• Vinalia (day 2?)
• 1184 B.C. — “conquest and destruction of Troy” (according to one reckoning)
• 339 B.C. — Timoleon defeats the Carthaginians at the Crimesus (according to one reckoning)
• 27 B.C. — the future emperor Tiberius dons his toga virilis

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2 meter marble Athena statue discovered at Ancient Laodicea
https://en.milliyet.com.tr/news/2-meter-marble-athena-statue-discovered-at-ancient-laodicea-7576113

Egypt, colossal statue attributed to Ramses II discovered in eastern Nile Delta
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/egypt-colossal-statue-attributed-to-ramses-ii-discovered-in-eastern-nile-delta

Five Antiquities Return to Greece from the United States | GTP Headlines
https://news.gtp.gr/2026/04/22/five-antiquities-return-to-greece-from-the-united-states/

Athena and Hermes make their way home from Chicago | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1301564/athena-and-hermes-make-their-way-home-from-chicago/

Roman Quarry Discovery in Italy Reveals Source of Advanced Ancient Mortar – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/23/ancient-roman-quarry-discovery-italy-advanced-mortar/

This 115-foot Perfectly Circular Water Temple Found in the Egyptian Desert Simulatd Nile Floods
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/circular-water-temple-egypt/

Elon Musk Donates $ 1 Million to Rome’s Archaeological Heritage
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/elon-musk-donates-1-million-to-romes-archaeological-heritage.html

Egyptian mummy has part of the ‘Iliad’ in its abdomen, archaeologists discover | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/egyptian-mummy-has-part-of-the-iliad-in-its-abdomen-archaeologists-discover

Actorly Fauci becomes blind prophet for Oedipus the King reading in DC | Anthony Fauci | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/anthony-fauci-acting-debut-oedipus-the-king

Vatican newspaper publishes reflection on Virgil’s Aeneid by the future Pope Francis | News Headlines | Catholic Culture
https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=69183

Students reflect on embedded program exposing them to ancient Greek culture | Penn State University
https://www.psu.edu/news/liberal-arts/story/students-reflect-embedded-program-exposing-them-ancient-greek-culture

SIU engineering students recreate ancient Roman odometer to measure distance | Latest Headlines | thesouthern.com
https://thesouthern.com/news/siu-engineering-students-recreate-ancient-roman-odometer-to-measure-distance/article_3f62a362-3c26-5186-945c-8b2b6ac4d216.html

What Camus’s Sisyphus Revealed About Human Dignity and the Absurd | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/absurdity-dignity-camus-myth-sisyphus/

Frank J. Frost Jr. 1929–2026 – The Santa Barbara Independent

Frank J. Frost Jr. 1929–2026

2,000 years ago, ancient Roman forces annihilated Jerusalem. Was its destruction inevitable? | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/ancient-roman-empire-defeated-jerusalem/

Byzantine Law: The Law of the Eastern Roman Empire

Byzantine Law: The Law of the Eastern Roman Empire

Valuable finds at Kolona, Aegina

Valuable finds at Kolona, Aegina

Double book presentation at the NIA

Double book presentation at the NIA

An Illustrated Papyrus in Florence | Variant Readings

An Illustrated Papyrus in Florence

All The Epics We Have Lost | Philip Jenkins
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2026/04/all-the-epics-we-have-lost/

Strugglin’ | Sphinx

Strugglin’

Academic Rituals: When to Haggle | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Academic Rituals: When to Haggle

Laudator Temporis Acti: Agriculture
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/agriculture.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Lost Classical epics
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/lost-classical-epics.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Who was the “Ethiopian” “Eunuch?”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/who-was-ethiopian-eunuch.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Catalogue of Terracottas from Egypt Dating to the Late Period and Graeco-Roman Times: Allard Pierson – The Collections of the University of Amsterdam
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/catalogue-of-terracottas-from-egypt.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Grabfunde als Spiegel der Bildung: Zur Literalität der Frauen in den westlichen Provinzen des römischen Reiches
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/grabfunde-als-spiegel-der-bildung-zur.html

Licurgo di Sparta nella letteratura greca e latina – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.31/

The Oxford handbook of Hellenistic philosophy – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.30/

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The Partial Recap – 390s BCE – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies

