ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ August 3, 2025

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LEGENDA
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Second Rare Inscription Honoring Justinian and Theodora Unearthed in Kosovo’s Ancient City of Ulpiana – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/second-rare-inscription-honoring-justinian-and-theodora-unearthed-in-kosovos-ancient-city-of-ulpiana/

2,050-Year-Old Assembly Building Discovered in Ancient City of Laodicea Marks Architectural First in Anatolia – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/2050-year-old-assembly-building-discovered-in-ancient-city-of-laodicea-marks-architectural-first-in-anatolia/

Cirencester’s rare pieces of Roman military equipment go on display
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce83n0n9x3wo

1,800-Year-Old Roman Watchtower Discovered in Croatia – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/1800-year-old-roman-watchtower-discovered-in-croatia/

2nd-Century BC Thracian Warrior with Ceremonial Wreath Discovered – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/2nd-century-bc-thracian-warrior-with-ceremonial-wreath-discovered/

Grave Dig Uncovers 1,500-Year-Old Mosaic with Star of David and Cryptic Greek Petition in Türkiye – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/grave-dig-uncovers-1500-year-old-mosaic-with-star-of-david-and-cryptic-greek-petition-in-turkiye/

Amathus Excavations Reveal New Rooms in Cyprus’ Oldest Iron Age Palace – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/01/amathus-excavations-new-rooms-cyprus-oldest-iron-age-palace/

When Athens Revolted Against Macedon’s Hegemony in Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/03/athens-revolted-against-macedon-hegemony-greece/

Archaeologists’ most exciting finds: ‘No one today can replicate the quality from Roman times’
https://www.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-culture/archaeologists-most-exciting-finds-no-one-today-can-replicate-the-quality-from-roman-times/2535168

Crete’s Temple of Demeter Reveals Neolithic Secrets and Phoenician Ties – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/03/crete-temple-demeter-neolithic-secrets-phoenician-ties/

After centuries, Italy might finally build a bridge to Sicily | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/italy-bridge-to-sicily-calabria-messina-b2800375.html

Why Was Socrates Killed? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/03/socrates-execution/

[paywalled] The Dinos Painter’s ‘Calyx Krater With the Death of Aktaion’: Feat of Clay – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/fine-art/the-dinos-painters-calyx-krater-with-the-death-of-aktaion-feat-of-clay-247489e9

Straight to the point: Investigating Roman swords and extensive settlements in the Cotswolds – The Past

Straight to the point: Investigating Roman swords and extensive settlements in the Cotswolds

(10) Translating the Odyssey – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/translating-the-odyssey?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=169993307&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(10) Aeneid VIII.520-625 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-viii520-625-41d?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168991892&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(10) Aeneid VIII.626-731 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-viii626-731-faf?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168991972&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

July 2025 in Turkish archaeology | Turkish Archaeological News
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/july-2025-turkish-archaeology

Laudator Temporis Acti: Deterioration
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/08/deterioration.html

Jack L. Davis to Receive Athens Prize at 2026 American School Gala in New York City – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/jack-l-davis-to-receive-athens-prize-at-2026-american-school-gala-in-new-york-city/

How the gladiators inspired evangelicals’ sense of persecution
https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/how-the-gladiators-inspired-evangelicals-sense-20799453.php

Ancient Roman Antiquity in the Italian Landscape and the Reception of Roman History in Modern Japan (1868-1912)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394157097_Ancient_Roman_Antiquity_in_the_Italian_Landscape_and_the_Reception_of_Roman_History_in_Modern_Japan_1868-1912

The Republic by Plato | Issue 169 | Philosophy Now
https://philosophynow.org/issues/169/The_Republic_by_Plato

The D’Aulaires’ Ancient Greek Myths: A Classic Worth Hunting For | National Review
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/08/this-classic-book-of-greek-myths-is-worth-unearthing/

New Directions in Classics IX | Classics | The University of Winnipeg
https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/classics/new-directions-in-classics/new-directions-in-classics-ix.html

The perils of adapting Homer’s epic – Engelsberg ideas

The perils of adapting Homer’s epic

Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IIIa: Family Formation – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IIIa: Family Formation

July Reading Notes – Noodlings

July Reading Notes

PaleoJudaica.com: Lundbom, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi (Cascade)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/lundbom-haggai-zechariah-and-malachi.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Anniversary of the Battle of Cannae
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/anniversary-of-battle-of-cannae.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Tisha B’Av 2025
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/tisha-bav-2025.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Society for Ancient Medicine Newsletter Archive
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DG8cRc8sKdQnjvvgoRqTQmYp0XMEPqz_/view?usp=drive_link

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Agade List Archives
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2013/04/agade-mailing-list-archive-on-twitter.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: CripAntiquity
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/08/cripantiquity.html
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AUDIENDA
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Why Greek gods inspire space missions – ABC listen
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/nightlife/mortal-coil-greek-gods/105608148

The Ancient Battle that’s still studied in military school today – ABC listen
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/nightlife/twih-cannae/105608170

Livia: Empress of Rome – The Ancients | Acast

(10) Ancient Tactical Magic
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/ancient-tactical-magic?utm_source=podcast-email%2Csubstack&publication_id=752411&post_id=167759643&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=play_card_post_title&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true

Ancient History Podcast – Fulvia with Jane Draycott
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/ancient-history-podcast-fulvia-with-jane-draycott

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 02.08.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/08/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-02-08-2025.html

Anima Latina 03.08.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/08/anima-latina-03-08-2025.html
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VIDENDA
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(93) The messenger speech and the storm in Sophocles’ Antigone Part 1: Making the invisible visible – YouTube

(93) The messenger speech and Sophocles’ Antigone Part 2: The storm, madness, illness and suffering – YouTube

(93) The Skene (stage-building) in Oedipus Tyrannus, Part 3: The ending – YouTube

(94) 4K Herculaneum Walking Tour (2025) – The Ancient City Buried by Mt. Vesuvius – YouTube

(94) Sulla: Life and Battles – Roman History DOCUMENTARY – YouTube

(94) A deeply homophobic Ancient Greek word – YouTube