Hodie est a.d. IV id. Mai. 2774 AUC ~ 1 Thargelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Ancient looted statue returned to Libya – CNN Style
- The Aqueduct of Constantinople: Managing the longest water channel of the ancient world
- Prezioso ritrovamento a Foggia, agenti recuperano 31 reperti archeologici. “Trafugati nel corso di scavi illeciti nel territorio” – l’Immediato
- Modena, recuperati beni archeologici per 100mila euro – La Nera – LaPressa.it
- Samonà: ‘In Sicilia primavera dell’archeologia’. A Pantelleria scavi all’Acropoli, ai Sesi e a Scauri
- Archaeological dig in Cambridge unearths Roman human remains | Anglia | ITV News
- Home extension approved – on ancient Roman site
In Case You Missed It
Classicists and Classics in the News
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Faithful Friend
- Musing on the Muses – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Online-Vortragsreihe: „Archäologie der Rituale“
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Shepherds and Yokels
- Roman Times: Professional mourners in the ancient world
- Decolonising the Classics Classroom: Diversity & Representation in Visual Aids | Cambridge School Classics Project Blog
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Hour of Rest
- Autism and Classical Myth: Liminality, heroism and a *possible* further perspective on why Hercules can chime with autistic experiences interrupted by news of a presentation acceptance
- Notes on Taylor’s Etruscan Identity – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Sailing With Fortune to the Grave – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Judgment Of Jupiter, By Samuel Finley Breese Morse (c. 1791–1872) | The Historian’s Hut
- Verginius Rufus’ Surprising Rejection Of A Chance To Become Emperor Of Rome | The Historian’s Hut
- Admin: Tertullian Project reload – Roger Pearse
- Sophomore Sophistry – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Persians, Greeks and Pseudohistorians (4) – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Vayntrub, Beyond Orality
- PaleoJudaica.com: More on the Herculaneum skeleton
- Starting Fights with Doctors – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: Workshop on Greco-Roman Jewish authors & power
- PaleoJudaica.com: Symposium on belief in the ancient world/Bible
- Epigram of the month: Call the ancient midwife! – MAPPOLA
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Dotty Dot-Dots and Late Roman Grots
Blog-like Publications
- What is Philosophy? The Islamic Reception of a Greek Idea – Antigone
- Triple international distinction for the new lighting of the Acropolis
- Ἐν θεάτρῳ θεωρεῖν. λόγος τῆς Ἄννης Κόνσερ περὶ τοῦ… | by In Medias Res | In Medias Res | May, 2021 | Medium
- Vie Cave – Sorano, Italy – Atlas Obscura
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DEmiliopics on an inscription on an altar to Caracalla
- @DocCrom on an inscription on the tombstone of an eques singularis Augusti
- @abby_fecit on a tombstone inscription of a Roman freedwoman
- @DocCrom’s #LatinForTheDay is Tacitus, Annals 57.1
Fresh Podcasts
The way food was sourced in the City of Rome changed in the Middle Ages. Dr Caroline Goodson, University of Cambridge, joins the show to explain.
Elodie Harper joins us to talk about taking fragments of lives from the ruins of Pompeii and turning them into a smash hit novel.
Dave comes into the Vomitorium in a bit of a gloomy mood, and what’s on tap in these books does not look like it will help much. All the planning and scheming by Odysseus finally comes down to this—the suitors (and a goodly portion of the house staff) get what’s coming to them, and only a handful of the loyal survive. Is this grisly, but acceptable justice? Athena (disguised as Mentor) wants it, so it has to be ok, right? Dave seems to agree, but Jeff (softie that he is) says, “hold up a minute”. Can we dismiss the death of the hapless Leodes, and especially the execution of the maids so easily? As they say, it’s complicated. LISTENER WARNING: this episode contains a grisly description (from the text of the Odyssey) of hanging and dismemberment at approx. 53.00 on. So if younger children listen, use discretion.
