Hodie est pridie Kal. Iun. 2772 AUC ~ 10 Thargelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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In early October 218 BC, Hannibal performed his most famous – and controversial – feat: the crossing of the Alps. Fighting hostile tribes, freezing cold, blinding snow, treacherous paths, and even the solid rock which barred his way, Hannibal forged a path across Europe’s tallest mountain range, elephants in tow. When he emerged into Italy, his forces had been drastically reduced, but the men who remained formed the nucleus of what would become the Roman’s worst nightmare.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Alan H. Sommerstein, Aeschylus. Suppliants. Cambridge Greek and Latin classics. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- [BMCR] Caroline Jane Tully, Cultic life of trees in the Prehistoric Aegean, Levant, Egypt and Cyprus. Aegaeum (Annales d’archéologie égéenne de l’Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 42. Leuven; Liège: Peeters, 2018.
- [BMCR] Robert Mayhew, Aristotle’s lost Homeric problems: textual studies. . Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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Dramatic Receptions
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- CALL. 12.07.2020: Prolepsis: Predicting, Anticipating, Foretelling from Antiquity to the Renaissance – Bari (Italy)
- Cultural Exchanges in Ancient Egypt – 10-11/06/2020, (Online)
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Alia
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- 7 Common but Lesser-Known Siege Weapons from Antiquity
- Tornos News | How ancient Greeks regarded India’s Caste system in 300 BC
- [paywalled] In Images of Ancient Frescoes, Hidden Legacies Are Exposed – WSJ
- Wonder Woman’s Connie Nielsen Gives Gladiator Sequel Update – CINEMABLEND
- Could Women in Ancient Rome Read?
- Antiques Roadshow’s Marc Allum stunned to discover ancient Roman site in garden | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV | Express.co.uk
- King Herod the Great · The BAS Library
- Aquae Sulis – Roman Bath – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Everyone in Pompeii Got Takeout, Too | JSTOR Daily
- Burial Practices in Ancient Rome
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
no entry for today!
… 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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