Hodie est a.d. V Id. Oct, 2772 AUC ~ 24 Boedromion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Archaeological Discovery in Split: Ancient Roman Market Found in Manuš Area
- Archeologia, trovata una sepoltura di epoca punica tra Scillato e Collesano – Giornale di Sicilia
- Remains of Bronze Age life found in eastern Turkey
- Scoperta area archeologica di età ellenistica nel Siracusano – DIRE.it
- Fascinating Archaeological Discovery on Peljesac Peninsula
- Center for paleography established in Persepolis – Tehran Times
In Case You Missed It
- Ancient Roman Villa Discovered Beneath Italian Apartment Complex | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] DICTATORIS POMPA
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Leaving Fallow a Productive Field – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Comfort Classics: M.C. Williams – Classical Studies Support
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Reach of the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires: Case studies in Eastern and Western Peripheries
- Translating Eusebius on the Psalms – a new blog – Roger Pearse
- Roman Times: The Romans and the Kingdom of Kush
- Our Shared Human Past: Outreach at Nottingham – ACE Classics
- A Tyrant’s Life is Never Safe – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Four Years of Presidential Memories: “The Criminal We Selected,” Another Fable for Our Time – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Iraqi-Russian multidisciplinary project
- Presidential Advice: Keep Up With Latin and Greek! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: Oct. 9
- Tantalus and a Tyrant, A Living Corpse – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Times: Not all Spartans were warriors
- Four Years of the Best Greatness: Bragging About Fake Accomplishments, Another Fable for Our Times – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: British School at Rome Digital Collections
- Four Years of Presidential Memories: Κ᾿[α]π ε᾿φη[φ]ε, A Future Scholion on #Covfefe – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- More on the monster Meta Sudans! – Roger Pearse
- How would the Meta Sudans look today outside the Colosseum? – Roger Pearse
- On the Beginning of Medicine – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Where Does the Myth of Medusa Come From? – Tales of Times Forgotten
- Theodosius Forum | Turkish Archaeological News
- Four Years of Just the Best Memories: Warning! An Uneducated Leader Can Still Do What He Wants – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Edithorial: Why Little Girls Shouldn’t Play Dido with their Dolls
- Roman Times: The revolutionary Orientalizing Period in Mediterranean art
- Why the Roehampton Classics Department is Important
Blog-like Publications
- Il Tempio di Adriano (Temple of Hadrian) – Rome, Italy – Atlas Obscura
- Sarah Rowley’s Latin Rocks On. A Pleasant, At Times Imperfect, Latin… | by John Byron Kuhner | In Medias Res | Oct, 2020 | Medium
Fresh Podcasts
The Ghost and the Queen both depart, separately, and the Chorus is left
to contemplate the past. In their nostalgia they remember how it was when
Darius reigned, before this bitter reversal of fortune.
We’re already at the 5 th episode of the A-Z of Archaeology! In this episode Jenny and Alice are joined by a very special guest- Dr John Piprani, who joins them to talk all things experimental archaeology. This includes his work in the public engagement aspect of experimental archaeology, how experimental archaeology has been useful in his own research and also how the University of Manchester includes experimental archaeology within the archaeology department! Join us in the next episode for “F: Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology”.
Synopsis: The Sabaeans and Himyarites leveraged their control over south Arabian aromatics into a lucrative trade that spanned the ancient world. The region’s remoteness, wealth and active diplomacy afforded some protection from the powerful empires who frequently dominated the north.
Rex Factor have just released an episode on Sulla, so we thought it was the perfect excuse to have a chat with them about the man. We also chat about podcasting in general, worms, the dangers of squash and we play the ever popular ‘How well to you know your co-host’
Messalina starts killing off men who refuse her sexual advances or who just have something she wants. Meanwhile, Claudius keeps being a nice guy and the people feel sorry for him.
Gareth Sampson, author of Defeat of Rome in the East: Crassus, the Parthians, and the Disastrous Battle of Carrhae, 53 BC came on the podcast to provide an in depth account of Marcus Crassus’ disastrous campaign east of the Euphrates River in 53 BC. Gareth sorted the fact from the fiction. He dispelled the idea that Crassus was this incompetent general, highlighting the questionable impartiality of our surviving sources that are at pains to suggest the campaign was plagued by disastrous omens from start to finish. In fact it was quite the opposite.
69 – 30 BCE – One of the most famous women of ancient and classical history, but was she the irresistible lady that we might expect?
In this episode we go from the origin of the world to the many uses of olive oil, with discussions of Roman mosaics, and trademark law along the way. This is the third of our episodes on Intellectual Property, following Episode 42: Bugging Out! on patents and Episode 57: Freebooting, Piracy, & Copyright on copyright. Also, it’s the start of Season 6, and we want to thank everyone who’s joined us over the last 5 years. It’s been a blast, and here’s to another half decade!
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Cristiana Sogno, Bradley K. Storin, Edward J. Watts, Late Antique letter collections: A critical introduction and reference guide. Oakland: University of California Press, 2017
- [BMCR] Robert Parker, Changing names: tradition and innovation in ancient Greek onomastics. Proceedings of the British Academy, 222. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019
- [BMCR] Janett Schröder, Die Polis als Sieger: Kriegsdenkmäler im archaisch-klassischen Griechenland. Klio. Beihefte, Neue Folge, Band 32. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2019.
- ‘Philip and Alexander’ Review: A Conqueror’s Patrimony – WSJ
- Bisanzio prima di Bisanzio. Una città greca fra due continenti | Spartokos a lu
Dramatic Receptions
Professional Matters
Alia
- Rome unveils the legendary Torlonia Marbles after decades in the dark
- The Torlonia Marbles: Collecting Masterpieces | Apollo Magazine
- The lost city of Londinium and how the ruins of it can still be found today – MyLondon
- Nobel Prize for Literature winner Louise Glück is a poet to guide us through the frightening world of 2020 | The Independent
- Debates About Greek Myth Rage On Twitter Under #MeToo With Erection Of Medusa Statue In NYC Announced – Greek City Times
‘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 a strange wind which will be beneficial to pastures.
… 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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