Hodie est a.d. XI Kal. Apr. 2776 AUC ~ 1 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- The exceptional discovery of a Roman camp in Villeneuve-sur-Lot – Quidam Hebdo
- Very ancient giant pirogue found in the Ferrara area – MediterraneoAntico
- D.A. Bragg Returns 29 Antiquities to Greece – Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
- Upcoming Christie’s Sale includes Sculpture Tied to Antiquity Looters | Observer
- Iraq’s looted artefacts: Thousands of antiquities still on black market – Focus
- Yodfat, the Jewish Town Attacked by 60,000 Roman Soldiers – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Over 50 instances of artifact smuggling prevented in last 18 months: officials | Ariana News
- Hoe ontstonden handelsnetwerken in het derde millennium voor Christus? – Leiden University
In Case You Missed It
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- Over 1,000 Objects in the Met Museum Linked to Antiquities Trafficking – ARTnews.com
- Byzantine-era church mosaic floor in Shoham to open to the public – JNS.org
- ‘Vibrant’ Roman mosaic discovered under supermarket construction site – CNN Style
- Roman villa and bathhouse mosaic discovered under Aldi construction site | The Independent
- Colchester Roman mosaic revealed under Lion Walk shopping centre | Gazette
- Work begins to reveal Roman mosaic under Colchester shops – BBC News
Classicists and Classics in the News
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Fresh Bloggery
- Persians: Acts of Archelaos on Mani’s foreignness (early fourth century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- From Feces to Flowers And Back Again – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: No Curb or Limit
- Heracles’ fifth Labour: the Augean Stables | Greek Myth Comix
- Heracles’ fifth Labour – the Augean Stables | Greek Myth Comix
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Rot Starts at the Top
- The Original Virgin Suicides – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: No, By Zingo
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Animus. Studio sulla psicologia di Seneca
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: METra 1: Epica e tragedia greca: una mappatura
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Agamennone classico e contemporaneo
- Septicia’s Second Marriage and Final Testament – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Minor Peculiarities of Nature
- Kidinnu – Mainzer Beobachter
- PANOPLY VASE ANIMATION PROJECT BLOG: Classical Mythology and Children’s Literature… An Alphabetical Odyssey
- Lecture Wednesday, March 29 6:30 p.m. Parisian archaeology: 170 years of discoveries | Antiquity at the BnF
- PaleoJudaica.com: The siege of Yodfat
- PaleoJudaica.com: The million-dollar Vesuvius Challenge
- Rushing Ahead To Fall Behind – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Other Blog-like Publications
- Manhattan District Attorney Bragg returns 29 antiquities to Greece
- The 11-meter giant statue of the island of Naxos “Dionysus of Apollonas” – Arkeonews
- Celestial reliefs depicting the heavens uncovered in the Temple of Esna | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Abandoned mosaic flooring found at Roman Pompeii | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- How to live like an Epicurean | Psyche Guides
- Cyprus’s copper deposits created one of the most important trade hubs
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
A Women’s History Month re-airing of the episode dedicated to vindicating the first woman of Greek mythology, Pandora.
He loved and he hated. Other than that, not much is known about the life of Catullus, who scandalized the late Roman Republic with his bawdy poems, his aching love for the upper-class married woman he called “Lesbia,” and his invective against Julius Caesar and other Roman notables. In this episode, Jacke takes a look at the life and works of Catullus, whose poetry was lost for a thousand years, but which, once recovered, became highly influential among poets for its accomplished technique and urgent intimacy.
Fresh Youtubery
- 52 Constantius I – Reversing Brexit – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
- The Great Pyramid of Giza – The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 1 – YouTube | Dig It With Raven
- The Fearsome Amazons of Greek Mythology – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
- Creating Art Inspired By The Ancient World With FLAROH ILLUSTRATION – YouTube | Moan Inc.
- Why Hasn’t This Epic Hill-Fort Been Excavated? – YouTube | Pete Kelly
- Aux origins du Latin. En quoi Rome est une perpétuelle traduction ? – YouTube | Andrea Cirla
Book Reviews
- BMCR ~ Hannah Čulík-Baird, Cicero and the early Latin poets. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- BMCR ~ Aldo Schiavone, The pursuit of equality in the West. Trans. Jeremy Carden. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2022.
Online Talks and Conference-Related Thingsx
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Brock Cities and Sanctuaries – The Classical Association of Canada
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Famous travelers to Türkiye: Lord Byron, an admirer of Turks | Daily Sabah
- In a Roman villa at the center of a nasty inheritance dispute, a Caravaggio masterpiece is hidden from the public
- 3,500-Year-Old Unfinished Obelisk Would Dwarf Other Egyptian Monuments, If It Were Finished | IFLScience
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 destruction for birds but an abundance of daily necessities.
… 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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