• Festival of Mars (day 11)
• 222 A.D. — murder of the emperor Elagabalus
• ca. 263 A.D. — martyrdom of Heraclius
• ca. 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Thalus
• ca. 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Trophimus
• 1903 — birth of Ronald Syme (The Roman Revolution, among other seminal works)

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LEGENDA
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Lost page of the Archimedes Palimpsest identified in Blois, central France
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-lost-page-archimedes-palimpsest-blois.html

3,300-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals How Ancient Egyptians Fixed Drawing Mistakes
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-egyptian-papyrus-white-out-fluid-2752125

Lebanon’s ancient city of Tyre hit by missile strike as minister calls for Unesco intervention – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/10/lebanon-ancient-city-tyre-hit-by-strikes-minister-calls-for-unesco-intervention

Roman ruins in Türkiye ravaged by illegal treasure hunters despite protection – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/roman-ruins-in-turkiye-ravaged-by-illegal-treasure-hunters-despite-protection-3215981

Two Families in Southern England Continued Burying Their Dead in the Same Cemetery from the Iron Age to the End of the Roman Period

Two Families in Southern England Continued Burying Their Dead in the Same Cemetery from the Iron Age to the End of the Roman Period

2,000-year-old Phoenician coin was used as bus fare in England, but ‘how it got there will always be a mystery’ | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-000-year-old-phoenician-coin-was-used-as-bus-fare-in-england-but-how-it-got-there-will-always-be-a-mystery

New Technology Uncovers Pompeii’s Long-Lost Love Letters | Kansas City Star
https://www.kansascity.com/living/article314985436.html

Archaeologists Find Bronze Inscription and Possible Archive in 6th-Century BCE Temple at Kleidi Samikon – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-find-bronze-inscription-and-possible-archive-in-6th-century-bce-temple-at-kleidi-samikon/

Archaeologists discover one of the oldest buildings in Paphos
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/archaeologists-discover-one-of-the-oldest-buildings-in-paphos/157295

Eighteen Cypriot antiquities repatriated from US after online auction discovery | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/10/eighteen-cypriot-antiquities-repatriated-from-us-after-online-auction-discovery

Roman Forum Unearthed in Barcelona During Hotel Work – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/10/roman-forum-barcelona-hotel-work/

Romans Used Pressurized Water to Extract Gold – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/10/romans-pressurized-water-extract-gold/

Marble lion unearthed during excavations in Philippi
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/marble-lion-unearthed-during-excavations-in-philippi/157289

Who built Gobeklitepe? Hidden world of Tas Tepeler’s hunter-gatherers – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/who-built-gobeklitepe-hidden-world-of-tas-tepelers-hunter-gatherers-3215906

Hipparchia, the Greek philosopher of the Cynic school remembered in the annual festival in Athens that celebrated the incorporation of women into philosophy

Hipparchia, the Greek philosopher of the Cynic school remembered in the annual festival in Athens that celebrated the incorporation of women into philosophy

Archaeologists return to Rose and Crown and detailed search for Roman remains – St Albans Times

Archaeologists return to Rose and Crown and detailed search for Roman remains

[paywalled] Looted Roman marble bust to be returned to Italy | The Post
https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360964549/looted-roman-marble-bust-be-returned-italy

Mosaics Discovered in Ancient Greek City of Antipatrea in Albania Suggest Early Christian Churches – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/10/mosaics-early-churches-ancient-greek-city-antipatrea-albania/

When the past leaves fingerprints: Students unearth ancient Italian artifacts in a new Etruscan exhibit at the UC Berkeley Library | UC Berkeley Library
https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/news/etruscans

News – Announcing the 2027 AIA Gold Medal Winner: James C. Wright – Archaeological Institute of America

Announcing the 2027 AIA Gold Medal Winner: James C. Wright

The Trouble with Authentic Ancient Statues – JSTOR Daily

The Trouble with Authentic Ancient Statues

Towards corpus-based learning: exercises with Ancient Greek » Perseus Digital Library Updates

Towards corpus-based learning: exercises with Ancient Greek

Long-vanished pre-unicode Greek fonts embedded in PDFs – the problem of “Times Ten Greek”

