pliny the Elder, the First Wine Critic and Why He Still Matters | Wine Enthusiast Magazine 
• Airy and Affective Sculptures, Weighed Down by Contradictions 
• Heed Gibbon’s Warning About Despotism | www.splicetoday.com
• The Hair Down There: The History of Our Relationship with Lady Jungles — The Exploress 
• Rare Andrea Mantegna drawing estimated to make over $12m at Sotheby’s auction 

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it should thunder today, it portends a strange wind which will be beneficial to pastures.

… adapted from the text and translation of:

Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)