• The tribunes of the plebs would enter their office on this day during the Roman Republic.
• ca 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Carpophorus

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Pompeii offers insights into ancient Roman building technology | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
https://news.mit.edu/2025/pompeii-offers-insights-ancient-roman-building-technology-1209

We Finally Know Why Roman Concrete Has Survived For Nearly 2,000 Years : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-why-roman-concrete-has-survived-for-nearly-2000-years

[AI?] Maccabean wall segment unearthed by Antiquities Authority | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-879650

Ancient Marble Mystery: Rare 2,500-Year-Old Greek Sculpture Unearthed in Etruscan Heartland – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-marble-mystery-rare-2500-year-old-greek-sculpture-unearthed-in-etruscan-heartland/

Two Cypriot antiquities repatriated from the USA | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2025/12/09/two-cypriot-antiquities-repatriated-from-the-usa

The Roman Expansion Felled Forests So Remote, Inaccessible, and Ancient North of the Alps That They Had Never Been Exploited Before

The Roman Expansion Felled Forests So Remote, Inaccessible, and Ancient North of the Alps That They Had Never Been Exploited Before

‘Unique’ Roman Medusa Cameo Turns Up at Austrian Construction Site
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roman-medusa-cameo-hallstatt-2725536

Incense Burner Depicting Greco-Egyptian God Serapis Unearthed in Ancient Ephesus – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/09/incense-burner-greco-egyptian-god-serapis-ephesus/

Archaeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Luxury Pleasure Barge Bearing Greek Graffiti in Sunken Royal Harbor of Alexandria
https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/12/09/alexandria-pleasure-barge-greek-graffiti/

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Roman Olive Oil Production Facilities in North Africa
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-ancient-roman-olive-oil-production-facilities-in-north-africa-180987775/

New findings in Pompeii reveal that slaves were fed beans and fruit to maintain their health and productivity

New findings in Pompeii reveal that slaves were fed beans and fruit to maintain their health and productivity

Locating ancient settlements and artefacts on Greek Islands

Locating ancient settlements and artefacts on Greek Islands

Thick Clothes Worn by Pompeii Victims Raise Questions About Eruption Timing – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/09/thick-clothes-pompeii-victims-questions-eruption-timing/

How did Bronze Age plague spread?

How did Bronze Age plague spread?

British Museum Chairman: ‘Pretty Optimistic’ Over Return of Marbles – tovima.com

British Museum Chairman: ‘Pretty Optimistic’ Over Return of Marbles

Review: ‘Oedipus’ is not your mother’s Greek tragedy – Washington Square News

Review: ‘Oedipus’ is not your mother’s Greek tragedy

Ancient Roman culture would be baffling to modern eyes – and their toilet habits prove it | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/ancient-cultural-values-privacy/

How One of the Most Famous Definitions of Love Came from an Ancient Woman Who May Not Even Be Real
https://www.zmescience.com/science/history-articles/how-one-of-the-most-famous-definitions-of-love-came-from-an-ancient-woman-who-may-not-even-be-real/

Brown: IO SATURNALIA! Main Line and beyond Latin students herald the ancient Roman festival of peace and harmony

Brown: IO SATURNALIA! Main Line and beyond Latin students herald the ancient Roman festival of peace and harmony

Thrilling new versions of Greek myths pulse with queer desire and feminist fury
https://theconversation.com/thrilling-new-versions-of-greek-myths-pulse-with-queer-desire-and-feminist-fury-266079

An amateur archaeologist in ancient Sardinia.
https://thecrotonchronicle.substack.com/p/an-amateur-archaeologist-in-ancient

What makes a good caption? | Blog post | The TLS

What makes a good caption?

The “Life” of St Botolph by Folcard, with epitomes and breviary readings, English and Latin – now online (BHL 1428, BHL 1429, BHL 1430, BHL 1431)) – Roger Pearse
https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2025/12/09/the-life-of-st-botolph-by-folcard-with-epitomes-and-breviary-readings-english-and-latin-now-online-bhl-1428-bhl-1429-bhl-1430-bhl-1431/

How many letters of St Jerome remain untranslated into English? – Roger Pearse

How many letters of St Jerome remain untranslated into English?

