- 46 B.C. — victory of Julius Caesar over pro-Pompey forces at Thapsus
- 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Theophilus Scholasticus ‘The Lawyer’
- 1811 — birth of H.G. Liddell (co-author of the massive Greek Lexicon which is still standard and father of Alice in Wonderland)
- 2001 — death of Emily Vermeule (author of Greece in the Bronze Age, among several other works)
Month: February 2026
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ February 5, 2026
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Hannibal’s famous war elephants: Single bone in Spain offers first direct evidence
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-hannibal-famous-war-elephants-bone.html
Archaeologists find evidence of Hannibal’s war elephants in Spain
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-hannibals-war-elephants-in-spain/156943
Divers find ancient Roman shipwreck off Puglia
Scents of the afterlife: Identifying embalming recipes by ‘sniffing’ the air around Egyptian mummies
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-scents-afterlife-embalming-recipes-sniffing.html
Breathing in the past: How museums can use biomolecular archaeology to bring ancient scents to life
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-museums-biomolecular-archaeology-ancient-scents.html
Petra aqueduct survey uncovers rare 116-meter lead conduit beside terracotta pipe
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-petra-aqueduct-survey-uncovers-rare.html
Archaeology in the City of David Yields New Treasures – Christianity Today
Ancient Egyptian letter hints at existence of giants | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-885660
The Roman Magna excavations: uncovering the past to safeguard its future | The National Lottery Heritage Fund
https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/projects/roman-magna-excavations-uncovering-past-safeguard-its-future
Volcanic vulvas and hermaphrodite marble: Ovid’s Metamorphoses reshaped at the Rijksmuseum | Museums | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/feb/05/ovid-metamorphoses-rijksmuseum
Egyptian and Indus Valley civilisations ‘were in contact’ – Pakistan – DAWN.COM
https://www.dawn.com/news/1971071
Why We’re Still Fighting Over Elgin’s Marbles | The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/frieze-frame-elgin-marbles-ae-stallings/
Ancient Greek Genius Archytas Built a Flying Machine 2,400 Years Before Drones – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/05/ancient-greek-archytas-flying-machine-drone/
Greek Temples May Be Stone Echoes of Ancient Ships – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/05/greek-temples-ancient-ships/
How Livy Turned Rome’s Past Into the Epic History We Still Read Today | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/livy-history-rome/
Alceste, By Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694-1752), Clément-Louis-Marie-Anne Belle (1722-1806), And Michel Audran (1701-1771) – The Historian’s Hut
How Romans would have known how to deal with Epstein | The Spectator Australia
Scents of the afterlife: Identifying embalming recipes by ‘sniffing’ the air around Egyptian mummies
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-scents-afterlife-embalming-recipes-sniffing.html#goog_rewarded
Ann Harnwell Ashmead, renowned classical archaeology researcher and writer, has died at 96
https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/ann-harnwell-ashmead-obituary-penn-haverford-philadelphia-archeology-20260204.html
June LeRay (nee Smith) Bates Obituary – The Leader
https://www.the-leader.com/obituaries/pnys1401394
Can we do anything to get British Library manuscripts back online?
Can we do anything to get British Library manuscripts back online?
Teaching Thursday: Chasing AI | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
De vele namen van Belgrado (4) – Mainzer Beobachter
De werken van Herakles (slot) – Mainzer Beobachter
De werken van Herakles (4) – Mainzer Beobachter
Laudator Temporis Acti: Timon
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/timon.html
PaleoJudaica.com: On Moses’ horns, once more
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-moses-horns-once-more.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Forthcoming Aitken memorial volume
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/forthcoming-aitken-memorial-volume.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rome’s Visceral Reactions: Politics and Poetics in Flesh and Blood
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/romes-visceral-reactions-politics-and.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Heroines of Greek and Roman Myth: An Intermediate Latin Reader
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/heroines-of-greek-and-roman-myth.html
La fabrique des bébés dans l’Antiquité. Enquête sur les “biberons” gallo-romains – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.07/
Eliano. Lettere rustiche – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.06/
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Polyphemus Last Words: Live at Michigan Junior Classical League (Ad Navseam, Episode 209) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/polyphemus-last-words-live-at-michigan-junior-classical-league-ad-navseam-episode-209/
Special Episode – The Emperor Titus with Marc Hyden – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies
Alexander the Great | Rise to Power – The Ancients | Acast
Roman Brick and Tile–Build Like a Roman – Apple Podcasts
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(1211) Spotlight Lecture: Judge like an Egyptian: Legal processes and dramas in the Pharaonic courts – YouTube
(1211) Inside Rome’s Best-Preserved Tombs: on the Via Latina – YouTube
(1213) Irene de Jong on her narratological commentary on Herodotus’ Histories – YouTube
(1215) Spartan Warriors? Modern myths and Ancient realities. – YouTube
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Why We Call It Psychology, Not Animology | Psychology Today
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/platonic-psychology/202602/why-we-call-it-psychology-not-animology
(19) ANE Today, 5 February 2026 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-5-february-2026?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=186876388&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Pasts Imperfect (2.5.26)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-2-5-26/?ref=pasts-imperfect-newsletter
