Hodie est a.d. VI Id. Oct. 2776 AUC ~ 26 Boedromion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Ancient Roman site of Pompeii is about to ‘expand’ | CNN
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- Eviction deadline expiring for Association of Greek Archaeologists | eKathimerini.com
- Georadar study to uncover mysteries of ancient tumulus – Türkiye News
- 2,000-year-old bronze coins unearthed in Türkiye’s Çanakkale | Daily Sabah
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Classicists and Classics in the News
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Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Well-Crafted Laws
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Egyptian Paintings Selected, Copied, and Described Nina M. Davies, with the editorial assistance of Alan H. Gardiner.
- #ClassicsTober 10: Asklepius | Greek Myth Comix
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Doorway
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- Koronis’ Death, the Birth of Asclepius, and Contested Maternities – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Spencer Alley: Dance (antique)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Orlov, Divine Mysteries in the Enochic Tradition (De Gruyter)
- PaleoJudaica.com: The “son of Daedalus” in the Jerusalem Inscription
- Survey Archaeology and Modern Greece: More Notes | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- PaleoJudaica.com: DNA extracted from First Temple-era Israelites?
Other Blog-like Publications
- Jericho: The Ancient City Filled with Secrets
- Thermae Romae: the lost world of Roman bathhouses
- Sealed “Tomb of Cerberus” discovered in Giugliano | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Emily Wilson’s New Translation of ’The Iliad’ Brings Ancient Greece to Modern Readers
- In Ancient Egypt, the Duat Was a Netherworld of Gods and Monsters – Atlas Obscura
- Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
- Painted tomb discovered at Pontecagnano necropolis | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Archaeologists find 1700-year-old trident | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- 7,300-year-old Neolithic structures found at La Draga | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- A 1,700-year-old trident discovered in Assos ancient city in Türkiye – Arkeonews
- Exceptional discovery of a fully frescoed chamber tomb dating back to the Republican and Imperial Roman ages – Arkeonews
- Around 10 October 44 BCE: To Quintus Cornificius (in Africa) from Cicero (at Rome)
Fresh Podcasts
Join us on this busy little tour of history where we will be visiting the pre-historic village of Çatalhöyük, the affluent times in the middle of the second millennium BCE, the Battle of Actium which directly involved the famous Egyptian Queen Pharoah Cleopatra, and how medieval feudalism in Europe became a thing of the past.
The renowned conqueror Alexander the Great was known as ‘the two-horned one’ by his enemies, and for good reason. His campaigns were bloody affairs even by the standards of the time. But the city of Tyre was not going to be intimidated – Alexander would have to think outside the box if he was going to take it. Dan is joined by Katherine Pangonis, a historian of the medieval Mediterranean world, to tell us the tale of Tyre from bloody beginnings to the bitter end.
After an underwhelming first choice, the nobles have chosen one of the exiled heirs to come home and rule them. How did over a decade in Rome influence Vonones? Join us for news from the west, meddling nobles, and Armenia.
Fresh Youtubery
- What is the Roman Military Oath? – YouTube | Invicta
- All The Non-Fiction History Books I’ve Read In 2023 (So Far) – YouTube | MoAn Inc.
- Nuove esplorazioni degli ipogei segreti di Villa Giulia. In collaborazione con Sotterranei di Roma – YouTube
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Paul Belonick, Restraint, conflict, and the fall of the Roman Republic. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2023.
- [BMCR] Emma Nicholson, Philip V of Macedon in Polybius’ Histories: politics, history, and fiction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- GIS in Crete: Archaeological Questions and Computational Answers
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Lecturer in Classics – Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
- PhD Candidate: Migrant Experiences of Space and Time in the Roman Empire | Radboud University
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Research Papers of Possible Interest
Alia
- Eirene, the Ancient Greek Goddess of Peace
- AI Reveals What Ancient Languages, Including Greek, Sounded Like
- What Caused the Untimely Death of Alexander the Great?
- 5 Love Stories from Greek Mythology
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 downfall of a praisworthy man.
… 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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