Hodie est a.d. XVII Kal. Dec. 2772 AUC ~ 28 Pyanepsion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Antonine’s Wall project first in UK to be listed by European heritage body | HeraldScotland
- ‘Mona Lisa of ancient age’ found in Osmaniye
- The unique hydraulics in the Barbegal water mills, the world’s first industrial plant | EurekAlert! Science News
- Un vase “exceptionnel” découvert dans les fouilles d’Autun
- À Arras, un sarcophage du IVe siècle découvert sous un parking dans un état de conservation exceptionnel
- Archéologie : un rarissime vase de l’époque romaine découvert lors des fouilles d’Autun – Geo.fr
- Nuovi scavi a Falerii, trovati materiali risalenti all’Età del Ferro – Tusciaweb.eu
- Hermes Head, Part of Herma Column Revealed During Roadworks in Downtown Athens | archive , greece , general news | The National Herald
In Case You Missed It
- Free LEGO Roman Chariot with 10276 Colosseum
- Roman Villa Detected in Northeastern Wales – Archaeology Magazine
- Epocale scoperta archeologica: riemerge il quartiere marittimo dell’antica Ostia, luogo che sugellò la fortuna di Roma [FOTO] – MeteoWeb
- 30 MEPS Ask Boris Johnson to Return Parthenon Marbles to Greece | greece , politics | The National Herald
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] JIHADISTA NECATVR
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Villas, Peasant Agriculture, and the Roman Rural Economy
- Deception as Statecraft – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archaeological Work in Crete, Proceedings
- Classics in Sarasota: The armor of Achilles in Euripides’ Electra
- Chance, Virtue, and Evil Deeds – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Live-streamed onsite walking tours, Friday 20 November, 2020. – Understanding Rome
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Decor-Räume in pompejanischen Stadthäusern: Ausstattungsstrategien und Rezeptionsformen
- Weekend Reading: In Haste – Classical Studies Support
- Roman Times: The Many Names and Faces of Persephone (Proserpina)
- An Unfamiliar State of Affairs – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: An Imaginary Trio: King Solomon, Jesus, and Aristotle
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Inschriften zu den Ludi saeculares: Acta ludorum saecularium
- Private Gallery at the Louvre | The Kosmos Society
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Color restored to temple of Esna
- Laudator Temporis Acti: No Small Service
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Survival of Menander
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Swiss Action on Stolen Art
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: 1970 Convention Turns 50!
- The incorruptible Manius Curius – Novo Scriptorium
- Collections: Why Military History? – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
- More Good In Life than Evil – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: Reception of the Apocryphal Acts of Thomas
- PaleoJudaica.com: The mission of BAR
- PaleoJudaica.com: Cowan, The Writings of Luke and the Jewish Roots of the Christian Way
- The Sarpedon Krater: The Life and Afterlife of a Greek Vase by Nigel Spivey [Review]
- “Redefining Realness” by Janet Mock (2014) – Mixed up in Classics
- Roman Times: One-eyed warriors and gold-guarding griffins
- Blogging My Way to a Book – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Strange Stage Rivalry of Pylades and Hylas – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Tell Me Ancient Sages: Should I Take a Nap? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Sapfo: van kwaad tot erger – Mainzer Beobachter
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » If I disappear for a month after Christmas, this is why
- How Historically Accurate Is Netflix’s ‘Barbarians’? – Tales of Times Forgotten
- Equality and Diversity in Classics (CUCD Report) – Mixed up in Classics
- Greater Evil To Come – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: Daly, Sacrifice in Pagan and Christian Antiquity
- Two great men, Gaius Fabricius and Pyrrhus – Novo Scriptorium
- Figurines of Demeter and Persephone found at construction site in Russia’s Anapa – The Archaeology News Network
Blog-like Publications
- Stoicism, the Farmer, & the Viper | by Donald J. Robertson | Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life | Nov, 2020 | Medium
- Aphrodite’s Triumph: The Suppliants | by John Byron Kuhner | In Medias Res | Nov, 2020 | Medium
- “These were the gifts the Gods gave Alkinous” — Gardens in Homer and Near Eastern Epic: all that paradisical? | by James Hua | Ostraka | Nov, 2020 | Medium
- A Message from The Paideia Institute’s President and Co-Founder | by Jason Pedicone | In Medias Res | Nov, 2020 | Medium
- Private Gallery at the Louvre | The Kosmos Society
- Treasure hunters unearth ancient sarcophagi in Hellenistic city of Aphrodisias – The Archaeology News Network
Fresh Podcasts
The Spartans and other Greeks fight Xerxes army for the pass at Thermopylae
Its been used for nationalist propaganda across the ages and its just been dramatised for Netflix, but what do we actually know about the Battle of Teutoburg Forest? For a start, where was it? Dr Joanne Ball, from the University of Liverpool is a battlefield archaeologist. In this episode she takes Tristan through this story of the betrayal and destruction of three of Emperor Augustus’ Roman legions – under the leadership of Varus – by a Germanic alliance led by Arminius, a Germanic auxiliary officer brought up as a hostage of the Roman Empire. Together they explore the circumstances which led the Roman leaders to trust a Germanic subject against his fellow Germanic nationals. They also go through the evidence which places the ambush at Kalkriese and the battle’s extensive legacy, some of which stems from conflicting accounts of its location.
98 – 192 – The Pax Romana continues and tells a story of Roman stability through the second century. Gone are the egotistical megalomaniac emperors from the first century, or are they?
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Manuel Lorenz, Von Pflanzen und Pflichten: Zum naturalistischen Ursprung des stoischen kathekon. Schweizerische Beiträge zur Altertumswissenschaft, 50. Basel: Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Schwabe Verlag, 2020.
- [BMCR] Roy K. Gibson, Man of high empire: the life of Pliny the Younger. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.
- [BMCR] Graham Anderson, Fantasy in Greek and Roman literature. Routledge monographs in classical studies. London; New York: Routledge, 2019.
- ‘First Principles’ Review: Classically Constituted – WSJ
- Bisanzio prima di Bisanzio: miti e fondazioni della nuova Roma | Spartokos a lu
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Classics Competition 2021 – Lytham St Annes CA
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
Alia
- Rome’s Colosseum offers virtual moonlit visit – Wanted in Rome
- AIRC | This Week in Rome: Measuring Time + Voting in Ancient Rome
- Blood Of Zeus: 10 References To Greek Mythology You Missed | CBR
- Tour Ancient Olympia from Home Via New Digital Platform | GreekReporter.com
‘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 plenty of fish, but it will not go well for other water animals. It also portends good things for the Republic.
… 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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