Hodie est a.d. VII Id. Aug. 2776 AUC ~ 21 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- ‘Large villa complex’ could be uncovered at Cambridge dig site where Roman artefacts were found – Cambridgeshire Live
- Stolen head of Hermes: after 45 years it returns to its place – Michelangelo Buonarroti is back
- Roman road network spanning the South West identified in new research – News
- Roman road network spanning the south west of England identified in new research | The Independent
In Case You Missed It
- 42-Foot-Long Ancient Roman Ship Uncovered by Miners in Serbia – ARTnews.com
- Ancient Roman boat from empire’s frontier unearthed in Serbian coal mine | Live Science
Greek/Latin News
- Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 05.08.2023 – Vatican News
- Ephemeris ~ IMRAN KHAN COMPREHENSUS EST Vir politicus Pakistanus de peculatu condemnatus est
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Like-Mindedness
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Falsehoods
- Old Drunks On the Dance Floor – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: Which Ten Commandments? And whose?
- Why we should use Latin spellings of Greek names – Roger Pearse
- Does Jerome say that Christians need never shower again after baptism? – Roger Pearse
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rome : éduquer et combattre. Un florilège en forme d’hommages
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Jouer pour la cité: Histoire sociale et politique des musiciens professionnels de l’Occident romain
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Le marché du crédit dans le monde romain
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Pratiques religieuses, mémoire et identités dans le monde gréco-romain
- Put Those Cares to Sleep! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Letter of Claudius to the Alexandrians – Roger Pearse
- Het oudste Jeruzalem – Mainzer Beobachter
- Romeins Jeruzalem – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Plotting Our Destruction
- Bad Planning and Disasters – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: Rhetorical poetics of the Aramaic incantation bowls
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The True Function of a University
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Virtual museum of Syria
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Egyptian Texts Series
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Museum of Stone Tools
- What It Takes to Understand Vergil – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Houtkamer – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Ship-protection talisman found near Israeli beach
Other Blog-like Publications
- Greeknes and Otherness: beyond the stereotype. Athens, Sparta, Thebes.
- Astrology and imperial legitimacy in ancient Rome – Ancient World Magazine
- Rome’s libraries were shrines to knowledge – and imperial power | Aeon Essays
- Was This Centurion the Most Decorated Roman Soldier of All Time?
- Restoration of three entablature blocks on the north facade of the Temple of Epicurean Apollo – The Archaeology News Network
- Gladiators were mostly Vegetarians and they were fatter than you may think – Arkeonews
- Archaeologists uncover Roman mosaic depicting Medusa | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Delphi: A Guide to the History of the Ancient Site
- Aeneid IX.207-313 – by publius vergilius maro
- Aeneid IX.314-409 – by publius vergilius maro
- Ancient necromancy: Jerusalem cave was gateway to underworld – Big Think
- How Does Ovid’s Version of the Medusa Myth Reflect Roman Anxieties About Female Sexuality? – Ekklesia Magazine
- Curse Tablets and Our Understanding of the Ancient World – Ekklesia Magazine
- Knowing Alexander (II) | The Second Achilles
Fresh Podcasts
We sit down to chat with Genn and Jenny, the fabulous cohosts of the Ancient History Fan Girl podcast. They have recently published Women of Myth: From Deer Woman and Mami Wata to Amaterasu and Athena which examines fifty women and femme presenting figures from cultures across the globe.
The ancient city of Pompeii is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries on earth. Frozen in time since 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius erupted, its story is one that continues today. In episode one of this special series, Tristan Hughes takes you into its bustling streets: from markets to homes, experience the vibrancy and intricacies of Pompeian life. Meet one of the city’s most impressive residents and unearth the textures of everyday existence in a world paused in time, only to be rediscovered centuries later.
We’re back with Series 8 and kicking off the rage this week we welcome art historian, and Latin Consultant for Wandavision (is that not the coolest credit ever?) Dr. Kira Jones and she wants to rage ENOUGH WITH THE AI RECONSTRUCTIONS ALREADY! We’ll be talking about how many reconstructions are made from careless and false information. How Ancient Romans didn’t view portraits in the same way we would, how the Cleopatra coin is more about Mark Anthony than Cleopatra, and a lady whose funeral portrait came with interchangeable hair.
The Roman empire was used to getting its own way – but there was one power it was never able to overcome. Despite frequent bouts of warfare, the Parthian and later Persian empire managed to hold its own against Rome for more than six centuries, until a new force emerged that would transform the Middle East forever. Historian of the ancient world Adrian Goldsworthy speaks to Rob Attar about the evolving relationship between Rome and Persia, and explains why neither was ever able to vanquish the other.
Fresh Youtubery
- Ancient Greek Culture, Now. Cosmote TV, History Channel. Trailer, Season 2. Bettina Joy de Guzman. – YouTube
- How The Roman Empire Was Built On Brutality & Fratricide | Rome: Empire Without Limit | Timeline – YouTube
- Ancient Roman ship uncovered in Serbia | ANC – YouTube
- Turning Hades & Persephone into a YA Rom-Com: CHAOSONOLYMPUS Talks New Book “Girl, Goddess, Queen” – YouTube | Moan Inc.
- Medicinal Suppression: “Healing” Female Lust in Ancient Greece – YouTube
- The Legion Part 2 First Century BC – YouTube | Adrian Goldsworthy
Book Reviews
- BMCR ~ Baukje van den Berg, Homer the rhetorician: Eustathios of Thessalonike on the composition of the Iliad. Oxford studies in Byzantium. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2022.
- BMCR ~ Kyriakos Tsantsanoglou, Tragic papyri: Aeschylus’ Theoroi, Hypsipyle, Laios, Prometheus Pyrkaeus, and Sophocles’ Inachos. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2022.
- BMCR ~ Amy J. Maitland Gardner, Carl Walsh, Tracing gestures: the art and archaeology of bodily communication. London: Bloomsbury, 2022.
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- The Settlements of the Ancient Greeks in Egypt
- Aesop’s Fables: Ancient Greek Stories with Important Lessons
- The Other Battle of Thermopylae: When Celts Invaded Ancient Greece
- How to Collect Antiquities Without Getting Busted – Robb Report
- The Giant Whale that Terrorized Constantinople
- The Greek Historian Herodotus, Known as “The Father of History”
- First Map of Known World Created by Ancient Greek Anaximander
- Abu Simbel: Ramses the Great’s incredible temple complex – ABC Radio
- This Castle Just Outside Of Rome Is Actually The Ancient Tomb of Caecilia Metella
- On the Spot: Bettany Hughes | History Today
- 3,200 Year-Old Mesopotamian Perfume Recreated
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 severe winds and an outbreak of diseases.
… 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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