Dark Acadamia | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Dark Acadamia

Laudator Temporis Acti: Grazers
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/12/grazers.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Aims
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/12/aims.html

Sallustius, Caesars handlanger – Mainzer Beobachter

Sallustius, Caesars handlanger

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Myria
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/myria.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les jeux sur les mots, les lettres et les sons dans les textes latins
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/les-jeux-sur-les-mots-les-lettres-et.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Festa in mostra: Le lastre architettoniche C e D della serie etrusca arcaica Acquarossa-Tuscania
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/festa-in-mostra-le-lastre.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Studies on the history and archaeology of Lydia from the Early Lydian period to Late Antiquity: Études sur l’histoire et l’archéologie de Lydie de la période proto-lydienne à la fin de l’Antiquité: Erken Lydia Dönemi’nden Geç Antik Çağ’a kadar Lydia’nın Tarihi ve Arkeolojisi
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/studies-on-history-and-archaeology-of.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sur les routes du désert Oriental égyptien: De la piste ptolémaïque d’Edfou à Bérénice au réseau des praesidia romains
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/sur-les-routes-du-desert-oriental.html

How republics die: creeping authoritarianism in ancient Rome and beyond – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

How republics die: creeping authoritarianism in ancient Rome and beyond

Colour Schemes in Roman Architecture: Aesthetics, Semantics, and Regional Appropriation, edited by Matthias Grawehr and Johannes Lipps | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739560?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=2ccb5d05fc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=2ccb5d05fc&mc_eid=693126d49d
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Episode CCL – Anthology of Int…–Emperors of Rome – Apple Podcasts

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(140) Taking Home Agamemnon: Casting the Lion Gate Before and After Schliemann’s Excavations at Mycenae – YouTube

(142) Excavation of the Imperial Fora! Via Alessandrina dig continues! – YouTube

(142) Ancient Roman remains on every corner of the city! Check out these marble steps! – YouTube

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News – Discover the Griffin Warrior of Pylos at the 2026 Annual Meeting – Archaeological Institute of America

Discover the Griffin Warrior of Pylos at the 2026 Annual Meeting

Project MUSE – Beyond the River, Under the Eye of Rome
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/126891

• 297 A.D. — martyrs of Samosata
• 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Leocadia
• 1667 — birth of William Whiston (translator of Josephus, although better known for other reasons)
• 1717 — birth of Johann Winckelmann

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Wreck of 2,000-year-old pleasure boat discovered off Egypt’s coast – CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shipwreck-ancient-pleasure-boat-discovered-egypt-coast/

Archaeologists probe ancient Roman army camp: ‘Possibly the largest in Belgium’ | VRT NWS: news
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/12/08/archaeologists-probe-ancient-roman-army-camp-possibly-the-large/

The victims of Pompeii wore tunic and thick wool cloak, which calls into question the historical date of the eruption

The victims of Pompeii wore tunic and thick wool cloak, which calls into question the historical date of the eruption

Scientists reveal a surprising new timeline for ancient Egypt | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251207031331.htm

Archaeologists Uncover Remarkably Preserved 2,600-Year-Old Monumental Grave in Switzerland – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-uncover-remarkably-preserved-2600-year-old-monumental-grave-in-switzerland/

The Medusa of Hallstatt

The Medusa of Hallstatt

Goat herder discovers an ornately carved Roman-Era stele
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/12/goat-herder-discovers-an-ornately-carved-roman-era-stele/156551

Huge Section of Jerusalem’s ‘First’ City Wall Found Beneath Prison – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-12-08/ty-article/huge-section-of-jerusalems-first-city-wall-found-beneath-prison/0000019a-fd10-d193-a1be-ffb1f7cf0000

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Roman Olive Oil Production Facilities in North Africa
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-ancient-roman-olive-oil-production-facilities-in-north-africa-180987775/

Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic | Language | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/08/linguists-start-compiling-first-ever-complete-dictionary-of-ancient-celtic

Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Will Bring Back the Most Controversial Parts of ‘Oppenheimer’
https://movieweb.com/the-odyssey-bring-back-oppenheimer-moral-dilemma-controversies/

Archaeologists use lasers to locate ancient settlements and artifacts on Greek Islands
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-archaeologists-lasers-ancient-settlements-artifacts.html#goog_rewarded

[paywalled] Collector Surrenders ‘Nude Emperor’ Statue Identified as Looted – The New York Times

