ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ December 2, 2025

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LEGENDA
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Monumental Roman basin hidden for 2,000 years unearthed near Rome | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251202052222.htm

Shepherd sparks Türkiye’s latest archaeological breakthrough | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/shepherd-sparks-turkiyes-latest-archaeological-breakthrough/

A Rare 2,000-Year-Old Roman Sun Hat From Cleopatra’s Egypt Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/roman-era-sun-hat-egypt/

Ancient dirty dishes reveal decades of questionable findings
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-ancient-dirty-dishes-reveal-decades.html

Hoard of Persian gold found after being buried for 2,400 years – Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/news/treasure-hoard-of-persian-gold-found-had-been-buried-for-2400-years/

November 2025 in Turkish archaeology | Turkish Archaeological News
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/november-2025-turkish-archaeology

Three coin hoards found in northern France

Three coin hoards found in northern France

Byzantine-Era mosaic discovered in Midyat
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/12/byzantine-era-mosaic-discovered-in-midyat/156523

Rare Roman silver ring discovered at Northumberland site | Hexham Courant
https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/25653367.rare-roman-silver-ring-discovered-northumberland-site/

The research project for the reassembly of fragmented frescoes using an “intelligent robot” comes to an end | EurekAlert!
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1107962

The first Bible map

The first Bible map

Can the US Avoid the Sallust Snare? – The National Interest
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/can-the-us-avoid-the-sallust-snare

Türkiye’s most extensive fake-artifact exhibition opens in Diyarbakir – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/turkiyes-most-extensive-fake-artifact-exhibition-opens-in-turkiyes-diyarbakir-3210661

This UK City Celebrates the Ancient Roman Festival of Saturnalia, Complete With a Roman Legion Parade
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/chester-celebrates-roman-saturnalia-chrismas-rep/

Female gladiators shocked the ancient Roman world — but not for the reason you think | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/ancient-gladiators-female-role-and-reality/

Ancient Roman Grave Goods Suggest Military Officers Kept Pet Monkeys That Had Pets Of Their Own | IFLScience
https://www.iflscience.com/roman-military-officers-had-pet-monkeys-and-the-pet-monkeys-had-pet-piglets-81764

How Ancient Greek Mythology Foreshadowed Modern Prosthetics – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/02/ancient-greek-mythology-modern-prosthetics/

What ancient Athens teaches us about debate – and dissent – in the social media age
https://theconversation.com/what-ancient-athens-teaches-us-about-debate-and-dissent-in-the-social-media-age-270100

ROM appoints Kate Cooper as first Nick Mirkopoulos Associate Curator of Ancient Greece & Rome | Royal Ontario Museum
https://www.rom.on.ca/news-releases/rom-appoints-kate-cooper-first-nick-mirkopoulos-associate-curator-ancient-greece-rome

Thanksgiving 2025: A Mythological Puzzle from Trimalchio – CANE

Thanksgiving 2025: A Mythological Puzzle from Trimalchio

Laudator Temporis Acti: Philologists
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/philologists.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: When Democracy Breaks: Studies in Democratic Erosion and Collapse, from Ancient Athens to the Present Day
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/when-democracy-breaks-studies-in.html

Kim Bowes, Surviving Rome: The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Kim Bowes, Surviving Rome: The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent

The Shield of Aeneas: Memory and History in Virgil’s “Aeneid” ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The Shield of Aeneas: Memory and History in Virgil’s “Aeneid”

Women are gross – cosi’s odyssey
https://cosisodyssey.substack.com/p/women-are-gross?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=991656&post_id=177963000&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

The Romans in Copenhagen | Blog post | Mary Beard

The Romans in Copenhagen

Het einde van Valerianus – Mainzer Beobachter

Het einde van Valerianus

Alexander de Grote in Egypte (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

Alexander de Grote in Egypte (2)

Faits divers (44): de wetenschap in het nieuws – Mainzer Beobachter

Faits divers (44): de wetenschap in het nieuws

Good Advice (That You Just Can’t Take) | Sphinx

Good Advice (That You Just Can’t Take)

Weekly Varia no. 158, 11/30/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 158, 11/30/25

Victory! Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa Saved – The Classical Association of Canada

Victory! Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa Saved

Structure and Stories: Reading Iliad 6 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Structure and Stories: Reading Iliad 6

PaleoJudaica.com: Another review of Perrin, Lost Words and Forgotten Worlds
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/another-review-of-perrin-lost-words-and.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The last Hasmonean princess
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-last-hasmonean-princess.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Josephus Christianus project
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-josephus-christianus-project.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Many-Minded Man: The “Odyssey,” Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-many-minded-man-odyssey-psychology.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mythologizing Performance
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/mythologizing-performance.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Script and Society: The Social Context of Writing Practices in Late Bronze Age Ugarit
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/script-and-society-social-context-of.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New History of the Peloponnesian War
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-history-of-peloponnesian-war.html

Today’s Christians Can Learn from Yesterday’s Pagans – Christianity Today

Today’s Christians Can Learn from Yesterday’s Pagans

Il mito di Atreo e Tieste nella tragedia greca frammentaria di V secolo a.C. – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Il mito di Atreo e Tieste nella tragedia greca frammentaria di V secolo a.C.

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AUDIENDA
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Ancient History Hound: Tacfarinas with Dr Jo Ball
https://ancientblogger.libsyn.com/tacfarinas-with-dr-jo-ball

The Ancient History of the Hor… – Ancient History Fangirl – Apple Podcasts

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VIDENDA
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(817) Ancient Rome Live is live! – YouTube

(818) Origins of Gladiatorial Combat – YouTube

Why We Needed a New Translation of Homer’s Odyssey | With Emily Wilson | Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/video/the-story-of-homers-odyssey/-351015

(818) The results of archaeological Excavations at Tell Es-Sukhnah, Zarqa Area”, by Dr. Nabil Ali – YouTube

(818) The Hawara Hoax: Joe Rogan’s UFO in the Egyptian Labyrinth⁉️ Debunking UnchartedX – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Nestor – December 2025 issue available
https://classics.uc.edu/nestor/pages/news/853-december-2025-issue-available

Ancient Sparta

Ancient Sparta

This Day in Ancient History: iv nonas decembres

  • c. 255 A.D. — martyrdom of Hippolytus
  • c. 256 A.D. — martyrdom of Aurelia and Paulina
  • 259 A.D. — martyrdom of Pontian
    … a little cluster from the persecution under Valerian