The Partial Recap – 390s BCE

Classics & Careers S3, E6: Tra… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

Was Rome Always Like This? (With Mike Duncan): The Show Notes – Ancient History Fangirl

Was Rome Always Like This? (With Mike Duncan): The Show Notes

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(542) The Misunderstood Myth: Persephone, Hades & Demeter – YouTube

(546) Liberal Arts in Cicero’s Utopia | Lecture in LATIN | Carl Hamilton | Living Latin in NYC – YouTube

(546) Theophrastus’s Annoying People | Lecture in ANCIENT GREEK | Roberto Salazar – YouTube

(546) Excavating the Forum of Augustus: Under Via Alessandrina – YouTube

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Macroscopic and histological analyses of cremated remains from the Imperial Roman necropolis of La Cona (1st cent. BCE-1st cent. CE, Teramo, Italy) | PLOS One
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article%3Fid%3D10.1371/journal.pone.0345498

FemClas9 — THE WOMEN’S CLASSICAL CAUCUS (WCC)
https://www.wccclassics.org/femclas9

Assistant Professor – CLTA – Greek Language and Literature – CAUT | Academic Work
https://www.academicwork.ca/jobs/assistant-professor-clta-greek-language-and-literature-university-of-toronto-1

• Vinalia (urbana) — the wine which was ‘bottled’ in the previous autumn was opened and tasted for the first time, after a libation to Jupiter
• 248 A.D. — third day of celebration of Rome’s 1000th anniversary

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Bottarone Urn restored: original colors of 2400-year-old Etruscan grooms resurfaced
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/bottarone-urn-restored-original-colors-of-2400-year-old-etruscan-grooms-resurfaced

Rare Roman “pigs” found in Welsh farm
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/rare-roman-pigs-found-in-welsh-farm/157123

Tomb plate belonging to a centurion of the First Italic Legion discovered at Nove
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/tomb-plate-belonging-to-a-centurion-of-the-first-italic-legion-discovered-at-nove/157128

Salona’s Gate of Death: New Discoveries at Croatia’s Ancient Roman Arena – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/salonas-gate-of-death-new-discoveries-at-croatias-ancient-roman-arena/

[FWIW] Major ancient sarcophagus discovered in heart of Dubrovnik | Croatia WeekCroatia Week

Major ancient sarcophagus discovered in heart of Dubrovnik

[old news]Mysterious Stone in US Backyard Turned Out to Be an Archaeological Treasure : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-stone-in-us-backyard-turned-out-to-be-an-archaeological-treasure

This Legionnaires’ Fitness Test Turned Ancient Romans Into the Ultimate Hybrid Athletes
https://www.menshealth.com/uk/fitness/a70511221/ancient-roman-training/

Saving Gaza’s Cultural Heritage Amid War: The Courage of Local Guardians – The Palestine Exploration Fund

Saving Gaza’s Cultural Heritage Amid War: The Courage of Local Guardians

Babies weren’t supposed to be mourned in the Roman Empire. These rare liquid-gypsum burials prove otherwise. | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/babies-werent-supposed-to-be-mourned-in-the-roman-empire-these-rare-liquid-gypsum-burials-prove-otherwise

Ancient City of Salona in Croatia Reveals 2,000-Year-Old Hidden Tunnel – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/26/ancient-city-salona-croatia-hidden-tunnel/

[source???] Ancient Greeks Used Rosemary Crowns to Biohack Memory – Science Confirms Cognitive Boost
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/02/26/rosemary-memory-boost-ancient-greeks-biohacking

A study by the UAB demonstrates for the first time how the Romans exploited gold mines in the Catalan Pyrenees
https://en.ara.cat/culture/they-demonstrate-how-the-romans-exploited-gold-mines-in-the-pyrenees_1_5661073.amp.html

Back to in-person work? Classics professor offers tips on office humor
https://as.cornell.edu/news/back-person-work-classics-professor-offers-tips-office-humor

How White Nationalists Weaponize Ancient Greece and Rome – The River Newsroom

How White Nationalists Weaponize Ancient Greece and Rome

If Not Here, Where? | The University of Chicago Divinity School
https://divinity.uchicago.edu/news/if-not-here-where

Building Rome in a Couple Days: Erecting a Painted Portico in Alésia | The EXARC Journal
https://exarc.net/issue-2025-3/mm/building-rome-couple-days

AI Scores 3% on the Hardest Test Humans Could Write – NeuroEdge

AI Scores 3% on the Hardest Test Humans Could Write

Why ancient wisdom is the ultimate shield against modern noise – Monocle

Why ancient wisdom is the ultimate shield against modern noise

Inscriptions of a Doctor and Historian | Variant Readings

Inscriptions of a Doctor and Historian

Laudator Temporis Acti: Learning Greek
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/learning-greek.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Upgrading the Aramaic Language Heritage Museum in Jabadeen, Syria
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/upgrading-aramaic-language-heritage.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Preview of “Listen to the Sibyl”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/preview-of-listen-to-sibyl.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Did Philo Allude to Sadducees and Pharisees?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/did-philo-allude-to-sadducees-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Master of the Game: Competition and Performance in Greek Poetry
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/master-of-game-competition-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Le Caucase et la région circumpontique dans l’Antiquité : matériaux, recherches et hypothèseséd.
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/le-caucase-et-la-region-circumpontique.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Victim of the Muses: Poet as Scapegoat, Warrior and Hero in Greco-Roman and Indo-European Myth and History
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/victim-of-muses-poet-as-scapegoat.html

The Caucasus and the Circumpontic Region in Antiquity: Materials, Research, and Hypotheses (ed.) | Spartokos has read

Le Caucase et la région circumpontique dans l’Antiquité : matériaux, recherches et hypothèses

Cause and explanation in ancient philosophy – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.38/

Cursus honorum: pathways to rank and power in the Roman republic – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.37/
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AUDIENDA
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BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time, The Roman Arena
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002qj85

Alexander the Great | Lord of Asia – The Ancients | Acast

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VIDENDA
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(273) Professor Barbara BorgVia Appia, Mile Three:Tracing Ethno-Religious Minorities in Imperial Rome – YouTube

(271) How Civilisation Came Back From Collapse (ft. Eric Cline) – YouTube

(271) How Much Of The Odyssey Was Based In Reality? – YouTube

(272) Historian Reacts To EPIC: The Musical (Wisdom Saga) – YouTube

(275) CCA South. Carlos Noreña. Roman, Han, Tang Empires. Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube

(275) Mary Beard, Q and A from Latin students. How do Classics benefit the public? Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube

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Between Death, Memory, and Identity

Between Death, Memory, and Identity

Hoc Saxsum: History as conversation inside the Tomb of the Scipios | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/hoc-saxsum-history-as-conversation-inside-the-tomb-of-the-scipios/73E09B6B0EC3CF8F9326CC10A9F48083?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

Declamatory fictions and the crimen maiestatis — Seneca, Controuersiae 9.2 | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/declamatory-fictions-and-the-crimen-maiestatis-seneca-controuersiae-92/C0F6ED0D61D24A3F080A7BA9BDA5091F?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

Hell is other poets: Tibullus, Ovid and Statius in queer Elysium | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/hell-is-other-poets-tibullus-ovid-and-statius-in-queer-elysium/1332D4F3428FF642CF6A3A423C41873E?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

Claiming pietas: Vergilian Rhetoric in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/claiming-pietas-vergilian-rhetoric-in-valerius-flaccus-argonautica/4ED0518ABAB24F47E6EA6F34E0DDE200?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

A legal exemption for the temple cults of Rome and Alexandria in the fourth century | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/legal-exemption-for-the-temple-cults-of-rome-and-alexandria-in-the-fourth-century/8FCF6B2789837BED8D95874E77605DC5?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

Legislation and Christians | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/legislation-and-christians/4314F4F8BDE191C3201E0D7C187674D5?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

Cassius Dio revived | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/cassius-dio-revived/ABDFBE250261A31B9F51EDEFB22BB6C8?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

