• 317 B.C. — death of Phocion (?)
• 117 A.D. — martyrdom of Quirinus at Rome

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Archaeologists unearth statue of Roman Emperor Hadrian in ancient city in Turkey
https://en.yenisafak.com/turkiye/archaeologists-unearth-statue-of-roman-emperor-hadrian-in-ancient-city-in-turkey-3580050

Roman-Era settlement found in southern France
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/roman-era-settlement-found-in-southern-france/157607

Rare Roman objects buried beneath River Tyne mud go on display in Northumberland – Chronicle Live
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/gallery/corbridge-roman-town-treasures-mud-33679471

Archaeologists Find 2,500-year-old Mass Grave of Infants in Israel – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2026-03-28/ty-article/archaeologists-find-2-500-year-old-mass-grave-of-infants-in-israel/0000019d-3452-d774-afdd-bcd605f90000

A warrior of the steppes in 5th-century Hispania: the first representation of an Alan horseman in the Iberian Peninsula during the fall of the Roman Empire

A warrior of the steppes in 5th-century Hispania: the first representation of an Alan horseman in the Iberian Peninsula during the fall of the Roman Empire

An archaeological excavation uncovers a millennia-old treasure: one of the great relics of the Romans’ most dangerous enemies – AS USA
https://en.as.com/latest_news/an-archaeological-excavation-uncovers-a-millennia-old-treasure-one-of-the-great-relics-of-the-romans-most-dangerous-enemies-f202603-n/

A case for Classics | Alexandra Wilson | The Critic Magazine
https://thecritic.co.uk/a-case-for-classics/

Aryballos in the form of a foot with shoe – Greek, Attic – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/zh/art/collection/search/254192

Ancient Roman gemstone with grasshopper chariot – Boing Boing

Ancient Roman gemstone shows a grasshopper driving a butterfly-led chariot

Orestes: The Greek Tragic Hero Who Killed His Mother and Changed Justice Forever – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/29/orestes-tragic-hero-ancient-greece-mythology/

Greece to Restore Thermopylae, Site of the 300 Spartans’ Stand Against Persia – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/27/greece-thermopylae-restore-spartans-persians/

Plato’s Republic: A Utopian Vision or a Dystopian Nightmare? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/29/platos-republic-utopian-vision-dystopian-nightmare/

The Shatby Necropolis: Resting Place of Alexandria’s First Greek Settlers – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/27/shatby-necropolis-resting-place-alexandria-first-greek-settlers/

[old news]Digital Reconstruction Unveils Face of Mycenaean Era Royal Woman – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/28/digital-reconstruction-face-mycenean-era-royal-woman/

Rhodes and the Colossus momentarily shine in the era of Hellenistic Kingdoms – Neos Kosmos

Rhodes and the Colossus momentarily shine in the era of Hellenistic Kingdoms

‘The Persians’ by Aeschylus Presented in Buenos Aires – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/the-persians-by-aeschylus-presented-in-buenos-aires/

Twelve Days in the Year: 27th March 2026 | Sphinx

Twelve Days in the Year: 27th March 2026

Thoughts on the Patrios Politeia – Noodlings

Thoughts on the Patrios Politeia

An Early Latin Codex with a Clear Date of Production | Variant Readings

An Early Latin Codex with a Clear Date of Production

Spencer Alley: Bacchic
https://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2026/03/bacchic.html

The Artistry of ‘The Old Oligarch’ – Antigone

The Artistry of ‘The Old Oligarch’

Ten Rules for the 21st-Century Classicist – Antigone

Ten Rules for the 21st-Century Classicist

[paywalled] The rot that could bring Western civilisation down began with these ancient Greek teachers
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/29/sophistry-socrates-pursuit-of-truth-civilisation-west-rot/

Laudator Temporis Acti: Old Men
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/03/old-men.html

