Hodie est a.d. VIII Id. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 14 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Caroline Petit, Galien de Pergame ou la rhétorique de la Providence: médecine, littérature et pouvoir à Rome. Mnemosyne. Supplements, 420. Leiden: Brill, 2018.
- [BMCR] Shaul Tor, Mortal and divine in early Greek epistemology: a study of Hesiod, Xenophanes, and Parmenides. Cambridge classical studies . Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- MEDICINE AND MARKETS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD AND BEYOND: Essays on Ancient Medicine in Honour of Vivian Nutton – Classics for All
- Les relations entre Scythes et Grecs (VIIe-IVe siècles av. J.-C.) | Spartokos a lu
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- Coronavirus lockdown: Wildlife taking over tranquil landmarks of ancient Rome | World | The Times
- On this day in 1896, the first Modern Olympic Games begins in Athens – Greek City Times
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends the outbreak of civil wars.
… 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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