Hodie est a.d. XV Kal. Aug. 2776 AUC ~ 1 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Prosecution to request indictment for Colosseum defacement – English – ANSA.it
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- Netanyahu on West Bank archaeology initiative: We’re deepening our roots – Israel News – The Jerusalem Post
- When in England, it seems the Romans made wine
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- Israel is trying to recover ‘national treasures’ held at Trump’s Florida home – The Jewish Chronicle
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- ‘Hoard’ of Roman coins found in Cornwall – but someone interfered with the find – Cornwall Live
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- Evidence of Roman-era ‘death magic’ used to speak with the deceased found near Jerusalem | Live Science
- Historical walls of İznik under protection – Türkiye News
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Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
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- Who Punishes Gods for Doing Wrong? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Ship
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- Het Labyrint (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Filling a Lacuna
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- Cypriot Tombs Yield Spectacular Treasures – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Antigone: A Detailed Summary of Sophocles’ Famous Play
- Czech experimental archaeologists successfully completed their 1-month voyage in the Aegean Sea using a replica of a prehistoric vessel – Arkeonews
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Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
It’s episode 600, baybee!!! To celebrate, we’re embarking on a voyage through Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, some middle-grade fantasy-but-in-the-real-world fiction that passed us by when it came out in 2005. We’ll be reading the first five books in the series, starting with The Lightning Thief.
In this week’s magazine we look back at Europe as the Western Roman Empire fell, the Battle of Cannae when Hannibal’s Carthaginians met the Romans in battle, the fantastic story of the Trojan War, and how to make your own stone age tool using hard hammering percussion.
In celebration of SIX YEARS of the podcast, Liv answers listener questions, reads comments, and shares clips from favourite e
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- #3 The Gods of Antiquity in Contemporary Popular Culture: Julia Troche (Missouri State University) – YouTube
- #4 The Gods of Antiquity in Contemporary Popular Culture: João Paulo Simões Valério (CH-ULisboa) – YouTube
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- Who Were the Professional Veterans of the Roman Army? – YouTube | Invicta
- What Were The Private Lives of the ROMAN EMPERORS Really Like? (Anthony Blond Book Review) – YouTube | Moan Inc.
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
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Research Papers of Possible Interest
Alia
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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 a shortage of crops because of rainy weather.
… 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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