Een schitterend museum in Plovdiv – Mainzer Beobachter

Een schitterend museum in Plovdiv

Pontius Pilatus (3) Aquaduct – Mainzer Beobachter

Pontius Pilatus (3) Aquaduct

Pontius Pilatus (4) Jezus – Mainzer Beobachter

Pontius Pilatus (4) Jezus

PaleoJudaica.com: Beentjes, … Collected Essays on the Book of Ben Sira III (Peeters)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/beentjes-collected-essays-on-book-of.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Evans & Grønbech-Dam (eds.), ‘Ex Oriente Lux’ in Second Temple Texts (T&T Clark)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/evans-grnbech-dam-eds-ex-oriente-lux-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Recherches sur les agronomes latins: Et leurs conceptions économiques et sociales
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/recherches-sur-les-agronomes-latins-et.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Religion et pouvoir dans le monde romain – L’autel et la toge: De la deuxième guerre punique à la fin des Sévères
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/religion-et-pouvoir-dans-le-monde.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ¿Ciudades invisibles? Paisajes urbanos de la Antigüedad tardía (siglos iii-viii)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/ciudades-invisibles-paisajes-urbanos-de.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La ville défigurée: Gestion et perception des ruines dans le monde romain (Ier siècle a.C. – IVe siècle p.C.)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/la-ville-defiguree-gestion-et.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Le Chrisme et le Phénix: Images monétaires et mutations idéologiques au ive siècle
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/le-chrisme-et-le-phenix-images.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Beauté et présentation de soi dans le monde romain: Normes, écarts et transgressions
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/beaute-et-presentation-de-soi-dans-le.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Derrière le voile du pouvoir: Études d’histoire, de littérature et de réception sur le monde romain
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/derriere-le-voile-du-pouvoir-etudes.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The City of the Delphians: A Political Community in the Shadow of Apollo (6th-1st Century BC)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/la-cite-des-delphiens-une-communaute.html

The Roman World War by Giusto Traina — Open Letters Review
https://openlettersreview.com/posts/the-roman-world-war-by-giusto-traina

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Anima Latina 29.03.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2026/03/anima-latina-29-03-2026.html

The Roman Centurion – The Ancients | Acast

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 28.03.2026 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2026/03/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-28-03-2026.html

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(369) Tantalus’s Ultimate Test: Serving His Son to the Gods! – YouTube

(369) Palmyra: the city and queen that defied Rome – YouTube

(371) The First Time Civilization Collapsed & the First Dark Age (The 1st Bronze Age Collapse) – YouTube

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explorator 28.13 ~ March 29, 2026 – Explorator

explorator 28.13 ~ March 29, 2026

War in the Ancient World International Conference (WAWIC) | College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences | University of Minnesota Duluth
https://cahss.d.umn.edu/departments-centers-facilities/departments/history/wawic

Details – Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Job Opportunities | SDSU
https://careers.sdsu.edu/en-us/job/556074/postdoctoral-research-fellow

• 119 — martyrdom of Secundus at Asti
• ca. 311 — martyrdom of Pastor, Victorinus, and companions at Nicomedia

• 37 A.D. — arrival of Gaius (Caligula) in Rome
• 193 A.D. — murder of the emperor Pertinax; recognition of Didius Julianus as Augustus
• 364 A.D. — elevation of Valens to the rank of Augustus
• … in the early Church, this was one of the days claimed as the day of Jesus’ birth …

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Scientists testing new scanning technology discover mysterious structure beneath an ancient Egyptian city
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-scientists-scanning-technology-mysterious-beneath.html

Plutarch’s not so simple lives – The Bowdoin Orient

Plutarch’s not so simple lives

Full article: A mass grave of young children and infants from the Persian period in Tel Azekah and its importance for the understanding of burial practices of unweaned infants
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00310328.2025.2589646

Ancient Greek inscription in Syrian mosque sheds light on lost Temple of the Sun – The Greek Herald

Ancient Greek inscription in Syrian mosque sheds light on lost Temple of the Sun

Second century CE Roman military fort found north of Hadrian’s Wall in Scotland | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-891179

The cargo of a Roman vessel loaded with olive oil amphorae from the Iberian Peninsula discovered at the bottom of Lake Neuchâtel

The cargo of a Roman vessel loaded with olive oil amphorae from the Iberian Peninsula discovered at the bottom of Lake Neuchâtel

2,200-Year-Old Greek Pyramid-Shaped Structure Discovered Near Dead Sea – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/27/greek-pyramid-shaped-structure-dead-sea/

Polish archaeologists discover remains of ancient ship graveyard | Science in Poland
https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C112057%2Cpolish-archaeologists-discover-remains-ancient-ship-graveyard.html

The Shatby Necropolis: Resting Place of Alexandria’s First Greek Settlers – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/27/shatby-necropolis-resting-place-alexandria-first-greek-settlers/

The Lost Huntress: Uncovering the First Image of a Female Beast Fighter in Ancient Rome
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/the-lost-huntress-uncovering-the-first-image-of-a-female-beast-fighter-in-ancient-rome/

Greece to open underwater archaeological sites in Fourni | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1299143/greece-to-open-underwater-archaeological-sites-in-fourni/

This Spellbinding Exhibition Explores How Ancient Cultures Used Magic to Navigate Life’s Challenges
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-spellbinding-exhibition-explores-how-ancient-cultures-used-magic-to-navigate-lifes-challenges-180988436/

6th century art piece at Denver museum returned to Turkey | FOX31 Denver
https://kdvr.com/news/local/6th-century-art-piece-at-denver-museum-returned-to-turkey/

Partial reconstitution of Temple of Zeus staircase in Jerash | Culture & Society | Ammon News
https://en.ammonnews.net/article/90154

