Hodie est Non. Feb. 2772 AUC ~ 12 Gamelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
In Case You Missed It
- Ancient ‘cursed’ tablets from 2,500 years ago found at bottom of a ‘poisoned well’
- [paywall] Battle to save Roman villa in Gloucestershire from bulldozers | News | The Times
- [paywall] Spanish archaeologist who claimed to have discovered early depiction of Crucifixion is on trial for fraud | World | The Times
- Tornos News | Greece issues €2 and €10 coins for 2500th anniversary of Thermopylae
Public Facing Classics
- Making Love in Public? – Column – Mary Beard: A Don’s life – TLS
- [Donna Zuckerberg] All the Reasons I Became a Classicist That Are Difficult to Justify
- [Karl Knappett] Investigating a Minoan Coastal Town in East Crete: New Work at Palaikastro, 2012-16 – Classics Department, UC Santa Barbara
Fresh Bloggery
- Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: February 4
- A Leader’s First Duty – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Teaching Tuesday: The Open Classroom | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Shocked at Electoral Outcomes – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- A concise explanation of the legal basis for Roman persecution of Christians – Roger Pearse
- Current Epigraphy – ISSN 1754-0909 (Online)Current Epigraphy | ISSN 1754-0909 (Online)
- Sacrificing Meat? – Ostraka – Medium
- “Habit Just Like Nature”: Tawdry Tuesday, Confused Biology Edition – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Latin Letters on a Palimpsest | cahaeresearch
- The Vast Advantage of Greek – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Sparta Reconsidered: Making of a Hero Part I – Leonidas’ Birth and Upbringing
- Bellus Imago – Mainzer Beobachter
- Roman Archaeology Blog: Hoard of ancient Roman coins found in Derbyshire field
- Autism and Classical Myth: Roehampton myth and children’s culture researchers off to Cambridge
- Roman Archaeology Blog: Campaign to save Gloucestershire Roman villa unearthed on estate
Book Reviews
- Military Book Review Sparta’s First Attic War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 478-446 B.C.
- ROMANIFESTO: Modern lessons from Classical Politics – Classics for All
Dramatic Receptions
Professional Matters
Alia
- Ancient Athens recreated in stunning 3D video revealing how Greek city would’ve looked 3,000 years ago
- Theros Almost Made A Magic: The Gathering Version of Hercules
- MSU’s Lambert, other researchers awarded NSF grant to create safe, inclusive archaeological field schools | Mississippi State University
- Heed the lessons of the Roman Republic, Mr President
- NAM showcases antiquities and pre-independence art | Multimedia | ekathimerini.com
‘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 large harvest, but destruction for human beings.
… 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)