• ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 4)– games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C.
• 1729 — birth of James Boswell (biographer of Johnson)

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Hadrian’s Wall section discovered in Drumburgh dig
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdrvegdd08o

Great Pyramid Was a Gigantic Machine Building Itself from the Inside Out, New Study Says – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/27/great-pyramid-gigantic-maching-build-inside-out/

Pompeii’s Elite Once Lived in Luxury Towers, Research Says
https://hyperallergic.com/1052720/pompeiis-elite-once-lived-in-luxury-towers-research-says/

Excavations in Bicske reveal Roman and Árpád-Era remains
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/excavations-in-bicske-reveal-roman-and-arpad-era-remains/156242

Archaeologists uncovering Korčula’s forgotten civilisation at Kopila | Croatia Week

Archaeologists uncovering Korčula’s forgotten civilisation at Kopila

The long, deep dig: Collaboration excavates the ancient city of Sardis | Cornell Chronicle
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/10/long-deep-dig-collaboration-excavates-ancient-city-sardis

Egna (Bolzano), Roman building resurfaces: possibly a forge on the Via Claudia Augusta
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/egna-bolzano-roman-building-resurfaces-possibly-a-forge-on-the-via-claudia-augusta

Elon Musk says AI research into ancient Rome will ‘rewrite history’
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/elon-musk-ai-archaeology-rome-7rn9xpsgd

Embrace Elon Musk’s pledge to rewrite history books with AI
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/the-times-view/article/elon-musk-rewrite-history-books-ai-ffc7n5w22

The Glozel affair: A sensational archaeological hoax made science front-page news in 1920s France
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-glozel-affair-sensational-archaeological-hoax.html#goog_rewarded

An anecdote on “living Latin” by Ronald Knox – Roger Pearse

An anecdote on “living Latin” by Ronald Knox

Hellenism and Iranism in Southern Russia. General Overview | Spartokos read

Hellénisme et iranisme dans le sud de la Russie. Aperçu général

Stage Machinery: ancient and modern | Blog post | The TLS

Stage Machinery: ancient and modern

Laudator Temporis Acti: Epigraphy
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/10/epigraphy.html

Early Byzantine Marbles in the Levant | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Early Byzantine Marbles in the Levant

28 October 58 BCE: From Cicero (in Thessalonica) to Atticus (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/28-october-58-bce-from-cicero-in?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=944078&post_id=177307472&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Eileithyia, the Forgotten Greek Goddess of Painful Births | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/eilethyia-goddess-birth/

RAGUSA. Off the coast of Ragusa, a “navis lapidaria” loaded with African stones and amphorae. – Online Archaeology – Archeomedia

RAGUSA. Al largo della costa ragusana, una «navis lapidaria» carica di pietre e anfore africane.

Ephemeris ~ DE ITINERE TRUMPIANO
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2447

De Vandalen in Andalusië – Mainzer Beobachter

De Vandalen in Andalusië

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of McCarty, Religion and the making of Roman Africa
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/review-of-mccarty-religion-and-making.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Punic Wars meet Snopes
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-punic-wars-meet-snopes.html

PaleoJudaica.com: On the recovery of 30 looted Carthaginian coins
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/on-recovery-of-30-looted-carthaginian.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Khirbat ‘Amra: A Rural Site from the Hellenistic to Early Islamic Periods in the Beʼer Sheva‘ Valley
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/khirbat-amra-rural-site-from.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Excavations at Iktanu in the South Jordan Valley, Jordan
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/excavations-at-iktanu-in-south-jordan.html

Comedy in literature and popular culture: from Aristophanes to Saturday Night Live – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Comedy in literature and popular culture: from Aristophanes to Saturday Night Live

Governare l’emergenza. Sulla gestione senatoria di “interregnum”, “dictatura” e “prorogatio imperii” (V-III sec. a.C.) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Governare l’emergenza. Sulla gestione senatoria di “interregnum”, “dictatura” e “prorogatio imperii” (V-III sec. a.C.)

