This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii kalendas martias

February 28, 2026February 27, 2026 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

Equirria — the first of two days of horse racing (the second was on March 14) dedicated to Mars; the reasons are obscure, but probably have something to do with preparing horses for the upcoming campaigning season

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ February 27, 2026

February 27, 2026 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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

Major ancient sarcophagus discovered in heart of Dubrovnik

Rare half-shekel coin found in Judean Desert | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-888163

Old Kingdom tombs, artifacts discovered in Egypt | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-888167

Unprecedented Roman Painting Technique Discovered in Cartagena: Scientists Reveal the Secret of Ancient “Red Gold” – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/unprecedented-roman-painting-technique-discovered-in-cartagena-scientists-reveal-the-secret-of-ancient-red-gold/

Etruscan Bride and Groom Reborn: 2,400-Year-Old Bottarone Urn Restored After Florence Flood Damage – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/etruscan-bride-and-groom-reborn-2400-year-old-bottarone-urn-restored-after-florence-flood-damage/

Archaeology and the First Christians – Biblical Archaeology Society

Archaeology and the First Christians

Review: Cyclops A Satyr Play 2026 Adelaide Fringe • The Scoop

Review: Cyclops A Satyr Play 2026 Adelaide Fringe

Scholar, seductress, alchemist: who was the real Cleopatra? | Books | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/27/scholar-seductress-alchemist-who-was-the-real-cleopatra

Family squabbles, job security and Pythagoras’s Theorem (before Pythagoras was even born!)… 2000-year-old Cuneiform tablets reveal that your worries aren’t new, they’re very much ancient history | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-15596035/Book-review-library-ancient-wisdom-selena-wisnom-ancient-history-cuneiform.html

Activist-Scholar Dan-el Padilla Peralta ’06 Leaving Princeton | Princeton Alumni Weekly
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/activist-scholar-dan-el-padilla-peralta-06-leaving-princeton

Laszlo the Dog Brings Comfort to Classics Students – The Colgate Maroon-News

Laszlo the Dog Brings Comfort to Classics Students

Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Varia and Quick Hits

Laudator Temporis Acti: Change
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/change.html

Byzantijns Thracië – Mainzer Beobachter

Byzantijns Thracië

Laat-antiek Thracië – Mainzer Beobachter

Laat-antiek Thracië

Romeins Thracië – Mainzer Beobachter

Romeins Thracië

PaleoJudaica.com: Rasmussen lecture on “The Early Church and the Imperial Cult”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/rasmussen-lecture-on-early-church-and.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Half-shekel coin recovered in the Judean Desert
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/half-shekel-coin-recovered-in-judean.html

PaleoJudaica.com: More on the Great Isaiah Scroll display in the Israel Museum
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/more-on-great-isaiah-scroll-display-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Aethiopis: Neo-Neoanalysis Reanalyzed
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-aethiopis-neo-neoanalysis-reanalyzed.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Cypria
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-cypria.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Time and Tradition: Temporal Thinking in Ecclesiastes in the Context of Emerging Apocalypticism and the History of Ideas in the Hellenistic Period
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/time-and-tradition-temporal-thinking-in.html

Inscriptions of the Roman Empire, AD 14-117 (B.H.) Warmington, (S.J.) Millet (eds.) LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History, Volume 8. 2nd edn. Pp. 78. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Paper, £12.99. ISBN: 978-1-009-38328-8. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/inscriptions-of-the-roman-empire-ad-14117-bh-warmington-sj-millet-eds-lactor-sourcebooks-in-ancient-history-volume-8-2nd-edn-pp-78-cambridge-uk-cambridge-university-press-2023-paper-1299-isbn-9781009383288/FC1DC0FCFB88EB01AB4EEF1F4BD02E00?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Late Republican Rome, 88–31 BC (F.) Santangelo. (ed.) LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History, Vol. 7. 2nd edn. Pp. x + 390, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2023. maps. Paper, €23.33. ISBN: 9781009383356. https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/classical-studies/ancient-history/late-republican-rome-8831-bc-2nd-edition?format=PB | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/late-republican-rome-8831-bc-f-santangelo-ed-lactor-sourcebooks-in-ancient-history-vol-7-2nd-edn-pp-x-390-cambridge-uk-cambridge-university-press-2023-maps-paper-2333-isbn-9781009383356-httpswwwcambridgeorggbuniversitypresssubjectsclassicalstudiesancienthistorylaterepublicanrome8831bc2ndeditionformatpb/82FC2F271F945305BF19DF23AA76CA36?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

ANTIQUITY BEYOND BORDERS: NEW VISIONS OF A GLOBAL, POSTCOLONIAL, RACIALLY TRANSFORMATIVE FIELD | The Classical Review | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-review/article/antiquity-beyond-borders-new-visions-of-a-global-postcolonial-racially-transformative-field/D09A542BF619319258FD360D987D4410?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Pathos kai nomos: le traitement des affections dans les Lois de Platon – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.40/

Remembering Nicaea: the Ecclesiastical History of Anonymous Cyzicenus – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.39/
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Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA398 – Turning to Face an Outflank
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa398-turning-to-face-an-outflank

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(295) Anatomy of the Ancient Egyptian soul: The Ba – YouTube

(295) Ten Fascinating People From Antiquity – ‪@WorldofAntiquity‬ + ‪@HistoryTime‬ – YouTube

(295) What does the Economy have to do with Mythology? – YouTube

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CfP: ‘So(cially) Ancient! Representing Ancient and Early Medieval Social, Ethnic and Religious Realities in Video Games’ – CRSN

CfP: ‘So(cially) Ancient! Representing Ancient and Early Medieval Social, Ethnic and Religious Realities in Video Games’

Sappho’s Trajectory: The Construction of an Eschatological Experience | The Cambridge Classical Journal | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-classical-journal/article/sapphos-trajectory-the-construction-of-an-eschatological-experience/E10AA3E9608CF5F915536A916DE60159?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 borders of the adverbium between praepositio and coniunctio in Notker’s perspective – ERRATUM | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/borders-of-the-adverbium-between-praepositio-and-coniunctio-in-notkers-perspective-erratum/0AF2AE25C3C7E70096D4653994551927?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Why is classics important? | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/why-is-classics-important/CE4F4909823AEEAAF4C04BCFFAB73E01?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 BLOODY SYRINX: BUCOLIC AND MEDICAL METAPOETICS OF LOVE CURES IN APOLLONIUS RHODIUS’ TALOS EPISODE | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/bloody-syrinx-bucolic-and-medical-metapoetics-of-love-cures-in-apollonius-rhodius-talos-episode/8038CB4570BCE472E68574BE61760ED2?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

ANTITIMAΣΘAI IN MAXIMUS OF TYRE AND PLATO | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/antitimaai-in-maximus-of-tyre-and-plato/50A2EF81FF1CB1F8F03154A25480B290?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv kalendas martias

February 27, 2026February 26, 2026 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

116 A.D. — supplicatio pro salute Traiani (day 2)
1874 — birth of F.M. Cornford (author of Before and After Socrates, among several other works)

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ February 26, 2026

February 26, 2026 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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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 hypothèseséd.

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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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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(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