ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ March 31, 2026

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Lost mosaic reveals first image of female beast-fighter from the Roman era
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-lost-mosaic-reveals-image-female.html

The camp of the first Roman legions settled in Frankfurt is discovered, surprisingly without evidence of battles or confrontations

The camp of the first Roman legions settled in Frankfurt is discovered, surprisingly without evidence of battles or confrontations

Archaeologists unearth bronze belts in Samnite tombs
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/archaeologists-unearth-bronze-belts-in-samnite-tombs/157626

Divers find Gladius swords, other treasures in Roman shipwreck
https://nypost.com/2026/03/31/science/divers-find-gladius-swords-other-treasures-in-roman-shipwreck/

Seabed off Karpathos reveals ancient wrecks | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1299718/seabed-off-karpathos-reveals-ancient-wrecks/

[old news]Ancient Greek Jar From 2,300 Years Ago Holds Curse Against 55 People – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/31/ancient-greece-jar-contained-curse-to-kill-paralyze-55-people/

[old news]The Greek Mummy Portraits Discovered in Fayoum, Egypt – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/31/greek-mummy-portrait-funerary-building-discovered-fayoum-egypt/

Olbia, Punic walls collapse again: “Safety measures required immediately.”
https://www.unionesarda.it/en/sardinia/olbia-punic-walls-collapse-again-quot-safety-measures-required-immediatelyquot-ckzfcu2t

Evidence of lost baptism stage found in Byzantine era church | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-891771

Ancient Cypriot jug repatriated from United States | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/31/ancient-cypriot-jug-repatriated-from-united-states

[AI?] How Studying Ancient Civilizations Develops Critical Thinking in Students – Popular Archeology

How Studying Ancient Civilizations Develops Critical Thinking in Students

Sacred Smoke and Global Trade: Pompeii’s Ash Reveals a 2,000-Year-Old Network – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/sacred-smoke-and-global-trade-pompeiis-ash-reveals-a-2000-year-old-network/

What Did Pompeii Smell Like? A New Study Analyzes Its Ancient Incense
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pompeii-ritual-incense-study-2760240

More on the Iconography of Diana – Liv Mariah Yarrow

More on the Iconography of Diana

Our Shared Humanity – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Our Shared Humanity

Rescuing the Bod(ies): Thinking about the Epic Cycle, Neoanalysis, and Introducing Iliad17 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Rescuing the Bod(ies): Thinking about the Epic Cycle, Neoanalysis, and Introducing Iliad17

Two for Tuesday: Porto Rafti and Thessaloniki in Late Antiquity | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Two for Tuesday: Porto Rafti and Thessaloniki in Late Antiquity

Iberisch aardewerk – Mainzer Beobachter

Iberisch aardewerk

PaleoJudaica.com: More on that Sardinian Phoenician scarab
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/more-on-that-sardinian-phoenician-scarab.html

PaleoJudaica.com: What does the Hebrew particle נא- (-na’) mean, please?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/what-does-hebrew-particle-na-mean-please.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Who really wrote the Pentateuch?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/who-really-wrote-pentateuch.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La parole et le fléau: Calamités et catastrophes naturelles dans les textes antiques et médiévaux
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/la-parole-et-le-fleau-calamites-et.html

Storylife: on epic, narrative, and living things – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.36/

Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.35/

You’re Asking The Wrong Question About The Roman Empire
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/31/youre-asking-the-wrong-question-about-the-roman-empire/

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Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations: A Conversation with Translator Aaron Poochigian (Ad Navseam, Episode 215) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/marcus-aurelius-meditations-a-conversation-with-translator-aaron-poochigian-ad-navseam-episode-215/

The Tetrarchic Persecution of … – Emperors of Rome – Apple Podcasts

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Aeschylus’ The Oresteia (Libation Bearers and Eumenides) – Greek Theatre Drama Festival – University of Warwick

Aeschylus’ The Oresteia (Libation Bearers and Eumenides)

Aeschylus’ Agamemnon – Greek Theatre Drama Festival – University of Warwick

Aeschylus’ Agamemnon

Aeschylus’ The Persians – Greek Theatre Drama Festival – University of Warwick

Aeschylus’ The Persians

(432) Did Ancient People Care About Coin Designs? – YouTube

(432) Ancient Greek Novel: The Gateway to Reading Greek | Lecture in ANCIENT GREEK | Luke Ranieri – YouTube

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Roman Roads Research Association – The Past

Roman Roads Research Association

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ March 30 , 2026

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Ancient stele showing Roman emperor discovered near Luxor in Egypt | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-891653

