Hodie est XVII Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 19 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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Fresh Podcasts
Let’s travel back to ancient Rome and meet the women who lived amid this ancient-world juggernaut. Many are Roman citizens: the wives and daughters and sisters of influential men who use every tool at their disposal to leave a lasting mark on their fast-changing world—and survive its cutthroat rules about what women were allowed to do and be. Others are “barbarians” who refuse to bow to the ever-expanding Empire, fighting against it with both cunning and spears. We will explore the events and laws they had to navigate, the intrigues and wars in which they had a hand. And as always, we’ll try to understand what life was like in ancient Rome for women: what did it look like through their eyes? Grab a really long sheet and a few vials of poison…just in case.
Dramatic Receptions
Professional Matters
- British School at Athens Intensive Course for School Teachers – ACE Classics
- epigraphy.info workshop IV – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
- Conference in Classics and Ancient History ~ Coimbra 2020
- Tokens: The Athenian Legacy to the Modern World
- On Translating Greek Drama in Early Modern Europe
(ca. 1400-1600)
Alia
- Friday essay: shaved, shaped and slit – eyebrows through the ages
- Josiah Wedgwood’s Portland Vase: The Pinnacle of Classical Perfection
- [paywalled] Some building works threaten Turkish antiquities. Others save them – A night at the museum
- Ancient Roman Coins – Victory Over Parthia and the lost Roman Standards
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
- Sortes Virgilianae (English)
- Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, the fish harvest will be plentiful but it won’t be as good for other water-based beasts. The common good will improve.
… 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)
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