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Excavation In Constanța Reveals Previously Unknown Sector Of Roman Necropolis
https://www.outlooktraveller.com/News/excavation-in-constan%C8%9Ba-reveals-previously-unknown-sector-of-roman-necropolis

True provenance of mosaic with erotic scene delivered in 2025 to Pompeii discovered
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/news/true-provenance-of-mosaic-with-erotic-scene-delivered-in-2025-to-pompeii-discovered

Extensive Area of Tombs Decorated with Winged Victories Discovered in the Imperial Necropolis of the Via Ostiense in Rome

Extensive Area of Tombs Decorated with Winged Victories Discovered in the Imperial Necropolis of the Via Ostiense in Rome

A unique Roman mummy was examined at Semmelweis University – Semmelweis University

A unique Roman mummy was examined at Semmelweis University

Rare parade shield element and Greek inscription

Rare parade shield element and Greek inscription…

The secret to living a long and healthy life, according to ancient Greeks and Romans | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/ageing-health-ancient-greeks-romans-b2932527.html

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: From the Walls of Babylon to the Sewers of Rome | Open Culture

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: From the Walls of Babylon to the Sewers of Rome

[paywalled] Ancient remains of necropolis stand in way of Rome’s builders
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/ancient-remains-necropolis-rome-builders-zkvhvkrjv

Ancient Greek Gymnasium in Agrigento Italy Reveals New Findings – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/04/ancient-greek-gymnasium-agrigento-italy/

Denzel Washington’s Yet-Untitled Hannibal Movie Starts Filming in Rome in June
https://thecinemaholic.com/denzel-washington-hannibal-filming/

Bacchus (2018) – Animated Antiquity

Bacchus (2018)

Twelve Days in the Year: 27th February 2026 | Sphinx

Twelve Days in the Year: 27th February 2026

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (4) Ariadne – Mainzer Beobachter

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (4) Ariadne

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (5) Justinianus – Mainzer Beobachter

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (5) Justinianus

Zeus and ‘Righting’ the Divine Constitution: An Introduction to Reading Iliad 15 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Zeus and ‘Righting’ the Divine Constitution: An Introduction to Reading Iliad 15

PaleoJudaica.com: Jodi Magness: autobiographical retrospective
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/jodi-magness-autobiographical.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Hannibal movie starts filming in 2026
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-hannibal-movie-starts-filming-in.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Was John the Baptist as popular as the Beatles?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/was-john-baptist-as-popular-as-beatles.html

Scythica Minora. Research on the Greek colonies on the Romanian Black Sea coast | Spartokos has read

Scythica Minora. Recherches sur les colonies grecques du littoral roumain de la mer Noire

Zeus d’Athènes: polythéisme et paysages onomastiques – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.07/

Festivals in Latin literature: the poetics of celebration – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.06/
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Special Episode – Swords and Cinema with Dr Jeremiah McCall – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies

Special Episode – Swords and Cinema with Dr Jeremiah McCall

diē quartō mēnsis Martiī — Nuntii Latini

diē quartō mēnsis Martiī

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(453) A New History of Homer’s World, Through The Women Written Out of It (w/ Dr Emily Hauser) – YouTube

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(15) ANE Today, 5 March 2026 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-5-march-2026

Pasts Imperfect (3.5.26)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-3-5-26/

• Festival of Mars (day 5)
• 399 B.C. — death of Socrates (according to one reckoning)
• 13 B.C. — death of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (the triumvir) (according to one reckoning)
• 51 A.D. — the future emperor Nero is coopted into all the priestly colleges

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Rome, new discoveries in the Ostiense Necropolis: an unknown sector emerges
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/rome-new-discoveries-in-the-ostiense-necropolis-an-unknown-sector-emerges

34 Roman-period tombs found in Ancient Tomis
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/34-roman-period-tombs-found-in-ancient-tomis/157221

Touching 3D Grave Cast in Britain Shows Roman Parents Weren’t Actually Indifferent to the Deaths of Their Babies
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/roman-burial-york-britain/

