Busy day ahead and a bit of a busy day at rc:

Mary Beard blogs about blogging ... maybe her experience will get more academics doing the same ...

Hobbyblog has a Valerian/Diana (interesting Diana) ...

Over at Under Odysseus, construction of the wooden horse proceeds apace ...

Roman History Books tells us about Gaius Marius' origins ...

Bestiaria offers us another tale of Thomas the Apostle ...

Congrats to Jim Davila, although the congrats are accompanied by regrets that Paleojudaica will likely slow down a bit ...

Latest headline from Ephemeris: Libertas, aequalitas... patriotismus