Hodie est a.d. III Non. Mart. 2775 AUC ~ 3 Elaphebolion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Archaeologists find over 6,500-yr-old pearl bead in Qatar grave : The Tribune India
- ‘I found a Roman ring buried for 2,000 years’: meet the mini treasure hunters making history
- Fournoi shipwreck yields early Byzantine pottery | eKathimerini.com
- Human skeletons found near M5 junction ‘could date back to Roman period’ – Birmingham Live
In Case You Missed It
- Archaeologists Discover Weapon Parts, Temple In Ancient Greek City In Italy — Greek City Times
- Roman Empire’s Emerald Mines May Have Ended in Hands of Nomads as Early as the 4th Century – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – UAB Barcelona
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
- Roman lavs | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
- Opinion: War is not inevitable. Even the Ancient Greeks understood that – The Globe and Mail
Fresh Bloggery
- Achilles’ (Missing) Sister – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Online Open House | Can the Digital Humanities Make Us Better Humanists? with Rodney Ast – The Kosmos Society
- Blog Post #51: Digitizing Empire: Studying Ancient States with Video Games with Eduardo García-Molina – Peopling the Past
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Lexique pratique des chantiers de fouilles et de restauration
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ARIADNE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie (IGLS)
- A Physician’s Notes on the Lives and Deaths of Women – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Epitaph of Bacchidas
- Will an international rogatory finally bring Italy’s treasures home from the Altes Museum? ~ ARCAblog
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Cautionary tale and pristine balm tombs open to public
- Apollo en Marsyas – Mainzer Beobachter
Fresh Podcasts
While we wait for the latest episode of the magazine to be released, Murray suggested the Ancient Warfare team address one of the questions sent from a listener. What do you think was the most important factor in ancient warfare?
Fresh Youtubery
- The Perfectly Preserved Roman Legionary Fort In South Wales | Time Team | Odyssey – YouTube
- Grammatica Latina per se illustrata || Adiectiva comparativa – YouTube | Satura Lanx
Book Reviews
- Antony’s Downfall | National Review
- BMCR – Victor Cojocaru, Ligia Ruscu, Thibaut Castelli, Annamária-Izabella Pázsint, Advances in ancient Black Sea studies: historiography, archaeology and religion. Pontica et Mediterranea, vol. 8. Cluj-Napoca: Mega Publishing House, 2019.
- BMCR – Gabriel Nocchi Macedo, Ancient Latin poetry books: materiality and context. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2021.
- BMCR – Phillip Mitsis, Natura aut voluntas? Recherches sur la pensée politique et éthique hellénistique et romaine et son influence. Philosophie hellénistique et romaine, 11. Turnhout: Brepols, 2021.
- Ancient Rural Settlements in the Danube Mouth Region | Spartakos read
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Alia
- A Hilltop Fortress and the Origins of Ancient Israel – Biblical Archaeology Society
- When in Rome: a new era for the city’s ancient sites | National Geographic
- A Strong Argument In Favor of Studying the Classics | National Review
- The goddess who ‘changed the course’ of Roman history – BBC Reel
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:
[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends a sunny spring and fruitful summer
[Sunday] If it thunders today, it portends the same and more.
… 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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