The cult of Mithras: Archaeologists find signs of ancient men-only mysterious religion in Germany
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/03/04/the-cult-of-mithras-archaeologists-find-signs-of-ancient-men-only-mysterious-religion-in-g

Did ancient Greek priestesses brew a mind-bending potion drunk by Cicero and Marcus Aurelius? | Science | AAAS
https://www.science.org/content/article/did-ancient-greek-priestesses-brew-mind-bending-potion-drunk-cicero-and-marcus-aurelius

Ancient Roman ‘Mars’ statue unveiled, up close at Türkiye’s Zeugma Museum – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/ancient-roman-mars-statue-unveiled-up-close-at-turkiyes-zeugma-museum-3215586?s=1

Global Collaboration Unearths the Secrets of the Ancient City of Sardis
https://scitechdaily.com/global-collaboration-unearths-the-secrets-of-the-ancient-city-of-sardis/

Ancient Greek Gymnasium in Agrigento Italy Reveals New Findings – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/04/ancient-greek-gymnasium-agrigento-italy/

3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Spearhead Mould Discovered in South Moravia Backyard – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/3000-year-old-bronze-age-spearhead-mould-discovered-in-south-moravia-backyard/

The Troubled Memory of Rome’s Jewish Queen | Bible Interp
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/troubled-memory-romes-jewish-queen

Silver beyond Empire: Offering a new perspective on the late Roman to early medieval transition – The Past

Silver beyond Empire: Offering a new perspective on the late Roman to early medieval transition

Scholar links Greek tragedy, new evidence on transmission of trauma | KU News
https://news.ku.edu/news/article/scholar-links-greek-tragedy-new-evidence-on-transmission-of-trauma

Michael G. Sollenberger 1949-2026 – Franklin County Free Press

Michael G. Sollenberger 1949-2026

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: ‘Luristan’ Bronzes seized in USA
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/03/luristan-bronzes-seized-in-usa.html

The Reuse of a Sarcophagus with a Menorah | Variant Readings

The Reuse of a Sarcophagus with a Menorah

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Tyrant
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-tyrant.html

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (1) Inleiding – Mainzer Beobachter

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (1) Inleiding

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (2) Arcadius – Mainzer Beobachter

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (2) Arcadius

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (3) Theodosius II – Mainzer Beobachter

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (3) Theodosius II

PaleoJudaica.com: Verrijssen, The Liturgical Targum (Brill, open access)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/verrijssen-liturgical-targum-brill-open.html

PaleoJudaica.com: More on that new Syriac (Arabic) world chronicle
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/more-on-that-new-syriac-arabic-world.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A Crusader-era Judeo-Arabic apocalypse fragment from the Cairo Geniza
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-crusader-era-judeo-arabic-apocalypse.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The New Sappho on Old Age: Textual and Philosophical Issues
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-new-sappho-on-old-age-textual-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft: Homeric Performance in a Diachronic Perspective
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-epic-rhapsode-and-his-craft-homeric.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Plato’s Severed Lovers: Alkibiades and Sokrates
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/platos-severed-lovers-alkibiades-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Epic City: Urbanism, Utopia, and the Garden in Ancient Greece and Rome
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-epic-city-urbanism-utopia-and.html

[paywalled] Book Review: ‘Reproductive Wrongs,’ by Sarah Ruden – The New York Times

The “infinite variety” of Saara El-Arifi’s Cleopatra (2026) – The Oxford Student

The “infinite variety” of Saara El-Arifi’s Cleopatra (2026)

“Révérence de l’antiquaille.” Les diverses formes de transmission du patrimoine textuel antique à la Renaissance – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.05/

Tyranny and theater in the ancient world: command performances – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.04/
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Classics & Careers S3, E4: Cos…–The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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(430) What Did the Gauls Actually Look Like? Celtic Fashion Explained – YouTube

(430) Are ancient Egyptian funerary texts sacred guides to the afterlife—or practical manuals for… – YouTube

(430) Oriental Institute Groundbreaking, 1930 – YouTube

(430) Portrait of a Young Woman (known as Sappho) from Pompeii – YouTube

(430) Spotlight Lecture: Lives in Egyptology: the story of Who Was Who – YouTube

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Nestor – March 2026 issue available
https://classics.uc.edu/nestor/pages/news/865-march-2026-issue-available