Ancient Roman gemstone with grasshopper chariot – Boing Boing

Ancient Roman gemstone shows a grasshopper driving a butterfly-led chariot

Imagine having a robot to teach your kids Greek and Latin

Imagine having a robot to teach your kids Greek and Latin

Why the Temple of Artemis Was the Greatest Wonder of the World | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/ephesus-temple-of-artemis/

Pytheas, the Ancient Greek Explorer Who Might Have Reached Iceland | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/pytheas-ancient-explorer/

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Feeling of Community
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-feeling-of-community.html

Well, Actually… On Trump Signing the Dollar Bill – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Well, Actually… On Trump Signing the Dollar Bill

Blog #118: Let’s Play Antiquity with Eduardo M. García-Molina – Peopling the Past

Blog #118: Let’s Play Antiquity with Eduardo M. García-Molina

Gap Week, March 27, 2026 (Society for Military History Annual Meeting) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Gap Week, March 27, 2026 (Society for Military History Annual Meeting)

Crying Like a Girl: Similes at the Beginning of Book 16 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Crying Like a Girl: Similes at the Beginning of Book 16

Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Varia and Quick Hits

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Faust & Farber, The Bible’s First Kings
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/review-of-faust-farber-bibles-first.html

PaleoJudaica.com: On Israeli archaeology in the West Bank
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/on-israeli-archaeology-in-west-bank.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The question of the historical Talmud
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-question-of-historical-talmud.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Dossier: Vulves personnifiées
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/dossier-vulves-personnifiees.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Historiens de la Grèce franque 1: Charles Du Cange – Jean-Alexandre Buchon
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/historiens-de-la-grece-franque-1.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Pencil and Dust. Women who shaped archaeology in Greece and the Greek world
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/pencil-and-dust-women-who-shaped.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Déchéance et réhabilitation dans l’Antiquité gréco-romaine: Espaces, personnes, objets
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/decheance-et-rehabilitation-dans.html

various Colchis | Spartokos has read

divers Colchide

Imperialism and appropriation in rural Roman Syria – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.32/

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Ancient History Hound: Sparta in the Spotlight. Part II
https://ancientblogger.libsyn.com/sparta-in-the-spotlight-part-ii

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA402 – Arausio 105 BC: military defeat or political disaster?
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa402-arausio-105-bc-military-defeat-or-political-disaster

Roman Graffiti: The Writing on…–Instant Classics – Apple Podcasts

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(328) Warwick Classics’ 2026 production of Aeschylus’ Oresteia (Libation Bearers and Eumenides) – YouTube

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Visiting Assistant Professor in Classics job with University of Kansas | 37967494
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37967494/visiting-assistant-professor-in-classics

Job details: Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=43015&jobTitle=Lecturer+in+Ancient+Philosophy

Rome as a Guide to the Good Life. A Philosophical Grand Tour (S.) Samuelson. Pp. 270, colour ills. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2023. Paper, US$20; cased, US$99. ISBN: 978-0-226-78004-7. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo194243994.html | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/rome-as-a-guide-to-the-good-life-a-philosophical-grand-tour-s-samuelson-pp-270-colour-ills-chicago-university-of-chicago-press-2023-paper-us20-cased-us99-isbn-9780226780047-httpspressuchicagoeduucpbooksbookchicagorbo194243994html/56898675CA692B2ED61280DFE8D907B6?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Salto: Gesamtband inkl. Lernwortschatz. Lehrwerk für Latein als zweite Fremdsprache (H.) Haselmann, (F.) Hennerici, (P.) Jitschin, (G.) Laser, (S.) Losch. Pp. 304 + 46, colour ills, colour maps. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2021. Cased, €34. ISBN: 978-3-525-71781-3 and 978-3-525-71782-0. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/salto-gesamtband-inkl-lernwortschatz-lehrwerk-fur-latein-als-zweite-fremdsprache-h-haselmann-f-hennerici-p-jitschin-g-laser-s-losch-pp-304-46-colour-ills-colour-maps-gottingen-vandenhoeck-ruprecht-2021-cased-34-isbn-9783525717813-and-9783525717820/2A3EF78C86B25D6A40D34C5DDC0CC654?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Touching the past: object-based learning, classics teaching, and the materiality of marble | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/touching-the-past-objectbased-learning-classics-teaching-and-the-materiality-of-marble/AC68659C1B8EB36A6CC4F9B98FF239DB?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Why is Classics important? | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/why-is-classics-important/DC42BCB5216183DCDFBCFE7F9575FA7B?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Beyond Culture-Historical Models: Reframing Religious Change in Second–Third Century AD North Africa | Libyan Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/libyan-studies/article/beyond-culturehistorical-models-reframing-religious-change-in-secondthird-century-ad-north-africa/742042579D4B62585CDBA7CA8222B322?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

POLYBUS, NOT THE SON-IN-LAW OF HIPPOCRATES | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/polybus-not-the-soninlaw-of-hippocrates/598CC5D20270FB73E936D1FF1569FF31?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles