ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ May 4, 2025

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LEGENDA
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Unravelling the tale of York’s gladiator bitten by a lion
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3vqk9y3vko

Roman lime kiln found by archaeologists in Gloucestershire
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dew1d26xjo

[AI?]Study reveals Pompeii family’s final moments in Vesuvius eruption – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-852515

[AI?]Fortress found in N. Sinai with Roman-era soldiers’ dwellings – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-852517

Mass grave of Roman soldiers found in Vienna linked to ‘catastrophic event’ – The Past

Mass grave of Roman soldiers found in Vienna linked to ‘catastrophic event’

Ancient Greek Historian Plutarch Was Among the First Vegetarians – GreekReporter.com

Ancient Greek Historian Plutarch Was Among the First Vegetarians

Why Greek Philosopher Empedocles’ Four Elements Theory is Still Relevant – GreekReporter.com

Why Greek Philosopher Empedocles’ Four Elements Theory is Still Relevant

‘Cato (Remixed)’ revives a favorite play of the Founding Fathers – WHYY

‘Cato (Remixed)’ examines the Founding Fathers’ infatuation with ancient Rome

New classics mods: An infantilising step
https://cherwell.org/2025/05/03/new-mods-an-infantilising-step-away-from-the-fundamentals/

Lessons from the Roman Empire about the danger of luxury – Big Think
https://bigthink.com/mini-philosophy/lessons-roman-empire-danger-luxury/

Rome’s Trade Self-Destruction Mirrors Trump’s

How Ancient Rome Blew Up Its Own Business Empire

(10) 5 Ancient Musical Instruments Lost to Time – CSMFHT Writes
https://csmfht.substack.com/p/5-ancient-musical-instruments-lost?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1211085&post_id=162520826&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Wat is dit voor voorwerp? – Mainzer Beobachter

Wat is dit voor voorwerp?

De sleutels van de hemel – Mainzer Beobachter

De sleutels van de hemel

PaleoJudaica.com: Vidas, The Rise of Talmud (OUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/05/vidas-rise-of-talmud-oup.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Najman, Scriptural Vitality (OUP, open access)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/05/najman-scriptural-vitality-oup-open.html

Autism and Classical Myth: Announcing a course on classical myth and a guest post on Myth and Mystery
https://myth-autism.blogspot.com/2025/05/announcing-course-on-classical-myth-and.html

James Romm in Conversation with Leon Botstein at Plato and the Tyrant Book Launch on May 13
https://www.bard.edu/news/james-romm-leon-botstein-plato-tyrant-book-launch-oblong-rhinebeck-may-13-2025-05-01

Laudator Temporis Acti: We Don’t Have a Choice
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/05/we-dont-have-choice.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Continuous Sickness
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/05/a-continuous-sickness.html

April Reading Notes – Noodlings

April Reading Notes

Collections: Why Archers Didn’t Volley Fire – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Why Archers Didn’t Volley Fire

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient World Mapping Center Annual Reports
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2018/01/ancient-world-mapping-center-annual.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The World of Middle Kingdom Egypt (2000-1550 BC), Vol. III
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-world-of-middle-kingdom-egypt-2000.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Getty Provenance Index
https://www.getty.edu/research/provenance

The University of Iowa: In Situ — Bible & Archaeology in Review (April 2025)
https://apps.its.uiowa.edu/dispatch/messages/view/818b2f26-4897-4c7f-a1ba-2a47833af2a6

The Black Sea: Hub of Peoples and Cultures (8th Century BC–5th/6th Century AD). | Spartokos a lu

The Black Sea: Hub of Peoples and Cultures (8th Century BC–5th/6th Century AD).


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AUDIENDA
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Anima Latina 04.05.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/05/anima-latina-04-05-2025.html

The Fall of Rome: Origins – The Ancients | Acast

diē secundō mēnsis Māiī — Nuntii Latini

diē secundō mēnsis Māiī

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 03.05.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/05/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-03-05-2025.html
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VIDENDA
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(552) Cape Ecnomus – Largest Naval Battle of Antiquity – First Punic War – YouTube

(552) My Story and How I’m teaching Latin Online (English version) – YouTube

(553) De historia mea, et quomodo linguam Latinam per rete doceam (Latine) – YouTube

(552) Death Of An Empire: Why Ancient Romans Wiped Out Carthage – YouTube

(553) Ancient Rulers Symbolically Crushed Their Enemies #ancientrome #ancientEgypt – YouTube

(553) The moment where Oedipus’s world starts to go – YouTube

(553) Stuff of nightmares, honestly. – YouTube

(553) Every Monument Will Fall with Dr Dan Hicks. A chat about culture and memory – YouTube

(553) The Archaeology Wars: Call-To-Action to Support Public Education & Science Communication – YouTube

(553) Could you survive the Roman Frontier? (c .100 AD) [FULL DOCUMENTARY] – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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British Epigraphy Society (BES) Spring Meeting 2025 | Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology | University of Liverpool
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/archaeology-classics-and-egyptology/events/british-epigraphy-society-spring-meeting-liverpool/