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Roman soldiers in Slovakia might have lived way better than we thought – The Slovak Spectator
https://spectator.sme.sk/culture-and-lifestyle/c/roman-soldiers-in-slovakia-might-have-lived-way-better-than-we-thought

Idol of Pomos: A 5,000-year-old fertility figurine from Cyprus that wears a miniature version of herself on a necklace | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/idol-of-pomos-a-5-000-year-old-fertility-figurine-from-cyprus-that-wears-a-miniature-version-of-herself-on-a-necklace

Temple of the god Pelusium discovered in Sinai: a shrine rewrites the history of Pelusium
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/temple-of-the-god-pelusium-discovered-in-sinai-a-shrine-rewrites-the-history-of-pelusium

Hezbollah rocket hits remains of 1,500-year-old Byzantine church in northern Israel | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-rocket-hits-remains-of-1500-year-old-byzantine-church-in-nahariya/

[FWIW] ‘Unbelievable’ discovery as archaeologists ‘find’ Jesus’ tomb | World | News | Express.co.uk
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2192412/unbelievable-discovery-archaeologists-find-jesus-tomb

2,700-Year-Old Urartian Dams May Have Surpassed Early Roman Engineering – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/2700-year-old-urartian-dams-may-have-surpassed-early-roman-engineering/

David’s Sling and an Inscribed Sling Bullet from Hippos – Biblical Archaeology Society

David’s Sling and an Inscribed Sling Bullet from Hippos

Archaeologists Recover Marble Fragment from Elgin’s Lost Cargo off Kythira – tovima.com

Archaeologists Recover Marble Fragment from Elgin’s Lost Cargo off Kythira

Sanctuary of Trojan War Hero Odysseus Found—’Most Significant’ Archaeological Discovery in Years – Men’s Journal
https://www.mensjournal.com/news/sanctuary-odysseus-homer-archaeology

UI professor repairs damaged ancient manuscripts with AI – The Daily Iowan
https://dailyiowan.com/2026/04/12/ui-professor-repairs-damaged-ancient-manuscripts-with-ai/

Power, illusion and the Thucydides warning  | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/04/12/power-illusion-and-the-thucydides-warning

Selections from Martial’s Epigrams on CANEPress – CANE

Selections from Martial’s Epigrams on CANEPress

Weekly Varia no. 177, 04/12/26 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 177, 04/12/26

Paranoid | Sphinx

Paranoid

(8) An Odyssey Of My Own – CSMFHT Writes
https://csmfht.substack.com/p/an-odyssey-of-my-own

Een plakboek met archeologieplaatjes – Mainzer Beobachter

Een plakboek met archeologieplaatjes

PaleoJudaica.com: How old is the layout of the MT Hebrew Bible?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/how-old-is-layout-of-mt-hebrew-bible.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Eight 3,000-year-old scrolls excavated in Egypt
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/eight-3000-year-old-scrolls-excavated.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mythical Structures in Herodotus’ Histories
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/mythical-structures-in-herodotus.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sappho in the Making: The Early Reception
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/sappho-in-making-early-reception.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ankle and Ankle Epithets in Archaic Greek Verse
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/ankle-and-ankle-epithets-in-archaic.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Greek Ritual Poetics
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/greek-ritual-poetics.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aspects of Time in Jewish and Christian Exegesis
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/aspects-of-time-in-jewish-and-christian.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: Buried History: The Journal of the Australian Institute of Archaeology
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/newly-open-access-journal-buried.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Ethik des Traums in den Werken Plutarchs von Chaironeia: Wissen und Ereignis
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/die-ethik-des-traums-in-den-werken.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative Abbreviations
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/cuneiform-digital-library-initiative.html

Sprache, Stil und Text in der lateinischen Spätantike. Beiträge zur lateinischen Literatursprache – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.16/

Life of Aesop the Philosopher – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.15/

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(231) Odysseus: The Trickster King | Part 1 | Greek Mythology Retold Podcast – YouTube

(231) Odysseus: The Trickster King Part 2 of 2 – YouTube

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(231) Quarrying Games in Antiquity | Alex de Voogt, Professor, Psychology Department at Drew University – YouTube

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0426-115 Teaching Fellow in Classical Language and Literature (Latin) – Jobs at Royal Holloway
https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=0426-115

• 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