ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ September 12, 2025

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LEGENDA
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Archaeologists scramble to evacuate Gaza artefacts threatened by Israeli strike | Gaza | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/antiquities-evacuated-from-gaza-city-storehouse-ahead-of-israeli-strike

Archaeological excavations at Izmir’s Old Smyrna suspended, inventories confiscated – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/archaeological-excavations-at-izmirs-old-smyrna-suspended-inventories-confiscated-3206740

Roman oil lamp decorated with a mask discovered in the Netherlands, a unicum in the country
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/roman-oil-lamp-decorated-with-a-mask-discovered-in-the-netherlands-a-unicum-in-the-country

New necropolis discovered in Cappadocia reveals 1500 year old graves, artifacts – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/new-necropolis-discovered-in-cappadocia-reveals-1500-year-old-graves-artifacts-3206770

Roman coffin in The Novium Museum to undergo restoration | The Argus
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/25456055.roman-coffin-novium-museum-undergo-restoration/

Earthquake victims unearthed in Bulgaria’s Roman city of Heraclea Sintica – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/earthquake-victims-unearthed-in-bulgarias-roman-city-of-heraclea-sintica-3206764

A New Complete Version of Canopus Decree of king Ptolemy III unearthed in Sharqiya – Greco-Roman – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/552903/Antiquities/GrecoRoman/A-New-Complete-Version-of-Canopus-Decree-of-king-P.aspx

Metals reveal trade in Bronze Age more connected than previously thought
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-metals-reveal-bronze-age-previously.html

Roman soldiers were united, but it wasn’t because of their uniforms – Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/news/roman-soldiers-were-mostly-united-but-it-wasnt-because-of-their-uniforms/

Exceptional Imperial-Era Mosaics Found in a Roman Necropolis on the Via Appia

Exceptional Imperial-Era Mosaics Found in a Roman Necropolis on the Via Appia

New discoveries at Split’s iconic Golden Gate expected as archaeological investigations start | Croatia Week

New discoveries at Split’s iconic Golden Gate expected as archaeological investigations start

490 BC: The Greeks Triumph at Marathon and the Legend of Pheidippides –
https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/09/12/490-bc-the-greeks-triumph-at-marathon-and-the-legend-of-pheidippides-2/

[old news]The Griffin Warrior: New Reconstruction Reveals Face of Greek Bronze Age Hero – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/11/griffin-warrior-reconstruction-face-greek-bronze-age-hero/

A sarcophagus for three. The tragic story of a late antique senatorial family revealed by two grave inscriptions from Salona – MAPPOLA

A sarcophagus for three. The tragic story of a late antique senatorial family revealed by two grave inscriptions from Salona

Blog #109: Graduate Student Feature with Lylaah L. Bhalerao: On Serendipity and Sanskrit in the Study of the Mediterranean World – Peopling the Past

Blog #109: Graduate Student Feature with Lylaah L. Bhalerao: On Serendipity and Sanskrit in the Study of the Mediterranean World

A Pome | Sphinx

A Pome

Laudator Temporis Acti: Crime Pays
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/09/crime-pays.html

Ancient Rome in an hour | Blog post | Mary Beard

Ancient Rome in an hour

(19) September 58 BCE: From Cicero (in Thessalonica) to Atticus (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/september-58-bce-from-cicero-in-thessalonica?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=944078&post_id=173376313&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

The History Girls: Latin, Greek and the ‘Ready Brek glow’ by Caroline K. Mackenzie
https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2025/09/latin-greek-and-ready-brek-glow-by.html

Fabulous Fantasy Piece (with Object History!) – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Fabulous Fantasy Piece (with Object History!)

De “Herkulanerinnen” – Mainzer Beobachter

De “Herkulanerinnen”

PaleoJudaica.com: Gaza antiquities reportedly evacuated
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/gaza-antiquities-reportedly-evacuated.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The “Christ(?) the magician(?)” cup is back
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-christ-magician-cup-is-back.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The culinary archaeology of the ANE
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-culinary-archaeology-of-ane.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Das Römergrenzkastell von Moigrad – Pomet. Porolissum 1 / Castrul roman de pe vârful dealului Pomet – Moigrad. Porolissum 1
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/das-romergrenzkastell-von-moigrad-pomet.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: Gladius: estudios sobre armas antiguas, armamento, arte militar y vida cultural en Oriente y Occidente
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2011/06/now-fully-open-access-gladius.html

EXPLORING POTTERY PRODUCTION AT PROTOPALATIAL TO POSTPALATIAL PALAIKASTRO (EAST CRETE) THROUGH INTEGRATED PETROGRAPHIC AND ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS | Annual of the British School at Athens | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annual-of-the-british-school-at-athens/article/exploring-pottery-production-at-protopalatial-to-postpalatial-palaikastro-east-crete-through-integrated-petrographic-and-elemental-analysis/B96CAE06025F54B766EECD50B133AC12?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

DESCRIBING THE INDESCRIBABLE: CALLIMACHUS, IAMBUS 6 AND PHIDIAS’ STATUE OF ZEUS | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/describing-the-indescribable-callimachus-iambus-6-and-phidias-statue-of-zeus/87C757ABAEFE863AF562407F6080E4C5?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Cassius Dio Revived | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/cassius-dio-revived/ABDFBE250261A31B9F51EDEFB22BB6C8?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Hoc Saxsum: History as Conversation inside the Tomb of the Scipios | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/hoc-saxsum-history-as-conversation-inside-the-tomb-of-the-scipios/73E09B6B0EC3CF8F9326CC10A9F48083?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Horoscopes and horror – the reign of Septimius Severus | The Spectator
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/horoscopes-and-horror-the-reign-of-septimius-severus/

Greeks and Barbarians Networking on the Shores of the Black Sea and Beyond | Spartokos a lu

Greeks and Barbarians Networking on the Shores of the Black Sea and Beyond

La questure. Histoire d’une magistrature de la République romaine (264–27 av. J.-C.) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

La questure. Histoire d’une magistrature de la République romaine (264–27 av. J.-C.)

Cinismo e Cristianesimo delle origini – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Cinismo e Cristianesimo delle origini

Reading Greek tragedy with Judith Butler – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Reading Greek tragedy with Judith Butler

Classics and Race

Classics and Race

Review: A new twist on a classic text – America Magazine

Review: A new twist on a classic text


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AUDIENDA
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96: Melos, Might & Right – Casting Through Ancient Greece – Apple Podcasts

NT Pod: NT Pod 111: Did John Know the Synoptic Gospels?
https://podacre.blogspot.com/2025/09/nt-pod-111-did-john-know-synoptic.html

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW374 – Which Battle Would You Witness?
https://sites.libsyn.com/91136/aw374-which-battle-would-you-witness

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VIDENDA
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(42) The Slave School Beneath Rome’s Palatine Hill – YouTube

(43) Antiochus IV Epiphanes | Seleucid Empire | Animated Documentary – YouTube

(43) CULTURE. POMPEII: A “WAITING BENCH” DISCOVERED IN FRONT OF THE VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Cosmopolities in Antiquity and Modernity

Cosmopolities in Antiquity and Modernity

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