Hodie est a.d. V Id. Feb. 2775 AUC ~ 8 Anthesterion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- SCOPERTE / A San Severino Marche (MC) torna alla luce una necropoli romana – Storie & Archeostorie
- Researcher develops Google for archaeologists
- Colchester: Monument will harm Roman site say Historic England – BBC News
- Recent storms uncover first find of the year at Northumberland Roman site – Chronicle Live
- Embalming cachette found – Heritage – Al-Ahram Weekly – Ahram Online
- Resti romani nella zona orientale: la scoperta a Mariconda
- Invasive Plants Are Threatening Rome’s Ancient Monuments | Discover Magazine
- Harbour of Ancient City Found at the Bottom of Aegean Sea Off Turkey – 09.02.2022, Sputnik International
In Case You Missed It
- Archaeologists study small Roman town excavated near Aylesbury
- Tunisian Enthusiast Recreates Sea Snail Purple Dye That Defined Ancient Royals | World News | US News
- Iraq’s heritage faces ‘organised sabotage’ as returned antiquities go on display
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Against Mosquitoes, A Love Poem – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- No, Xerxes I Was Not an Eight-Foot-Tall Giant – Tales of Times Forgotten
- A Terrible, Awful Poem from Martial (NSFW) – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Seasonality in Cyprus | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Some Gods
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mochlos in the Protopalatial Period: Ceramic Analysis and Social Perspectives in the Middle Bronze Age
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Public Awareness Fail
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Pergame: Les élites d’une ancienne capitale royale à l’époque romaine
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: (Social) Place and Space in Early Mycenaean Greece: International Discussions in Mycenaean Archaeology, October 5-8, 2016 in Athens
- Digital Images of P64 | Variant Readings
- The Eternal Autumn of Your Smile: A Love Note – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Neolithic Cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Life in an Italian Walled Town
- The Special Shoes Of Emperors Of Constantinople | The Historian’s Hut
- Domitianus (32): De Palatijn – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Is Jesus, Hermes, or Orpheus on that ring?
- PaleoJudaica.com: SBL Panel on Leviticus 10
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: The Consequences of Platitudes
- Ch-ch-ch-changes | Sphinx
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Vindolanda marks 1900th anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall with altar find
Other Blog-like Publications
- Covid and the Classics Competition Winners – Antigone
- The fall of the Hittites – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Caesar’s death created a power vacuum in the city of Rome. While Antony struggled against the senate to make a deal and assert his dominance, Octavian’s imminent arrival presented a rival he couldn’t anticipate. Part I of The Liberator’s War Guest: Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at La Trobe University).
We’re back to look at the more action adventures following the success of Gladiator and writer David Franzoni’s next project: King Arthur (2004). Here, Antoine Fuqua directs a gritty re-imagining of Arthurian legend in the final years of the Roman Empire. We get into the mid-00’s obsession for gritty realism, the NEW archaeological ‘discoveries’ and esoteric Celtic spiritualism which inspired this movie, along with riveting discussion of the Roman fort of Vindolanda, our favorite Knights of the Round Table, whether or not Til Schweiger has hair and our favorite (male, non-queer-coded) sexy villains pre-2010. Enjoy, or don’t. I’m a podcast, not Roman authority.
Fresh Youtubery
- Far Right Transnationalism Panel | Feb 7, 2022 – YouTube | Human Stories
- Ancient Rome’s Naked Fertility Festival – YouTube | Tasting History with Max Miller
- Cradle Of The West: The Buried Mysteries Of Ancient Athens | Metropolis | Odyssey – YouTube
- Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries of 2021 presented by Marshalltown – YouTube | XKV8R
- Promenade à la découverte des camées du Louvre – YouTube | Musee du Louvre
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Sean A. Adams, Greek genres and Jewish authors: negotiating literary culture in the Greco-Roman era. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2020.
- BMCR – Marc Domingo Gygax, Benefaction and rewards in the ancient Greek city: the origins of euergetism. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- 7 Roman inventions: incredible feats of ancient technology | Live Science
- Hadrian’s Wall: Climate change threatens ancient Roman structure – France 24
- Ancient Paganism and Modern Religion
- The Peacock in Greek Mythology was Ancient Symbol of Royalty, Power
- Parthenon marbles’ return would be a lovely jubilee gesture | Parthenon marbles | The Guardian
- Boris Johnson ‘in final days’ should arrange return of Parthenon Marbles | Evening Standard
- PARTHENON MARBLES: The “weapon” Of Greece And The “smart Compromises” — Greek City Times
- What is the influence of Greek on the English language? – Greek Herald
- The Curse of the House of Atreus One of Worst in Greek Mythology
‘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 bad things for barley.
… 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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