Long-vanished pre-unicode Greek fonts embedded in PDFs – the problem of “Times Ten Greek”

Dream Archaeology on Cyprus | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Dream Archaeology on Cyprus

Voor-westerse geschiedenis (7) het “image of limited good” – Mainzer Beobachter

Voor-westerse geschiedenis (7) het “image of limited good”

PaleoJudaica.com: Some palimpsest news
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/some-palimpsest-news.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Weitzman, Disasters of Biblical Proportions
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/review-of-weitzman-disasters-of.html

PaleoJudaica.com: More on the Leeds Carthaginian bus fare
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/more-on-leeds-carthaginian-bus-fare.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/helots-and-masters-in-laconia-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Singer Resumes the Tale
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-singer-resumes-tale.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Singer of Tales
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-singer-of-tales.html

Cultural transformations in Germania Secunda: a holistic approach to ‘barbarian’ migrations – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.12/

Anchoring science and technology in Greco-Roman antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.11/

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AUDIENDA
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H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XX (Ad Navseam, Episode 213) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/hi-marrou-s-a-history-of-education-in-antiquity-part-xx-ad-navseam-episode-214/

Roman mosaic tells a forgotten story of the Trojan War | WAMC
https://www.wamc.org/podcast/the-best-of-our-knowledge/2026-03-09/roman-mosaic-tells-a-forgotten-story-of-the-trojan-war

Ancient Warfare on Film – Visualising War and Peace – Apple Podcasts

• Festival of Mars (day 10) …
• 241 B.C. — Romans are victorious against the Carthaginians in the naval battle of Aegusa, bringing the First Punic War to an end
• 15 A.D. — Tiberius becomes pontifex maximus
• ca. 172 A.D. — martyrdom of Alexander in Phrygia
• ca. 258 A.D. — martyrdom of Codratus of Corinth and companions

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LEGENDA
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Lost page of the Archimedes Palimpsest identified in Blois, central France
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-lost-page-archimedes-palimpsest-blois.html#goog_rewarded

Bronze Sheets Found in the Great Temple of Samikon in Elis Reveal It Was Used as a Document Archive in Antiquity

Bronze Sheets Found in the Great Temple of Samikon in Elis Reveal It Was Used as a Document Archive in Antiquity

Vast burial complex discovered in Rome’s Ostiense Necropolis
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/vast-burial-complex-discovered-in-romes-ostiense-necropolis/157284

Marble lion unearthed during excavations in Philippi
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/marble-lion-unearthed-during-excavations-in-philippi/157289

AI Figures Out the Rules of a Mysterious 2,000-Year-Old Board Game from Ancient Rome | Open Culture

AI Figures Out the Rules of a Mysterious 2,000-Year-Old Board Game from Ancient Rome

Roman-era gold mines in the Eastern Pyrenees

Roman-era gold mines in the Eastern Pyrenees

Work to start on repairing ‘tired’ historic Lincoln Roman arch
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4g0x0glg6o

Coin used as Leeds bus fare was 2,000‑year‑old currency
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w558gvrdro

[AI?] Ancient mystery uncovered in Italy: 2,600-year-old Etruscan Tomb found with four skeletons and treasure | World News – The Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/ancient-mystery-uncovered-in-italy-2600-year-old-etruscan-tomb-found-with-four-skeletons-and-treasure/articleshow/129284802.cms

The secret in Lake Nemi (Part 2): Mystery in Lake Nemi: Did Hitler’s soldiers destroy the luxury ships of the Roman Emperor Caligula? | blue News
https://www.bluewin.ch/en/entertainment/did-hitlers-soldiers-destroy-the-luxury-ships-of-the-roman-emperor-caligula-3116011.html

A new era for the ancient world – How women are dominating the Classics – The New Feminist

A new era for the ancient world – How women are dominating the Classics

Philogelos: The World’s Oldest Surviving Joke Book from Ancient Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/09/philogelos-ancient-greece-joke-book/

Sappho, the Ancient Greek Poet – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/08/sappho-poet-fragments/

What Stoic Philosophers Say About Health And Healthcare
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbooksauthors/2026/03/09/what-stoic-philosophers-say-about-health-and-healthcare/

