- c. 70 A.D. — martyrdom of Philemon and Apphia
- c. 117 A.D. — martyrdom of Cecilia
Month: November 2025
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ November 21, 2025
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2,000-year-old skull found at Celtic fort was likely a ‘war trophy’ displayed by conquering Romans | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/archaeologists-discover-decapitated-head-the-romans-used-as-a-warning-to-the-celts
Completion of the excavation at the site of Kofinou – Agios Herakleios and Menogeia – Limnes – Gov.cy
https://www.gov.cy/en/culture/completion-of-the-excavation-at-the-site-of-kofinou-agios-herakleios-and-menogeia-limnes/
Archaeologists Unearth Five Roman-Era Theater Masks in Turkey, Including Rare Portrait of a Philosopher
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/archaeologists-unearth-five-roman-era-theater-masks-in-turkey-including-rare-portrait-of-a-philosopher/
Preserved 3rd century mosaic excavated in Iznik
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/11/preserved-3rd-century-mosaic-excavated-in-iznik
Researchers Restore Long-Lost Greek Woman to the Bible After 2,000 Years – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/21/lost-greek-woman-bible/
Bulgaria Seizes Thousands of Looted Artifacts in Balkan Antiquities Bust | OCCRP
https://www.occrp.org/en/news/bulgaria-seizes-thousands-of-looted-artifacts-in-balkan-antiquities-bust
A 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus is unearthed in Budapest | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/hungary-roman-sarcophagus-discovery-budapest-77a41fe190bbcc167b43d05141536f54
Identification of Pharaoh Sheshonq III’s Sarcophagus in Ancient Tanis Marks Major Archaeological Breakthrough
Traces of Ancient Opium Found in a 2,500-Year-Old Egyptian Vase Linked to ‘King of Kings’ Xerxes
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/opium-egyptian-vase-xerxes/
Canaanite Folk Worship at Megiddo – Biblical Archaeology Society
She married her brother, then he died. The monument to her grief was a Wonder of the Ancient World | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/travel/mausoleum-halicarnassus-bodrum-turkey
This mummy portrait isn’t from Roman Egypt – it was generated by AI
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251121-mummy-portrait-roman-egypt-fake-artificial-intelligence
Greek Mythology’s Enduring Influence on Modern Literature and Art – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/20/greek-mythology-influence-modern-literature-art/
Oh, the Sage You Could Be! – by Doug Bates
https://ataraxiaorbust.substack.com/p/oh-the-sage-you-could-be?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2723270&post_id=178685835&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Blog #113: Pannonians Abroad? New Evidence from a Roman Auxiliary Base in Central Turkey with Andrew L. Goldman – Peopling the Past
The Left Thinks Western Civilization Itself Is ‘White Nationalist’
https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/21/the-left-thinks-western-civilization-itself-is-white-nationalist/
Aristophanes would have loved Zohran Mamdani | The Spectator Australia
Gilbert W. Lawall – Concord Monitor
Laudator Temporis Acti: A Latin Sentence
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-latin-sentence.html
Laudator Temporis Acti: Classical Education
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/classical-education.html
Laudator Temporis Acti: Sign of Approbation
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/sign-of-approbation.html
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: 35 arrests in Bulgaria in a large art trafficking investigation
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/11/35-arrests-in-bulgaria-in-large-art.html
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: A Single Coin “Rewrites” German History?
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/11/coin-rewrites-german-history.html
Astyanax: A New Peer-Reviewed Undergraduate Journal of Classical Studies | Classics at Reading
Astyanax: A New Peer-Reviewed Undergraduate Journal of Classical Studies
Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
PaleoJudaica.com: Civil Administration expropriating land around Sebastia
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/civil-administration-expropriating-land.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Pre-exilic linguistic dating of Isaiah 40-66?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/pre-exilic-linguistic-dating-of-isaiah.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: A Paleography of the Book of Kemyt
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-paleography-of-book-of-kemyt.html
Hand-modeled ceramics of the early nomads of the northern Black Sea region (9th – first half of the 7th century BC) | Spartokos read
1177 BC: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline and Glynnis Fawkes (Princeton University Press, 2024) | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/1177-bc-a-graphic-history-of-the-year-civilization-collapsed-by-eric-h-cline-and-glynnis-fawkes-princeton-university-press-2024/385D921A421FBD7962510C9C5E3B1DA4?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Myths, Muses and Mortals. The Way of Life in Ancient Greece (W.) Furley Pp. ills, map. London: Reaktion Books, 2024. Cased, £25. ISBN: 978-1-78914-917-3. https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/myths-muses-and-mortals | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/myths-muses-and-mortals-the-way-of-life-in-ancient-greece-w-furley-pp-ills-map-london-reaktion-books-2024-cased-25-isbn-9781789149173-httpsreaktionbookscoukworkmythsmusesandmortals/89001B0F2CC31D74C7764AB242123DBC?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation Roosevelt Montás. Princeton University Press, 2021. 248 pp. Cased: ISBN 978-0-691-20039-2 (US $24.95) | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/rescuing-socrates-how-the-great-books-changed-my-life-and-why-they-matter-for-a-new-generation-roosevelt-montas-princeton-university-press-2021-248-pp-cased-isbn-9780691200392-us-2495/1444B95DBD50B664CD6876E00AE87E8D?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
