• Festival of Mars (day 14)
• Equirria — the second of two days of horse racing (the first was on February 27) dedicated to Mars; the reasons are obscure, but probably have something to do with preparing horses for the upcoming campaigning season
• 222 A.D. — Severus Alexander is given the title Augustus

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Ancient vial in Turkey shows Romans used human excrement in medicine | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/science/ancient-vial-turkey-shows-romans-used-human-excrement-medicine-2026-03-13/

Polish archaeologists uncover ancient shipwreck trail in Libya
https://tvpworld.com/92073481/100-meter-shipwreck-trail-found-by-polish-archaeologists-near-ancient-ptolemais-in-libya

Ancient Italian necropolis reveals children buried with warrior belts
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/ancient-italian-necropolis-reveals-children-buried-with-warrior-belts/157359

Ancient Greek Woman Led Major Olive Oil Industry in Pamphylia. Greek City Times
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/03/13/ancient-greek-woman-led-major-olive-oil-industry-in-pamphylia/

Pompeii, a new permanent path for casts of victims of the Vesuvius eruption
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/pompeii-a-new-permanent-path-for-casts-of-victims-of-the-vesuvius-eruption

Apollosa, un monumento funerario con scene di gladiatori ritrovato lungo la via Appia | Corriere.it
https://salerno.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/26_marzo_13/apollosa-un-monumento-funerario-con-scene-di-gladiatori-lungo-la-via-appia-22187032-7fd9-4a0f-91ce-99fd59b22xlk.shtml

Remains of Roman fortlet found under house gardens in Bearsden
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62gk5864rdo

1,900-year-old double Scythian burial in Ukraine contains toxic red mineral | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1-900-year-old-double-scythian-burial-in-ukraine-contains-toxic-red-mineral

History Made: Alexander the Great’s Lost City Discovered in Iraq After Nearly 2,000 Years Greek City Times
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/03/13/history-made-alexander-the-greats-lost-city-discovered-in-iraq-after-nearly-2000-years

What the Roman Republic can teach us about Trump’s war in Iran – The Source – Washington University in St. Louis

What the Roman Republic can teach us about Trump’s war in Iran

The Odyssey Translations to Read Before Christopher Nolan Film
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/the-odyssey-translations-to-read-before-christopher-nolan-film

Sex and the Search for Religious Truth – Biblical Archaeology Society

Sex and the Search for Religious Truth

The Situation of Classics at the University of Ottawa and in Canada – Antigone

The Situation of Classics at the University of Ottawa and in Canada

Laudator Temporis Acti: Succession
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/03/succession.html

The History Girls: ‘It’s all Greek to me’: the story behind my Pocket GCSE Greek Etymological Lexicon by Caroline K. Mackenzie
https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2026/03/its-all-greek-to-me-story-behind-my.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Shibboleth
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/shibboleth.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Henderson: Defeat and Deliverance: Prefigurements of the Jewish Revolt … (Brill)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/henderson-defeat-and-deliverance.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Thousands more inscribed ostraca from Athribis (Sohag), Egypt
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/thousands-more-inscribed-ostraca-from.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Anger of Achilles: Mênis in Greek Epic
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-anger-of-achilles-menis-in-greek.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Tears of Achilles
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-tears-of-achilles.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indic Meter
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/comparative-studies-in-greek-and-indic.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The meaning of Homeric εὔχομαι through its formulas
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-meaning-of-homeric-through-its.html

Metaphors of the ancient world: conceptual metaphor theory and ancient sources – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.17/

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The AskHistorians Podcast: AskHistorians Podcast Episode 249: Egyptology Today with the History of Egypt Podcast
https://askhistorians.libsyn.com/askhistorians-podcast-episode-249-egyptology-today-with-the-history-of-egypt-podcast

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW400 – Warriors in Bronze
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/aw400-warriors-in-bronze

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The Monty Python Philosophy Soccer Match: The Ancient Greeks Versus the Germans | Open Culture

The Monty Python Philosophy Soccer Match: The Ancient Greeks Versus the Germans

(675) Healing poop: Evidence shows feces used in ancient Roman medicine – YouTube

(675) Inside The Secret Market for Ancient Bible Manuscripts – YouTube

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CRSN/ICS Summer Series 2026 – CRSN

