• Festival of Mars continues (day 7)
• rites at the temple of Vediovis on the Capitoline
• 322 B.C. — death of Aristotle (maybe)
• 149 A.D. — birth of a daughter, Lucilla, to the emperor Marcus Aurelius
• 161 A.D. — death of Antoninus Pius; dies imperii of Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius
• 203 A.D.– martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity

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LEGENDA
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Archaeologists uncover evidence of Iron Age rituals at Germany’s Bruchhauser Steine
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/archaeologists-ncover-evidence-of-iron-age-rituals-at-germanys-bruchhauser-steine/157270

Ancient Tombs with Winged Victories Unearthed in Rome’s Vast Ostiense Necropolis – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-tombs-with-winged-victories-unearthed-in-romes-vast-ostiense-necropolis/

Roman Necropolis Filled With Artifacts Found In Romania
https://allthatsinteresting.com/romania-ancient-roman-necropolis

Board game that pre-dates chess discovered in ancient burial mound
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/board-game-that-pre-dates-chess-discovered-in-ancient-burial-mound/157260

A guide to screening the Ancient World – Engelsberg ideas

A guide to screening the Ancient World

How the Sasanians Used Chemical Warfare to Beat Rome at Dura-Europos | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/dura-europos-rome-sasanian/

Blue Threads of the Bronze Age – Biblical Archaeology Society

Blue Threads of the Bronze Age

Lysimachus: Alexander’s Bodyguard Turned King of Thrace, Macedonia & Asia Minor – Hellenistic Legacy Explored
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/03/06/lysimaus-king-thrace-macedonia-alexander-successor-greece-history

How misfired pottery hits the mark | Varsity
https://www.varsity.co.uk/arts/31285

The Ancient Women Who Ruled Their Kingdoms | Getty News
https://www.getty.edu/news/ancient-nubia-queens-art/

How the Greeks mapped the mythical places of their heroes and legends
https://theconversation.com/how-the-greeks-mapped-the-mythical-places-of-their-heroes-and-legends-275035

Hero or War Criminal? National Hellenic Museum Puts Odysseus on Trial – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/05/hero-or-war-criminal-national-hellenic-museum-puts-odysseus-trial/

Roman Statues Weren’t White; They Were Once Painted in Vivid, Bright Colors | Open Culture

Roman Statues Weren’t White; They Were Once Painted in Vivid, Bright Colors

Aristotle – The Historian’s Hut

Aristotle

Hadrian’s Wall museum plans revealed | Architecture and design news | CLADglobal.com
https://www.cladglobal.com/CLADnews/architecture-design/Hadrians-Wall-museum-plans-revealed/98353

Greek Tips to Beat Iran: Persian Wars Lessons for 2026
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/03/06/greek-tips-to-beat-iran-persian-wars-2026/

Michele Zazzi. The Spurinna family of Tarquinia. – Online Archaeology – Archeomedia

Michele Zazzi. La gens Spurinna di Tarquinia.

Pittsburgh Opera’s “Time To Act” Asks What If Sophocles Wrote “The Breakfast Club”? – Pittsburgh Quarterly

Pittsburgh Opera’s “Time To Act” Asks What If Sophocles Wrote “The Breakfast Club”?

Natalie Haynes wants to answer your Greek mythology questions | St. Louis Magazine
https://www.stlmag.com/culture/natalie-haynes-wants-to-answer-your-greek-mythology-questions/

‘Heated Rivalry’ Creator Jacob Tierney Gets Netflix Series Order For Alexander The Great & Aristotle Drama; Jason Bateman’s Aggregate Films Producing – IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/fr/news/ni65736964/

Denzel’s Hannibal Movie Targets June Start? – Dark Horizons

Denzel’s Hannibal Movie Targets June Start?

OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: British Library Papyri Images
https://oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2026/03/british-library-papyri-images.html

Fotis Sees Her Lover Lucius Transformed Into An Ass. Motif From Apuleius’ The Golden Ass, by Nicolai Abildgaard (c. 1743 – 1809) – The Historian’s Hut

Fotis Sees Her Lover Lucius Transformed Into An Ass. Motif From Apuleius’ The Golden Ass, by Nicolai Abildgaard (c. 1743 – 1809)

Random Stuff Friday | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Random Stuff Friday

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (6) Catastrofe – Mainzer Beobachter

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (6) Catastrofe

Faits divers (49) – Mainzer Beobachter

Faits divers (49)

PaleoJudaica.com: Experiencing Ancient Synagogues
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/experiencing-ancient-synagogues.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Report on the Amman Citadel excavation
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/report-on-amman-citadel-excavation.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Report on the Amman Citadel excavation
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/report-on-amman-citadel-excavation.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Web of Athenaeus
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-web-of-athenaeus.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Attic Inscriptions Online (AIO) updates
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/attic-inscriptions-online-aio-updates.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Greek Public Monuments of the Persian Wars
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/greek-public-monuments-of-persian-wars.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: King of Sacrifice: Ritual and Royal Authority in the Iliad
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/king-of-sacrifice-ritual-and-royal.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Master of Signs: Signs and the Interpretation of Signs in Herodotus’ Histories
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-master-of-signs-signs-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/irish-migrations-and-classical-antiquity.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Der Begriff τέχνη bei Plato
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/der-begriff-bei-plato.html

