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Drone survey reveals Roman forum and theatre at Fioccaglia
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/drone-survey-reveals-roman-forum-and-theatre-at-fioccaglia/157015

Manufatti etruschi trovati in una casa disabitata nel Parmense
https://www.rainews.it/tgr/emiliaromagna/articoli/2026/02/manufatti-etruschi-trovati-in-una-casa-disabitata-nel-parmense-4e986f14-39d7-43d5-b814-425fc2c369a8.html

Monumental Roman apse discovered beneath Cologne’s town hall square
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/monumental-roman-apse-discovered-beneath-colognes-town-hall-square/157010

First Solid Evidence of Hannibal’s Infamous War Elephants Discovered in Spain : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/first-solid-evidence-of-hannibals-infamous-war-elephants-discovered-in-spain

Two years after collapse, Caesarea aqueduct to be restored in joint project | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-years-after-collapse-caesarea-aqueduct-to-be-restored-in-joint-project

[old news]Greek Statues Were Not Only Painted and Dressed But Also Perfumed, Study Reveals – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/15/greek-statues-paint-dress-perfume/

Roman carriage ornament found in Essex deemed ‘Treasure’ | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-886573

The Politics and Ethics of Abortion in Ancient Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/15/abortion-ancient-greece/

The Lelantine War: Myth or the First Great Ancient Greek Coalition Conflict? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/15/lelantine-war-ancient-greece/

The belief that lead poisoning caused the fall of the Roman Empire is not true, according to a scientific review

The belief that lead poisoning caused the fall of the Roman Empire is not true, according to a scientific review

From secret cults to Christianity, how did ancient Roman religion change so dramatically? | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/ancient-roman-gods-secret-cults-christianity/

Ancient Greek Cheesecake Was Served to Athletes at the First Olympic Games
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/02/16/ancient-greek-cheesecake-byzantine/

Review: “Breaking the Bonds of Fate – Epicurus and Marx” – MR Online

Review: “Breaking the Bonds of Fate – Epicurus and Marx”

Blonde Greek Gods for Kids: Playmobil’s Nazi Aesthetic Explained | flyingpenguin

Blonde Greek Gods for Kids: Playmobil’s Nazi Aesthetic Explained

Wikipedia’s War Against Biblical Archaeology | ArmstrongInstitute.org
https://armstronginstitute.org/1427-wikipedias-war-against-biblical-archaeology

(19) February 57 BCE: From Cicero (at Dyrrachium?) to Atticus (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/february-57-bce-from-cicero-at-dyrrachium

Remembering James Tatum, Pioneering Classicist and Scholar of War and Memory | Faculty of Arts and Sciences
https://fas.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/02/remembering-james-tatum-pioneering-classicist-and-scholar-war-and-memory

Who Has Played Eurydice in Hadestown on Broadway? | Broadway Direct
https://broadwaydirect.com/who-has-played-eurydice-in-hadestown-on-broadway

Collections: Against the State – A Primer on Terrorism, Insurgency and Protest – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Against the State – A Primer on Terrorism, Insurgency and Protest

Laudator Temporis Acti: Education
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/education.html

Het nieuwe leger van Darius III – Mainzer Beobachter

Het nieuwe leger van Darius III

Marcus Antonius en de Lupercalia – Mainzer Beobachter

Marcus Antonius en de Lupercalia

Caesar voor de Lupercalia – Mainzer Beobachter

Caesar voor de Lupercalia

Oops… I Did It Again | Sphinx

Oops… I Did It Again

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Labored in Papyrus Leaves: Perspectives on an Epigram Collection Attributed to Posidippus (P.Mil.Vogl. VIII 309)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/labored-in-papyrus-leaves-perspectives.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Homeric Conversation
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/homeric-conversation.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Pointing at the Past: From Formula to Performance in Homeric Poetics
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/pointing-at-past-from-formula-to.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-ritual-lament-in-greek-tradition.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Karkemish of the Hittites on the Euphrates: New Discoveries and New Acquisitions
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/karkemish-of-hittites-on-euphrates-new.html
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Anima Latina 15.02.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2026/02/anima-latina-15-02-2026.html

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 14.02.2026 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2026/02/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-14-02-2026.html

The Skulls of Jericho – The Ancients | Acast

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(35) Tombs fit for a king 👑 – only they aren’t! – YouTube

(38) Cleopatra | Egyptian History | Extra History Complete – YouTube

(39) Historian Analyses EPIC: The Musical (Thunder Saga) – YouTube

(40) Latin Love Poems during Covid (feat. Francesco Vacca of NUBES) – YouTube

(40) Why Didn’t the Romans Invade Ireland? – YouTube

(40) The Discovery of Seneca the Elder’s Lost Roman History – YouTube

(40) Stephen Fry Tells The Real Story Behind Greek Myths – YouTube

(40) In conversation with Ferdia Lennon 4th February 2026 – YouTube

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explorator 28.07 ~ February 15, 2026 – Explorator

explorator 28.07 ~ February 15, 2026

• Parentalia (Day 3) — the festival for appeasing the dead continues
• Lupercalia
• 44 B.C. — Julius Caesar is offered — and declines — the title of rex and the diadem to go with it
• 1515 — death of Aldus Manutius

