Hodie est a.d. XIII Kal. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 2 Hekatombaion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- What a find! West Berkshire hoard of 8 gold Iron Age coins – Newbury Weekly News
- Greek Antiquities Expert Foils Auction of Priceless Artifacts from 480 BC | GreekReporter.com
- Israel says ancient baptismal font, stolen 20 years ago, retrieved in West Bank | The Times of Israel
- Positano, Villa Romana: recuperati nuovi reperti – Positanonews
In Case You Missed It
- Neolithic “Venus of Egerszeg” Unearthed in Hungary – Archaeology Magazine
- Dewlish Roman leopard attack mosaic gets temporary export bar – BBC News
- Roman statue discovered near Venice – The Archaeology News Network
- Tornos News | Greece’s first underwater museum opens to the public in Alonissos island
- Ramps for disabled people trace back to ancient Greece | Science | AAAS
- Alexander The Great Was Born On This Day In 356 BC – Greek City Times
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] CATHEDRALIS INCENSA Nova calamitas in Templo Catholic Francogallico
- [Ephemeris] NEQVE NVMMVS De re aduersa Italica
Public Facing Classics
- Lessons on Violence for U.S. Police From Roman Centurions
- Art for trying times: Titian’s The Death of Actaeon and the capriciousness of fate
Fresh Bloggery
- Necessity, Birth and Arguments: Some Words of Epicurus – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- On A Document Signed by Cleopatra – Papyrus Stories
- Comfort Classics: Jo Ball – Classical Studies Support
- #NANAIHB Semifinals, Match 2: Patroklos vs. Diomedes – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Your Ignorance of My Suffering – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Auction Alert: Gorny & Mosch – four plus four more ~ ARCAblog
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient World Digital Library (AWDL)
- Xenophon | The Historian’s Hut
- Latin & Lattes
- Read Homer to Understand Human Nature — Zachary Fruhling
- PaleoJudaica.com: What did the Romans ever do for Palmyra?
Fresh Podcasts
This week, on a special sponsored episode, Anna and Amber explore some of the lesser-known Italic cultural groups that were peripheral to Ancient Rome. We seek out Samnites and uncover Umbrians. We also take a brief tour of Etruscan wine country.
202 BCE – This world isn’t big enough for both of us. Carthage under Hannibal takes on Rome under Scipio.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Bonnie Effros, Incidental archaeologists. French officers and the rediscovery of Roman North Africa. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2018.
- [BMCR] Irene Peirano Garrison, Persuasion, rhetoric and Roman poetry. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Dramatic Receptions
Professional Matters
‘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 disagreement among the subject peoples, but only for a short time.
… 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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