• Festival of Mars continues (day 18)
• 37 A.D. — The dead emperor Tiberius’ will is annulled and Gaius (Caligula) is given the title “Augustus” by the senate
• 235 A.D. (?) — murder of Alexander Severus at Moguntiacum (Mainz)

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Excavations in Syedra reveal a 1,500-year-old mosaic
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/excavations-in-syedra-reveal-a-1500-year-old-mosaic/157402

Just How Much Did Pompeii’s Prized Blue Paint Cost?
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pompeii-egyptian-blue-pigment-cost-2754800

Ancient graffiti reveals scenes of everyday life in Pompeii
https://www.dw.com/en/previously-unseen-ancient-graffiti-reveals-scenes-of-everyday-life-in-pompeii/a-76289185

‘Mentor’ shipwreck study uncovers possible fragment of Parthenon
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/mentor-shipwreck-study-uncovers-possible-fragment-of-parthenon/157420

Rare Painted Altar of Celtic God Sucellus Discovered at Roman Sanctuary in France – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/17/painted-altar-celtic-god-sucellus-roman-sanctuary-france/

How Did Humans Travel, Trade, and Even Escape Across the Landscapes of Ancient Greece? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/17/humans-travel-trade-escape-ancient-greece/

Gladiatorial reliefs discovered near the Appian Way
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/gladiatorial-reliefs-discovered-near-the-appian-way/157415

First inscribed Hellenistic sling bullet found in Israel’s Golan | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-890153

Feature: Is He Guilty? Greek Hero Odysseus Is Tried for Murder in the National Hellenic Museum’s Latest Courtroom-Style Drama | Third Coast Review
https://thirdcoastreview.com/stages/2026/03/16/feature-odysseus-trial-national-hellenic-museum

Australian artist creates LEGO tribute to late director of Acropolis Museum | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1298187/australian-artist-creates-lego-tribute-to-late-director-of-acropolis-museum/

A complete Bronze Age loom with carbonized wood found in Alicante reveals how textiles were made 3,500 years ago

A complete Bronze Age loom with carbonized wood found in Alicante reveals how textiles were made 3,500 years ago

Remains of a Roman Concrete Bridge-Aqueduct That Supplied Water to First-Century Caesaraugusta Found in Zaragoza

Remains of a Roman Concrete Bridge-Aqueduct That Supplied Water to First-Century Caesaraugusta Found in Zaragoza

Elite Ritual Banquets and Two Temples: Archaeologists Uncover a Vast Gallo-Roman Sanctuary in Burgundy – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/elite-ritual-banquets-and-two-temples-archaeologists-uncover-a-vast-gallo-roman-sanctuary-in-burgundy/

They Drove Nails Into the Dead — And It Wasn’t Random: The Dark Roman Ritual Behind It – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/they-drove-nails-into-the-dead-and-it-wasnt-random-the-dark-roman-ritual-behind-it/

Police detain suspected antiquities thieves before sheltering with them under rocket fire | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-detain-suspected-antiquities-thieves-before-sheltering-with-them-under-rocket-fire/

Police Arrest Athens Man for Possession of Ancient Greek Amphora Fragments (vid) – tovima.com

Police Arrest Athens Man for Possession of Ancient Greek Amphora Fragments (vid)

Haunting Casts Preserving Pompeii Victims’ Final Moments 2,000 Years Ago Go on Display in a Solemn New Exhibition
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/haunting-casts-preserving-pompeii-victims-final-moments-2000-years-ago-go-on-display-in-a-solemn-new-exhibition-180988350/

Pestilence and population shifts – The Past
https://the-past.com/comment/pestilence-and-population-shifts/

Two Thing Tuesday: The Archive and Watts’ Blindsight | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Two Thing Tuesday: The Archive and Watts’ Blindsight

Did Ancient Civilizations Have Organized Crime? – Tales of Times Forgotten

Did Ancient Civilizations Have Organized Crime?

The Bullet(s) Speak(s)! – Liv Mariah Yarrow

The Bullet(s) Speak(s)!

