Hodie est Kal. Mart. 2775 AUC ~ 28 Anthesterion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Rare gold coin found in Hungary shows assassinated Roman emperor | Live Science
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Fresh Bloggery
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- Glory and Worthless Wealth – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: That’s the way to do it
- Winter AD 121/2 – Hadrian inspects the northern frontiers: part 2 Raetia (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
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- Rejoicing at the Death of a Tyrant – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archaeological Sites and Villages of the Mosul Dam Reservoir Survey (1980)
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- Kiwi Hellenist: Snake Island: in the steps of Achilles
- Suspicious Speech and the Pleasure Principle – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Rare 3rd c. double-aureus found in Hungary
- De Tirannendoders – Mainzer Beobachter
- Looting Matters: Apulian grave group in Berlin subject to Italian court order
- Spencer Alley: Claude Lorrain – Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba
Other Blog-like Publications
- February 2022 in Turkish archaeology | Turkish Archaeological News
- The Parthenon frieze: A modern way of exploring it
- Ancient Coins and (Modern) Object Biographies
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Fresh Podcasts
Tom and Dominic explore what Edward Gibbon called “the greatest, perhaps, and most awful scene in the history of mankind”: the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
What happened to the Roman Empire after its fall? In the second of two episodes, Tom and Dominic discuss where Rome endured, how its ghost still haunts 21st century geopolitics, and which member of the British Royal Family Tom thinks is the last true Roman!
Today we continue following the evolution and exploits of the Delian League. In the 450s BCE, they become embroiled in two theaters of conflict. The first saw them begin to more squarely meet Sparta and many other allied cities of the Peloponnesian League in what is called the First Peloponnesian War. At the same time, Athens and the Delian League answered the call of a rebel leader in Egypt and there the League got tangled up fighting Persia yet again. A siege at the White Castle (no, not that one) ensues, and in the end the Delian League suffers some pretty heavy losses in a foreign land.
The focus on Trasimene is often largely about the events of the day, but what is as interesting are the events leading up to it. What choices did Hannibal have and how did Rome try to anticipate him?
Fresh Youtubery
- US returns artifacts worth $20 million to Greece – YouTube | AP Archive
- 16/02/22- SemGRAnt- New Research on the Marmaria Terrace in Delphi – YouTube | Ecole française d’Athènes
- Dr Janina Ramirez: Knossos – Lost Women of the Ancient World – YouTube | Lytham St Annes Classical Association
- Josephine Balmer and Lesley Saunders: Online Poetry Reading – YouTube | Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama
- Afro-Eurasian Antiquities beyond the Euro-American Gaze – YouTube | Everyday Orientalism
- Why Humans Love Hell – A Tour of Hades – Extra Mythology – #Shorts – YouTube | Extra Credits
- Boaz Gross Explains the Tel Bet Shemesh East Salvage Excavation in Israel | Bible & Archaeology – YouTube | Robert Cargill
- Autumn Seminar Series 2021: Professor Judith Mossman (University of Coventry), Tragedy in Plutarch – YouTube | ClassicsUnivRdg
- Favourite History, Mythology and Historical Fiction Books of 2021 – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
- 15/02/22- Recherches en cours- Archaeometry of Αmber – YouTube | Ecole française d’Athènes Ecole française d’Athènes
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Elena N. Boeck, The bronze horseman of Justinian in Constantinople: the cross-cultural biography of a Mediterranean monument. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- BMCR – Christelle Fischer-Bovet, Sitta von Reden, Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires: integration, communication, and resistance. Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Halmyris I. Monograph arheologică | Spartakos read
Exhibition Related Things
- Exhibition – Ancient Greeks: Science and Wisdom – Karwansaray Publishers Blog
- The princely archaeological collection reopens in Turin
Dramatic Receptions
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- Cast and Creative Team Announced for World Premiere of PENELOPE
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Classics Lecture Series – Immortal Flora: Mummy Plants and Plant Time
- Classics Presents Dr. Gareth Williams “Received Wisdom: Celibacy,Cicero,& the Case against Marriage in Barbaro’s Venice” | Events Calendar
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Careers@Wesleyan | Visiting Assistant Professor in Greek Archaeology
- Queens University Classics Adjunct Position (Post #2) – The Classical Association of Canada
- Three-Year Lecturer with Emphasis on Medical Terminology, UBC, 2022-2023 – The Classical Association of Canada
- Queens University Classics Adjunct 2022-2023 (Post #1) – The Classical Association of Canada
- CUNY Jobs – Assistant Professor (Classics/Ancient History) – Classics Program/ Department of History in New York, New York, United States
Alia
- Nestor – March 2022 issue available
- Egyptian Social Organization—from the Pharaoh to the farmer (Part 2) – Smarthistory
- Egyptian Social Organization—from the Pharaoh to the farmer (Part 1) – Smarthistory
- Putin and Agamemnon – CounterPunch.org
- I lost my underwear on the trail of Odysseus in Ithaca, Greece | Greek Islands holidays | The Guardian
- One of The 12 Labors of Hercules Featured on Gibraltar Stamps
Diversions
‘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 year of strife and arguments.
… 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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