Hodie est a.d. X Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 6 Pyanepsion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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- We’ve Been Doing This for 10 years: A Personal History of Sententiae Antiquae – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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- Dictatorship Offered To Cincinnatus, Painted By Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (c. 1696–1770) | The Historian’s Hut
- Meta-Classics Costume Idea: Paris as Menelaos – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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- Nora Hoard – a possible votive deposit of Romano-Campanan coins from Sardinia – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Timeline Provenances: Curiouser and Curiouser
Blog-like Publications
- The Roman Balneum in Rafina: A monument reveals itself…
- The Rock That Could Change History | by Andrei Tapalaga ✒️ | History of Yesterday | Oct, 2020 | Medium
- Your excitable history lesson on Netflix’s Blood of Zeus
- How to Give Stolen Artifacts Back to Historic Sites – Atlas Obscura
- Photos: An Ancient Obelisk Goes Home | The Getty Iris
- Sustainability and Changes in Tourism at Greece’s ancient sites during Covid-19: What we can learn | by James Hua | Ostraka | Oct, 2020 | Medium
Fresh Podcasts
In October 42 BC the Roman Republic committed suicide. Near the town of Philippi in northern Greece the forces of Brutus and Cassius, the famous assassins of Julius Caesar and the last surviving cheerleaders of the Roman Republic, faced off against the armies of Marc Antony and young Octavian. Two separate battles were fought, the results of which decided the future direction of Rome. I was delighted to get the brilliant Steele Brand (@steele_brand) back on the podcast to talk me through these all-important battles. From the background to Brutus’ pitiful demise Steele guided me through the final Roman attempts to restore the Republic and how they were ultimately squashed by a combination of political brilliance, suicidal blunders and outrageous luck.
What makes a monster? Why are ancient monsters so cool? And how can mythology help us in our day to day lives? Dr. Liz Gloyn, Senior Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK and author of “The Ethics of the Family in Seneca…
Robert asks, ‘Was the Roman Army of the later Roman Empire really that bad as everyone believes? Were they really a shadow of the republican and early empire legions? Although they were defeated at Adrianople, other than that battle, they seemed to have done rather well against foreign enemies but were just stretched too thin and always involved in civil strife.’
In this episode, we discuss the years 409-406 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the Athenians’ achieving control in the Hellespont and Bosporus, Alcibiades’ triumphant return to Athens, the ascension of Lysander and his bromance with Cyrus, the Athenian defeat at Notium and the disgrace of Alcibiades, Kallikratidas victory over Konon at Mytilene, and the subsequent Battle of Arginusae with its disastrous consequences for the Athenians.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Dimos Spatharas, Emotions, persuasion, and public discourse in classical Athens. Trends in classics, supplementary volumes, 83. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2019.
- [BMCR] Christopher Siwicki, Architectural restoration and heritage in imperial Rome. Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.
- [BMCR] Sandra Rodríguez Piedrabuena, Gréta Kádas, Sara Macías Otero, Kevin Zilverberg, Approaches to Greek and Latin language, literature and history. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- See what’s happening this week in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
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- Barbarians true story| Netflix drama’s real historical facts – Radio Times
- Copies & Fakes in Art during the Renaissance – Ancient History Encyclopedia
- Ray Harryhausen’s art raid: where the effects genius found his terrifying monsters | Art and design | The Guardian
- Conspiracy theorists ‘linked to attack’ on Berlin museum, which they claim is centre of ‘global satanism’ | The Independent
‘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 very happy people.
… 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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