Hodie est a.d. XIII Kal. Mai. 2774 AUC ~ 7 Mounichion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Ancient Thracian Horse Burial, ‘Half a Skeleton’ Human Burial from Early Iron Age Found near Bulgaria’s Polski Trambesh – Archaeology in Bulgaria. and Beyond
- Pompei tra restauri, scoperte e grandi eventi: il bilancio del Mibact sugli ultimi sette anni – Made in Pompei
- 4th Century Bishop’s Basilica with Marvelous Early Christian Bird Mosaics Opened for Visitors Bulgaria’s Plovdiv in Big Restoration Project with US Funding – Archaeology in Bulgaria. and Beyond
- 2,000-year-old Roman street discovered in Turkey
In Case You Missed It
- Roman baths emerge on the banks of the Cosa river in Frosinone – The Archaeology News Network
- Ruins, ghosts and cats: Rome’s ‘Area Sacra’ to welcome visitors – The Archaeology News Network
- Results of the 2020 Salamis underwater survey – The Archaeology News Network
- Pictish life revealed by citizen archaeologists | HeraldScotland
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] ALEXIS LIBERETVR
Fresh Bloggery
- Dreaming of the Catalog of Ships? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Times: Achilles’ Ambush of Troilus
- Tapestry Of Artemis Accepting The Sacrifice Of Iphigeneia, by Salomon de Bray and Pieter de Cracht (c. 17th century) | The Historian’s Hut
- The Hellish Origins Of The Word ‘Tantalize’ | The Historian’s Hut
- Maximalisme en minimalisme – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Was the Rebellious Son a glutton or an idolator?
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Life of Mary Magdalene
- PaleoJudaica.com: Coins, ancient and modern
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Antikythera Mechanism and astronomy
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Rulers and the Ruled
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Baalbek Reborn
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Roman gallery found under Topkapı courtyard
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Unique Roman complex found in Scarborough
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Late Imperial necropolis found in Corsica
- Ausonius: Sidonius Companion ctd, and two afterthoughts
Blog-like Publications
- 9 Times The History of Art Inspired Fashion Designers
- Persephone: Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @TrimontiumTrust on Octavia the Younger
- @sentantiq responds to a strange item about Odysseus as the first ‘Western’ man
- @postclassics in a similar mood
- @EleanorGhey on a Roman coin hoard from Shropshire
- @SaveRome on some favourite sites in Rome
Fresh Podcasts
After facing decades of civil wars and invasions following the death of Alexander, peace was restored in Macedonia by the capable Antigonid king Antigonus II ‘Gonatas’, who strengthened the kingdom’s hegemony over the Greek Peninsula in a reign that lasted an impressive 40 years. Despite this, we know very little about the man and his exploits. Author and independent scholar Robin Waterfield (“Dividing the Spoils”, “Taken at the Flood”) joins the show to discuss his new book “The Making of a King: Antigonus Gonatas of Macedon and the Greeks”, which seeks to chronicle the life of Antigonus and provide a guide through the often-hazy period of the 3rd century BC.
Dr Christopher Siwicki, The Norwegian Institute in Rome, joins the show to discuss how buildings were constructed in ancient Rome.
Hoc sermone loquor de novis officiis meis apud patrem Franciscum, nec non de duobus carminibus quae proximo disco continentur, c.i. “Vale Italia” est.
This week, Anna and Amber are playing catch-up after attending the SAA conference, recovering from vaccine shots, and life in general. We’ll be taking the rest of April off for a short break. In the meantime, please enjoy a cleaned-up version of a Dirt After Dark episode where Anna treats Amber to the story of the Roman emperor Caligula’s absurd pleasure boats on a tiny, tiny lake.
Fresh Youtubery
- Aeneid 1.60-63 | Keith Massey
- Matrona Ephesia 4b | Keith Massey
- Live in Latin! Ancient Greek lesson • Alexandros Chapter 7a, with Chris “Pernox” Davis | ScorpioMartianus
- Catullus 51 in Latin & English: Ille mi par esse deo videtur, Pronunciation & Meter Notes | David Amster
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Len Krisak, Christopher McDonough, Virgil. The Aeneid: a new verse translation. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2020.
- [BMCR] Alan Bowen, Francesca Rochberg, Hellenistic astronomy: the science in its contexts. Brill’s companions in classical studies. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2020.
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- PhD-Positions: IDK Philology, LMU Munich
- “Future for the past” is the working title for a prospective edited volume
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Taste the Cretan Wine and Beer | food & travel , wine & spirits | The National Herald
- Philosophical Myth Writing: Talking to Tae-Yeoun Keum – BLARB
- The Hidden Treasures of Olympus, the Mountain of the Greek Gods
- Paphos sprucing up its sites | Cyprus Mail
- Discovering Switzerland’s buried treasure – SWI swissinfo.ch
- Paris museum removes Roman numerals in the names of kings
- Fleeing a Modern War, Syrians Seek Refuge in Ancient Ruins – The New York 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 powerful statesman losing both his reputation and property.
… 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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