In this week’s episode, Alice and Nicolas interview Roman historian Dr Jon Coulston. Jon is an expert on Roman military culture and ancient representations of war. He gives us a fascinating introduction to one of the most detailed and influential military monuments to survive from the Roman Empire: Trajan’s column. Commemorating the emperor Trajan’s victory over King Decebalus of Dacia in 106 AD, the column narrates the story of two historic campaigns, giving us valuable insights into real-life events and Roman military practice. Its depiction of the Dacian Wars is not purely historical, however; the sculptors who carved it drew on long-established traditions of representing warfare and created scenes that conformed to shared ideals and expectations of how war should be conducted and victory achieved. As we discuss, Trajan’s column offers fascinating insights into Roman habits of visualising war. Jon also talks about the influence it has had on later habits of representing victory, imagining good generalship and conducting campaigns…
Roman romance novels! Pederasty! Penis Nicknames ! In the first part of our new series on the history of Christian sexual morality, we dive into the world in which this new faith was birthed and spread: the pax romana of the high Roman Empire. Featuring Mikala Casey
Oral transmission! Nine-year-old moms! Finding out Jews are, like, fine, with Jesus! In part two of our series on the history of Christian sexual morality, we get 87% more kosher, looking into the culture that birthed Jesus, the faith that claims his name, and the rabbinic tradition that has so come to dominate our understanding of the OG Abrahamic faith. Featuring Dr. Rebecca Kamholz
In our newest episode of the A.D. History Podcast, we witness the meteoric rise of the Sassanid Empire; a power that will make an indelible mark on the history of the world over the next four centuries. Furthermore, we look into the Roman emperor Elagabalus, a Roman emperor who wasn’t truly all that Roman at all…
In episode 32 Jo is joined by writer and classicist Daisy Dunn, who talks about her passion for ancient history and discusses her book ‘In The Shadow of Vesuvius’. Plus she takes on the Quick Six.
Fresh Youtubery
- 536 AD – Worst Year in History | Kings and Generals
- The War Memorials of Imperial Rome | Penn Museum
- The Lost Byzantine Harbour In Cornwall | Time Team | Timeline
- Georgics 1.54, Vergil. Sung in Latin with chelys lyre. British School at Rome. Bettina Joy de Guzman
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Danielle S. Allen, Paul Christesen, Paul Millett, How to do things with history: new approaches to ancient Greece. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
- [BMCR] Marco Arizza, Tra ostentazione e austerità: le tombe di Veio tra VI e IV sec. a.C. Bibliotheca etrusca, 3. Rome: Arbor Sapientiae, 2020.
Dramatic Receptions
- Oxford students Greek tragedy as reality TV
- Athens and Epidaurus Festival Returns with Over 80 Performances
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Fully-funded PhD studentship at the University of Bologna
- 2020 London Hellenic Prize Winner | Society for Classical Studies
- Lecture: 83rd Josephine Earle Memorial Lecture | Society for Classical Studies
- Digital Classicist London seminar 2021/2 programme | Society for Classical Studies
- Lecturer in Ancient Greek and Latin Language and Literature job with KINGS COLLEGE LONDON | 254217
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Medieval writers’ plagiarism resurrected by technology
- Sanford Biggers’ ‘Oracle’ at Rockefeller Center | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
- Kouroi and Korai, an introduction – Smarthistory
- How Scientists and Archeologists Trace Beer and Wine through Antiquity | Wine Enthusiast Magazine
- Reception and beyond: Observing current social issues in Japan from the perspective of Roman law
- Baia: Exploring the real-life Atlantis, once ancient Rome’s Sin City – 60 Minutes – CBS News
- Rodin accused by new Tate Modern exhibition of sexism and appropriating looted artefacts
- Pytheas of Massalia: The First Greek to Reach Britain and the Arctic
‘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 disaster for fish.
… 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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