• ludi Cereri (day 2)– games in honour of the grain goddess Ceres, instituted by/before 202 B.C.
• rites in honour of Jupiter Victor and Jupiter Liber
• 150 A.D. — martyrdom of Carpus and companions at Pergamon
• 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Maximus and companions at Silistria
• 1748 — death of Christopher Pitt (translator of Virgil)

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Study: Clay cylinders found in Iraq bear writings belonging to Nebuchadnezzar II | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-892640

Ancient Egyptian stone monument depicting a Roman emperor as a pharaoh discovered in Luxor | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/ancient-egyptian-stone-monument-depicting-a-roman-emperor-as-a-pharaoh-discovered-in-luxor

2,000-Year-Old Egyptian Child Mummy Conceals Secret Object on Its Chest – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/2000-year-old-egyptian-child-mummy-conceals-secret-object-on-its-chest/

Roman barrel-lined well discovered in Xanten
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/04/roman-barrel-lined-well-discovered-in-xanten/157717

Ancient Roman tombs discovered beneath a modern street – Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/news/ancient-roman-tombs-discovered-beneath-modern-street/

Researchers Discover Long-Lost Words of Ancient Greek Philosopher After 2,000 Years
https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-discover-long-lost-words-of-ancient-greek-philosopher-after-2000-years/

Spectacular find: archaeologists recover 1000 Roman objects from a lake in Switzerland | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/04/12/spectacular-find-archaeologists-recover-1000-roman-objects-from-a-lake-in-switzerland

The Latin Problem: BYU’s Roger Macfarlane on What We Have — and Haven’t — Found in the Herculaneum Papyri – TechBuzz News
https://www.techbuzznews.com/the-latin-problem-roger-macfarlane-byu/

Historic archaeological discovery in Ithaca sheds new light on Odysseus cult
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/04/12/odysseus-cult-ithaca-archaeological-discovery/

Porphyry, the Greek Philosopher Whose Books Were Burned by Christians – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/11/greek-philosopher-porphyry-books-burned-christians/

From Achilles to Alexander the Great: Compassion in Ancient Greek Warfare – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/11/achilles-alexander-great-compassion-ancient-greek-warfare/

The Suda, The Greek Encyclopedia Written in the Year 1100 – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/10/suda-byzantine-encyclopedia-written-1100/

Herodotus to POTUS – The Statesman
https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/herodotus-to-potus-1503580575.html

America is the new Rome – spiked

America is the new Rome

Classics professor gave female student unconsensual ‘slobbery kiss’ | Varsity
https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/31493

[AI?] An Acrostic Across Empires: Greek Culture in Ancient Kandahar – tovima.com
https://www.tovima.com/culture/an-acrostic-across-empires-greek-culture-in-ancient-kandahar/amp/

The Huns terrorised Rome’s frontiers – but wanted to keep the ancient empire alive | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/the-huns-ancient-roman-empires-worst-nightmare/

Mary Beard: ‘If you could be buried somewhere like this f…
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/mary-beard-the-observer-walk

Things to Do in Ilium When You’re Dead: Introducing Iliad 18. – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Things to Do in Ilium When You’re Dead: Introducing Iliad 18.

The Unbuilt Wing: Venizelos, Capps, and the Gennadius Library’s Hidden History | From the Archivist’s Notebook

The Unbuilt Wing: Venizelos, Capps, and the Gennadius Library’s Hidden History

Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part I: Finding Carthaginians – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part I: Finding Carthaginians

More Nemi Artifact Images – Liv Mariah Yarrow

More Nemi Artifact Images

Why Plato Matters Now: Heroism and Celebrity – Antigone

Why Plato Matters Now: Heroism and Celebrity

Laudator Temporis Acti: Voting
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/voting.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Small Seedbag of Moldy Greek
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-small-seedbag-of-moldy-greek.html

Paus Leo I en Attila de Hun (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

Paus Leo I en Attila de Hun (1)

Paus Leo I en Attila de Hun (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

Paus Leo I en Attila de Hun (2)

