Hodie est a.d. V Non. Mai. 2772 AUC ~ 11 Mounichion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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- Greece’s archaeological sites to reopen as lockdown eases – Greek City Times
- 4,200-year-old burial of Bronze Age chieftain discovered under UK skate park | Live Science
- Rare archaeological find from Avar period unearthed in Vinkovci | Croatia Week
- Infectious disease modeling study casts doubt on impact of Justinianic plague | EurekAlert! Science News
- Shiloh Valley Archeological Site Latest to Be Hit by Arab Bandits in Recent Wave of Vandalism | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency | 9 Iyyar 5780 – May 3, 2020 | JewishPress.com
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Classics and Classicists in the News
- Virtual archeology museum opens at Queen’s University | The Kingston Whig-Standard
- Ancient Roman scholar wades into a row over fish | News | The Times
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] INDVTIAE ABSINT De re Libyca
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- [AkropolisWorldNews] Ὁ “Μέγας Ἀδελφὸς“ ἐν τῇ Ῥωσσίᾳ
- Nuntii Latini mensis Aprilis 2020 – Latein-Monatsnachrichten – Bremen Zwei – Radio Bremen
Fresh Bloggery
- Book Club | May 2020: Aulus Gellius Attic Nights Book 1 | The Kosmos Society
- Misverstand: Constantijn – Mainzer Beobachter
- Comfort Classics: Anactoria Clarke – Classical Studies Support
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Ten Years Ago…
- Chance, Sickness, and Safe Passage Through the Storm – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: No Signs of Civilization
- A Brief Account of Marriage – Papyrus Stories
- Weekend Reading: The Sadness of Endings – Classical Studies Support
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Reconsidering Roman power: Roman, Greek, Jewish and Christian perceptions and reactions
- A Deep Breath of Clean Air – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Reconsidering Roman power: Roman, Greek, Jewish and Christian perceptions and reactions
- The Difference Between Grammar and Philosophy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Archaeology Blog: Deformed ‘alien’ skulls offer clues about life during the Roman Empire’s collapse
- Roman Archaeology Blog: 2,000-year-old Roman sewn boat discovered under Poreč waterfront
- Is “gladiatrix” a modern term? – Roger Pearse
- Classics in Sarasota: The path of good speech
- Roman Archaeology Blog: Roman Temple of Mithras – London Mithraeum
- Roman Fountains — An Appreciation – In Medias Res – Medium
- Ciceronian English – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Call for Donations to to Save ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com amid the Pandemic! – Archaeology in Bulgaria. and Beyond
- Writers and Politics – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Tenth Legion Gemina – Mainzer Beobachter
- Roman Times: Bes: Egyptian God in a Roman Context
- Misverstand: Brand in Jeruzalem – Mainzer Beobachter
- Retirement and Its Labors – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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- The Madwoman in the Attic Tradition – EIDOLON
- Roman Times: Cyprus and Rome: A kingdom falls to a Roman Tribune of the Plebs
- Cleansing the City – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Psyche – Mainzer Beobachter
- Hold Olympics, End a Plague? Make Herakles Your Friend Too – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Why does the Sacred Road in Didyma remain in Glorious Isolation? | Turkish Archaeological News
Fresh Podcastery
Tres amici quosdam mores cibos edendi necnon alia tractant.
All you need is love. History goddess Bettany Hughes joins us to talk about Venus & Aphrodite, life under lockdown and her new TV series about The Odyssey.
The second episode of The Planchet features guests Dr. Lucia Carbone, Assistant Curator for Roman Coins for the ANS, and Dr. Katie Cupello, expert on Mark Antony and Roman portraiture, as they talk about Antony, his many wives, political iconography, and his program of coinage in the Roman East.
A retrospective on the material we’ve covered thus far as we head into Early Christianity and Late Antiquity, plus some announcements.
Landscape Modery
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Book Reviews
- HOW TO DRINK: a Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing – Classics for All
- [Morales, Antigone Rising] Book by UCSB Scholar Examines Myth of Antigone And Its Relevance Today | UCSB – Noozhawk.com
Professional Matters
- Update on COVID-19 Joint Relief Fund | Society for Classical Studies
- Sessional Instructor, SUMMER 2020, GRST 339, Department of Classics & Religion
- Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Classical Archaeology Washington University in St Louis
- Teaching Fellow in Roman History UCL Bloomsbury Campus
Alia
- Bulgaria Marks 1155 Years since Adoption of Christianity as Official Religion by First Bulgarian Empire – Archaeology in Bulgaria. and Beyond
- Was Asterix the Gaul really a Pict? – leader comment | The Scotsman
- News – Jodi Magness to Deliver Schweich Lectures – Archaeological Institute of America AIA News
- 10 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About ‘Gladiator’ | ETCanada.com
- Ancient Olympia to be showcased in new Microsoft app – Greek City Times
- Dying Old, Dying Young: Greek Myths and Coronavirus | GreekReporter.com
- Top 9 Female Rulers of the Ancient World – Ancient History Lists
- Incredible Scale Model of Ancient Rome Located in EUR by Italo Gismondi
- The most cruel and sad exile for the most mundane Roman poet | Culture | THE COUNTRY
‘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 abundance imported from abroad.
… 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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