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(206) The First Christian Heresies with Dr. Bart Ehrman – YouTube

(207) Before Ancient Greece: Minoan Civilization – Ancient History – YouTube

(208) As darkness falls Rome’s Colosseum reveals its secrets – YouTube

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Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas (Level 1) Andrew Idris Ad
https://www.religiondepartment.com/coptic

• 97 A.D. – The emperor Nerva adopts the future emperor Trajan
• 312 A.D – Battle of the Milvian Bridge; Constantine I has a vision and defeats Maxentius to become sole emperor

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Archaeologists Find Roman Military Camp Hiding in Swiss Alps
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a69164694/roman-army-camp-alps-hidden/

Preserving Pompeii’s past, one step at a time
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03479-6

Archaeologists stumped by ‘extremely rare’ circular Roman-era tomb | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/rare-roman-tomb-germany-contents-b2852701.html

An Ancient Greek City for Sale in Turkey: The History and Plight of Bargylia – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/27/ancient-greek-city-bargylia-turkey-sale-eight-million-euros/

Rare Sabaean Princess Head Statue from Yemen Listed in Vienna Auction, Sparking Heritage Concerns – Yemen Online |
https://www.yemenonline.info/land-of-sheba/10560

Türkiye’s archaeologists reconnect with Roman Empire’s eastern legions – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/turkiyes-archaeologists-reconnect-with-roman-empires-eastern-legions-3209050

New study finally reveals reason behind mysterious abandonment of ancient Egyptian ca
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rydionnaxg

Israel allocates $12 million to expand control over West Bank archaeological sites – Middle East Monitor

Israel allocates $12 million to expand control over West Bank archaeological sites

Greek guard charged in crackdown on antiquities smuggling rings | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greek-guard-charged-crackdown-antiquities-smuggling-rings-2025-03-20/

What Caused the Untimely Death of Alexander the Great? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/26/new-theory-what-killed-alexander-the-great/

Art and Life in Imperial Rome: Trajan and His Times (November 2, 2025–January 25, 2026) | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
https://www.mfah.org/art/exhibitions/art-and-life-in-imperial-rome-trajan-and-his-times

Life in Imperial Rome Returns to the MFAH – Houston Press

Life in Imperial Rome Returns to the MFAH

From Pagan Sage to Islamic Prophet of Science: The Reinterpretation of Hermes Trismegistus – Retrospect Journal

From Pagan Sage to Islamic Prophet of Science: The Reinterpretation of Hermes Trismegistus

How important are the structural remains at Mycenae, other than those of graves to our understanding of Mycenaean society?   – Retrospect Journal

How important are the structural remains at Mycenae, other than those of graves to our understanding of Mycenaean society?  

‘Diseased Love’, Female Sexuality and Sexual Jealousy in Euripides’ Medea  – Retrospect Journal

‘Diseased Love’, Female Sexuality and Sexual Jealousy in Euripides’ Medea 

How did the Roman Empire view nature and its seasons? | Aeon Essays
https://aeon.co/essays/how-did-the-roman-empire-view-nature-and-its-seasons?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=47ac653b44-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-71963652

Weekly Varia no. 153, 10/26/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 153, 10/26/25

Kleopatra in Rome – Mainzer Beobachter

Kleopatra in Rome

PaleoJudaica.com: (Temporarily) free book ! Alder, Between Yahwism and Judaism (CUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/temporarily-free-book-alder-between.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Bible and northern Hebrew?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-bible-and-northern-hebrew.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Tomb of Assyrian official excavated in Northern Israel?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/tomb-of-assyrian-official-excavated-in.html

A companion to the Aeneid in translation – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

A companion to the Aeneid in translation

Proclus on whole and part: a reappraisal of mereology in Neoplatonic metaphysics – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Proclus on whole and part: a reappraisal of mereology in Neoplatonic metaphysics

Foreign influences: the circulation of knowledge in antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Foreign influences: the circulation of knowledge in antiquity

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Why are the French so fascinated by Ancient Egypt? – France in focus
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/france-in-focus/20251027-why-are-the-french-so-fascinated-by-ancient-egypt

Annual Meeting and CSI Videos Available – CANE

Annual Meeting and CSI Videos Available

(174) Ancient Greek in Action! ep.2 | Taking, Putting, Drinking – YouTube

(174) Latin in Action! ep.2 | Taking, Putting, Drinking – YouTube

(174) Creepy Animated Statues #shorts #archaeology – YouTube

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Job Description – Assistant Professor (Ancient World History) (250001V7)
https://cuhk.taleo.net/careersection/cu_career_teach/jobdetail.ftl?job=250001V7

Suspension of Honours at Ottawa in Greek & Roman Studies – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/10/saveottawagkrmst/

• ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 2) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C.
• 43 B.C. — Marcus Junius Brutus commits suicide in the wake of the defeat at Philippi (by one reckoning)
• 113 A.D. — the emperor Trajan departs from Rome for his war against the Parthians
• 251 A.D. — the future emperor Valerian is elected by the senate to the recently-revived office of censor
• 1469 — birth of Erasmus