ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ September 9, 2025

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LEGENDA
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Israel unveils massive national archaeology database with millions of records
https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/ryvmvlt5xx

Fossil skull provides first direct evidence that bears fought in Roman amphitheaters
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-fossil-skull-evidence-fought-roman.html

A secret stash of gold discovered in Turkey: The surprising discovery rewrites the history of mercenaries – AS USA
https://en.as.com/latest_news/a-secret-stash-of-gold-discovered-in-turkey-the-surprising-discovery-rewrites-the-history-of-mercenaries-n/

2,200-year-old Roman helmet from war-ending battle discovered in Mediterranean Sea | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/extraordinary-roman-helmet-from-war-ending-battle-found-in-the-sea-off-sicily

[AI?]Montefortino helmet from Aegadian seabed, 241 BC clash | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-866868

Ancient gold coin found in Jerusalem tells the story of a powerful Egyptian queen – BBC Newsround
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cx2jnyp17dlo

[AI?]Manisa Museum unveils 2,200-year-old sundial | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-866732

[paywalled] Arrest Warrant Says Buyer of ‘Nude Emperor’ Bronze Knew It Was Looted – The New York Times

Giant 1,800-Year-Old Roman Burial Chamber Discovered in Albania
https://www.thedailybeast.com/giant-1800-year-old-roman-burial-chamber-discovered-in-albania/

Archaeologists unearth significant Roman burial chamber | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/albania-roman-empire-tomb-archaeology-b2822430.html

[AI?]9×6 m tomb near N. Macedonia yields gold-threaded fabric | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-866850

Sewer project unearths 2,300-year-old tomb in Italy: photos | Merced Sun-Star
https://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/nation-world/world/article312036158.html

Manduria, Hellenistic chamber tomb found during work on sewerage system
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/manduria-hellenistic-chamber-tomb-found-during-work-on-sewerage-system

Elite Roman family’s ancient treasure unearthed in ruins of fire-scorched dwelling
https://nypost.com/2025/09/09/lifestyle/elite-roman-familys-ancient-treasure-unearthed-in-ruins-of-fire-scorched-dwelling/

The Advanced Technology of Ancient Rome: Automatic Doors, Water Clocks, Vending Machines & More | Open Culture

The Advanced Technology of Ancient Rome: Automatic Doors, Water Clocks, Vending Machines & More

Ancient Greek tragedy ‘Antigone’ feels alarmingly prescient – DC Theater Arts
https://dctheaterarts.org/2025/09/09/ancient-greek-tragedy-antigone-feels-alarmingly-prescient/

The Best of All Possible Methods. The Gold and Katz Defense of Philology | by Maximus Planudes | Sep, 2025 | Medium
https://planudes.medium.com/the-best-of-all-possible-methods-6609f7e7c9b6

How the Spartans got fighting fit – The Spectator World

How the Spartans got fighting fit

CityWatch LA – Should Today’s Political Leaders Study Homer?
https://www.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/31465-should-todays-political-leaders-study-homer

Mary Washington Students Dig Archaeological Research in Greece – News

Mary Washington Students Dig Archaeological Research in Greece

Prophetic Bodies in the Ancient Near East — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW
https://www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/8/21/prophetic-bodies-in-the-ancient-near-east

Milestones: Leonard J. Greenspoon (1945–2025) – Biblical Archaeology Society

Milestones: Leonard J. Greenspoon (1945–2025)

Readers of the Lost Ark | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Readers of the Lost Ark

Ephemeris ~ “HIC MANEBIMUS (ETSI NON OPTIME)” Patriarchae Christiani Gazam non derelinquent
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2443

“A virgin, a tree and a death were the symbols of our defeat.” – a Chrysostom quote? – Roger Pearse

“A virgin, a tree and a death were the symbols of our defeat.” – a Chrysostom quote?

(17) Lesson 1 Classical Latin Texts: A Latinum Institute Ancient Language Course
https://latinum.substack.com/p/lesson-1-classical-latin-texts-a?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3282716&post_id=173161226&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Laudator Temporis Acti: What Is Classical Philology?
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/09/what-is-classical-philology.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Israel National Archaeological Database
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-israel-national-archaeological.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Nissinen on Portier-Young, The Prophetic Body
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/nissinen-on-portier-young-prophetic-body.html

PaleoJudaica.com: BBC report on Mount Sinai and St Catherine’s Monastery
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/bbc-report-on-mount-sinai-and-st.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Israel National Archaeological Database
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/israel-national-archaeological-database.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ChrysoCollate 1.4: freeware for collating and editing texts in any language (Unicode)
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2021/12/chrysocollate-10.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Current Research in Egyptology 2024: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Symposium, Jointly Organised by the University of Liverpool, Swansea University, University of Birmingham, University of Oxford, and University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2–6 September 2024
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/current-research-in-egyptology-2024.html

Antiquarianism in Rome: 2nd Century BC–3rd Century AD – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Antiquarianismus in Rom: 2. Jhd. v. Chr.-3. Jhd. n. Chr.

Inschriften aus der Kibyratis und aus Pisidien – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Inschriften aus der Kibyratis und aus Pisidien

The ruins of Rome: a cultural history – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The ruins of Rome: a cultural history


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AUDIENDA
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What Education Looked Like in Ancient Rome | The Spark
https://www.witf.org/2025/09/08/what-education-looked-like-in-ancient-rome/

Brother, Can You Spare a Daimon? Plato’s Apology, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 192) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/brother-can-you-spare-a-daimon-plato-s-apology-part-iii-ad-navseam-episode-192/
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VIDENDA
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(515) How do Historians Study Jesus? With Dr. James Tabor – YouTube

(515) Caracalla’s Citizenship Edict: Enfranchising an Empire – YouTube

(515) What Made Alexandria An Ancient City Of Wonders? – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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The reception of ancient Greece in Europe

The reception of ancient Greece in Europe

PostDoc-position in Classical / Roman Archaeology

PostDoc-position in Classical / Roman Archaeology

CFP: Classical Association of the Canadian West (CACW) Conference 2026 – February 20-21, 2026 at MacEwan University (Deadline October 15) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/09/cacw2026/

This Day in Ancient History:ante diem v idus septembres

  • ludi Romani (day 5)
  • 490 B.C. — battle of Marathon (by one reckoning)
  • 3 A.D. — Gaius Caesar, adoptive son/grandson of the emperor Augustus, is wounded at Artagira
  • 9 A.D. — Quintilius Varus loses three legions (and his life) in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (a.k.a. the clades Variana)
  • 1st century — martyrdom of Felix and Constantia
  • 1850 — birth of Jane Ellen Harrison (author of Themis)