CRSN/ICS Summer Series 2026

Assistant Professor in the History of the Ancient Mediterranean

Assistant Professor in the History of the Ancient Mediterranean

Material Religion in Private Contexts

Material Religion in Private Contexts

Interaction among master artisans in Early Mycenaean times

Interaction among master artisans in Early Mycenaean times

Manumission in the Roman world and the Americas

Manumission in the Roman world and the Americas

Writing a New History of Carthage

Writing a New History of Carthage

SIAC NEWSLETTER – 244 (02/2026) | Tulliana News

SIAC NEWSLETTER – 244 (02/2026)

Volume 2, Issue 1 (2026) | AI & Antiquity
https://ai-antiquity.org/index.php/ai/issue/view/3

Digital Epigraphy and FAIR Data Practices: Community Survey 2026 – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy

Digital Epigraphy and FAIR Data Practices: Community Survey 2026

Leventis MA Studentships at The Open University

Leventis MA Studentships at The Open University

Reimagining a Good Monarch: Phylarchus’ Fragment 44 (Ath. 4.20–1, 141F–42F) and the Hellenistic Discourse of Kingship | The Cambridge Classical Journal | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-classical-journal/article/reimagining-a-good-monarch-phylarchus-fragment-44-ath-4201-141f42f-and-the-hellenistic-discourse-of-kingship/E79E810C23CA80044A7CFF0DE3EACA74?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

• Festival of Mars (day 13)
• 222 A.D. dies imperii of Severus Alexander

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New permanent exhibition shows plaster casts of Pompeii victims frozen at the moment of their death :: WRAL.com
https://www.wral.com/news/ap/494f3-new-permanent-exhibition-shows-plaster-casts-of-pompeii-victims-frozen-at-the-moment-of-their-death/

Lost page of legendary Archimedes palimpsest found in France
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-lost-page-legendary-archimedes-palimpsest.html

New Samnite Necropolis Sector Discovered in Pontecagnano: 34 Tombs and Unusual Child Burials with Bronze Warrior Belts – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/new-samnite-necropolis-sector-discovered-in-pontecagnano-34-tombs-and-unusual-child-burials-with-bronze-warrior-belts/

Researcher uncovers Zoroastrian ‘ripples’ in Jewish documents from ancient Egypt
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-uncovers-zoroastrian-ripples-jewish-documents.html

Archaeologists Find 1,500-Year-Old Roman Statue Head in Rubble
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a70726015/roman-statue-head-discovered/

ArtDependence | Illegally excavated Marble Bust to be returned to Italy following Loan Agreement
https://artdependence.com/articles/illegally-excavated-marble-bust-to-be-returned-to-italy-following-loan-agreement/

Someone Used This Mysterious Coin as Bus Fare in the 1950s. It Turned Out to Be 2,000-Year-Old Currency Minted by the Phoenicians
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/someone-used-this-mysterious-coin-as-bus-fare-in-the-1950s-it-turned-out-to-be-2000-year-old-currency-minted-by-the-phoenicians-180988337/

A graveyard of ancient ships discovered in the Roman port. Divers and archaeologists find shipwrecks, anchors, and a villa with mysterious cisterns beneath the city of Ptolemais. Why the mysterious faces and strange rituals? And what was the gift room? Experts answer.

Nel porto romano scoperto un cimitero di navi antichissime. Sub e archeologi trovano relitti, ancore e la villa con cisterne misteriose sotto la città di Tolemaide. Perchè volti misteriosi e strani riti? E cos’era la stanza dei regali? Rispondono gli esperti

Works And Days theatre review: Epic, wordless and audacious
https://list.co.uk/news/works-and-days-theatre-review-epic-wordless-and-audacious-48078

AI Brings Ancient Greek Oracle of Dodona to Life – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/12/ai-ancient-greek-oracle-dodona-life/

How Rare Greek Helmets Are Rewriting the History of Magna Graecia – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/12/rare-greek-helmets-magna-graecia/

The Ancient Greek Engineer Who Invented Cinema 2,000 Years Before Hollywood – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/12/ancient-greek-engineer-invented-cinema/

