Hodie est a.d. III Id. Apr. 2775 AUC ~ 10 Mounichion in the first year of the 700th Olympia
In the News
- Hellenistic cremation tomb found in Istanbul’s Haydarpasa dig
- Impressive Byzantine mosaic restored 30 years after its discovery – The Jerusalem Post
- Family out for a hike stumbles across Byzantine-era mosaic – www.israelhayom.com
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
- Radiogiornale Latino 10.04.2022 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
- Akropolis World News – Οὐκραίνα
- Ephemeris – NUNTIA PAKISTANA
Public Facing Classics
- The Mystic Lamb | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
- Statue repurposing: How ancient societies recycled old monuments.
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Source of a Latin Quotation Revisited
- PaleoJudaica.com: Nikolsky & Atzmon (eds.), Studies in the Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature (Brill)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Who was Pharaoh’s daughter?
- Know-nothings, Faith-healers, and Quacks: Mystifying and Abusing Mental Illness – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Google Translate
- Fear of Flute-girls and Heights: Some Physician’s Notes – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: (Social) Place and Space in Early Mycenaean Greece
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Challenges, Strategies and High-Tech Applications for Saving the Cultural Heritage of Syria: Proceedings of the Workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 2016
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Early Iron Age at Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan Valley
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Österreich, Beiheft 1: Interdisziplinäre Dokumentations- und Visualisierungsmethoden
- Daniël De Waele, Ontluikend christendom – Mainzer Beobachter
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » The Roman ships of Fiumicino
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Philology
- Update on My Graduate School Applications, 10 April 2022 – Tales of Times Forgotten
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Bad Night
- PaleoJudaica.com: Hagemeyer (ed.), Jerusalem and the Coastal Plain in the Iron Age and Persian Periods (Mohr Siebeck)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Wiesehöfer, … Studien zur Geschichte der Achaimeniden (Harrassowitz)
- Het christendom van Constantijn de Grote – Mainzer Beobachter
- Killed By A Bear When He was 9 Times 3 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Weird Uses of Weasels – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Sowing Discord
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Puzzle
- Laudator Temporis Acti: An Old Warrior
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: DICTIONARY OF ART HISTORIANS: A Biographical Dictionary of Historic Scholars, Museum Professionals and Academic Historians of Art
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Symposion 2019: Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte (Hamburg, 26.‒28. August 2019)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Presbeia Theothokou: The Intercessory Role of Mary across Times and Places in Byzantium (4th‒9th Century)
- The Kinds of People Who Seek out Friendships – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Greco-Roman-Egyptian culture and the mummy of Herakleides
- De slag bij Sentinum (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Attia & Perrot (eds.), The Hebrew Bible Manuscripts: A Millennium (Brill)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Late-antique mosaic restored in Nahariya
- An Indian delegate at the First Council of Nicaea – Roger Pearse
- A Crash Course in Chiasmus — ConsultTheClassics
- Classics at the Intersections: Reflections on “the West”
- Why study intro Greek? You could produce compelling performances of Greek poetry and prose in one semester. » Perseus Digital Library Updates
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- ‘Introduction to Medieval Latin’ Dr Charlie Kerrigan « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland
Other Blog-like Publications
- Chart the Seas of Ancient Greece in Melbourne exhibition
- The Cynic Greek Philosopher That Masturbated In Public | by Julia | Apr, 2022 | History of Yesterday
- Did Roman Farmers Have a Better Standard of Living Than Us Today? | by Sajjad Choudhury | Apr, 2022 | History of Yesterday
- The Romans Were Nanoscientists | History of Yesterday
Fresh Podcasts
Gali Jaffe returns to talk about the history, archaeology and mystery surrounding the site of Masada, the site of the infamous Roman siege.
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Gaius Marius (157 BC – 86 BC) was one of the first warlords of the late Roman Republic, a general and statesman who held the office of consul an unprecedented seven times during his life. In this episode Tristan is joined by Dr Federico Santangelo, Professor of Ancient History at the University of Newcastle, to find out more about the man whose career changed the course of Rome’s future. Federico’s book Marius is available here.
Following the disaster at the Metaurus, Hannibal retreated to southern Italy. Unable to defeat him openly yet fearful to leave him unopposed, the Roman Senate engaged in a fierce debate with the brilliant Publius Cornelius Scipio who had recently returned from Spain. In a tense showdown, Scipio convinced a grudging Senate to authorize an invasion of North Africa. While politicking with the turbulent Numidian kingdoms and establishing his ally Massinissa on the throne, Scipio also managed to crush the last Carthaginian field army between himself and Carthage. With no other cards left, the Carthaginian Senate recalled Hannibal for a final showdown with his Roman nemesis…
Fresh Youtubery
- Phrygia between the East and the West – YouTube | Digital Hammurabi
- How Did Roman Cataphracts Go To War? DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Invicta
- Statius et Silius Italicus || Latin language podcast || Litterae Latinae Simplices 46 – YouTube | Satura Lanx
- What they won’t tell you in Latin class: Perfect Subjunctive & Future Perfect vowel lengths! – YouTube | polyMATHY
- Jerusalem Dateline: Ancient Treasures Uncovered from Land and Sea – YouTube |CBN News
- The Grief of Penthos (New Music for Ancient Greek Lyre) – YouTube | Michael Levy
- ‘Introduction to Medieval Latin’ Dr Charlie Kerrigan – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
- The National Parks of the Classical World – YouTube | Classics in Color
- Battle of Gaugamela 331 BC – Alexander the Great DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Kings and Generals
- Sappho 16, first verse. live. The most beautiful thing. Bettina Joy de Guzman. Ancient Greek & lyre – YouTube
- Bronze Age Sicily – Populations, Cultures & Societies – YouTube | Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- The “Mt. Ebal Lead Curse Inscription” — Dr. Robert Cargill Explains Why Most Scholars are Skeptical – YouTube
- Poems at center stage for National Hellenic Museum in Greektown – YouTube | WGN
- Intorno alle Mura Serviane – YouTube | British School at Rome
Book Reviews
- Le continent englouti. Mémoires de Petre Alexandrescu | Spartokos a lu
- Persians by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones review — out of the shadow of the Greeks | Culture | The Sunday Times
- Visiter en ligne le Musée archéologique de Batoumi (Géorgie) | Spartokos a lu
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
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- The Best Ancient Greece Comedies Still Funny Today
- The Stoics: Antiquity’s answer to Jordan Peterson | MercatorNet
- The Ancient Earthquake That Destroyed Nearly Everything on Crete
- What it’s like tripping on mad honey, the hallucinogen that (maybe) is an aphrodisiac | Salon.com
- Politicians should concentrate on the present – not the past | The Independent
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 the same things (as yesterday?)
… 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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