• 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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(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

• ludi Megalesia (day 7) — the Cybelefest continues
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Pompeius and Terence at Carthage
• 401 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Theodosius II

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This metro stop is Ancient Rome’s new attraction
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260408-a-150-metro-ticket-to-ancient-rome

Historic tower, walls restored at Türkiye’s Sillyon ancient city | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/historic-tower-walls-restored-at-turkiyes-sillyon-ancient-city/news

A citizen in Shahat delivers the head of an archaeological statue to Antiquities Control

A citizen in Shahat delivers the head of an archaeological statue to Antiquities Control

Archaeologists Reveal New Findings From Eretria and Amarynthos
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/04/08/archaeologists-reveal-new-findings-from-eretria-and-amarynthos/

Man arrested on Kythera for antiquities violations | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1300626/man-arrested-on-kythera-for-antiquities-violations/

Utah Meets Antiquity: UVU Hosts Researchers Who Are Unlocking a 2,000-Year-Old Library Buried by Vesuvius – TechBuzz News
https://www.techbuzznews.com/utah-meets-antiquity/

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Roman Necropolis Beneath New Hospital Site – Men’s Journal
https://www.mensjournal.com/news/ancient-graves-romania-archaeology

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/

Banded agate amphoriskos (perfume bottle) – Roman – Early Imperial, Augustan or early Julio-Claudian – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/zh/art/collection/search/257557

[paywalled] World-leading classicist gave female student unwanted ‘slobbery kiss’
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/cambridge-university-classicist-female-student-unwanted-kiss-disciplinary-action-3cfm0gjfh

The Unexpected World of Homer’s Odyssey

The Unexpected World of the Odyssey

Everything is Compared to Everything: Menelaos as a Lion in Iliad 17 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Everything is Compared to Everything: Menelaos as a Lion in Iliad 17

Roman Ruler in Bone! – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Roman Ruler in Bone!

Keeping Coins at Home – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Keeping Coins at Home

SUB CUR Lead Token from Frascata – Liv Mariah Yarrow

SUB CUR Lead Token from Frascata

Notes on Il Santuario di Diana – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Notes on Il Santuario di Diana

(8) To be a Poet – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/to-be-a-poet

Reading the Roman Revolution 28: The Succession | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Reading the Roman Revolution 28: The Succession

Alexander de Grote op weg naar Gaugamela – Mainzer Beobachter

Alexander de Grote op weg naar Gaugamela

PaleoJudaica.com: “Ancient Jewish Memories of Achaemenid Persia” (JHS special issue)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/ancient-jewish-memories-of-achaemenid.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition (Museum of the Bible)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/review-of-dead-sea-scrolls-exhibition.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Jewish Kingdom of Himyar
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-jewish-kingdom-of-himyar.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Plato’s Counterfeit Sophists
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/platos-counterfeit-sophists.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: In Her Own Words: The Life and Poetry of Aelia Eudocia
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/in-her-own-words-life-and-poetry-of.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Origins of the Goddess Ariadne
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-origins-of-goddess-ariadne.html

The censors as guardians of public and family life in the Roman Republic – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.12/

The Oxford handbook of Greek cities in the Roman empire – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.11/
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Rebellions Against Rome: The Jewish Revolts
https://classicalwisdomspeaks.buzzsprout.com/925648/episodes/18988098-rebellions-against-rome-the-jewish-revolts

Rome Has No Kings – Ancient History Fangirl

Rome Has No Kings

The Romans and China – The Ancients | Acast

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(91) Rebellions Against Rome: The Jewish Revolts – YouTube

(91) Collecting for the Public: The Fondazione Luigi Rovati , Milan – YouTube

(92) Paving the way: Rome Colosseum renovation reveals structures hidden for centuries – YouTube

(93) Spotlight Lecture: Coffins in Ancient Egypt: An Overview – YouTube

(93) Hannah Arendt: Vita Activa | Lecture in LATIN | John Arnold | Living Latin in NYC – YouTube

• ludi Megalesia continue (day 6)
• 193 A.D. — Septimius Severus given the rank of Augustus