Hodie est pr. Non. Mart. 2776 AUC ~ 14 Anthesterion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- The Darius Artifact: How Did We Get From Discovery of the Decade to Disgrace? – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Israel Antiquities Authority must rein in enthusiasm before next find – The Jerusalem Post
In Case You Missed It
- Gladiator fights were staged in Roman Britain, evidence suggests – BBC News
- Ancient Roman vase is 1st evidence of gladiator battles on English soil | The Times of Israel
- Accidental destruction of Roman sarcophagus represents significant cultural loss ⋆ Universul.net
Greek/Latin News
Fresh Bloggery
- PaleoJudaica.com: List of C-14 dated manuscripts
- PaleoJudaica.com: Review of The Lexham Old Testament Apocrypha
- “What Kinds of Things Are Roses”: More Poems from Nossis – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Life
- Review: SAVAGE BEASTS by Rani Selvarajah – Classical Studies Support
- Have Been Accepted to the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA)’s Summer Session for 2023! – Tales of Times Forgotten
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Position of Roman Slaves: Social Realities and Legal Differences
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Öffentliche Räume in Pompeji: Zum Design urbaner Atmosphären
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Libyan Epigraphy Research Network
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’auctoritas à Rome: Une notion constitutive de la culture politique
- Colchester Vase was gladiator sports memorabilia – The History Blog
- Jezus’ vrouwelijke leerlingen – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Garbled Greek
- One month after the quake – cultural properties damage assessment | Turkish Archaeological News
- Buying Erudition – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: Photos of the Book of the Dead scroll from Saqqara
- Perictione and the Harmonious Woman – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archaeology of Central Asia during the 1st millennium BC, from the Beginning of the Iron age to the Hellenistic period
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Epigraphische Forschungen in Termessos und seinem Territorium IV
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Griechische Epigraphik in Lykien: Eine Zwischenbilanz. Akten des internationalen Kolloquiums München, 24.–26. Februar 2005
- A Funerary Inscription for a Twelve-Year Old Girl – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Poor Charles Vanderpoop
- Hedonisme (3): De Cyreense School – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: More on the fake Darius inscription
- MARGINALIA: Remains from the Temple of Vespasian
- Time and the Ancient World – The Classical Astronomer
- Limits of totality; fragmentary fragilities – o pietas animi
- Wherever You Go, You’re Still You – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The results of the CREWS project: new CORDIS article
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- New article explores Holocene geomorphodynamics in a long-term settled mountain catchment in the Pergamon Micro-Region – Pergamon Micro-Region
- HeroesX: 10th anniversary – The Kosmos Society
Other Blog-like Publications
- The Ancient Boundaries of Classics – Antigone
- Classical Culture in British India, Part III: The Ovid of Calcutta – Antigone
- The world’s first horse riders
- What’s a life worth living? For the ancients, it depends | Psyche Ideas
- Pasts Imperfect (2.23.23)
- March 5th | Fastorum Liber Tertius: Martius – by M.
- March 6th | Fastorum Liber Tertius: Martius – by M.
- Ancient Egyptian discovery rewrites history of Sudanese kingdom | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- The Darius Ostracon: From Real to Fake
- PaleoJudaica.com: Purim 2023
Assorted Twitter Threads
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Fresh Podcasts
Augustine’s City of God, Part 2 of 2. The second half of the City of God contains some of Late Antiquity’s most influential writings – most notably Augustine’s take on Original Sin.
Something completely new for the History of the World podcast. While we wait for the new episode, we revive some of the great stories that we have already told in years gone by. Plus the result of the first semi-final of the History of the World podcast Ancient World Cup.
Fresh Youtubery
- Aristophanes’ Assemblywomen – Warwick Ancient Drama Festival 2023 – YouTube
- SUUS et EIUS in Latin, what’s the difference? || LLPSI – YouTube | Satura Lanx
- How Could an Ethiopian Princess Be Born White? The Intriguing Tale of Aethiopika – YouTube | Classics in Color
- Unlocking the Secrets of Mesopotamian Magic with Dr. Irving Finkel – YouTube | Archaeology Now
- Plutarch’s Parallel Lives | Ancient Classics – YouTube
- TGR Lazio – Il rhython assiro di Veio – YouTube | Etruschannel
Book Reviews
- BMCR ~ Joanna Kenty, Cicero’s political personae. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
- BMCR ~ Giovanni Ligabue, Falerii Veteres. Il sepolcreto di Montarano: scavi, materiali e contesti. Monumenti antichi, 83. Rome: Giorgio Bretschneider, 2022.
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
- Homer’s Odyssey takes center stage in EPIC – The Georgetown Voice
- Former detainee and advocate Behrouz Boochani brings new life to an ancient play – ABC News
- ‘Tragic tale of forbidden love has been told down the ages’ – EasternEye
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
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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 as yesterday portended and even 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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