Hodie est a.d. VI Id. Mart. 2772 AUC ~ 16 Anthesterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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Fresh Bloggery
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- Time Travel – Ancient Rome blog Reign of Caracalla: Begun and Ended in Blood – Time Travel – Ancient Rome blog
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Lucretius in Greek
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- Roman Heerlen – Mainzer Beobachter
- A Gift For Polydektes: Older CNG catalogs
Fresh Podcasts
In this month’s episode, the Tyrant Periander needs a favour from his dead wife, but she may not be in an obliging mood… This story has been adapted from Herodotus 5.92. It’s followed by a short talk…
What the study of antiquity means to seven seniors graduating from Vassar College with degrees in Greek and Roman Studies
Dramatic Receptions
Professional Matters
- Discovering Greek & Roman Cities | MST and WI MOOCs
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Alia
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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends destruction for quadrupeds.
… 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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