The Goddess of Many Faces — Unravelling the Mystery of Ephesian Artemis | Turkish Archaeological News
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/goddess-many-faces-%E2%80%94-unravelling-mystery-ephesian-artemis

Answering Some Questions – The Philological Crocodile

Answering Some Questions

De Senaat vergadert – Mainzer Beobachter

De Senaat vergadert

PaleoJudaica.com: Mosaic-floor church excavated at Nitzana in the Negev
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/mosaic-floor-church-excavated-at.html

PaleoJudaica.com: “What is the Talmud?” – upcoming roundtable papers
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/what-is-talmud-upcoming-roundtable.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Unauthorized West Bank antiquity confiscation?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/unauthorized-west-bank-antiquity.html

Cicero. Laelius de Amicitia – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.20/

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Catullus Nose Poetry: Three Neoteric Gems (Ad Navseam, Episode 214) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/catullus-nose-poetry-three-neoteric-poems-ad-navseam-episode-214/

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(14) New casts of Pompeii victims go on display – YouTube

(14) lēctūra duodecima: Comparison of Adverbs; Volō, Mālō, Nōlō; Proviso Clauses (LTN 102) – YouTube

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The Aesthetics of Ovidian Violence and the Limits of Narrative

The Aesthetics of Ovidian Violence and the Limits of Narrative

Invited Lecture: Dodona Travels to Ithaca and Back — Lessons from Testing AI in Greek Epigraphy (Hybrid) – TALOS AI4SSH

Invited Lecture: Dodona Travels to Ithaca and Back — Lessons from Testing AI in Greek Epigraphy (Hybrid)

Art Crime Research Opportunities: 17 March 2026

Art Crime Research Opportunities: 17 March 2026

Ancient oak trees reveal why Roman Britain really collapsed
https://www.zmescience.com/science/history-articles/tree-climate-roman-britain-rep/

• Festival of Mars continues (day 17)
• Liberalia — a festival of general merriment and wine drinking in honour of Liber Pater (another name for Bacchus)
• Agonalia — the rex sacrificulus would offer a ram to various deities
• 45 B.C. — Julius Caesar defeats Pompey’s sons and Labienus at Munda
• 136 A.D. — the future emperor Marcus Aurelius dons the toga virilis
• 180 A.D. — death of Marcus Aurelius at Bononia
• 461 A.D. — death of Saint Patrick (traditional)

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1,500-Year-Old Mosaic with Playful Greek Inscriptions Unearthed in Ancient Greek City of Syedra Greek City Times
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/03/16/1500-year-old-mosaic-greek-inscriptions-syedra-turkey-2026/

‘Learn your lesson’: Inscribed 2,100-year-old sling bullet found in the Galilee | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/learn-your-lesson-inscribed-2100-year-old-sling-bullet-found-in-the-galilee/

The Stele of the Twin Babies: A Rare Glimpse Into Ancient Greek Funerary Art – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/16/ancient-greek-funerary-relief-twin-babies/

New Technology Reveals Hidden Secrets of 3,500-Year-Old Bronze Age Aegean Scripts – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/14/new-technology-reveals-hidden-secrets-aegean-bronze-age-scripts/

The Sports Riot That Nearly Destroyed Constantinople in 532 AD – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/15/sports-riot-nearly-destroyed-constantinople-532-ad/

The Strongest Ancient Greek That Ever Lived – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/15/milo-croton-wrestler-strongest-greek/

Assassination of Julius Caesar Re-Enacted at Original Rome Site – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/15/julius-caesar-assassination-rome/

Zoomorphic andirons and miniature votive stipes buried as offerings by the Veneti of ancient Patavium discovered in Padua

Zoomorphic andirons and miniature votive stipes buried as offerings by the Veneti of ancient Patavium discovered in Padua

Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius: The only surviving larger-than-life-size statue of a pagan Roman emperor — a rarity that Michelangelo refurbished | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/equestrian-statue-of-marcus-aurelius-the-only-surviving-larger-than-life-size-statue-of-a-pagan-roman-emperor-a-rarity-that-michelangelo-refurbished

An exceptionally well-preserved Celtic grave assemblage discovered in the great mound of Riedlingen that tomb robbers of the 3rd century BC did not bother to take

An exceptionally well-preserved Celtic grave assemblage discovered in the great mound of Riedlingen that tomb robbers of the 3rd century BC did not bother to take

First-Ever Painted Depiction of Celtic God Sucellus Discovered at Gallo-Roman Sanctuary – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/first-ever-painted-depiction-of-celtic-god-sucellus-discovered-at-gallo-roman-sanctuary/

