ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ September 18, 2025

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LEGENDA
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Lecce, early medieval defensive structures discovered next to Roman amphitheater
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/lecce-early-medieval-defensive-structures-discovered-next-to-roman-amphitheater

Archaeologists Discover Hidden Roman Hoard in Romania’s Oldest City – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discover-hidden-roman-hoard-in-romanias-oldest-city/

Egypt says missing pharaoh’s bracelet melted down for gold | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/egypt-says-missing-pharaohs-bracelet-melted-down-gold-2025-09-18/

Etruscan chamber tombs made accessible in digital portal | EurekAlert!
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1098874

Egypt unveils evidence of ancient submerged port near Alexandria temple-Xinhua
https://english.news.cn/africa/20250918/10b6026d65d142089b4ea31160087315/c.html

Rare hoard of coins from last Jewish rebellion of Roman rule discovered in Galilee
https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/s1112nmksgx

Bronze age building and artefacts uncovered at Erimi | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2025/09/18/bronze-age-building-and-artefacts-uncovered-in-erimi-excavations

Dr. Çiğdem Maner decodes Hittite bird-omen tablets | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-867885

Metamorphoses exhibition reimagines classical myths at AGH – FlamboroughToday.com
https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/11853655139462804859?

Who Found Out the World Is Round? | Discover Magazine
https://www.discovermagazine.com/aristotle-discovered-the-world-is-round-one-of-the-first-important-scientific-theories-48040

Stratonikeia – a walk through a time tunnel of ancient civilisations | Turkish Archaeological News
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/stratonikeia-walk-through-time-tunnel-ancient-civilisations

Glozel, the Strange French Archaeological Site That Some Consider a Revolutionary Discovery and Others a Fraud

Glozel, the Strange French Archaeological Site That Some Consider a Revolutionary Discovery and Others a Fraud

Socrates and Thermippos — lost Platonic dialogue – Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.

Socrates and Thermippos — lost Platonic dialogue

(21) The Devil’s Chair, or the tomb of (perhaps) Hadrian’s freedman
https://understandingrome.substack.com/p/the-devils-chair-or-the-tomb-of-perhaps?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=508757&post_id=173826968&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Going back home to the Romans | Blog post | Mary Beard

Going back home to the Romans

PaleoJudaica.com: Late antique coins discovered at Huqoq
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/late-antique-coins-discovered-at-huqoq.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Biblical archaeology expanded
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/biblical-archaeology-expanded.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aristotle on the Essence of Human Thought
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/aristotle-on-essence-of-human-thought.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Roman villas: New perspectives on villa development in Northwestern Europe
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/roman-villas-new-perspectives-on-villa.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: One Off Journal Issues: Discursive Constructions of Corruption in Ancient Rome
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/one-off-journal-issues-discursive.html

Discursive constructions of corruption in ancient Rome – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Discursive constructions of corruption in ancient Rome

Themistius and Aristotle: teaching philosophy from late antiquity to the Middle Ages – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Themistius and Aristotle: teaching philosophy from late antiquity to the Middle Ages

Hospitality and the Regulation of Otherness in Mediterranean Antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Hospitalité et régulation de l’altérité dans l’Antiquité méditerranéenne


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AUDIENDA
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BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time, Tutankhamun (Archive Episode)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0lstc7f

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VIDENDA
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(24) Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia with Tate Paulette – YouTube

(26) The role of the chorus in Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus – YouTube

(26) What Can This Mysterious Artifact Tell Us About The First Celts? – YouTube

(28) Major Tom Cover in Classical Latin SOFTBARDCORE – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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(21) ANE Today, 18 September 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-18-september-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=173775909&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Beyond Methodological Nationalism

Beyond Methodological Nationalism

The Pantheon in Rome: decoding an enigma

The Pantheon in Rome: decoding an enigma

Call for Papers « Roman Archaeology Conference

Call for Papers

AAH Annual Conference 2026 | The University of Iowa
https://aah.conference.uiowa.edu/?fbclid=IwdGRzaAM4OGRjbGNrAzg4WmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEe4vGOsockBfwIim4RDFZxY0YUM7Hf9vuteqO13PdVWpWG0H8exg97COHBAfg_aem_sDUJnyNGDTzKcGJ7bOLwGQ&sfnsn=mo

The Erich S. Gruen Prize | Society for Classical Studies
https://www.classicalstudies.org/awards-and-fellowships/erich-s-gruen-prize

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiv kalendas octobres

  • ludi Romani (day 14)
  • 31 A.D. — execution of Sejanus (still not sure about that one)
  • 53 A.D. (?) — birth of the future emperor Trajan
  • 96 A.D. — murder of the emperor Domitian; dies imperii of the emperor Nerva
  • 1709 — Birth of Samuel Johnson