Hodie est Non. Jul. 2774 AUC ~ 27 Skirophorion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Boy’s remains found in Etruscan outpost in Campania – Lifestyle – ANSA.it
- Egypt unearths large pottery workshop of Greco-Roman era – Xinhua | English.news.cn
- Dolianova: a caccia di reperti con metal detector, nei guai due pensionati
- Actualité | Des habitats du Campaniforme à Concarneau, il y … | Inrap
- Napoli: tornano a casa le opere d’arte rubate a Villa Livia, location tvper i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone – Il Mattino.it
In Case You Missed It
- Possible Image of Roman God Unearthed at Vindolanda – Archaeology Magazine
- Roman Forum’s House of the Vestals opened after 8-year restoration – La Prensa Latina Media
- 2,000-Year-Old Sarcophagus Found in England Reveals Roman Burial Practices | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
- Lauderdale House hosts Highgate kiln fundraiser launch | Hampstead Highgate Express
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Lisa French obituary | Register | The Times
- Managing the ANS Collection: An Interview With Elena Stolyarik
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Renegade to the True Muse
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Solidarity
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Dendara. La Porte d’Hathor: Commentaire – Traduction
- Why Did the Patriarchal Greeks and Romans Worship Such Powerful Goddesses? – Tales of Times Forgotten
- Flammable Bones and Renewable Eyes: Some Amazing Animal Facts – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Some more Roman polyhedral dice – Roger Pearse
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Martial 5.20
- Aeschylus | The Historian’s Hut
- The Judgement Of Midas. The Musical Contest Between Apollo And Marsyas, Attributed To Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano (c. 1459-1517) | The Historian’s Hut
- Door berg en dal met Hannibal: de Rhône – Mainzer Beobachter
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: HARL Ehrenberg 3D Collection
- Roman Archaeology Blog: 2,000-Year-Old Sarcophagus Found in England Reveals Roman Burial Practices
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Boy wearing warrior’s bronze belt found in southern Italy
- PaleoJudaica.com: Gibson & Taylor, Beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem (1994, PEF, open access)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Wills, Introduction to the Apocrypha (Yale)
- Roots and Culture | Sphinx
- PaleoJudaica.com: Write That They May Read (Millard Festschrift) (Pickwick)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Greenspoon on the Greek Bible
- Scientists reconstruct Mediterranean silver trade, from Trojan War to Roman Republic – The Archaeology News Network
- Excavations are beginning in ancient Cretan city of Lyttos – The Archaeology News Network
- The City of David and the sharks’ teeth mystery – The Archaeology News Network
- Spencer Alley: Noël Coypel (1628-1707)
- Blog: Six months in(surrection) | Society for Classical Studies
- Pressure grows on UK to hand back ‘Elgin’ Marbles after Scottish decision – The Archaeology News Network
- Thesaurus Linguae Latinae: How the World’s Largest Latin Lexicon is brought to Life – De Gruyter Conversations
Blog-like Publications
- Antigone introduces Anna Julia Cooper, Mother of Black Classical Education – Antigone
- “Yes” to transfer of antiquities from Venizelos Station
- Convivium in C-F-A (“Party in the USA” in Latin) | by In Medias Res | In Medias Res | Jul, 2021 | Medium
- The Meta Romuli – The Lost Roman Pyramid – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Greco-Roman pottery workshop has been discovered in Egypt
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCromm on a Roman military diploma
- @DocCromm’s #LatinForTheDay is Ovid, Ibis, 17-22
- @fadeaccompli continues reading Stewart, Plautus and Roman Slavery
Fresh Podcasts
Oh say can you see where this one is going? Many people have heard about the influence of the Roman Republic on the shaping of the American government but are perhaps unaware how much deeper the ancient underpinnings go. This week, with Carl Richards’ The Founders and the Classics: Greece, Rome, and the American Enlightenment, as their guide, Jeff and Dave take a star-spangled look at the Greeks and Romans read, revered, and almost rejected by the founders of the United States. From the earliest days of the revolution Washington, Adams, and Jefferson (and others) saw themselves and each other through the prism of many an ancient great, both historical and fictional. What did it mean that Sam Adams was the “Palinurus” of the Revolution? Why did Washington see himself as Cato? Why does Benjamin Rush (boo!) come along and try to pour cold, stale ale over the whole classicy enterprise? And perhaps most importantly, if you don’t have busts of your friends in your personal library are they really your friends?
Waste not, want not! In this episode, learn all about ancient Mediterranean olive oil production and how real people producing this delicious food used the manufacturing byproducts to create a closed-loop, sustainable system. Dr. Erica Rowan, an expert on archaeobotanical (plant!) remains, joins us to explain how the ancient Romans in North Africa, Spain, and Italy used industrial olive oil waste as a fuel source to heat their homes, kilns, bakeries, and even to power the olive presses themselves!
The Tetrarchy was a collegiate form of government when four emperors ruled Rome simultaneously. Dr Roger Rees, University of St Andrews, joins the show again to explain what the Tetrarchy was, how it functioned, and why it was dissolved.
In this episode, Alice and Nicolas interview Prof. Kate McLoughlin. A Professor of English at Oxford University and Tutorial Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Kate works on the representation of war in literature in many different genres, from the ancient world to the present day. Among other books, she is the author of Martha Gellhorn: The War Writer in the Field and in the Text, which explores Gellhorn’s fictional writing alongside her journalism. She also wrote Authoring War: The Literary Representation of War from the Iliad to Iraq; and, most recently, Veteran Poetics: British Literature in the Age of Mass Warfare, 1790-2015. She is currently working on a literary history of silence, partly inspired by her research into veteran experiences and their representation.
It’s time for another episode of The Ozymandias Project with Lexie Henning! Tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for an exciting odyssey as we discuss overcoming creative blocks, trying to balance the history and folklore elements when writing for Odyssey & Valhalla, and whether being involved in the making of video games, in any capacity, could be considered a STEM field.
Elynn introduces the historical geography of the Neo-Elamite kingdom. What do we know about the borderlands and their role in Assyrian-Elamite relations? Why don’t we know where so many places are, and why is that so significant?
Fresh Youtubery
- What Was Lost in the Sack of Constantinople of 1204? | Kings and Generals
- The Reign and Death of Emperor Claudius | Dr. Andrew Traver | Kings and Generals
- Did The Phoenicians Sacrifice Their Children To The Gods? | Blood On The Altar | Odyssey
- I granai del Foro – Luana Toniolo | Pompeii Sites
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Tosca Lynch, Eleonora Rocconi, A companion to ancient Greek and Roman music. Blackwell companions to the ancient world . Hoboken: Wiley, 2020.
- [BMCR] Eleni Kefala, The conquered: Byzantium and America on the cusp of modernity. Extravagantes. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 2020.
Exhibition Related Things
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Royal Holloway, University of London’s Department of Classics
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- The Short Stay of Elagabalus on the Roman Throne | Cultured Magazine
- Kissing in Ancient Greece: A Greeting and Sign of Respect
- Scientists have revived extinct Israeli wheat strains. Now comes the taste test – Israel News – Haaretz.com
- Heroes Achilles and Patroclus: Homosexuality debates and popular culture | Neos Kosmos
‘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 rain storms harmful to grain.
… 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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