Hodie est pr. XVIII Kal. Ian. 2772 AUC ~ 30 Maimakterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
Apologies for the paucity of entries today … seems there was some rss-related fallout from Google’s issues yesterday …
In the News
- Bulgaria: Remarkable Roman Villa Discovered Near Dolna Kremena Village – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency
- Archaeologists rediscover 1600-year-old Roman pagan figurine workshop in Israel | Daily Mail Online
In Case You Missed It
Classicists and Classics in the News
Fresh Bloggery
- Perseus and Andromeda in “The House of Mirth” – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: A Survey of Petitions and Related Documents from Ptolemaic Egypt
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: TM Petitions
- Foot Ailments and Fools! Save us From Democrates – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: One Off Journal Issues: The View From Late Antiquity: Engaging the Political in the Religious Studies Classroom: Lessons from Studying Religion in Late Antiquity
- Lucan | The Historian’s Hut
- Mucius Scaevola before King Porsenna, By Abraham Schöpfer (c. 16th century) | The Historian’s Hut
- Not Evil Because of Ignorance – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Times: Serving in the Roman navy
- What on earth is Palladio’s “Le terme dei Romani”? – Roger Pearse
- Paculla Annia: the Priestess of Revolution in Ancient Rome
- Combatting illicit trade: identifying and returning a 4,000-year-old relief to Iraq – The British Museum Blog
- Spencer Alley: Ancient Roman Gods and Heroes
- Big projects on Roman religion | Szabó Csaba
- Nécropoles du sud-est du Royaume du Bosphore | Spartokos a lu
Blog-like Publications
Fresh Youtubery
- Lungo le strade di Pompei – La Basilica | Pompeii Sites
- Appuntamento con il restauro Ep. 5 | Etruschannel
- A Day In The Life Of A Celt: Part One – Roundhouses | The Novium Museum
- Smarthistory
- Battle of Pharsalus 48 BC – Caesar’s Civil War DOCUMENTARY | Kings and Generals
- Women Potters Of Cyprus. GloriaLondon | CAARI Cyprus
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Hunter H. Gardner, Pestilence and the body politic in Latin literature. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
- [BMCR] Heinz Jakobsmeier, Die Gallier-Rede des Claudius aus dem Jahr 48 n. Chr.: historisch-philologische Untersuchungen und Kommentar zur tabula Claudiana aus Lyon. Quellen und Forschungen zur antiken Welt, Band 63. München: Herbert Utz Verlag, 2019.
- [BMCR] Francesco Adorno, Corpus dei papiri filosofici greci e latini: testi e lessico nei papiri di cultura greca e latina. Parte II: Frammenti Adespoti e sentenze, vol. 1: Frammenti Adespoti. Firenze: Olschki Editore, 2019.
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Assistant Professor in Classics (Greek History) | Durham
- Assistant Professor in Classics (Roman History) | Durham
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
‘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 many setting out for war, but few returning.
… 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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