ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ November 12, 2025

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LEGENDA
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A Roman river port, a road, and three extremely rare gold coins discovered in Aquileia, the fortified city that defended the Veneti from barbarian incursions

A Roman river port, a road, and three extremely rare gold coins discovered in Aquileia, the fortified city that defended the Veneti from barbarian incursions

Archaeologists Excavating a Roman Fort in Britain Discovered a Rare Red Gemstone Engraved With a Surprising Design
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-excavating-roman-fort-britain-discovered-rare-rred-gemstone-engraved-with-surprising-design-180987674/

Opium use in ancient Egypt: Alabaster vase residue points to widespread use
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-opium-ancient-egypt-alabaster-vase.html#goog_rewarded

Archaeologists in France Discover 2,000-Year-Old Port Under Toulon’s Naval Base – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/12/archaeologist-france-discover-port-toulon-naval-base/

Ancient Roman Theatre Seat Reveals Name of Prominent Priestess – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-roman-theatre-seat-reveals-name-of-prominent-priestess/

Greece Restores Three Early Christian Monuments on Astypalaia – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/11/greece-restores-three-early-christian-monuments-astypalaia/

Archaeologists Crack Century-old Mystery: What Were Clay Cornets Used for 6,000 Years Ago? – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-11-12/ty-article-magazine/archaeologists-crack-century-old-mystery-what-were-clay-cornets-used-for-6-000-years-ago/0000019a-77d8-d326-a3ff-f7d9a7510000

Needle-carved image linked to Sasanian king found in Southern Iran – Tehran Times
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/520316/Needle-carved-image-linked-to-Sasanian-king-found-in-Southern

[AI?] Egyptian bowl tests may show last meal before Pompeii | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-873435

Thieves Steal Roman-Era Statues From Damascus Museum
https://hyperallergic.com/1056436/thieves-steal-roman-era-statues-from-damascus-museum/

Theft of Roman statues from Syria’s main museum believed to be work of an individual – ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/theft-roman-statues-syrias-main-museum-believed-work-127451255

Syria opens probe into robbery at national museum
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251112-syria-opens-probe-into-robbery-at-national-museum

[paywalled] Homer’s “Odyssey” offers lessons for navigating 2026
https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2025/11/12/homers-odyssey-offers-lessons-for-navigating-2026

Why we’re obsessed with Greek myth retellings – Cherwell

Why we’re obsessed with Greek myth retellings

Healing, purification and holiness: how ancient Greeks, Romans and early Christians used olive oil
https://theconversation.com/healing-purification-and-holiness-how-ancient-greeks-romans-and-early-christians-used-olive-oil-267003

The Epic Clash That Ended the Roman Republic – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/12/titans-collided-epic-clash-ended-roman-republic/

When Alexander Crushed the Persians: The Historic Battle at Issus – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/12/when-alexander-crushed-persians-battle-issus/

The Birth of the Sword and Sandals Epic | History Today
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/birth-sword-and-sandals-epic

Getty Villa to Premiere “Thieves of California,” a Dystopian Reimagining of a Greek Tragedy – SM Mirror

Getty Villa to Premiere “Thieves of California,” a Dystopian Reimagining of a Greek Tragedy

Farewell to Textual Criticism? | Bible Interp
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/farewell-textual-criticism

Read all of antiquities dealer van Rijn’s odd and amazing early blog online here

Read all of antiquities dealer van Rijn’s odd and amazing early blog online here

Laudator Temporis Acti: Charles Wordsworth’s Graecae Grammaticae Rudimenta
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/charles-wordsworths-graecae-grammaticae.html

Heroic Appearances: Or, What Did Helen Look Like? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Heroic Appearances: Or, What Did Helen Look Like?

PaleoJudaica.com: Fake French Phoenician
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/fake-french-phoenician.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Marble mask excavated at the Carthage Tophet
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/marble-mask-excavated-at-carthage-tophet.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Raz’s modern broken(-)prophetic mirrors
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/razs-modern-broken-prophetic-mirrors.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Researching a Rigged Game: Digital Approaches to Tracing the Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/researching-rigged-game-digital.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Warriors’ Wives: Ancient Greek Myth and Modern Experience
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/warriors-wives-ancient-greek-myth-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Pläne von Boğazköy Ḫattuša Unterstadt-Große Tempel
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/plane-von-bogazkoy-hattusa-unterstadt.html

Ancient Bovillae: history, art, and archaeology of a lost city in the Roman hinterland – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Ancient Bovillae: history, art, and archaeology of a lost city in the Roman hinterland

The conqueror’s gift: Roman ethnography and the end of antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The conqueror’s gift: Roman ethnography and the end of antiquity

Diogenes by Inger N. I. Kuin — Open Letters Review
https://openlettersreview.com/posts/diogenes-by-n-i-kuin
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AUDIENDA
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Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’… – Breaking History – Apple Podcasts

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VIDENDA
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(291) Conserving Ancient Egyptian Artifacts – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Evolving Perspectives on Digital Classics

Evolving Perspectives on Digital Classics