Today's thrilling ride around the roller coaster that is the Classical Blogosphere:

Over at Sauvage Noble, AM is pondering the Oscan alphabet via graffiti at Pompeii ...

Curculio has caught up with the Ioci Antiqui file, adding a couple of squibs from the Philogelos, a bit of Martial, and something from the Greek Anthology ....

Sympotica Graecolatina advises us how to keep our beer from going sour ...

Hobbyblog posts an antoninianus of Gallienus sporting an image of Laetitia (why does she have an anchor?)

We note that Classical World has been added to the collection at Project Muse ... here's the TOC of the Fall 2005 issue ...

Over at Classics Central, Deleilan answers my question about the 'Pompey' connections with Portsmouth ....

At Roman Army talk, there's an interesting discussion just getting under way on the origins of stirrups ....

Just working through the piles of discussions at Forum Ancient Coins, there's an interesting one on an AE20 of Maximianus which sports a 'beehive' or 'omphalos' and another (which points to a fuller article) on whether Caligula was the first emperor depicted with a radiate crown ....