Hodie est  a.d. VI Id. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 12 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends an outbreak of gluttony stemming from horrible diseases.

… 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)

Hodie est  a.d. VII Id. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 11 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends disease for both humans and beasts in the west.

… 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)

Hodie est  a.d. VIII Id. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 10 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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‘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, it portends destruction of grain by insects

… 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)

Hodie est  Non. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 9 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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Hodie primum ainigma vobis propono: ubi sum nunc?

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‘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, it portends a storm for the state and disease for both humans and animals.

… 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)

Hodie est pridie Non. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 8 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

A very slow Monday ….

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He also discusses how he came to lecturer in archaeology, starting as a schoolboy digging in Cirencester, to studying biochemistry at university and working as a school-teacher for a while, his subsequent journey around Europe collecting data on Roman coins, and the unexpected turn of events that helped him to fund a PhD. Along the way, he recalls meeting the who’s-who of Roman studies: Ian Richmond, Mortimer Wheeler, Molly Cotton, Shepperd Frere …and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

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‘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, it portends an improving grain crop.

… 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)