Hodie est a.d. XVI Kal. Aug. 2774 AUC ~ 8 Hekatombaion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends the succession of a great ruler.

[Sunday]  If it thunders today, it portends a shortage of crops due to rainy weather.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. XVII Kal. Aug. 2774 AUC ~ 7 Hekatombaion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

if it thunders today, it portends victory over an eastern king and the arrival of disease with dry hot weather.

… 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)

Hodie est Id. Jul. 2774 AUC ~ 5 Hekatombaion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad

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• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends conflict among the common people and a shortage of grain.

… 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)

Hodie est pr Id. Jul. 2774 AUC ~ 5 Hekatombaion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad

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• ‎Ad Navseam: A Conversation with Ross King (Ad Navseam, Episode 45) on Apple Podcasts

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• ‎Believe to See: Episode 97: Our Classical World on Apple Podcasts

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Book Reviews

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
• Sortes Virgilianae (English)
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• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today it portends the rise of one man to power over many, but this man will be unjust in state business.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. III Id. Jul. 2774 AUC ~ 4 Hekatombaion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad

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Fresh Podcasts

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480 BC is a year widely-celebrated in Greek history. When Leonidas’ Spartan core and their Hellenic allies fought a powerful Persian army at Thermopylae, and an outnumbered, Athenian-led navy defeated a mighty Persian armada at Salamis. Yet it was not just off the coast of Athens that one of antiquity’s most well-known battles was fought that year. 600 miles to the west of Salamis, supposedly on the same day the naval engagement occurred, another battle was fought: the Battle of Himera. In this episode, Ancient World Magazine’s Dr Joshua Hall talks us through the battle and highlights why it was so significant in the story of ancient Sicily.

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Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Jonathan Eaton, Leading the Roman army: soldiers & emperors, 31 BC – AD 235. Yorkshire: Pen and Sword Military, 2020.
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends the arrival of poisonous reptiles.

… 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)