Hodie est Id. Feb. 2772 AUC ~ 20 Gamelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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- Students protest return of Parthenon Marbles at the British Museum in viral video | Neos Kosmos
- Ancient Greeks Had Eros, Philia and Four Other Different Types of Love | GreekReporter.com
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Students bond over ancient Greek and Latin in peer mentor program at Brock | University Affairs
- State school teaches Aristotle to 11-year-olds because they felt patronised by modern texts | inews
- IN MEMORIAM ENRICA FIANDRA
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: G-Tool (G2L) – Greek to Latin Historical Transliteration Tool
- Anger is Better than Indifference (for Lovers) – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- 100 years of science and conservation – The British Museum Blog
- Looting Matters: The Schøyen Collection
- The battle at Cannae (216 B.C.) between the Romans and Carthaginians – Novo Scriptorium
- Loving and Self-Loathing, A Valentine – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Greek in the House of Commons
- Dreams | Part 1: Dreams in Homeric epic | The Kosmos Society
- In Search Of The American Virgil – In Medias Res – Medium
- The Work of Magic, the Work of Love – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Memorabilia Antonina: 2020 books #1-2
- From Proca to Hoeca – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mémoires de Trajan, mémoires d’Hadrien
- Road village ?! – Mainzer Beobachter
Fresh Podcasts
In this episode, we trace the development of roads from their pre-historic roots (or routes) to the development of the massive arterial network of the Roman Empire.
Alexander the Great invaded what is today Afghanistan in 330 BC as part of war against Persia. Comprising the easternmost satrapies of Persia, Afghanistan provided some challenging battles in his conquest of the remaining lands of Persia.
In this episode of the Ancient Warfare Magazine Podcast team discuss Alexander the Great in Afghanistan.
In Greek Sicily, the rule of law was dominated by the tyrant, and no tyrant was more infamous than Agathocles (361 – 289 B.C.). For over three decades he ruled the city of Syracuse as both a tyrant and king, bringing it into a golden age. At the same time, Agathocles enacted political massacres and acts of brutality to ensure his control, and he waged war against the Phoenician city-state of Carthage, taking the battle to the shores of Africa in a bloody campaign that served as a precursor to the Punic Wars.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Germanic tribes’ destruction of three legions of the Roman general Varus in 9 AD, so limiting the expansion of the Roman Empire across the Rhine.
Book Reviews
- Catalogue of Greek Terracottas and Pottery from Callatis and Histria in the Carol I Museum of Brăila | Spartokos a lu
- Hypanis | Spartokos a lu
- [BMCR] Matthew A. Sears, Understanding Greek Warfare. Understanding the ancient world. London; New York: Routledge, 2019.
- [BMCR] C. Jacob Butera, Matthew A. Sears, Battles and Battlefields of Ancient Greece. A Guide to their History, Topography and Archaeology. London: Pen & Sword, 2019.
- [BMCR] Kelly Arenson, Health and Hedonism in Plato and Epicurus. London; New York: Bloomsbury, 2019.
Dramatic Receptions
Professional Matters
- Greek and Latin Summer Workshops | Department of Classics Berkeley
- CALL. 20.02.2020: [PANEL 12] Perceptions and Receptions of Persia (PERSIAS) (EABS) – Wuppertal (Germany)
- II. International Symposium & exhıbıtıon on Mythology – MYTHS IN THE ANCIENT AND MODERN WORLD, 3-5 JUNE 2020 – ARDAHAN
- CALL. 28.02.2020: [PANEL 4] Ancient MakerSpaces (SCS2021) – Chicago (IL, USA)
- Ancient plaster: casting light on a forgotten sculptural material | The British Academy
- Martyrdom on the Margins – 20/02/2020, Oxford (England)
Alia
- Explore Ancient Athens Online Through 3D Models, Created by One Animator Over 12 Years
- Romosexuality – embracing queer sex and love in Ancient times
- Has Boris Johnson been picking up tips from the Roman emperors?
‘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 time of plenty, but also of political unrest.
… 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)