The First Witches: Women of Power in the Classical World (A.H.) Prescott Pp xxii + 172, pls. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books, 2025. Cased, £25. ISBN: 9781399038362 | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/first-witches-women-of-power-in-the-classical-world-ah-prescott-pp-xxii-172-pls-barnsley-pen-sword-books-2025-cased-25-isbn-9781399038362/F64E2172445E1C01BCFACECA9CE8B04D?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
How to Flourish: An Ancient Guide to Living Well Review of Susan Sauvé Meyer, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023) | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/how-to-flourish-an-ancient-guide-to-living-well-review-of-susan-sauve-meyer-princeton-princeton-university-press-2023/A1973DC5A2277B86C627386AFEBCD1B3?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
The Small Stuff of Roman Antiquity (E.) Gowers Pp. xvi + 170, b/w & colour ills. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2025. Paper, £30, US$ $34.95. ISBN: 978-0-520-41314-6. https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-small-stuff-of-roman-antiquity/paper | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/small-stuff-of-roman-antiquity-e-gowers-pp-xvi-170-bw-colour-ills-oakland-ca-university-of-california-press-2025-paper-30-us-3495-isbn-9780520413146-httpswwwucpressedubooksthesmallstuffofromanantiquitypaper/5732326338F02887FD7CD60A560D9DCE?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Plato. How to talk about Love: An Ancient Guide for Modern Lovers (A.) D’Angour (ed. Trans.) Pp. Xxxviii + 166. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2025. Cased, £14.99, US$17.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-25688-7. https://princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780961256887/how-to-talk-about-love | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/plato-how-to-talk-about-love-an-ancient-guide-for-modern-lovers-a-dangour-ed-trans-pp-xxxviii-166-princeton-nj-princeton-university-press-2025-cased-1499-us1795-isbn-9780691256887-httpsprincetonedubookshardcover9780961256887howtotalkaboutlove/8A993CF69BCCC079F5B78BC3AF1D6F94?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Gewalt in der Antike. Religiöse Ansätze zu ihrer Legitimierung und Delegitimierung – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Gewalt in der Antike. Religiöse Ansätze zu ihrer Legitimierung und Delegitimierung
Slavery and dependence in ancient Egypt: sources in translation – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Slavery and dependence in ancient Egypt: sources in translation
Drawing lots: from egalitarianism to democracy in ancient Greece – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Drawing lots: from egalitarianism to democracy in ancient Greece
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Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA384 – Did Hannibal and Scipio Africanus Really Meet?
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa384-did-hannibal-and-scipio-africanus-really-meet
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(525) Priscus and Verus: The Gladiators Who Both Won Their Freedom – YouTube
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Semantic Annotation for the Ancient World Conference 2026 – TALOS AI4SSH
Import of Amphorae in the Western Pontic area (1st-7th c. AD)
Import of Amphorae in the Western Pontic area (1st-7th c. AD)
Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic
https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781541606470
The Romans by Edward Watts — Open Letters Review
https://openlettersreview.com/posts/the-romans-by-edward-watts
The Sound of Attic: The Fabric of Linguistic Imitation in Greek Imperial Texts | The Cambridge Classical Journal | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-classical-journal/article/sound-of-attic-the-fabric-of-linguistic-imitation-in-greek-imperial-texts/339CD76AF8B6D68A99FD96443FB5F404?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
The contribution of board games to vocabulary acquisition in the college Latin classroom | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/contribution-of-board-games-to-vocabulary-acquisition-in-the-college-latin-classroom/0EC0688357C4FCDBEFBFA8693CB9FA6A?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xi kalendas decembres
- 53 B.C. – Death of Marcus Licinius Crassus in Mesopotamia shortly after his defeat at Carrhae
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ November 20, 2025
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3rd-century Roman mosaic emerges in Iznik amid preparations for Papal visit – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/3rd-century-roman-mosaic-emerges-in-iznik-amid-preparations-for-papal-visit-3210156
Ancient honey-barley bread revived in Türkiye as scholars recreate 3,000-year-old recipe – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/lifestyle/ancient-honey-barley-bread-revived-in-turkiye-as-scholars-recreate-3000-year-old-reci-3210160
2,000-year-old Roman fruit found at ancient fort in northern England | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/ancient-roman-fort-yields-2000-year-old-fruit-survived-centuries-other-treasures
Completion of the 2025 season of archaeological excavations at the Bronze Age settlement of Kissonerga-Skalia – Gov.cy
https://www.gov.cy/en/culture/completion-of-the-2025-season-of-archaeological-excavations-at-the-bronze-age-settlement-of-kissonerga-skalia/
Ancient Anchorage and Three Shipwrecks Discovered off Fethiye Reveal 4,000 Years of Maritime Traffic – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-anchorage-and-three-shipwrecks-discovered-off-fethiye-reveal-4000-years-of-maritime-traffic/
Five New Roman-Era Theatrical Masks Unearthed in Kastabala, Including a Rare Depiction of an Elderly Philosopher – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/five-new-roman-era-theatrical-masks-unearthed-in-kastabala-including-a-rare-depiction-of-an-elderly-philosopher/