[AI?] Ancient Roman coins found in archaeological dig in France | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-879568

Seven Roman columns to rise again in Amasra after 2,000 years
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/seven-roman-columns-to-rise-again-in-amasra-after-2-000-years-216557

[old news]Possible ancient artifacts are found in a B.C. thrift shop — and archeology scholars are on the case
https://theconversation.com/possible-ancient-artifacts-are-found-in-a-b-c-thrift-shop-and-archeology-scholars-are-on-the-case-267064

Louvre staff vote to strike, citing failures of management and building maintenance – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/08/louvre-staff-vote-to-strike-citing-management-failures-and-the-buildings-poor-condition

Water leak at Paris Louvre Museum damages books at Egyptian antiquities department | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/water-leak-paris-louvre-museum-damages-books-egyptian-antiquities-department-2025-12-07/

The Drunken Dance That Accidentally Gave Rise to Democracy in Ancient Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/07/drunken-dance-democracy-ancient-greece/

This Century’s Monumental Translation of Aristotle’s Complete Works – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/this-centurys-monumental-translation-of-aristotles-complete-works/

Bread, Circuses, Baths: Bathing in Rome, the Public Way – JSTOR Daily

Bread, Circuses, Baths: Bathing in Rome, the Public Way

Ancient and Medieval People Believed that Unicorns Were Real—and Murderous – Tales of Times Forgotten

Ancient and Medieval People Believed that Unicorns Were Real—and Murderous

Drone-magnetometrie – Mainzer Beobachter

Drone-magnetometrie

Olielamp met stierengevecht – Mainzer Beobachter

Olielamp met stierengevecht

New article – Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves: Roman Paracomedy and All-female Stage Space | Classically Inclined

New article – Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves: Roman Paracomedy and All-female Stage Space

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Operation METHODICAL: Protecting London’s Art During a Nuclear Attack
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/12/operation-methodical-protecting-londons.html

No Space for Dionysus: Story and Meaning in Iliad 6 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

No Space for Dionysus: Story and Meaning in Iliad 6

Myth Takes 2025 Gift Guide: So You Want to Start an Art Supplies Addiction
https://donnazuckerberg.substack.com/p/myth-takes-2025-gift-guide-so-you?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2108238&post_id=180827000&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Weekly Varia no. 159, 12/07/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 159, 12/07/25

PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient glass ring found by Sifting Project volunteer
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/ancient-glass-ring-found-by-sifting.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day 2025
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/pretend-to-be-time-traveler-day-2025.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Excavating Jerusalem’s Hasmonean-era city wall
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/excavating-jerusalems-hasmonean-era.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: LaLaLexiT. Late Latin Lexicon in Transition
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/lalalexit-late-latin-lexicon-in.html

Herodotus the Storyteller – Matthew K. Reising

Herodotus the Storyteller

La théurgie et la mystagogie dans la philosophie de Proclus: statut, rôle, implications – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

La théurgie et la mystagogie dans la philosophie de Proclus: statut, rôle, implications

The sophists – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The sophists

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(110) Ancient Greek Art Advent | Day 7 – YouTube

(110) What are Rome’s Early Christian Churches? – YouTube

(110) Mavericks: Three Visionary Pharaohs of Egypt – YouTube

(110) Choose Your Fighter – Roman Gladiator Edition – YouTube

(110) The impact of Classics at Beam County Primary School – YouTube

(110) Ancient Coin Podcast with Aaron Berk – Episode 72 – YouTube

(110) Greek Numerals are WAY BETTER than Roman Numerals – YouTube

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University of London | Jobs | Search here for your perfect career – Job Information | Apply for Lecturer in Classical Studies (Research, Training and Partnerships)
https://www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?jobid=3196

REMINDER: CFPs, Annual conference, May 5th-7th 2026 (Deadline January 5) | Appels à communications pour la conférence annuelle, 5-7 mai 2026 (Date limite 5 janvier) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/12/cfp2026reminder/

Multifaceted City

Multifaceted City

• Rites in honour of Tiberinus and Gaia — not a lot is known about these rites; Tiberinus had a temple on the Tiber island and presided over the Tiber (of course); Gaia seems to have originally given the Campus Martius (a.k.a. Campus Tiberinus) to the Roman people.
• 65 B.C. — birth of the poet Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)