Hodie est a.d. VII Id. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 19 Hekatombaion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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• ‎The Endless Knot: Recipes and Authority, from Intelligent Speech on Apple Podcasts

Back in June we had the pleasure of being part of the Intelligent Speech Conference 2020 — this year, held entirely online. It was a day filled with amazing podcasters and great conversations, and in this short episode we’re sharing the talk that we gave at the event. It’s about the word Recipe and early cookbooks, medicine, and women’s magazines.

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The Roman Empire was unprepared for the rule of the Emperor Maximinus. Regarded by many as a savage barbarian, he came to the purple by blood, would rule by blood, and would leave it the same way. Guest: Dr Caillan Davenport (Senior Lecturer, Roman History, Macquarie University/Humboldt Research Fellow, Goethe University, Frankfurt)

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Thomas Bénatouïl, Jean-Baptiste Gourinat, Michel Narcy, L’épicurisme antique. Philosophie antique. Problèmes, renaissances, usages, 19. Paris: Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2019.
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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends harsh winds and the outbreak of diseases.

… 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)