ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ February 8, 2026

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LEGENDA
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Finding personal Roman items in Carlisle a ