Hodie est a.d. XIX Kal. Feb. 2774 AUC ~ 1 Gamelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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- Colchester Castle: Roman gem found to be older than thought | East Anglian Daily Times
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Fresh Bloggery
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Blog-like Publications
- The Antigonid Coins Online project; lecture by Peter Van Alfen
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Fresh Podcasts
The Roman republic is in full swing and it’s time for the first decemvirate! The growing discontent amongst the population is reaching breaking point according to our narrative sources…
Fresh Youtubery
- Nicomachean Ethics I.1, 1094a 1-18 | Walter M Roberts III, PhD
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- Misconceptions About The Roman Empire | Mental Floss
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Book Reviews
- Recherche sur les antiquités du sud de la Russie et les rives de la mer Noire | Spartokos a lu
- [BMCR] Justin Leidwanger, Roman seas: a maritime archaeology of eastern Mediterranean economies. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.
- [BMCR] Tyler Smith, The fourth Gospel and the manufacture of minds in ancient historiography, biography, romance, and drama. Biblical interpretation series. volume 173. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2019.
- [BMCR] Carl Knappett, Aegean Bronze Age art: meaning in the making. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Professional Matters
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Alia
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- Stoicism 101
- Roman Empire Misconceptions, From Togas to ‘Et Tu, Brute?’ | Mental Floss
- The Mystery Over the Greek Masterpieces Recovered Off Italy
- How the ancient Greeks would have handled Trump – New York Daily News
- Italy: Colosseum is ready to reopen on 16 January – Wanted in Rome
- How Medieval Europe Finally Ditched Roman Numerals | Discover Magazine
- Philip and Alexander Matter – Hellenic News of America
‘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 shortage, a plague of mice, and the death of four-footed animals.
… 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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