A 2,000-Year-Old Sanctuary Discovered Where Merchants Traveling Between Mesopotamia, India, and Arabia Made Offerings Before Crossing the Persian Gulf
225 royal ushabti figurines unearthed in Nile Delta Tanis archaeological site – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/557221/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/-royal-ushabti-figurines-unearthed-in-Nile-Delta-T.aspx
Israel to Expropriate Hundreds of Acres of Palestinian Land for West Bank Archaeological Site – West Bank
https://www.haaretz.com/west-bank/2025-11-20/ty-article/.premium/hundreds-of-acres-of-palestinian-land-to-be-expropriated-by-israel-for-archaeological-site/0000019a-a054-dd6e-a5fa-fbf495620000
Richest Iron Age burial assemblage in Southern Levant discovered at Horvat Tevet
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-richest-iron-age-burial-assemblage.html
Europol: Antiquities worth more than 100 million euro seized in Bulgaria – The Sofia Globe
Europol: Antiquities worth more than 100 million euro seized in Bulgaria
Gold coins stolen from Roman Museum in Switzerland – SWI swissinfo.ch
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/gold-coins-stolen-from-the-roman-museum-in-lausanne/90404651?utm_source=multiple&utm_campaign=swi-rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=o
[paywalled] The Roman emperor who died from eating too much cheese | National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/roman-emperors-augustus-nero-antoninus-pius
National Archaeological Museum unveils new room for the Chimera of Arezzo | The Florentine The Florentine
https://www.theflorentine.net/2025/11/19/national-archaeological-museum-unveils-new-room-for-the-chimera-of-arezzo/
Step inside the ancient Roman empire’s gladiatorial arenas, and witness 24 hours of shocking violence | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/ancient-rome-empire-gladiatorial-arena-24-hours/
Ephemeris ~ POENA CAPITIS ASIATICA Hasina condemnata est
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2450
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Secrecy Surrounds former Whereabouts of Ancient Akkadian Seal Stolen from the Duhok Museum in 1991.
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/11/secrecy-surrounds-former-whereabouts-of.html
Touching history in the Princeton University Numismatic Collection – The Princetonian
https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025/11/princeton-features-retrospective-numismatic-collection-touching-history
The History Girls: The Nuclear Option: Love Spells and Curses in the Ancient World by Elisabeth Storrs
https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-nuclear-option-love-spells-and.html
The Chaotic Ascent And Dramatic Murder Of The Ancient Cypriot Ruler, Evagoras – The Historian’s Hut
The Chaotic Ascent And Dramatic Murder Of The Ancient Cypriot Ruler, Evagoras
Backing Up the Future: Characterization and Rivalry in Iliad 4 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Backing Up the Future: Characterization and Rivalry in Iliad 4
Plato’s “Ship of Fools” Allegory Shows How Incompetent Rulers Sink the State | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/plato-ship-of-fools/
Lost in translation | Blog post | Mary Beard
Nub Nefer – Liv Mariah Yarrow
Further Monogram Musings – Liv Mariah Yarrow
PaleoJudaica.com: The Poetics of Prophecy series – author response
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-poetics-of-prophecy-series-author.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Anneli Aejmelaeus (1948-2025)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/anneli-aejmelaeus-1948-2025.html
PaleoJudaica.com: TC has moved and has a new volume out (30, 2025)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/tc-has-moved-and-has-new-volume-out-30.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Behemoth in the Book of Job
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/behemoth-in-book-of-job.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient dueling Abraham exegesis
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/ancient-dueling-abraham-exegesis.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Il papiro Westcar
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/il-papiro-westcar.html
The Orphic hymns: poetry and genre, with a critical text and translation – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
The Orphic hymns: poetry and genre, with a critical text and translation
Naissance du discours sur les édifices chrétiens dans la littérature latine occidentale: d’Ambroise de Milan à Grégoire de Tours – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Urbanism and its impact on human health: a long-term study at Knossos, Crete – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Urbanism and its impact on human health: a long-term study at Knossos, Crete
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[old news]BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time, Zeno’s Paradoxes (Archive Episode)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0m9rl29
Zoroastrianism – The Ancients | Acast
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(498) Fall of Rome: Elon Musk’s Crazy Doomsday History – YouTube
(500) Vittorio Cisnetti on Cambyses’ fleet and the first naval endeavour of the Persians – YouTube
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Pasts Imperfect (11.20.25)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-11-20-25/?ref=pasts-imperfect-newsletter
City and Micro-region in the Ancient Mediterranean
The Reception of the Ancient World in Cards
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xii kalendas decembres
- Mercatus — time to restock the cupboards after the Jupiterfest!
- 63 A.D. — shipwreck of St. Paul (by one reckoning)
- 270 (?) — birth of the future emperor Maximinus Daia
- 284 A.D. — elevation of Diocletian to the rank of Caesar
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