• Festival of Mars (day 4)
• 51 A.D. — the future emperor Nero is given the title princeps iuventutis
• ca 254 A.D. — martyrdom of Gaius

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2,500-Year-Old Pre-Roman Iron Age Settlement Discovered in Hüllhorst, Germany During Fire Station Construction – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/2500-year-old-pre-roman-iron-age-settlement-discovered-in-hullhorst-germany-during-fire-station-construction/

Vindolanda Tablets Reveal Roman Soldiers Made Their Own Ink Using Ancient Techniques Already Obsolete in the Mediterranean

Vindolanda Tablets Reveal Roman Soldiers Made Their Own Ink Using Ancient Techniques Already Obsolete in the Mediterranean

Students Simulate Ancient Greek and Roman Empire Battle Strategy – Colorado College
https://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/2026/students-simulate-ancient-greek-and-roman-empire-battle-strategy.html

Incredible discovery. A hidden passageway resurfaces after 2,000 years. What’s really hidden? What was it used for? Mysteries and ancient Roman engineering

Incredibile scoperta. Un passaggio nascosto torna alla luce dopo 2000 anni. Cosa nasconde davvero? Per cosa veniva usato? Misteri e ingegneria degli antichi romani

Mysterious Greek Inscription May Reveal Lost Temple of a Roman Emperor
https://scitechdaily.com/mysterious-greek-inscription-may-reveal-lost-temple-of-a-roman-emperor/

How to live a long and healthy life, according to the ancients
https://theconversation.com/how-to-live-a-long-and-healthy-life-according-to-the-ancients-274975

Pompeii Brings Back Vineyards Buried by Vesuvius for the First Time in 2,000 Years – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/02/pompeii-vineyards/

Minoans Tracked Solar Eclipses Using Hilltop Observatories and Ancient Devices – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/02/solar-eclipses-minoans/

Home on the range: Examining a late Roman villa estate at Milton, Cambridgeshire – The Past

Home on the range: Examining a late Roman villa estate at Milton, Cambridgeshire

Can’t Find a Better Plan? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Can’t Find a Better Plan?

Natural’s Not In It | Sphinx

Natural’s Not In It

Tipasa – Mainzer Beobachter

Tipasa

PaleoJudaica.com: Esther in Jewish art
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/esther-in-jewish-art.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Purim parallels to the Iran war?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/purim-parallels-to-iran-war.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Video panel review of Najman, Scriptural Vitality
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/video-panel-review-of-najman-scriptural.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Oxford post on the Herculaneum papyri
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/oxford-post-on-herculaneum-papyri.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: TA-U-RO-QO-RO: Studies in Mycenaean Texts, Language and Culture in Honor of José Luis Melena Jiménez
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/ta-u-ro-qo-ro-studies-in-mycenaean.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Homeric Durability: Telling Time in the Iliad
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/homeric-durability-telling-time-in-iliad.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Myth of Return in Early Greek Epic
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-myth-of-return-in-early-greek-epic.html

Ancient Greek law: vectors of unity and local idiosyncrasy – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.03/

A guide to classics and cognitive studies: reviewing findings and results – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.02/

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(396) The Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great – YouTube

Inside a 12,000-year-old kitchen in Neolithic Anatolia
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0n47jgp/inside-a-12-000-year-old-kitchen-in-neolithic-anatolia

(398) Discover Irchester Field School and Uncovering Roman Carlisle – YouTube

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Teaching Associate in Classical Art and Archaeology [Temporary Cover] | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/teaching-associate-in-classical-art-and-archaeology-temporary-cover-ge48858

The popularity of “new antiquarianism” challenges how we understand research impact – LSE Impact

The popularity of “new antiquarianism” challenges how we understand research impact

Teaching and Research Associate in Herculaneum Papyrology

Teaching and Research Associate in Herculaneum Papyrology

The Pompeiian ‘Blue Room’: in situ detection and economic estimation of Egyptian blue pigment in an ancient domestic sacrarium | npj Heritage Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-026-02349-2