Evidence of Roman Use of Human Feces in Medicine – rogueclassicism

Evidence of Roman Use of Human Feces in Medicine

a compendium of coverage from late January/early February 2026
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• research done by scholars at Turkiye’s Sivas Republic University examining contents of ‘hundreds’ of vials from the Bergama Museum
• technology included gas chromatography and mass spectrometry
• a 1st/2nd century CE unguentarium from Pergamon (maybe) revealed traces of human feces mixed with thyme
• believed to be first evidence of medicinal use of feces, otherwise attested in ancient text sources
• Galen is mentioned as a source who mentions various fecal-containing remedies

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• Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports ~ Volume 70, April 2026, 105589
  Feces, fragrance and medicine chemical evidence of ancient therapeutics in a Roman unguentarium – ScienceDirect
  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X26000246?via%3Dihub
• Poop as medicine? A Roman vial’s chemistry backs up ancient medical texts
  https://phys.org/news/2026-02-poop-medicine-roman-vial-chemistry.html
• 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/
• Romans used human feces as medicine 1,900 years ago — and used thyme to mask the smell | Live Science  https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/romans-used-human-feces-as-medicine-1-900-years-ago-and-used-thyme-to-mask-the-smell

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• Ancient Romans Really Did Use Poop as Medicine. We Just Got The First Real Proof. : ScienceAlert
  https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-romans-really-did-use-poop-as-medicine-we-just-got-the-first-real-proof
• Archaeologists Find First Direct Evidence Of Human Poop Being Used As Medicine By The Romans | IFLScience
  https://www.iflscience.com/prescription-for-poop-first-direct-evidence-shows-romans-used-human-feces-as-medicine-82522
• Roman Doctors Used Human Feces as Medicine and Now We Have Chemical Proof
  https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/roman-doctors-used-human-feces-as-medicine-and-now-we-have-chemical-proof/
• Ancient Romans used human feces to make medicines
  https://cen.acs.org/analytical-chemistry/art-%26-artifacts/ancient-Roman-poop-poo/104/web/2026/01
• Scientists find first physical evidence that Romans used human poop as medicine | CNN
  https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/science/roman-feces-medicine-study-scli-intl
• Study: Ancient residue shows feces was used in medicine | The Jerusalem Post
  https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-885950
• Ancient Roman bottles contained traces of fecal matter : NPR
  https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5718375/ancient-roman-medicine-fecal-history
• Scientists analyzed bottle residue from ancient Rome. They found human feces : NPR
  https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5712815/scientists-analyzed-bottle-residue-from-ancient-rome-they-found-human-feces
• Roman medicine gets messy: Turkish archaeological study confirms feces treatment – Türkiye Today
  https://www.turkiyetoday.com/lifestyle/roman-medicine-gets-messy-turkish-archaeological-study-confirms-feces-treatment-3214586?s=2
• Ancient Roman Flask Confirms Medical Use of Feces Described in Classical Texts – GreekReporter.com
  https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/24/ancient-roman-flask-medical-use-feces-classical-texts/
• Ancient Roman Doctors in Pergamon Really Used Human Feces as Medicine—Now Science Has the Proof – Arkeonews
  https://arkeonews.net/ancient-roman-doctors-in-pergamon-really-used-human-feces-as-medicine-now-science-has-the-proof/
• A Roman Unguentarium Found in Pergamon Reveals the First Direct Evidence of the Medicinal Use of Human Feces in Antiquity
  https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/a-roman-unguentarium-found-in-pergamon-reveals-the-first-direct-evidence-of-the-medicinal-use-of-human-feces-in-antiquity/
• Roman Medicine Vial: Romans used human feces as medicine: 1,900-year-old vial from Turkey reveals shocking treatment | World News – The Times of India
  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/romans-used-human-feces-as-medicine-1900-year-old-vial-from-turkey-reveals-shocking-treatment/articleshow/129562953.cms

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• 1,900-year-old Roman unguentarium shows human feces used as medicine with thyme to mask smell | Archaeology News Online Magazine
  https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/roman-vessel-shows-human-feces-used-as-medicine/
• Romans used poop to treat infections and inflammation, new study indicates: ‘Dark brown flakes’ discovered in medicinal vial
  https://nypost.com/2026/01/29/science/romans-used-poop-as-medicine-new-study-confirms-darl-brown-flakes-discovered-in-medicinal-vial/

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

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** tier explanations at Rogueclassicizing in the age of AI – rogueclassicism

Rogueclassicizing in the age of AI