• Parentalia (day 2) — the period for appeasing the dead continued.
• 270 A.D. — traditional date for the beheading of Saint Valentine

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‘Virgin’ frescoes emerge from Pompeii suburb
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-virgin-frescoes-emerge-pompeii-suburb.html

Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Announces Discovery of Archaeological Site in Jifna North of Ramallah – Sada News Agency
https://www.sadanews.ps/en/news/275617.html

Guides Protest and Threats Shake Pompeii Archaeological Site
https://www.ilmattino.it/en/guides_protest_and_threats_shake_pompeii_archaeological_site-9355926.html

Spotted with drones at the archaeological site of Fioccaglia (Avellino) the Forum and a hitherto unknown monumental theater
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/spotted-with-drones-at-the-archaeological-site-of-fioccaglia-avellino-the-forum-and-a-hitherto-unknown-monumental-theater

A ‘Roman’ army from Norway of a thousand men may have fought in Denmark 1,800 years ago
https://www.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-denmark-roman-empire/a-roman-army-from-norway-of-a-thousand-men-may-have-fought-in-denmark-1800-years-ago/2600351

The Ancient Greeks and Romans knew the key to success, power AND happiness … all you have to do is be a STOIC | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-15554755/Book-review-Live-Like-Stoic-Tom-Hodgkinson.html

Hidden letters reveal Greek family’s historic link to the Venus de Milo – Neos Kosmos

Hidden letters reveal Greek family’s historic link to the Venus de Milo

The Odyssey: How Homer’s epic influenced the world | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-odyssey-homers-epic

How a Lost Hammer Led to Britain’s Greatest Roman Treasure

How a Lost Hammer Led to the Discovery of Britain’s Greatest Roman Treasure

Lighthouse of Alexandria Rises Again as Giant Blocks Resurface After 2,000 Years – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/11/lighthouse-alexandria-giant-blocks-resurface/

Carsulae (Terni), new mosaics discovered that rewrite history of Roman city
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/carsulae-terni-new-mosaics-discovered-that-rewrite-history-of-roman-city

A Darkly Comic Triumph of Greek Tragedy: The Bacchae – Godolphin and Latymer

A Darkly Comic Triumph of Greek Tragedy: The Bacchae

Doctor Galuchie: dead language, lively teaching – The Knight Crier

Doctor Galuchie: dead language, lively teaching

[old news]Roman mosaic in Britain reveals a 2,000 year old Trojan War secret | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260212234220.htm

New excavations at Villa Poppea open to the public

New excavations at Villa Poppea open to the public

The Sands of Time – Biblical Archaeology Society

The Sands of Time

Epic Narratives and their Local Sidekicks: On Cretans in Iliad 13 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Epic Narratives and their Local Sidekicks: On Cretans in Iliad 13

Blog #117: Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age: an NEH-Funded Institute for Ancient Mediterranean Studies Educators with Christine Johnston and Leigh Anne Lieberman – Peopling the Past

Blog #117: Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age: an NEH-Funded Institute for Ancient Mediterranean Studies Educators with Christine Johnston and Leigh Anne Lieberman

Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Varia and Quick Hits

Presence of the Author in Polybius – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Presence of the Author in Polybius

On Being a Historian in Dystopian Times – EVERYDAY ORIENTALISM

On Being a Historian in Dystopian Times

(19) Ancient History Roundup – by Owen Rees – Our Ancient World
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/ancient-history-roundup-dcb

(19) A God from the mud of the Rhône: the bronze Neptune of Lyon on loan to the Museo Barracco
https://understandingrome.substack.com/p/a-god-from-the-mud-of-the-rhone-the

The Lions by the River Tigris – Mainzer Beobachter

The Lions by the River Tigris

PaleoJudaica.com: Inscribed Judean seal found at northern site in Israel
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/inscribed-judean-seal-found-at-northern.html

PaleoJudaica.com: An evening in memory of Gabriel Barkay
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/an-evening-in-memory-of-gabriel-barkay.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A new Syriac (Arabic) world chronicle
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-new-syriac-arabic-world-chronicle.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Egyptian Name Scarabs from the 12th to the 15th Dynasty: Geography and Chronology of Production
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/egyptian-name-scarabs-from-12th-to-15th.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Cultures in Contact: Central Asia as Focus of Trade, Cultural Exchange and Knowledge Transmission
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/cultures-in-contact-central-asia-as.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Gottesdiener und Kamelzüchter: Das Alltags- und Sozialleben der Sobek-Priester im kaiserzeitlichen Fayum
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/gottesdiener-und-kamelzuchter-das.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rodin’s Egypt
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/rodins-egypt.html

Coining values: bronze between money and scrap in late Roman and early medieval Europe – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.20/

