Hodie est a.d. VII Kal. Dec 2775 AUC ~ 2 Poseideion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Pompeii deploys flock of hungry sheep to keep grass short | Italy | The Guardian
- Animal bones, ancient Romans’ snack food found in Colosseum | Reuters
- Ancient Roman snacks found in Colosseum dig – BBC News
- How we used ancient coins to show a ‘fake’ Roman emperor was real
- In Photos: Egyptian mission unearths mummies with golden tongues in Quweisna necropolis – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
- King Tutankhamun: The treasure trove revealed inside his tomb 100 years ago this week | Daily Mail Online
- Medusa mosaic protected from winter conditions
- Athens Acropolis Becomes Accessible to the Visually Impaired
In Case You Missed It
- Sponsian: Ancient Roman gold coins thought to be ‘fakes’ reveal long-lost emperor | The Independent
- Looted coin of Hanukkah villain found during bust of suspected artifact thief | The Times of Israel
- A Piece of an Egyptian Goddess Figure, Found at an Iron Age Settlement in Spain, Has Stunned Archeologists | Artnet News
- Hoard of Celtic gold coins stolen from German museum – CNN Style
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
- When is a Roman emperor not an emperor? | Blog post by Mary Beard
- Top 5 books for Latin lovers, chosen by Harry Mount – The Big Issue
Fresh Bloggery
- Wilhelm Wilberg (1872–1956) and his family – People at the DAI Athens
- PaleoJudaica.com: Coin of Antiochus IV recovered
- PaleoJudaica.com: Toloni, The Story of Tobit (Brill)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Indiana Jones 5?
- The History Girls: The Legend of Tanaquil and the auspicious flight of birds by Elisabeth Storrs
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Portrait of an Intellectual
- The Best Time For Sex? A Holiday Dinner Conversation Prompt – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Lyon’s Musee des Confluences has just “delayed” the display of T. rex “Ryker”
- Sing Me a Dinner! A Comic Fragment for an Epic Feast – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: A Latin Macronizer
- Get the Best of Every Thanksgiving Dish With this One Simple Trick! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: “Industrialist’s Antiquities” Seized in Ukraine
- Alexander de Grote: de eerste veroveringen – Mainzer Beobachter
- Sinterklaas met boeken – Mainzer Beobachter
- #BuyNothingDay: Read Some More Lucretius – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Blogging ancient epigram: Agathias on what endures, with a dubious pencil and some peculiar creeping
- CALYPSO SCARVES HAVE JUST LANDED
- Alexander de Grote: het einde van Perzië – Mainzer Beobachter
Other Blog-like Publications
- In Search of Good High School Essays | by John Byron Kuhner | In Medias Res | Nov, 2022 | Medium
- Let them eat stew: Research sheds new light on foodways in the first cities
- Roman coin reveals long-lost Roman Emperor
- Archaeologists find 1,800-year-old Roman winepress
- Archaeologists discover golden tongued Mummies in Egypt – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- A Polish-Croatian team discovered Ancient Roman Temple under a Croatian 18th Century church – Arkeonews
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Welcome to The Classics Podcast Does…Ancient History A Level, designed for students, teachers and anyone interested in learning more about the ancient world! Episode 2 features Professor Polly Low and Professor Neville Morley debating the manifold causes of the Peloponnesian War with James.
Welcome to The Classics Podcast Does…Ancient History A Level, designed for students, teachers and anyone interested in learning more about the ancient world! Episode 2 features Professor Polly Low and Professor Neville Morley debating the manifold causes of the Peloponnesian War.
In this episode of Accessible Art History: The Podcast, I’m exploring the magnificent Pantheon!
From a plague in Athens during the Peloponnesian War in 430 BCE, to another in 540 that wiped out half the population of the Roman empire, down through the Black Death in the Middle Ages and on through the 1918 flu epidemic (which killed between 50 and 100 million people) and this century’s deadly SARS outbreak, plagues have been a much more relentless fact of life than many realise. Brian Michael Jenkins is one of the leading authorities on U.S. national security and an advisor to governments, presidents and CEOs. Brain joins Dan to discuss the legacy of epidemics— which is not only one of the lives lost but also of devastated economies, social disorder, and severe political repercussions.
Bill sent Murray this question, ‘how long was the Macedonian Sarissa? I’ve read a lot about 20′ and sometimes longer’.
Liv speaks with the creator of QCODE’s Cupid podcast, Katy Cavanagh Jupe! They talk about all things Cupid, from its origins in Greek myth to the details of the show itself. Plus, just, loads of nerding out about Greek gods.
Fresh Youtubery
- Gli Etruschi e i Bronzi di Riace – Archeologia, letteratura, arte. Incontro di studio – YouTube | Etruschannel
- Ecopascolo – Azienda Agricola Pompei – YouTube | Pompeii
- The Invention of Mud Bricks #ancienthistory #neolithic #neolithicage – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
- Let’s Talk About THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt (Feat. Emily from ThingsThatIveRead) – YouTube | Moan Inc.
- How the turkey got to Europe (excerpt from Alliterative’s video “Turkey”) – YouTube | Alliterative
- Esplorazione del sistema fognario antico del Colosseo – YouTube | Parco Colosseo
- Ancient Roman gold coins thought to be ‘fakes’ reveal long-lost emperor (Sponsian) (Global) – YouTube
- Early Settlement at Jericho #ancienthistory #neolithicage #neolithic – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
- TOP 5 BRIDGES in the Roman Empire! Ancient Rome Live – YouTube | Ancient Rome Live
- How relevant is ancient history to contemporary readers? | Amanda H. Podany – YouTube | Oxford Academic
- Seleucus I Nicator Birth and Childhood #ancienthistory #seleucid #ancientgreece – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- New Evidence for Thera Eruption Tsunamis at Çeşme
- International Conference: “The Greek World And India: History, Culture And Trade From The Hellenistic Period To Modern Times”
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Lecturer in Latin Literature- AC1907SB University of St Andrews
- Associate or Full Professor of Classics | Society for Classical Studies
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- How Ancient Greeks Harnessed Wind Power to Win the Battle of Salamis
- Here’s What the Monumental Rosetta Stone Says
- That Scrooge of a Praxiteles: how much the artists of ancient Rome and Greece earned – Stile Arte
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 dangerous war.
… 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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