Hodie est  Non. Feb. 2772 AUC ~ 12 Gamelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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• First intact Roman-era egg recovered – Current Archaeology

In Case You Missed It

• Ancient ‘cursed’ tablets from 2,500 years ago found at bottom of a ‘poisoned well’
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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

• VIDEO: Get A First Look At The Met’s Agrippina: “Come nube che fugge dal vento”

Professional Matters

• CFP: Cultural Identity in Political Rhetoric | Society for Classical Studies

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)