Pontius Pilatus (5) Pensioen – Mainzer Beobachter

Pontius Pilatus (5) Pensioen

Pontius Pilatus (6) Besluit – Mainzer Beobachter

Pontius Pilatus (6) Besluit

PaleoJudaica.com: Arnold, The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Testament (2nd ed., paperback)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/arnold-cambridge-introduction-to-old.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Dever, For Those Who Sleep in the Dust (SBL)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/dever-for-those-who-sleep-in-dust-sbl.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Fighting Words and Feuding Words: Anger and the Homeric Poems
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/fighting-words-and-feuding-words-anger.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ‘Paradise’ Earned: The Bacchic-Orphic Gold Lamellae of Crete
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/paradise-earned-bacchic-orphic-gold.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Hostages in Republican Rome
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/hostages-in-republican-rome.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Theory and Practice of Life: Isocrates and the Philosophers
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-theory-and-practice-of-life.html

The Buried City: Unearthing the Real Pompeii By Gabriel Zuchtriegel. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2025. Pp. 256. ISBN 978-0-226-83960-8 (hardcover) $25.
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/740824

[paywalled] Mary Beard’s Rome is like a 1st-century EastEnders
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/talking-classics-shock-old-mary-beard-review-skhwkmllr

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Anima Latina 12.04.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2026/04/anima-latina-12-04-2026.html

83. David Kertai: The palaces …–Thin End of the Wedge – Apple Podcasts

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 11.04.2026 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2026/04/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-11-04-2026.html

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(181) Greatest cisterns in the Roman world – YouTube

(181) Why Spartans Were Actually Unstoppable #history #military #shorts – YouTube

(181) The Achaemenid Empire’s Grandest City: Persepolis – YouTube

(183) Salvete iterum | Spoken Latin Podcast (65) – YouTube

(185) Jews vs Rome Explained: The Revolts That Changed History – YouTube

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explorator 28.15 ~ April 12, 2026 – Explorator

explorator 28.15 ~ April 12, 2026

• ludi Cereri (day 1) — games in honour of the grain goddes Ceres, instituted by/before 202 B.C.
• 65 A.D. — death of Seneca
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Vissa (or Vissia) at Fermo
• 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Victor in what would become Portugal

• 421 B.C. — Peace of Nikias brings the first phase of the Peloponnesian war (a.k.a. the Archidamian War) to an end (by one reckoning)
• 52 B.C. — trial of Milo — with Cicero on his side — for the murder of Clodius (by one reckoning)
• 92 A.D. — martyrdom of Antipas
• 145 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Septimius Severus

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The UCO discovers an advanced mural painting technique never before seen in Roman Hispania | EurekAlert!
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1123635

Rare Roman paint ‘recipe’ uncovered in Cartagena murals makes smart use of costly cinnabar
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-rare-roman-recipe-uncovered-cartagena.html#goog_rewarded

Remains of the Temple of the god Pelusius discovered in the ancient city of Pelusium in Egypt: a massive structure with canals connected to the Nile

Remains of the Temple of the god Pelusius discovered in the ancient city of Pelusium in Egypt: a massive structure with canals connected to the Nile

Archaeologists find and document the hydraulic system that supplied water for a thousand years to the ancient Greek city of Amphipolis

Archaeologists find and document the hydraulic system that supplied water for a thousand years to the ancient Greek city of Amphipolis

Discovery of 200 Structures Near Eretria in Greece Reveals Thousands of Years of Continuous Human Activity – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/09/eretria-greece-structures-human-activity-thousands-years/

The Story of the Ancient Greek King of India Who Embraced Buddhism – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/09/indo-greek-king-embraced-buddhism/

Greece’s Must-See Archaeological Sites Before Climate Change Wins – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/10/archaeological-sites-greece-climate-change/

A mysterious Roman cult temple may become the newest UNESCO World Heritage Site | National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/Zerzevan-Castle-unesco?loggedin=true&rnd=1775843048520

Were Roman helmets found on North Carolina golf course? | Snopes.com
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/roman-helmets-found-north-carolina/

Türkiye’s Troy bridges myth and history at Rome conference – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/turkiyes-troy-bridges-myth-and-history-at-rome-conference-3217800?s=2

History Set in Stone | | UZH
https://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2026/digital-antiquity.html

