Hodie est a.d. V Id. Sept. 2774 AUC ~ 3 Boedromion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Ancient warrior found buried with his steed and his dog – The Jerusalem Post
- Rossett: Archaeologists shed more light on Roman settlement as villa dig progresses | The Leader
- Disputed statuette, the Guennol Stargazer, lost to Turkey, US court says
- 7,500 year-old settlement found in Turkey’s Domuztepe Mound | Daily Sabah
- Archaeologists excavate the Bactrian fortress of Uzundara – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Thessaloniki antiquities being restored to metro | eKathimerini.com
- Women’s position in state administration investigated in Carchemish
- Waltham Forest Echo | Ancient artefacts unearthed at Walthamstow school
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
- [AkropolisWorldNews] Ἡ Βορεία Κορέα Covid-19 ἀντίδοτα οὐ βούλεται
- [Ephemeris] TALEBANORVM DVCES
Public Facing Classics
- We should learn from the Romans to be less obsessed with academic careers
- Speaking Latin brings an unmediated thrill to the Classics | Psyche Ideas
- Why trees mattered to the ancients | The Spectator
Fresh Bloggery
- Throwing Some Homeric Shade: Sparta is Teucer to an Athenian Ajax – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Methods for an Archaeology of the Contemporary World | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Truth and Falsehood
- Have We All Forgotten that Life is Short? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Tiles with Roman imperial mark found at Carlisle
- De literatuurlijst bij het handboek – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Orient and Occident
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Preconceived Ideas
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Come Unto Me, All Ye That Labour and Are Heavy Laden
- PaleoJudaica.com: A Phoenician sundial fragment survived the Beirut explosion
- PaleoJudaica.com: Lyons & Stromberg (eds.), Isaiah’s Servants in Early Judaism and Christianity (Mohr Siebeck)
- Spencer Alley: Adriaen van Stalbemt (Populous and Idealized Landscapes)
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: BBC Interview with Artefact Hunter
- Auf der Suche nach der Quelle des Blauen Goldes – DAI Blogs
Blog-like Publications
- Pasts Imperfect (9.9.21) – by Sarah E. Bond, Colin McCaffrey, and Jason Nethercut – Pasts Imperfect
- Why Are Ancient Greek Phalluses Funny? | Getty Iris
- Representations of Justice on Coins and Medals
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCrom on some Roman coins associated with Parthia
- @DocCrom on Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 1.255.263
- @tutubuslatinus on the SATOR square
Fresh Podcasts
We’ve covered bloody battles, we’ve covered stunning cities, we’ve covered civilisations far away from the ancient Mediterranean. But in some 120 episodes of The Ancients we hadn’t covered one of the most popular topics in the world: sex. That is, until now. In today’s episode, strap yourself in for almost an hour’s worth of content all about what the Romans thought of sex. What was acceptable? What wasn’t? And why were the Romans so obsessed with carving penises at sites across the Roman Empire. From Pompeii to Hadrian’s Wall. Joining Tristan in today’s podcast is L J Trafford, the author of the upcoming book Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Rome. Suffice to say, adult themes feature in this episode.
The symposia–all-male drinking parties–were the playground and hunting ground of Athens’ elite courtesans. But they had their dangers, too. Join us as we attend a symposium with the fast set of Ancient Athens. We’re going to hang out with the hetaerae, drink our faces off, flirt outrageously with everyone in range, and debate with the philosophers until the sun comes up.
The Social War was a five-year war fought in the 1st century BCE (91-87) between the Roman Republic and many of its allied communities. Dr. Seth Kendall, Associate Professor, Georgia Gwinnett College, returns to the show to speak about the events in the third year of the war.
Fresh Youtubery
- Can TV be dubbed into Latin? THE GREAT EXPERIMENT | polyMATHY
- Antikythera Fragment #10 – Ancient Tool Technology – The Workshop | Clickspring
- Convegno” Stabiae. Ricerche, progetti, prospettive” | Pompeii Sites
- Amadeus dubbed into Latin | ScorpioMartianus
Exhibition Related Things
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Barnett Family Professor in Classical Archaeology job with University of Oklahoma | 378139
- Assistant Teaching Professor in Roman History, Department of History job with Georgetown University | 2240025
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- The Kalash: A Tribe of Alexander the Great’s Descendants in Pakistan
- Anti-Aging and Ancient Greeks
- Concepts of ownership shouldn’t apply to the Parthenon Marbles | eKathimerini.com
- Hermès draws on Greek mythology in its latest offering – SHINE News
- How to make bread from Pompeii | Popular Science
- Ancient Roman Emperors: A Timeline – HISTORY
- Philoxenia: The Ancient Roots of Greek Hospitality
- When the Roman Empire Withdrew from an Unwinnable War
- From Boudicca to modern Britain: the dream of island utopias, ruled by women | History books | The Guardian
‘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 disease bearing wind.
… 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)