ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ June 23, 2025

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LEGENDA
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Ancient Roman weapons unearthed at Ugento in Italy | Tri-City Herald
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article309235075.html

Ordinary ancient Romans ate ‘luxury’ meat at fast-food shops, new research reveals
https://nypost.com/2025/06/23/lifestyle/ordinary-ancient-romans-ate-luxury-meat-at-fast-food-shops-new-research-reveals/

Getty museum highlights Bronze Age discoveries of UC experts | University of Cincinnati
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2025/06/griffon-warrior-tomb-exhibit-getty-museum.html

Remarkable Roman Coin Hoard Unearthed in Romania
https://coinweek.com/remarkable-roman-coin-hoard-unearthed-in-romania/

Athens’ Iconic Odeon of Herodes Atticus to Close for 3-Year Restoration – GreekReporter.com

Athens’ Iconic Odeon of Herodes Atticus to Close for 3-Year Restoration

Diana Arterian on Agrippina the Younger, Writing Historical Women, and Poetry as Liberty ‹ Literary Hub

Diana Arterian on Agrippina the Younger, Writing Historical Women, and Poetry as Liberty

Large Marble Head from the Impressive Porticus Trisigmentata Discovered in Trajan’s Forum

Large Marble Head from the Impressive Porticus Trisigmentata Discovered in Trajan’s Forum

Three Etruscan antefixes in Orvieto restored thanks to Art Bonus project with support from 12 companies
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/three-etruscan-antefixes-in-orvieto-restored-thanks-to-art-bonus-project-with-support-from-12-companies

Ancient Roman shoes discovered after being buried for 2,000 years
https://nypost.com/2025/06/23/world-news/ancient-roman-shoes-after-discovered-after-being-buried-for-2000-years/

Assyrian swimmers: 2,900-year-old carving of soldiers using ‘floaties’ to cross a river | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/assyrian-swimmers-2-900-year-old-carving-of-soldiers-using-inflatable-goat-skins-to-cross-a-river

Hidden Roman Passage Unearthed Beneath Split: A Secret Gateway into Diocletian’s Palace Revealed – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/hidden-roman-passage-unearthed-beneath-split-a-secret-gateway-into-diocletians-palace-revealed/

Ancient water management unveiled: Sophisticated cisterns, channels discovered in Southwestern Jordan | Jordan Times
https://jordantimes.com/news/local/ancient-water-management-unveiled-sophisticated-cisterns-channels-discovered-in-southwestern-jordan

Fury as four bronze Roman statues are stolen from historic manor in brazen overnight raid as owner brands theft an ‘affront to heritage’ | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14838043/Fury-four-bronze-Roman-statues-stolen-historic-manor-raid.html

Italian production of The Bacchae opens festival of ancient Greek drama | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2025/06/23/italian-production-of-the-bacchae-opens-festival-of-ancient-greek-drama

“Kore of Thera” Adorns the Renovated Archaeological Museum on Santorini – GreekReporter.com

“Kore of Thera” Adorns the Renovated Archaeological Museum on Santorini

Santorini’s Archaeological Museum Reopens as Greece’s 27th Revamped Cultural Gem •
https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/06/23/santorini-archaeological-museum

Are you not entertained? Three ancient helmets headline UK exhibition exploring the ‘real’ gladiators – undefined
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/23/are-you-not-entertained-three-ancient-helmets-headline-uk-exhibition-exploring-gladiators

Scholarship is Not Merely Skepticism | Bible Interp
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/scholarship-not-merely-skepticism

(2) The “Younger Memnon”: A Lesson in Power, Reuse, and Colonial Trophy Hunting
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/the-younger-memnon-a-colossal-lesson?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=752411&post_id=166097163&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Cypriot Verse Battles Revive Ancient Tradition, Echoing Modern Rap for a Global Audience •
https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/06/23/cypriot-verse-battles/

How Virgil Made Aeneas an Epic Hero | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/how-virgil-made-aeneas-epic-hero/

Ancient Myths, Modern Masculinities: Nothing Without Theseus
https://theshelbiad.blogspot.com/2025/06/ancient-myths-modern-masculinities.html

What does Seneca make of sexual attraction? | Classically Inclined

What does Seneca make of sexual attraction?

Engaging the Public with Classics. Why Bother? Madison Brown
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/warwickclassicsnetwork/publicengagement/studentengagement/pe/2025/blogs/madison/

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Le temple de Dendara XIV: Planches
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/le-temple-de-dendara-xiv-planches.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Anna Morpurgo Davies, 10 years on
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/anna-morpurgo-davies-10-years-on.html

PaleoJudaica.com: More on AI Enoch’s dating of the DSS
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/more-on-ai-enochs-dating-of-dss.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Manuscripts of Josephus’ Jewish War
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/manuscripts-of-josephus-jewish-war.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A Phoenician temple bath at Tel Dan?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-phoenician-temple-bath-at-tel-dan.html

NT Blog: The Fourth Synoptic Gospel
https://ntweblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-fourth-synoptic-gospel.html

Sounding – Mainzer Beobachter

Sounding

(2) Aeneid III.610-718 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-iii610-718-b23?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=166122580&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

The play of language in ancient Greek comedy: comic discourse and linguistic artifices of humour, from Aristophanes to Menander – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The play of language in ancient Greek comedy: comic discourse and linguistic artifices of humour, from Aristophanes to Menander

Akroterion
https://akroterion.journals.ac.za/pub

‘Plato and the Tyrant’ by James Romm | Book Review – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/plato-and-the-tyrant-review-letters-from-athens-392c69ce?st=5rDbaW&reflink=article_email_share

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AUDIENDA
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Computer Dating Service, Or, Sometimes Things Are Slightly Older Than They Look | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/the-dead-sea-scrolls-computer-dating-service-or-sometimes-things-are-slightly-older-than-they-look/

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VIDENDA
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(1120) Is this an ancient play OR A MODERN ONE??? – YouTube

(1120) What is the British School at Rome? Full video – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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(GENERATIVE) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND TEACHING THE ANCIENT WORLD – Edward A. S. Ross

(GENERATIVE) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND TEACHING THE ANCIENT WORLD

Shop Summer Coasters! – CANE

Shop Summer Coasters!