ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN December 12, 2024

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LEGENDA
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New Stunning Antiquities Unearthed Under The Athens Concrete – GreekReporter.com

New Stunning Antiquities Unearthed Under The Athens Concrete

Archaeologists uncover earliest Christian inscription north of the Alps – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-833093

Veniamin Gialouris’ GORGO, a modern reimagining of Ovid’s Medusa myth has been nominated for Best Short Film at the 2025 AACTA Awards – FilmInk
https://www.filmink.com.au/public-notice/veniamin-gialouris-gorgo-a-modern-reimagining-of-ovids-medusa-myth-has-been-nominated-for-best-short-film-at-the-2025-aacta-awards/

Military Book Review Polis: A New History of the Ancient Greek City-State from the Early Iron Age to the End of Antiquity
https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/2647#gsc.tab=0

A Long-Hidden Collection of Ancient Sculptures, Myth and Marble, Makes a Rare Appearance in Fort Worth Next Year
https://www.papercitymag.com/arts/myth-and-marble-ancient-roman-sculpture-torlonia-collection-fort-worth-kimbell-art-museum/

What did Roman soldiers do when their chain mail required fixing? Head t – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-833099

Pompeii experts back Pliny’s account of Mount Vesuvius eruption date | Volcanoes | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/12/pompeii-experts-back-plinys-account-of-mount-vesuvius-eruption-date

The Controversial Date of Pompeii’s Destruction: August 24th, as Pliny the Younger Wrote, Remains the Most Probable

The Controversial Date of Pompeii’s Destruction: August 24th, as Pliny the Younger Wrote, Remains the Most Probable

Over 200 antiquities to be repatriated from US | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2024/12/11/over-200-antiquities-to-be-repatriated-from-us/

Massive Ancient Roman Structure Unearthed in Aquileia Baths, Italy – GreekReporter.com

Massive Ancient Roman Structure Unearthed in Aquileia Baths, Italy

Archaeologists Reveal Ancient Greek Monument With Gold Artifacts – Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologist-reveal-ancient-greek-monument-gold-artifact-1999417

New archaeological discoveries near the Acropolis | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1256020/new-archaeological-discoveries-near-the-acropolis/

New Archaeological Discoveries Unveiled At The Herodium

New Archaeological Discoveries Unveiled at the Herodium

New finds near the Odeon of Herodes Atticus

New finds near the Odeon of Herodes Atticus

Experts start analysing Phoenician boat dating back to 600 BC preserved in sand off coast of Spain – Olive Press News Spain

Experts start analysing Phoenician boat dating back to 600 BC preserved in sand off coast of Spain

2,500-year-old shipwreck and anchors discovered off coast of Sicily – CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2500-year-old-shipwreck-anchors-discovered-coast-sicily/

‘Remarkable’ Collection of Artifacts Unearthed in Ancient Egyptian Temple – Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/artifacts-unearthed-ancient-egyptian-temple-cleopatra-1999373

Myth & Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection | The Art Institute of Chicago
https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/10257/myth-marble-ancient-roman-sculpture-from-the-torlonia-collection

Replacing the Elgin Marbles just leaves us with fancy fakes
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/12/replacing-the-elgin-marbles-just-leaves-us-with-fancy-fakes/

Apollo’s new hand | Blog post | Mary Beard
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life/apollos-new-hand-blog-post-mary-beard

What can we Learn from Manuscripts of the New Testament? | Bible Interp
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/what-can-we-learn-manuscripts-new-testament

New book review: The New Documents in Mycenaean Greek – It’s All Greek To Me

New book review: The New Documents in Mycenaean Greek

An Alternative Timeline for the Colossus of Rhodes – The Ancient Near East Today

An Alternative Timeline for the Colossus of Rhodes

Dance was ubiquitous in ancient Rome. What was its meaning? | Aeon Essays
https://aeon.co/essays/dance-was-ubiquitous-in-ancient-rome-what-was-its-meaning

‘Shameless Beyond the Curse of Shamelessness’
https://quillette.com/2024/12/12/shameless-beyond-the-curse-of-shamelessness/

Don’t Blackmail Sick People for Money, A Healthcare Plan – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Don’t Blackmail Sick People for Money, A Healthcare Plan

Gladiator 2’s Opening Recap Was Done Brilliantly & More Sequels Should Do It
https://screenrant.com/gladiator-2-opening-recap-scene-brilliant-op-ed/

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Nile: Natural and Cultural Landscape in Egypt
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-nile-natural-and-cultural-landscape.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Challenging Dichotomies and Biases in the Study of the Ancient Southern Levant
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2024/12/challenging-dichotomies-and-biases-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Cities of the Plain: Urbanism in Ancient Western Thessaly
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-cities-of-plain-urbanism-in-ancient.html

Teaching Thursday: History and Threshold Concepts | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Teaching Thursday: History and Threshold Concepts

Oedipus at Colonus, Dead Man Walking, Part IV
https://elizabethbobrick.substack.com/p/oedipus-at-colonus-dead-man-walking-83e?publication_id=1331359&post_id=152971837&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Getting to know SASA | Classically Inclined

Getting to know SASA

Pasts Imperfect (12.12.24)
https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-121224?publication_id=342873&post_id=152609976&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Pox romana: the plague that shook the Roman world – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Pox romana: the plague that shook the Roman world

Polibio e Roma, l’alba di un impero – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Polibio e Roma, l’alba di un impero

The new documents in Mycenaean Greek – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The new documents in Mycenaean Greek

New book “The Landmark Achilles” by James George Brianas
https://www.openpr.com/news/3783913/new-book-the-landmark-achilles-by-james-george-brianas
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AUDIENDA
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Special Episode – Totally Chaotic History with Dr Emma Southon – The Partial Historians

Special Episode – Totally Chaotic History with Dr Emma Southon

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus: Part 3 (The Show Notes) – Ancient History Fangirl

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus: Part 3 (The Show Notes)

The Wise Men – The Ancients | Acast

BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time, The Antikythera Mechanism
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024x0g

Pompeii: From eruption to exhibition – ABC listen
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/drawingroom/pompeii-from-eruption-to-exhibition/104718892
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VIDENDA
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A Basic Introduction To The Ancient Roman Political System – YouTube

Huge immersive Pompeii exhibition opens in Canberra – YouTube

First Punic War Begins – Roman and Carthaginian History DOCUMENTARY – YouTube

Nathan Meyer CAARI Lecture – YouTube

Rachel Wong on oceanic resonances in Schiller’s ‘Ring Des Polykrates’ (1797) – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics – Cornell
https://events.cornell.edu/event/slaves-of-god-augustine-and-other-romans-on-religion-and-politics

2024 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit – Dr. Colin Webster — Columbia University Department of Classics
https://classics.columbia.edu/news/2024/12/11/2024-charles-j-goodwin-award-of-merit-dr-colin-webster

Call for Papers: Religious Temporalities and the Ancient City | News | University of Groningen
https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/news/2024/1023-cfp-religious-temporalities

The Sacred Landscape of Kythera

The Sacred Landscape of Kythera