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Tarvisii, ubi pater ortus est, dum bellum saevit.

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In this episode, we will be looking at two regions of Asia Minor and the Black Sea: the first is Galatia, home to the descendants of the Celtic tribes who marauded their way through Greece before being settled in central Anatolia, remaining an enclave of Celtic culture while serving as mercenaries (and foes) to the Hellenistic kingdoms. The second is the Odrysian Kingdom of Thrace, a formerly powerful entity along the Bosporus which, underneath the reign of the ambitious King Seuthes III (~330 – 300/295), would attempt to restore their previous greatness during the Wars of the Diadochi. Using these two case studies, we’ll explore the nature of self-identity, what it means to be a “barbarian”, and the successes and failures of Hellenization.

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Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Andreas Thomas Zanker, Metaphor in Homer: time, speech, and thought. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
• [BMCR] Anthony Álvarez Melero, “Matronae equestres”: la parenté féminine des chevaliers romains originaires des provinces occidentales sous le Haut-Empire romain (I-IIIe siècles). Institut historique Belge de Rome. Etudes, 4. Bruxelles: Belgisch Historisch Instiuut te Rome, 2018.
• [BMCR] Antonio Gonzales, Ennio Biondi, Revisiter l’esclavage: d’hier à aujourd’hui. Besançon: Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2019.
• [BMCR] Min Seok Shin, The great persecution: a historical re-examination. Studia Antiqua Australiensia (SAA), 8. Turnhout: Brepols, 2018.
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Alia

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends gloom for people of the lower classes.

… 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)