Reading Museum Secures Funding For Roman Britain Project | Reading Borough Council News
https://media.reading.gov.uk/news/reading-museum-secures-funding-for-roman-britain-project

Researchers Discover Long-Lost Words of Ancient Greek Philosopher After 2,000 Years
https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-discover-long-lost-words-of-ancient-greek-philosopher-after-2000-years/

[stale] Archaeologists Find 2,100-Year-Old Bullet Bearing a ‘Sarcastic’ Inscription – Men’s Journal
https://www.mensjournal.com/news/archaeolgists-sarcastic-bullet-israel

Psychedelics at the Heart of Ancient Greece: Unveiling the Eleusinian Mysteries | High Times

Psychedelics at the Heart of Ancient Greece: Unveiling the Eleusinian Mysteries

The Odyssey praised as an “absolute masterpiece” that’s ‘unlike anything you’ve seen before’
https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a70966730/the-odyssey-absolute-masterpiece-tom-holland/

Mithras: A Secret Cult at the Fringes of the Roman Empire | HISTORY
https://www.history.com/articles/mithras-cult-roman-empire

André Kertész – [Etruscan Cauldron of the 7th Century B.C., Upside Down] – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/262739

Buried on the boundary: Interpreting Venta Icenorum’s enigmatic ditch deposits – The Past

Buried on the boundary: Interpreting Venta Icenorum’s enigmatic ditch deposits

World-famous Professor of Greek at Cambridge gave female student unwanted ‘slobbery kiss’ and put tongue in her ear | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15719133/Professor-Greek-Cambridge-female-student-unwanted-kiss-tongue-ear.html

Long Before Machine Guns, Ancient Roman Troops Used This 2,000-Year-Old Rapid-Fire Weapon in Pompeii, New Research Suggests
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-before-machine-guns-ancient-roman-troops-were-using-this-rapid-fire-weapon-180988504/

The Secrets to Displaying a 3,600-Year-Old Crown | Getty News
https://www.getty.edu/news/routsi-headdress-crown-mount-museum-display/

Republican Epigraphy at Nemi – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Republican Epigraphy at Nemi

Nemi in NSc Reports – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Nemi in NSc Reports

Broni 1902 Hoard (RRCH 350) – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Broni 1902 Hoard (RRCH 350)

[Ephemeris] Res Caelestis
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2467

Friday Varia and Photos | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Varia and Photos

Kiwi Hellenist: Problems with Cline on The Trojan War. Ch. 3 ‘Homeric questions’
https://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2026/04/cline-1.html

Blog #120: Artificial Lighting Systems in Pompeian Gardens and Baths with Emily Lime – Peopling the Past

Blog #120: Artificial Lighting Systems in Pompeian Gardens and Baths with Emily Lime

De granaatappel – Mainzer Beobachter

De granaatappel

Laudator Temporis Acti: Gods and Men
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/gods-and-men.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Revisiting the God-fearer Thesis
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/revisiting-god-fearer-thesis.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Reopenings in Israel
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/reopenings-in-israel.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Goodacre, The Fourth Synoptic Gospel
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/review-of-goodacre-fourth-synoptic.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: From Listeners to Viewers: Space in the Iliad
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/from-listeners-to-viewers-space-in-iliad.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Platon und die Seele / Plato and the Soul
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/platon-und-die-seele-plato-and-soul.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Descent of the Goddess: Ritual and Difference in Sappho’s Prayer to Aphrodite
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-descent-of-goddess-ritual-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Demetrios of Scepsis and His Troikos Diakosmos: Ancient and Modern Readings of a Lost Contribution to Ancient Scholarship
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/demetrios-of-scepsis-and-his-troikos.html

Tripolitania in the Roman Empire and beyond – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.14/

The Oxford handbook of the Hellenistic and Roman Near East – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.13/

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Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW404 – The Marian Reforms
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/aw404-the-marian-reforms

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VIDENDA
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(127) Medea: A New Take on the Greek Tragedy | April 10, 2026 | Day to Day with Mariah – YouTube

(128) Egyptian Pyramids | Lecture in LATIN | Bill Linney | Living Latin in NYC – YouTube

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In Development: Mapping the Humanities and AI | Mapping the Arts and Humanities Blog

In Development: Mapping the Humanities and AI