Gladiators, Graffiti, and Martyrs – Biblical Archaeology Society

Gladiators, Graffiti, and Martyrs

(13) The Emperor’s Notebook: Introducing a new translation of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations
https://paideiainstitute.substack.com/p/the-emperors-notebook-introducing

Netflix shares first details of ‘brutal’ historical drama based on bestseller – Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/netflix-shares-first-details-brutal-33556089

Óresteia At The National Theatre Is Gruesome And Glorious

Óresteia At The National Theatre Is Gruesome And Glorious

Brothers, Sisters, Wives, and Divine (Dis)Order: Setting things Straight in Iliad 15 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Brothers, Sisters, Wives, and Divine (Dis)Order: Setting things Straight in Iliad 15

Weekly Varia no. 172, 03/08/26 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 172, 03/08/26

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (10) Abd al-Malik – Mainzer Beobachter

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (10) Abd al-Malik

Laudator Temporis Acti: Birth
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/03/birth.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A reused ancient menorah relief in Rome
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-reused-ancient-menorah-relief-in-rome.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Punic bus fare?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/punic-bus-fare.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Redacting Moses’ “radiant” face?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/redacting-moses-radiant-face.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Epic Singers and Oral Tradition
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/epic-singers-and-oral-tradition.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Eve of the Festival: Making Myth in Odyssey 19
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/eve-of-festival-making-myth-in-odyssey.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Blemished Kings: Suitors in the Odyssey, Blame Poetics, and Irish Satire
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/blemished-kings-suitors-in-odyssey.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Scythica Minora. Recherches sur les colonies grecques du littoral roumain de la mer Noire
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/scythica-minora-recherches-sur-les.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Le temple de Dendara X. Les chapelles osiriennes: Planches en couleur
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/le-temple-de-dendara-x-les-chapelles.html

Epigraphica. Works dedicated to the VII Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (Constanta, September 9-15, 1977) | Spartokos has read

Épigraphica. Travaux dédiés au VII Congrès d’épigraphie grecque et latine (Constantza, 9-15 septembre 1977)

Mediterranean collections in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: perspectives from afar – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.10/

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(568) Looking Inside: how do Greek pots conjure the interior? by Dr Emily Clifford – YouTube

(568) Institute for the Study of Ancient Culture Excavations at Libya – YouTube

(569) Cheiron Bell Crater: Greek Theatre Sources – YouTube

(569) Choregos – YouTube

(570) Rome’s Longest Siege – The Fall of Carthage (ALL PARTS) – YouTube

(570) The historical context of Aeschylus’ Oresteia: politics, religion, culture, by Paul Grigsby – YouTube

(570) Aeschylus’ Oresteia (Warwick, 2026) – YouTube

(570) The House in Aeschylus’ Oresteia, by Dr Emmanuela Bakola – YouTube

(570) The Warwick Oresteia, by Dr Emmanuela Bakola – YouTube

(570) Hypatia of Alexandria: The Tragic Death of a Philosopher – YouTube

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Towards a Smart Edition of Apollodorus’ Library | Digital Classics Online
https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/dco/article/view/114797

Homer Appreciation Day | Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies | University of Waterloo
https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-institute-for-hellenistic-studies/events-workshops/homer-appreciation-day

Mosaic Scholarship – Call for Applications (Deadline May 1) | Bourse Mosaïque – Appel de candidatures (Date limite 1 mai) – The Classical Association of Canada

Mosaic Scholarship – Call for Applications (Deadline May 1) | Bourse Mosaïque – Appel de candidatures (Date limite 1 mai)

Desmond Conacher Scholarship – Call for Applications (Deadline May 1) | Desmond Conacher Scholarship – Call for Applications (Deadline May 1) – The Classical Association of Canada

Desmond Conacher Scholarship – Call for Applications (Deadline May 1) | Bourse Desmond Conacher – Appel de candidatures (Date limite 1 mai)

• Festival of Mars (day 9) which included another procession of the Salian priests around the city
• 320 A.D. — martyrdom of Candidus and the other “Forty Armenian Martyrs”