Sacred landscapes in central Italy: votive deposits and sanctuaries (400 BC–AD 400) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.09/

Aristotle and tragic temporality – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.08/

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Ancient History Podcast – White Pedestal with Curtis Dozier
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/ancient-history-podcast-white-pedestal-with-curtis-dozier

Medium Rare: An interview with A. Natasha Joukovsky

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA399 – Outflanking as a Tactical Innovation
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa399-outflanking-as-a-tactical-innovation
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VIDENDA
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(485) The 3,300 Year Old Shipwreck That Changed History – YouTube

(485) The Cimbrian War: A Bloody Wake-up Call for the Roman Republic – YouTube

(485) The Silver Pharaohs are extremely underrated #ancientegypt – YouTube

(486) The Sea Peoples Mystery Is Worse Than You Think – YouTube

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Flipped learning and AI-supported itineraries for neurodivergent learners: a case study in ancient history | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/flipped-learning-and-aisupported-itineraries-for-neurodivergent-learners-a-case-study-in-ancient-history/4F26FC45751B193942CC3C1AA11961BC?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 origins of the Tiber Island in Rome | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/origins-of-the-tiber-island-in-rome/E60CC18343D11A40BE8E436E2AF07FC4?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Classical Reception Studies Network ECR Event

Classical Reception Studies Network ECR Event

Teaching Associate in Classical Art and Archaeology

Teaching Associate in Classical Art and Archaeology

• Festival of Mars (day 6)
• 12 B.C. — Augustus becomes pontifex maximus
• ca. 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Conon in Pamphylia

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Excavation In Constanța Reveals Previously Unknown Sector Of Roman Necropolis
https://www.outlooktraveller.com/News/excavation-in-constan%C8%9Ba-reveals-previously-unknown-sector-of-roman-necropolis

True provenance of mosaic with erotic scene delivered in 2025 to Pompeii discovered
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/news/true-provenance-of-mosaic-with-erotic-scene-delivered-in-2025-to-pompeii-discovered

Extensive Area of Tombs Decorated with Winged Victories Discovered in the Imperial Necropolis of the Via Ostiense in Rome

Extensive Area of Tombs Decorated with Winged Victories Discovered in the Imperial Necropolis of the Via Ostiense in Rome

A unique Roman mummy was examined at Semmelweis University – Semmelweis University

A unique Roman mummy was examined at Semmelweis University

Rare parade shield element and Greek inscription

Rare parade shield element and Greek inscription…

The secret to living a long and healthy life, according to ancient Greeks and Romans | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/ageing-health-ancient-greeks-romans-b2932527.html

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: From the Walls of Babylon to the Sewers of Rome | Open Culture

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: From the Walls of Babylon to the Sewers of Rome

[paywalled] Ancient remains of necropolis stand in way of Rome’s builders
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/ancient-remains-necropolis-rome-builders-zkvhvkrjv

Ancient Greek Gymnasium in Agrigento Italy Reveals New Findings – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/04/ancient-greek-gymnasium-agrigento-italy/

Denzel Washington’s Yet-Untitled Hannibal Movie Starts Filming in Rome in June
https://thecinemaholic.com/denzel-washington-hannibal-filming/

Bacchus (2018) – Animated Antiquity

Bacchus (2018)

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

Twelve Days in the Year: 27th February 2026

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (4) Ariadne – Mainzer Beobachter

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (4) Ariadne

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (5) Justinianus – Mainzer Beobachter

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (5) Justinianus

Zeus and ‘Righting’ the Divine Constitution: An Introduction to Reading Iliad 15 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Zeus and ‘Righting’ the Divine Constitution: An Introduction to Reading Iliad 15

PaleoJudaica.com: Jodi Magness: autobiographical retrospective
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/jodi-magness-autobiographical.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Hannibal movie starts filming in 2026
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-hannibal-movie-starts-filming-in.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Was John the Baptist as popular as the Beatles?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/was-john-baptist-as-popular-as-beatles.html

Scythica Minora. Research on the Greek colonies on the Romanian Black Sea coast | Spartokos has read

Scythica Minora. Recherches sur les colonies grecques du littoral roumain de la mer Noire

Zeus d’Athènes: polythéisme et paysages onomastiques – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.07/

Festivals in Latin literature: the poetics of celebration – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.06/
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Special Episode – Swords and Cinema with Dr Jeremiah McCall – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies

Special Episode – Swords and Cinema with Dr Jeremiah McCall

diē quartō mēnsis Martiī — Nuntii Latini

diē quartō mēnsis Martiī

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VIDENDA
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(453) A New History of Homer’s World, Through The Women Written Out of It (w/ Dr Emily Hauser) – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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(15) ANE Today, 5 March 2026 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-5-march-2026

Pasts Imperfect (3.5.26)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-3-5-26/

• Festival of Mars (day 5)
• 399 B.C. — death of Socrates (according to one reckoning)
• 13 B.C. — death of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (the triumvir) (according to one reckoning)
• 51 A.D. — the future emperor Nero is coopted into all the priestly colleges