Hodie est a.d. VIII Kal. Jul. 2775 AUC ~ 25 Skirophorion in the first year of the 700th Olympia
In the News
- Surprise at Pompeii, tortoise with its egg emerge from digs – Lifestyle – ANSA.it
- Teeth from royal cattle herds of Ur shed light on ancient life – study – The Jerusalem Post
- Ancient home, prayer room open at Rome’s Baths of Caracalla | AP News
- Any deity would do for the ancient Romans | World | The Times
- Roman Quarter: ‘War of words’ breaks out over ‘flawed’ plans for archaeology attraction and dig in York | Yorkshire Post
- Tortoise with its egg emerge from Pompeii digs in surprise find – English – ANSA.it
- Turkey Opens “Gate to Hell” in Ancient Greek City of Hierapolis
In Case You Missed It
- When, Exactly, Did Mount Vesuvius Erupt? – The New York Times
- Divers recovered giant head of Hercules from Antikythera shipwreck in Greece | Ars Technica
Classicists and Classics in the News
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- International Travel In COVID’s Wake | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Laudator Temporis Acti: New Poetry Anthology
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Retirement
- A Fragment of An Odyssey – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Roman Limes in Serbia: Granice Rimskog Carstva: Rimski Limes u Srbiji
- A Good Law? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Roman Army and the Limes / The Roman Limes in Hungary: A Római Birodalom Határai: A Római Hadsereg a Limesen / A Római Limes Magyarországon
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Jemdet Nasr: The Digital Archive
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Founding Documents of the Bible: The Priestly Tradition
- The Wrong Monkey: The Summa perfectionis, a Medieval Book on Alchemy
- Animal Perception and Understanding – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- New Host for Maptiles | Ancient World Mapping Center
- Why Are Dragons Obsessed with Treasure? – Tales of Times Forgotten
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » VR bus drives back in time through ancient Rome
- Nogmaals de Zijderoute – Mainzer Beobachter
- Odyssey Readalong and *final days* of Ancient Creatures launch… | Greek Myth Comix
- PaleoJudaica.com: Manichaean Studies Conference
- PaleoJudaica.com: Palmyran portraits
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Blacksmith Working on a Helmet
- Physiognomy and ethnicity: Polemon as summarized by Adamantius (second / fifth centuries CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Phoenicians: Herodotos (fifth century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Blogging ancient epigram: Two takes on a bad musician
Other Blog-like Publications
- What did Classics do to Christianity? – Antigone
- Archaeologists discover ‘exceptional’ ancient Roman sanctuary in near intact condition in Netherlands – Arkeonews
- How Were Roman Serrate Coins Made and Why?
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Patron of the podcast Chris writes, ‘we are told right before the great Illyrian revolt of AD 6-9, the Romans were preparing a campaign against king Maroboduus and the Marcomanni. It is said he had an army of 74,000 (70,000 infantry and 4,000 Cavalry). What do you guys think the outcome would have been of that war/campaign; would he have stood a chance resisting the roman campaign?’
The Delian League had been campaigning in and around the Aegean for the best part of ten years. Thucydides had given us the picture of Athenian growth in power during this period with the league focusing less and less on the Persian threat and looking to police Greeks in the region before then having to turn to their own members looking to leave the league…
Liv reads Ovid’s Heroides, letters from Leander to Hero and Hero to Leander, translated by Grant Showerman. This is not a standard narrative story episode, it’s a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style. For regular episodes look for any that don’t have “Liv Reads…” in the title!
Fresh Youtubery
- Foundation of Carthage – Ancient Civilizations DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Kings and Generals
- Is POSEIDON By Carly Spade Inspired By Any Real Greek Mythology? (BOOK REVIEW) – YouTube | Moan Inc
- Pompei. Il ritrovamento di una testuggine di 2000 anni fa e del suo uovo – YouTube | Pompeii
Book Reviews
- BMCR – John Howard Oakley, A guide to scenes of daily life on Athenian vases. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2020.
- BMCR – Xenophon’s other voice: irony as social criticism in the 4th century BCE
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Funerary archaeology, art and architecture in Hellenistic and Roman times
- 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
- Research Fellowship 2022/23: Racism, Racialisation and Gender
- LTA jobs at UBC – The Classical Association of Canada
- Junior Professor of Classics/Latin Philology — English
- Placement: Advertisements 2021-2022 | Society for Classical Studies
‘Classical’ Opinion Pieces
Alia
- How archaeology is instrumentalised amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – Perspective
- Syedra: Secret, mystical ancient city on slope of Taurus | Daily Sabah
- Archaeology Finds New Life on TikTok – InsideHook
- The ancient Egyptians were concerned with more than just death
- The History of Humankind According to Greek Mythology
- The Ring of Legendary King Minos: A Tale of Intrigue and Deception
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 abundance.
… 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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