Wedding, gender, and performance in ancient Greece – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.21/

Beauty and the Gods. A History from Homer to Plato (H.) Shakeshaft Pp. xxx + 498, b/w & colour ills. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2025. Cased, £42, US$49.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-25020-5. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691250205/beauty-and-the-gods | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/beauty-and-the-gods-a-history-from-homer-to-plato-h-shakeshaft-pp-xxx-498-bw-colour-ills-princeton-nj-princeton-university-press-2025-cased-42-us4995-isbn-9780691250205-httpspressprincetonedubookshardcover9780691250205beautyandthegods/DFE254654ED276F343F406A3B9DADD65?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Telling Tales in Nature: Compendium (L.) Robinson. Pp. viii + 200, colour ills. Independently published, 2024. Cased, £ 24.00 (Paper, £20.00). ISBN: 9798875825002. https://www.amazon.com/Telling-Tales-Nature-Lorna-Robinson/dp/B0CSNN1BTN | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/telling-tales-in-nature-compendium-l-robinson-pp-viii-200-colour-ills-independently-published-2024-cased-2400-paper-2000-isbn-9798875825002-httpswwwamazoncomtellingtalesnaturelornarobinsondpb0csnn1btn/78683959E5631ECA967900BFB1ADC440?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

What is Ancient History? (W.) Scheidel. Pp. 319. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2025. Cased, £25, US$29.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-23665-0. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691236650/what-is-ancient-history | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/what-is-ancient-history-w-scheidel-pp-319-princeton-nj-princeton-university-press-2025-cased-25-us2995-isbn-9780691236650-httpspressprincetonedubookshardcover9780691236650whatisancienthistory/CAC5AB69286CDB98E51A20864300A74F?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

An Unexpected Ally. A Greek Tale of Love, Revenge, and Redemption (S.) Kouidou-Giles. Pp. 183. Berkeley, CA: She Writes Press, 2023. Paper, £17.95. ISBN: 978-1-64742-555-5. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/an-unexpected-ally-a-greek-tale-of-love-revenge-and-redemption-s-kouidougiles-pp-183-berkeley-ca-she-writes-press-2023-paper-1795-isbn-9781647425555/53EB4B7653E3DD4597CBE1A441230D1A?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome (H.) Sidebottom. Pp. xiv + 338, ills, maps. London: OneWorld Publications, 2022. Cased, £20. ISBN: 978-0-86154-253-6. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/mad-emperor-heliogabalus-and-the-decadence-of-rome-h-sidebottom-pp-xiv-338-ills-maps-london-oneworld-publications-2022-cased-20-isbn-9780861542536/B18ABF842490BB2538B4C00B1A42EAA1?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

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Classics & Careers S3, E2: Kam… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW396 – Revolutions in Warfare
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/aw396-revolutions-in-warfare

The Invasion of Persia | Alexander the Great – The Ancients | Acast

Giving Cleopatra Voice with Na… – The Exploress – Apple Podcasts

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(1442) Historic Roman stone altars to go on display in Scotland – YouTube

(1442) Ancient Singing Statues? – YouTube

(1443) Historian Analyses EPIC: The Musical (Thunder Saga) – YouTube

(1443) What was Crassus Thinking? – The Disaster at Carrhae – YouTube

(1445) Latin Love Poems during Covid (feat. Francesco Vacca of NUBES) – YouTube

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Autonomy, martial culture and empire in eastern Gaul during the first century c.e.: The case of the Helvetians | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/autonomy-martial-culture-and-empire-in-eastern-gaul-during-the-first-century-ce-the-case-of-the-helvetians/F9F7154F4E1144927E3C64444BA32FEF?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

The East London Classics Summer School 2025 | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/east-london-classics-summer-school-2025/802C9FC5E4F8DC2B0B3CCACAA28B3A35?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Cambridge CI in Ancient Languages Teaching Conference explores new directions in teaching Ancient Greek and Latin | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/cambridge-ci-in-ancient-languages-teaching-conference-explores-new-directions-in-teaching-ancient-greek-and-latin/D49AF3439D4428D842F9C8597A4C99EA?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal | Issue: Issue: 1(8) Volume 8 (2025)
https://traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/info/

• Parentalia (day 1) — a festival for honouring/appeasing the dead began on this day with a number of signs: temples were closed, altars did not have fires burn on them, people were forbidden to get married, and magistrates set down the trappings of their office.
• Fornacalia (day 1) — this was actually a “feriae conceptivae”, which means that it probably wasn’t always held on the same day. Originally, it was a feast of the curiae (an early division of the Roman people) which also seems to have involved a sort of banquet for the gods, although scholars are unsure which gods were specifically honoured. Then again, Ovid claims that rural folk would pray to a divinity called Fornax.
• 196 B.C. — dedication of a Temple of Faunus on the Tiber island
• 194 A.D. — Septimius Severus recognized as Emperor in Egypt
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Polyeuctus of Melitene