Hodie est a.d. V Id. Aug. 2776 AUC ~ 23 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- The calm before the storm: How Vesuvius deceived the inhabitants of Stabiae, Rome’s ‘little Pompeii’ | Culture | EL PAÍS English
- Precious Ancient Roman Site Set Ablaze by Fireworks During Town Celebration
- New York Returns Over 40 Stolen Antiquities To Italy | Barron’s
- Ancient Wine Press That Depicts Greek Gods Discovered In Israel
- Round-the-clock excavations at Church of Holy Sepulchre yield historical treasures | The Times of Israel
In Case You Missed It
- Roman road network spanning the South West identified in new research: LiDAR scans and geographical modelling establish first evidence of long-distanced roads system — ScienceDaily
- Archaeologists Find Evidence for Roman-Era Road Network in South West Britain | Sci.News
- Coal Miners Discover Ancient Roman Boat in Serbia | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
Classicists and Classics in the News
Fresh Bloggery
- Presocratic Healthcare Plan: Everyone a Doctor, Everyone a Sage – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Lawlessness and The City – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Neighbourhoods and City Quarters in Antiquity: Design and Experience
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Dossier : Éros en jeu
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Études Anciennes
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Periplus
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Peupler et habiter l’Italie et le monde romain
- A Tale of Two Sophokleis – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- De slag bij Adrianopel – Mainzer Beobachter
Other Blog-like Publications
- Roman road network spanning the South West of England identified in new research – Arkeonews
- Was Ancient Athens Really a Democracy?
- Archaeologists identify Roman road network | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Precious Roman Gem Engraved with Mythological Figure Discovered in Italian Lagoon – Arkeonews
- “Magic mirror” to ward off evil found at ancient Usha | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- High school student discovered a 1500-year-old ancient Magical Mirror – Arkeonews
- Archaeologists uncover Bronze Age pyramidal structure in the Eurasian steppe | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Digging on the Dark Side of the Volcano – Archaeology Magazine
- Aeneid IX.503-620 – by publius vergilius maro
- Now discovered in the Valley of the Temples a room containing a treasure made up of 60 very ancient ceramics – Stile Arte
- Archaeology: ancient Aquileia finds recovered from the sea – Quotidiano dei Contribuenti
Fresh Youtubery
- Fullers of Ancient Rome (The Clothes Cleaners of Rome) – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
- Hello IN LATIN (Adele cover) – “salve” (Translation by Keith Massey) [The Tudors] – YouTube
- Inside the Walls of Carthage – The Rome of Africa DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Invicta
- Food in Ancient Greece -An Interview with Flint Dibble Part 1 – YouTube
Book Reviews
- BMCR ~ Dominick Delp, Zwischen Ansässigkeit und Mobilität: die sogenannte Grosse Kolonisation der Griechen aus migrationstheoretischer Perspektive. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022.
- BMCR ~ Sharon L. James, Golden Cynthia: essays on Propertius. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 2022.
Exhibition Related Things
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Assistant Professor of Egyptology Brown University
- Assistant Professor of Classics job with Department of Classics | 37505557
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Did the Ancient Celts Worship Greek Gods?
- The Roman Emperor Who Tried to Bring Monetary ‘Reform’ to the Empire—and Failed Miserably – Foundation for Economic Education
- Ancient Greeks of India: The Final Stand of Hellenism
- 5 Popular Misconceptions about Ancient Egypt
- What did Cleopatra, Egypt’s last pharaoh, really look like? | Live Science
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 year of good health for people.
… 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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