Long-lost page from Greek manuscript discovered in French art museum | Popular Science
https://www.popsci.com/science/lost-greek-manuscript-discovered-france/

A 2,000-Year-Old Graffiti Tag Inside the Valley of the Kings Reveals a Surprising Link Between Ancient India and Egypt
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/2000-year-old-korran-graffii/

Ancient shipwrecks discovered near Libyan Port City of Ptolemais
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/ancient-shipwrecks-discovered-near-libyan-port-city-of-ptolemais/157365

Roman military fort discovered in Scotland far north of Hadrian’s Wall | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/roman-military-fort-discovered-in-scotland-far-north-of-hadrians-wall

Treasure Trove of Ancient Astrology Unearthed in Egypt – Biblical Archaeology Society

Treasure Trove of Ancient Astrology Unearthed in Egypt

Warrior belts in children’s graves puzzle archaeologists in southern Italy – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/warrior-belts-in-childrens-graves-puzzle-archaeologists-in-southern-italy-3216265

From a “Drunken Hercules” to a Watchful Medusa: Roman Mosaics in Portugal Reveal Myth, Power, and Protection – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/from-a-drunken-hercules-to-a-watchful-medusa-roman-mosaics-in-portugal-reveal-myth-power-and-protection/

Archaeologists untangle how Bronze Age textiles were made
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-archaeologists-untangle-bronze-age-textiles.html

Beneath Zaragoza’s Streets, Archaeologists Discover a Roman Bridge That May Have Carried Water Into Caesaraugusta – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/beneath-zaragozas-streets-archaeologists-discover-a-roman-bridge-that-may-have-carried-water-into-caesaraugusta/

Haunting Casts Preserving Pompeii Victims’ Final Moments 2,000 Years Ago Go on Display in a Solemn New Exhibition
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/haunting-casts-preserving-pompeii-victims-final-moments-2000-years-ago-go-on-display-in-a-solemn-new-exhibition-180988350/

Phaedra’s Youth and How it Benefits Aphrodite’s Mission in Euripides’ Hippolyta  – Retrospect Journal

Phaedra’s Youth and How it Benefits Aphrodite’s Mission in Euripides’ Hippolyta 

Gennadius Library Presented An Evening with the Creators of New Opera ‘The Odyssey’ – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/gennadius-library-presented-an-evening-with-the-creators-of-new-opera-the-odyssey/

If students want to understand politics, they should start with Ancient Rome

If students want to understand politics, they should start with Ancient Rome

Weekly Varia no. 173, 03/15/26 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 173, 03/15/26

Five Years of Antigone – Antigone

Five Years of Antigone

(11) Ancient History Roundup – by Owen Rees – Our Ancient World
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/ancient-history-roundup-9ec

Conversations across Time – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Conversations across Time

Marcus Antonius in actie – Mainzer Beobachter

Marcus Antonius in actie

PaleoJudaica.com: Did an ancient sling stone teach someone a lesson?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/did-ancient-sling-stone-teach-someone.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Scaling back the Mandean Creation Festival due to the war
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/scaling-back-mandean-creation-festival.html

PaleoJudaica.com: More on the Achaemenid Zoroastrian elements in the Elephantine papyri etc.
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/more-on-achaemenid-zoroastrian-elements.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-ancient-greek-hero-in-24-hours.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Plato’s Rhapsody and Homer’s Music: The Poetics of the Panathenaic Festival in Classical Athens
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/platos-rhapsody-and-homers-music.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Visiting the Oracle at Dodona: Contexts of Unknowing in Ancient Greek Religion
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/visiting-oracle-at-dodona-contexts-of.html

Epaminonda di Tebe: vita e sconfitte di un politico di successo – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.19/

Plato’s unwritten doctrines – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.18/

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Full article: Learn! – A New Type of Inscription on a Sling Bullet from Hippos of the Decapolis
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00310328.2026.2641294#abstract

Fellowship Application: Racing the Classics – CANE

Fellowship Application: Racing the Classics

• Festival of Mars continues (day 16)
• 37 A.D. — death of the emperor Tiberius at Misenum
• 284 A.D. — martyrdom of Hilarius and companions
• 1900 — Arthur Evans purchases the land around Knossos