Hodie est a.d. XII Kal. Iun. 2772 AUC ~ 29 Mounichion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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- Enigmatic rooms cut into the bedrock discovered under Western Wall – Israel News – Haaretz.com
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- Hobby Lobby, Christie’s and the Epic of Gilgamesh: a new chapter for ancient saga – Reuters
- Archaeologists uncover tomb of Iron Age woman adorned with jewellry
- Archaeologists discover a leather toy mouse from Roman Vindolanda – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Fresh Bloggery
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- Laudator Temporis Acti: Prayer to Athena
- Comfort Classics: Flora Kirk – Classical Studies Support
- A Gift For Polydektes: Deep dive into Ex-Numis provenance search
- Congratulations to Erik Shell | Society for Classical Studies
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- Perfume and power: Killing Eve and the Roman emperors
- Roman Times: The kline as platform for the nuptial banquet
- Roman Times: A Despot’s Course
- Oxen, Horses, and Priam Are Not Happy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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- Ovid in Detroit – In Medias Res – Medium
- The last years of Justinian’s reign: Antioch sacked by Chosroes’ Persians – The Plague irreversibly weakens the Empire – Novo Scriptorium
- Misverstand: Carrhae – Mainzer Beobachter
- F**k Sleep, I’m Going to the Library! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Fresh Podcasts
There’s nothing worse than having a Finicky Anus aka Lucius Annius Vinicianus. According to Josephus, Vinicianus was one of the main conspirators. As we’ll see, Vinicianus was a long history of conspiring against the Julio-Claudians – he was complicit in conspiracies to overthrow Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius. And his sons tried to overthrow Nero. The assassination of Caligula was planned to happen during the celebration of the Palatine games because Caligula had announced that he would be moving to Alexandria – perhaps permanently – the following day.
Professional Matters
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- Unprovenanced Antiquities: Learning the Hard Way – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Take a Free Video Tour of Blockbuster Pompeii and Herculaneum Exhibition | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
- Connie Nielsen shares her wildest Gladiator memories and where things stand on the sequel
‘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 the need to make amends for terrible news.
… 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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