ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ September 25, 2025

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Archaeologists Uncover Ancient City Wall in Amantia | RTSH English

Archaeologists Uncover Ancient City Wall in Amantia

Sardis named a UNESCO World Heritage Site — Harvard Gazette

Sardis named a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Greece Receives 86 Antiquities in Landmark Voluntary Repatriation | GTP Headlines
https://news.gtp.gr/2025/09/25/greece-receives-86-antiquities-in-landmark-voluntary-repatriation/

[AI?]2,000-year-old Roman brooch found by detectorist | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-868514

Roman bath culture surfaces at Türkiye’s Sagalassos with traces of olive oil, cosmetics – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/roman-bath-culture-surfaces-at-turkiyes-sagalassos-with-traces-of-olive-oil-and-cosme-3207530

A Biologist Reveals The Forgotten ‘Superfood’ Of The Roman Empire
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2025/09/25/a-biologist-reveals-the-forgotten-superfood-of-the-roman-empire/

Our Enduring Fascination With Ancient Roman Baths
https://hyperallergic.com/1043102/our-enduring-fascination-with-ancient-roman-baths/

Storeroom and Soup Kitchen Unearthed in Ancient Timbriada: New Clues to Pisidia’s Forgotten City – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/storeroom-and-soup-kitchen-unearthed-in-ancient-timbriada-new-clues-to-pisidias-forgotten-city/

‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology to win US support for goals | Israel | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/israel-archaeology-jerusalem-history-us

1,400-year-old hoard of pure gold coins uncovered in the Galilee | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/1400-year-old-hoard-of-pure-gold-coins-uncovered-in-the-galilee/

Hoard of ancient gold coins, jewelry discovered during excavations in Sussita
https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/r1ctvvm3lx

Discovering Ancient Piraeus: A Cultural Journey Through Greece’s Historic Port –
https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/09/25/ancient-piraeus-port

Man arrested for possession of ancient artifacts and human fetus | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1281942/elderly-man-arrested-for-possessing-ancient-artifacts-and-human-fetus/

Don urges African Scholars to embrace Classics as Africa’s heritage – Tribune Online
https://tribuneonlineng.com/don-urges-african-scholars-to-embrace-classics-as-africas-heritage/

New Article on the History of Codex Alexandrinus | Variant Readings

New Article on the History of Codex Alexandrinus

Find and Finder of the Month: Adam Cohen found a Hellenistic Lead Sling Bullet – The Temple Mount Sifting Project

Find and Finder of the Month: Adam Cohen found a Hellenistic Lead Sling Bullet

Hipparchia: The Woman Who Attacked Ancient Greece’s Norms With Public Sex and Philosophy – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/25/hipparchia-ancient-greece-norms-public-sex-philosophy/

The Battle of Actium From The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, By The Workshop of Willem van Leefdael (1632–1688) After A Design By Justus van Egmont (1601–1674) – The Historian’s Hut

The Battle of Actium From The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, By The Workshop of Willem van Leefdael (1632–1688) After A Design By Justus van Egmont (1601–1674)

Laudator Temporis Acti: Praise
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/09/praise.html

Keizerin Faustina II – Mainzer Beobachter

Keizerin Faustina II

PaleoJudaica.com: Brody & Chen, Dura-Europos: Past, Present, Future (Brepols)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/brody-chen-dura-europos-past-present.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Aramaic in Tasmania?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/aramaic-in-tasmania.html

PaleoJudaica.com: An AI-Based Analysis of a Jewish Textual Corpus
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/an-ai-based-analysis-of-jewish-textual.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: Dionysus Ex Machina: Rivista annuale online di studi sul teatro antico
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2012/06/open-access-journal-dionysus-ex-machina.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Jerome’s Sources in His Translation of the Hebrew Bible
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/jeromes-sources-in-his-translation-of.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: From the Early Years of the Royal Treasure Archive of Esaĝdana-Nibru
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/from-early-years-of-royal-treasure.html

Three Things Thursday: Books, Photography, and Teaching | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Three Things Thursday: Books, Photography, and Teaching

Ancient sculpture and twentieth-century American womanhood: Venus envy – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Ancient sculpture and twentieth-century American womanhood: Venus envy

Epeo, mitologia di un artigiano. Economie della montagna, economia del legno nella Grecia antica – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Epeo, mitologia di un artigiano. Economie della montagna, economia del legno nella Grecia antica

Plato’s Unwritten Doctrines
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/platos-unwritten-doctrines/F0297D76E5984C917E9843ED750FECDA

Pasts Imperfect (9.25.25)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-9-25-25/?ref=pasts-imperfect-newsletter

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AUDIENDA
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14 INTERVIEW with Eleanor Dick…–TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis – Apple Podcasts

Surf the Celtic Wave–The Partial Historians – Apple Podcasts

Inanna: Mesopotamian Sex Goddess – The Ancients | Acast

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VIDENDA
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(94) Prof. David Gill, “Cleon’s Victory at Sphacteria and the Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis” – YouTube

(95) How Did The Celts Shift From Peaceful Traders To Fearsome Warriors? – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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International Conference: “Outside the Workshop. The Artisan as an Actor in Premodern Societies”, March 26-27, 2026.

Colloque international: « Hors de l’atelier. L’artisan acteur des sociétés prémodernes », 26-27 mars 2026.

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii kalendas octobres

  • 2nd century A.D. — martyrdom of Herculanus
  • 233 A.D. — the emperor Severus Alexander celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Persians
  • 1808 — death of Richard Porson
  • 1931 — death of Ulrich von Wilamovitz-Moellendorff