Hodie est a.d. V Id. Mart. 2775 AUC ~ 9 Elaphebolion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Egyptian antiquities at risk in Ukraine – Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East
- Egyptian delegation, US authorities discuss in Washington ways to recover smuggled antiquities – EgyptToday
- Israel archaeologists discover 2,000-year-old handprints in ancient Roman cistern-Xinhua
- Federal Labor calls on the British Museum to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece – Greek Herald
- Pozzuoli, dai lavori spunta un tratto inedito della via Domitiana – Il Mattino.it
- Nuovi mosaici romani riemergono in provincia di Verona poco dopo la ripresa degli scavi – Stile Arte
- Israeli official: Turkey agrees to return ancient Hebrew inscription to Jerusalem | The Times of Israel
- Pompeii Moves With the Times – The New York Times
In Case You Missed It
- Demi Lovato’s Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Draw Suspicion – The Hollywood Reporter
- Artificial Intelligence Resurrects Ancient Greek Texts
- Ship graffiti reveals İzmir significant port city in history
- Incantation bowls covered with ‘magic’ spells recovered by police in Jerusalem | Live Science
- Unanimous approval for the relocation of antiquities | eKathimerini.com
- Saffron Crocus was First Domesticated in Ancient Greece | Sci-News.com
- Ancient Roman farms discovered on Swindon’s Southern Connector Road build | This Is Wiltshire
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Collinsville High’s Latin Club brings home record number of state awards
- OPINION: We must keep the classics alive – The Student Life
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Introspection and Perception: Ptolemais of Cyrene – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- New Book Day: Epoiesen 5 | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Look Who’s Here! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The origins of Ash Wednesday – Roger Pearse
- Food and drink | Part 3: Disastrous dining – The Kosmos Society
- The First Hexameter Song and the Fragments of Boio – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Games
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas XIII: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 7–10, 2017
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tacitus und Rom: Die urbs Roma als Raum der erzählten Welt in den Historien und Annalen
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ithaka: Restoring and attributing ancient texts using deep neural networks
- Oude inscripties, nieuwe technieken – Mainzer Beobachter
- Column of the Goths | Turkish Archaeological News
- Blogging ancient epigram: Three inscribed epigrams from Attica
- PaleoJudaica.com: Where, if anywhere, was Tarshish?
- Only You Rule Me: Melinno’s (Greek) Hymn to Roma – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: Who killed Goliath?
- PaleoJudaica.com: Is Turkey returning the Siloam Inscription to Israel?
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- Ithaca: Restoring and attributing Greek inscriptions using Artificial Intelligence | Society for Classical Studies
- International Women’s Day 2022 in Reading Classics | Classics at Reading
Other Blog-like Publications
- Pasts Imperfect (3.10.22)
- ANE TODAY – 202203 -Did Kings Meet Each Other Face-to-Face During the Late Bronze Age? – American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)
- Does the Ancient World Still Define How We Think About Women? | History Hit
- Military diploma dating back 2,000 years discovered in Turkey | The Past
- The Cyprian Plague – Biblical Archaeology Society
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCrom on the Cirencester SATOR square
- @anniecburman on digital collections of epigraphic squeezes
- @DocCrom on Ovid, Met. 8.195-206
Fresh Podcasts
The battle of the Egadi Islands – or the Aegates – is one of the most significant naval battles of the ancient world. On 10 March 241 BC the mighty naval powers of Rome and Carthage met off the coast of Sicily. The Carthaginian fleet was ambushed by the Romans in a well-planned and brilliantly executed trap leading to a decisive Roman victory. This was the battle that ended the mighty First Punic War which had dominated both Roman and Carthaginian history for two generations; it marked a turning point in the histories of both empires; it was the moment that marked Rome as having the potential to be far more than a local power in the Mediterranean; and it is the ONLY naval battle that archaeologists have managed to identify. The finds raised from the seabed across this enormous battle site are unique and astonishing. To find out more Dr Sam Willis speaks with Peter Campbell, an archaeologist who has been involved in the project to survey and excavate the battle site for many years.
The Ionian Greeks along with their allies from Athens and Eretria had entered and burn Sardis, though they failed to take the Acropolis. They withdrew back to the coast where the Persian would catch up to them and fight the battle of Ephesus. The Greeks would be defeated with the survivors making for their cities, the Athenians and Eritreans sailing home to take no more part in the revolt….
- History Hack: The Varangian Guard – https://historyhack.podbean.com/e/history-hack-the-varangian-guard/
James Holloway joins us to talk about the history, myth and reality behind this legendary Byzantine unit
Fresh Youtubery
- Dani Bostick, “What Can Ancient Literature Teach Us About Coping with Trauma?” Paideia Lectures 2022 – YouTube | Paideia Media
- ODYSSEY BOOK 14: Odysseus Tells The Longest Lie Of A Story That Has Ever Been Written Down – YouTube | Moan Inc.
Book Reviews
- Wonders and warnings from the ancient world | Daisy Dunn | The Critic Magazine
- RCR – Liv Albert, Greek Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook (New York: Adams Media, 2021).
- Review: Roosevelt Montás’s “Rescuing Socrates” | Merion West
Dramatic Receptions
- Antigone to be performed outdoors in Saugerties, by Nathan Weiser – Red Hook Star-Revue
- Review: Bradley’s ‘Antigone’ production reflects on the question of right and wrong – The Bradley Scout
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Editorial Manager, Antiquity Journal job with DURHAM UNIVERSITY | 285436
- Visiting Part-Time Faculty Position in Classics job with College of the Holy Cross | 459244
- Lecturer in Classical Languages and Literature at The University of Edinburgh
Alia
- Is the Bible’s story of the Jewish exodus from Egypt accurate? – The Jerusalem Post
- Debunked: Bronze Age Britons did not use gold pieces as currency – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- What realists get wrong about Putin – New Statesman
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 heavy rain and the appearance of locusts.
… 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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