Hodie est a.d. XVII Kal. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 22 Anthesterion in the third year of the 699th Olympia
In the News
- Sunderland man who ‘enjoys finding lost things’ discovers ancient Roman coin while metal detecting | Sunderland Echo
- Inspired by Coronavirus Doom, Repentant Thief Returns Ancient Missile to State Agency | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | David Israel | 20 Adar 5780 – March 16, 2020 | JewishPress.com
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Fresh Bloggery
- Obligatory Ides of March Post: Caesar Wanted to Go Out With A Bang, Not A Whimper – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Dionysius Does Digamma – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Cicero on the “Unforgettable Ides of March” – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Problem with the Ides of March: Not Enough Cicero, Not Enough MURDER – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Forger Among Us: The Museum of the Bible Dead Sea Scrolls and the Recent History of Epigraphic Forgeries – Archaeology Bible Epigraphy – Bible – Rollston Epigraphy
- Cicero, Always Chirping about the Ides of March – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- MoM | De positieve en de negatieve heuristiek – Mainzer Beobachter
- Give Me Some F**king Books!!! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Scaife Viewer Update
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: The MoB’s forged Dead Sea Scroll Fragments and a Profile of the Forger
Fresh Podcasts
Polybius of Megalopolis (~200 – 118 B.C.) was a Greek nobleman and high ranking member of the Achaean League, whose political career was prematurely ended when he was taken as a political hostage to Rome. Rather than disappearing into obscurity, Polybius took it upon himself to compose a “universal” history, so as to explain to his fellow Greeks how the Romans managed to conquer the inhabited world in only 50 years. In this episode, we are going to spend time discussing the life and works of Polybius, who provides us with not only the best written account from the Hellenistic period, but is also one of the finest historians the Greco-Roman world has ever produced.
Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations show an intelligent emperor coping with the realities of an empire buckling under its own weight.
The political assassination of Julius Caesar is one of history’s defining moments. Shakespeare immortalised it and now phrases lines like “et tu, brute” are pretty much everyday phrases. But what exactly happened on March the 15th 44BC? Associate Professor Kathryn Welch joined Indira on the Nightlife to take you through the murder of Rome’s dictator for life.
Tres amici de mulieribus laudandis loquuntur.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Irene Leonardis, Varrone, unus scilicet antiquorum hominum: senso del passato e pratica antiquaria. Biblioteca di Athenaeum, 62. Bari: Edipuglia, 2019.
- [BMCR] Csaba Szabo, Sanctuaries in Roman Dacia: materiality and religious experience. Archaeopress Roman archaeology, 49. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2018.
- [BMCR] John Heath, The Bible, Homer, and the search for meaning in ancient myths: why we would be better off with Homer’s gods. Routledge monographs in classical studies . London; New York: Routledge, 2019.
- Military Book Review The Cambridge Companion to the Writings of Julius Caesar
- L’élevage, la chasse et l’environnement naturel de l’État olbien à l’époque archaïque. | Spartokos a lu
Dramatic Receptions
- BWW Review: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM at Lebanon Community Theatre
- Adelaide Festival review: The Iliad – Out Loud
Professional Matters
- CALL. 15.04.2020: Ertegun Conference on Roman Imperialism – Oxford (England)
- CALL. 01.05.2020: Small Towns: Una realidad urbana en la Hispania Romana – Alicante (Spain)
- CALL. 15.04.2020: Nea Paphos Colloquium III “Another acropolis at Paphos: Fabrika hill and beyond“ – Athens (Greece)
- CALL. 15.04.2020: Antiquities, the Art Market and Collecting in Britain and Italy in the 18th century – London (England)
- CALL. 30.04.2020: Nostoi II: Traveling in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea + Inland Routes from the Early Bronze to the End of the Early Iron Age – Heraklion (Greece)
- Live webinar “PESTILENTIA” – Schola Humanistica
- CANADIAN CLASSICAL BULLETIN – BULLETIN CANADIEN DES ÉTUDES ANCIENNES
Alia
- Scientist bids to rewrite history of Roman rout by chemical footprints | World | The Times
- Watch-from-home Greek theatre in the coronavirus era | Neos Kosmos
‘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 year of good health but a shortage of necessities.
… 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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