This Day in Ancient History: pridie nonas februarias
- 211 — death of Septimius Severus at York; his son Caracalla assumed the title of pontifex maximus at this time
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ February 4, 2026
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An Ancient Aqueduct and Tunnel System Discovered Supplying the Villa of the Casoni in the Sabina, Predating the Roman Conquest
Rare Roman Panther Figurine with Its Paws on a Severed Head Is a Propaganda Tool Used in Britain
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/rare-roman-panther-figurine-with-its-paws-on-a-severed-head-is-a-propaganda-tool-used-in-britain/
(19) A 2,000-year-old reminder that everyone starts somewhere…
https://www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/a-2000-year-old-reminder-that-everyone
Ancient Greek Stele Found in WWI Trenches Honored at Thessaloniki Museum – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/04/ancient-greek-stele-wwi-trenches-honored-thessaloniki-museum/
Exceptional Discovery in the Ionian Sea: Newly Revealed Roman Shipwreck Found off Gallipoli, Italy – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/exceptional-discovery-in-the-ionian-sea-newly-revealed-roman-shipwreck-found-off-gallipoli-italy/
Poop as medicine? A Roman vial’s chemistry backs up ancient medical texts
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-poop-medicine-roman-vial-chemistry.html
Roman Shipwreck Carrying Ancient Garum Sauce Discovered in Ionian Sea – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/03/roman-shipwreck-ancient-garum-sauce-ionian-sea/
Knesset education panel advances bill to create civilian body in charge of West Bank antiquities | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/knesset-education-panel-advances-bill-to-create-civilian-body-in-charge-of-west-bank-antiquities/
Culture Ministry to upgrade facilities at Athens site of Aristotle’s Lyceum | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1294347/culture-ministry-to-upgrade-facilities-at-athens-site-of-aristotles-lyceum/
Olives have been essential to life in Italy for at least 6,000 years—far longer than we thought
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-olives-essential-life-italy-years.html
Is a Greek temple actually an overturned ship? A new theory revolutionizes the origin of classical architecture
Vanilla-Spiced Afterlife at Canaanite Megiddo – Biblical Archaeology Society
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/vanilla-spiced-afterlife-at-canaanite-megiddo/
A new translation of Oecumenius’ Commentary on Revelation, plus an article on using your phone to scan articles (and other snippets)
New project on Ibn al-Ṭayyib’s commentary on the Psalms
New Logos Libraries for 2026 – Reading Acts
De vele namen van Belgrado (3) – Mainzer Beobachter
De werken van Herakles (3) – Mainzer Beobachter
Scarcity and the Iliad: Thinking about Similes in Book 12 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
PaleoJudaica.com: The Qumran Restaurant?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-qumran-restaurant.html
PaleoJudaica.com: On the fall of Cartagena to the Romans
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-fall-of-cartagena-to-romans.html
PaleoJudaica.com: “House of David” in the Mesha Stele?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/house-of-david-in-mesha-stele.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rethinking Empire: Materiality, Metaphysics, and Imperial Politics
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/rethinking-empire-materiality.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Specialist literature on Sidonius Apollinaris
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/specialist-literature-on-sidonius.html
Ancient maritime loan contracts – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.05/
Performance and imagination: dramatic space in the comedies of Menander, Plautus and Terence – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.04/
What Have the Romans Ever Done For Us? | Issue 172 | Philosophy Now
https://philosophynow.org/issues/172/What_Have_the_Romans_Ever_Done_For_Us
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18 AFRI: Richard Rush | TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis
https://tllpod.podbean.com/e/18-afri-richard-rush/
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(1164) Did Egyptian gods and goddesses empower everyday worship—or reinforce state control? – YouTube
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Fully funded PhD scholarships in Ancient History
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/02/04/fully-funded-phd-scholarships-in-ancient-history/
Panel on Roman foreign relations
Machiavelli’s Roman Empire | Issue 172 | Philosophy Now
https://philosophynow.org/issues/172/Machiavellis_Roman_Empire
The Educational Philosophy of Quintilian | Issue 172 | Philosophy Now
https://philosophynow.org/issues/172/The_Educational_Philosophy_of_Quintilian
Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me by Edith Hall | Issue 172 | Philosophy Now
https://philosophynow.org/issues/172/Facing_Down_the_Furies_Suicide_the_Ancient_Greeks_and_Me_by_Edith_Hall
EARLY BRONZE AGE SEAL IMPRESSIONS FROM THERASIA: NEW EVIDENCE FOR SEAL USE IN THE CYCLADES AND THE EMERGENCE OF SCRIPT IN AN AEGEAN CONTEXT | Annual of the British School at Athens | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annual-of-the-british-school-at-athens/article/early-bronze-age-seal-impressions-from-therasia-new-evidence-for-seal-use-in-the-cyclades-and-the-emergence-of-script-in-an-aegean-context/060184267491CAF4F238CD2C0930DAC9?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes
EXPLORING POTTERY PRODUCTION AT PROTOPALATIAL TO POSTPALATIAL PALAIKASTRO (EAST CRETE) THROUGH INTEGRATED PETROGRAPHIC AND ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS | Annual of the British School at Athens | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annual-of-the-british-school-at-athens/article/exploring-pottery-production-at-protopalatial-to-postpalatial-palaikastro-east-crete-through-integrated-petrographic-and-elemental-analysis/B96CAE06025F54B766EECD50B133AC12?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes
This Day in Ancient History: pridie nonas februarias
- 211 — death of Septimius Severus at York; his son Caracalla assumed the title of pontifex maximus at this time
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