Hodie est a.d. III Non. Ian. 2775 AUC ~ 1 Gamelion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Metal detectorist finds 2,000-year-old loaded dice that Romans used to cheat when gambling | Daily Mail Online
- The ‘amber elites’ in ancient Kaliningrad went to eternity with their horses – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Excavations at the Minoan palace of Zominthos near completion | eKathimerini.com
- A Roma scoperti tre piccoli mausolei sull’antica via Latina – Lazio – ANSA.it
- Ancient funerary complex uncovered in Rome | The Islander | Kingscote, SA
- 2,000-year-old dog holds up traffic in Rome | World | The Times
- Newly found ancient road to serve tourism
- Stone building probably belonging to ancient tribesmen discovered in western Iran – Tehran Times
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
- Ephemeris – CVRIAE INCENDIVM
- Radiogiornale Latino 02.01.2022 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
- Radiogiornale Latino 01.01.2022 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
- Nuntii Latini mensis Decembris 2021 – Bremen Zwei
Fresh Bloggery
- Poems on Hangovers and the Cures – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Common Language
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Alphabetical List of Open Access Monograph Series in Ancient Studies
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Ancient Language Textbooks, OERs, and Primers
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Roundup of Resources on Ancient Geography
- Philosophical Support for A Resolution: Plutarch on Overeating – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- For Resolution Season: Galen on the Importance of Delighting the Soul During Exercise – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- No, Cerberus’s Name Does Not Mean “Spot” – Tales of Times Forgotten
- De Bergrede (14): Aalmoezen – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Royse Festschrift (Brill)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Paulsen-Reed, The Apocalypse of Abraham … (Brill)
- Domitianus (9): Rokkenjager – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Biblical Studies Carnival 190
- Slander and Salt – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les relations économiques dans le Bosphore des VIe-IIe siècles av n. è.
- Talking Too Much and the Work of Existing – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Matthew Leigh Embleton to join the storytelling team at Ancient Rome Refocused – Ancient Rome Refocused
- Pythagoras’ CV – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Poop90X – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- A Gift For Polydektes: rNumis digital library expands
- Reading to No Purpose – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Terugblik 2021: Digitale paleografie – Mainzer Beobachter
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: The Rhetoric of Furness Metal Detectorists
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Replying to Furness Metal Detectorists
- Hit Me Baby One More Time | Sphinx
- PaleoJudaica.com: Studia Orientalia 9.2 (2021)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Egyptian sites in Sohag
- PaleoJudaica.com: Archaeological digs to watch in 2022
- A Mycenaean octopus – in cross-stitch – It’s All Greek To Me
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Guest Worker Program
- Domitianus (10): Twee broers – Mainzer Beobachter
- Memorabilia Antonina
- Spencer Alley: Sixteenth-Century Prints and Drawings (Secular and Sacred)
- New findings on the Mycenaean cemetery at the ‘Palace of Nestor’ in Chora of Pylos – The Archaeology News Network
- Central courtyard unearthed at the Minoan palace of Zominthos – The Archaeology News Network
- New books on Roman religion in 2021 | Szabó Csaba
- Spencer Alley: Imagining the Classical World in Eighteenth-Century Italy
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
Other Blog-like Publications
- Competing for olive oil – A Panathenaic prize amphora – Ancient World Magazine
- Ancient Egyptian fetus preserved due to unusual decomposition process – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
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Fresh Podcasts
Another episode of my Latin language podcast, where we speak about Persius and Petronius, the mysteryous author of “Satyricon”.
Synopsis: The Great Kings of Carchemish continue ruling over a Hittite rump state in northern Syria as they support the region’s recovery. After an attack by the Assyrian king Ashur-bel-kala, the Carchemish dynasty is supplanted by the house of Suhi.
They’ve both been described as the greatest military commanders in the ancient world, but who really takes the title? Alexander, the undefeated conqueror of the largest empire in the world, or Caesar, a leader who was critical in expanding and creating what later became the Roman Empire? For this episode, Tristan is joined by Dr Simon Elliott, author of Alexander the Great versus Julius Caesar: Who was the Greatest Commander in the Ancient World? Together, they analyse their leadership styles, victories, and their tactical and strategic genius, to finally answer who really was the greatest military leader.
In the modern academy, Classics – the study of ancient Greek and Roman language, culture, and society – is usually separated from Egyptology, which deals with ancient Egyptian civilisation and history. But that separation falsifies the real relationship between Greece, Rome, and Egypt, which was one of cultural exchange, commercial interdependence, and eventually colonisation. In this episode, Shivaike Shah speaks to Professor Katherine Blouin from the University of Toronto and Professor Rachel Mairs from the University of Reading about the history of contact between Greece, Rome and Egypt, and why its importance has been downplayed in the university since the beginnings of Egyptology in the 19th century.
World renowned Egyptologist Dr. Kara Cooney, a professor of Egyptian Art & Architecture at UCLA, joins Lexie to talk about the future of Egyptology, how to get involved in the field without earning a PhD, required writing & languages as a form of gatekeeping, and dealing with pressure to love your work even if it makes you miserable. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey!
Fresh Youtubery
- Divus Magister Craft
- How to Use Crescent Formation to Win Battles – Ancient Tactics #shorts – YouTube | Kings and Generals
- Gilgamesh: A Biography – YouTube | Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Kadesh 1274 BC – Oldest Battle in History DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Kings and Generals
- The Bizarre Meaning of Oedipal Dreams in the Ancient World – YouTube | Classics in Color
- History of Poison – Cleopatra – YouTube | Flash Point History
- History of Ancient France : Animated Mini-Documentary – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
Book Reviews
- Céramique romano-byzantine des IVe-VIIe s. sur le Bas-Danube | Spartokos a lu
- Les relations économiques dans le Bosphore des VIe-IIe siècles av n. è. | Spartokos a lu
- Two Retellings of Ancient Greek Myths – Breaking & Latest News, Greece, Cyprus, Hellenic Diaspora News
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Opinion | In an acrimonious time, some welcome fresh attention to Socrates and the art of civilized arguing – The Washington Post
- How Mad was Herod the Great? | Tuvia Book | The Blogs
- Twelve Labors of Hercules Exemplify Greek Mythology
- 5 archaeological ‘digs’ to watch in 2022 | Live Science
- 10 Ancient Greek Temples You Must See
‘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 loss for those in war after being victorious; nevertheless there will be abundance.
… 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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