Ancient Tombs Discovered in Southern Italy Reveal Family Burials From Samnite Era – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/12/ancient-tombs-southern-italy-family-burials-samnite-era/

Stop Calling Them “Marbles”, They’re the Parthenon Sculptures!
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/03/12/stop-calling-them-marbles-theyre-the-parthenon-sculptures

[questionable headline]Excavations in Paphos, Cyrpus, Reveal Rare Late Hellenistic Structures – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/11/paphos-excavation-rare-late-hellenistic-structures/

Unhappy families course examines domestic strife within ancient Greek texts | Faculty of Arts & Science
https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/unhappy-families-course-examines-domestic-strife-within-ancient-greek-texts

(12) An erotic epiphany (but for whom?): Ovid, Amores 1.5.9-10
https://paideiainstitute.substack.com/p/an-erotic-epiphany-but-for-whom-ovid

The Bacchae by Company of Wolves at Studio Theatre, Edinburgh (Theatre Review) 3 stars – SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland

The Bacchae by Company of Wolves at Studio Theatre, Edinburgh (Theatre Review) 3 stars

Denzel Washington, Antoine Fuqua Hannibal Epic to Shoot in Italy
https://variety.com/2026/film/global/denzel-washington-antoine-fuqua-hannibal-epic-shoot-italy-1236684537/

Sing, goddess, of epic rage: The irony behind “Epic Fury” – Neos Kosmos

Sing, goddess, of epic rage: The irony behind “Epic Fury”

Immigration and Borders in Ancient Egypt

Immigration and Borders in Ancient Egypt

Why Was the Danube Frontier So Important During the Roman Empire? | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/danube-frontier-during-roman-empire/

Plato and the Metaverse: The Allegory of the Cave 2.0 | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/escape-plato-cave-virtual-reality/

(12) The Ends of the Odyssey – by Casey Dué – Homeric Questions
https://homericquestions.substack.com/p/the-ends-of-the-odyssey

The Powerful Mind of Zeus: Revitalizing Hektor and the Iliad’s Plot – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

The Powerful Mind of Zeus: Revitalizing Hektor and the Iliad’s Plot

Teaching Thursday: I Learned it By Watching You | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Teaching Thursday: I Learned it By Watching You

De Bagdadspoorlijn – Mainzer Beobachter

De Bagdadspoorlijn

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Growling Stomach
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-growling-stomach.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Jack Russell Lundbom, 1939-2026
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/jack-russell-lundbom-1939-2026.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Dueling Zadokites and Levites?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/dueling-zadokites-and-levites.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Loan closings in antiquity
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/loan-closings-in-antiquity.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-language-of-heroes-speech-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Zeus in the Odyssey
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/zeus-in-odyssey.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Phraseologie und indogermanische Dichtersprache in der Sprache der griechischen Chorlyrik: Pindar und Bakchylides
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/phraseologie-und-indogermanische.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Love in the Age of War: Soldiers in Menander
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/love-in-age-of-war-soldiers-in-menander.html

Γυναικείοι δυναστικοί εικονιστικοί ανδριάντες αυτοκρατορικής περιόδου από την Ελλάδα – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.16/

Aristophanes, Testimonia – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.15/

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AUDIENDA
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The Code of Hammurabi–In Our Time – Apple Podcasts

The Phoenicians – The Ancients | Acast

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Video. Mount Vesuvius eruption victims feature in landmark Pompeii exhibition | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/03/12/catastrophic-casting-mount-vesuvius-eruption-victims-feature-in-landmark-pompeii-exhibitio

(653) Phiale – YouTube

(656) What Can Ancient History Tell Us About Revolutions? – YouTube

(656) James Renshaw on stories of the first Marathon-runner – YouTube

(656) Farming and festivals: Sacred and economic activity at rural sanctuaries near Metaponto – YouTube

(657) lēctūra ūndecima: Cum Clauses; Ferō (LTN 102) – YouTube

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Call for applications for 12 PhD positions – TheSPIS Project – Theaters, Sanctuaries, Performance: Interaction and Sustainability – Cultural Heritage, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Ancient History, Theatre Studies, Historical and Religious Studies (Deadline May 11) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2026/03/spisphdpositions/

• Festival of Mars (day 12)