Ancient infant mass grave discovered in Tel Azekah water cistern | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-891565

Sacrifice before the cataclysm: the aromas of Pompeii’s household altars | EurekAlert!
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1121856

Ashes from Pompeii: incense burners, residue analyses and domestic cult practices | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/ashes-from-pompeii-incense-burners-residue-analyses-and-domestic-cult-practices/CDE44811873BBC667EC3E7A19042EC62

2,400-year-old Greek ship found intact deep in Black Sea Greek City Times
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/03/30/ancient-greek-ship-black-sea-intact-2400-years

Switzerland: Lake Neuchâtel returns perfectly preserved Roman cargo
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/switzerland-lake-neuchatel-returns-perfectly-preserved-roman-cargo

Could The Greek Sophists Be The Fathers of Misinformation?
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/03/30/could-the-greek-sophists-be-the-fathers-of-misinformation/

How Plato Foreshadowed the Fate of Jesus Christ – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/30/plato-fate-jesus-christ/

The Daily Life and Logistics of a Roman Soldier | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/roman-soliders-campaign/

Mosaic of the House of Citharist of Pompeii – Roman – Late Republican – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/ja/art/collection/search/900498

Review: MEDEA, Tron Theatre
https://www.broadwayworld.com/scotland/article/Review-MEDEA-Tron-Theatre-20260329

‘An object of terror and hatred to all’: Re-evaluating the reputation of the Emperor Domitian.  – Retrospect Journal

‘An object of terror and hatred to all’: Re-evaluating the reputation of the Emperor Domitian. 

The Ancient Greek Guide to Cheating Scandals  – Retrospect Journal

The Ancient Greek Guide to Cheating Scandals 

Metamorphoses at Rijksmuseum | Arts review | The TLS

Flesh, flower, fur and stone

Nemi Marble Tondi – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Nemi Marble Tondi

(10) An Ode for Mr Jagger – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/an-ode-for-mr-jagger

Weekly Varia no. 175, 03/29/26 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 175, 03/29/26

Roman Times: Harnessing the Soul: Butterflies, Grasshoppers & the Art of the Roman Intaglio
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2026/03/harnessing-soul-butterflies.html

YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, the interactive audiobook podcast! | Greek Myth Comix

YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, the interactive audiobook podcast!

Laudator Temporis Acti: Heaven’s Law?
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/03/heavens-law.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Honor Frost: Selected Works (open access, Sidestone Press)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-frost-selected-works-open-access.html

PaleoJudaica.com: AI and Israeli archaeology
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/ai-and-israeli-archaeology.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Persian-era mass grave of infants excavated at Azekah
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/persian-era-mass-grave-of-infants.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Réemploi, réutilisation, référence dans les sociétés anciennes
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/reemploi-reutilisation-reference-dans.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Mage’s Bestiaries: Animals, Knowledge, and Ritual Power under the Roman Empire
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/les-bestiaires-des-mages-animaux.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La société de l’Empire romain d’Orient: ive-vie siècle
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/la-societe-de-lempire-romain-dorient.html

Religious individualisation: archaeological, iconographic and epigraphic case studies from the Roman world – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.34/

Homer’s Iliad: in a classical translation – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.33/
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Goddamn it, Carl! – Vespasian #17 – Life Of The Caesars

Goddamn it, Carl! – Vespasian #17

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Assessing the impact of Roman occupation on England through the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/assessing-the-impact-of-roman-occupation-on-england-through-the-developmental-origins-of-health-and-disease-dohad-hypothesis/921B8AB243C77B712498B9D56693EB72

Homer Appreciation Day (Waterloo, 24 April 2026) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2026/03/homerday2026/

FIEC Blog: Virtual conference: ‘Mediterranean Antiquity in the Work of H. P. Lovecraft’ (10–11 April)
https://fiecnet.blogspot.com/2026/03/virtual-conference-mediterranean.html

CfP: 4th International Classics Conference in Ghana (ICCG) – CRSN

CfP: 4th International Classics Conference in Ghana (ICCG)

Digital Humanities Series: Thea Sommerschield,”Generative AI for Studying Latin Inscriptions: Introducing Aeneas” Wed, April 22, 4 PM, Zoom — Chico State
https://www.csuchico.edu/announcements/2026-04/26-04-07-digital-humanities-series-thea-sommerschieldgenerative-ai-for-studying-latin-inscriptions-introducing-aeneas-wed-april-pm-zoom.shtml

Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime Opportunities List 24 March 2026

Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime Opportunities List 24 March 2026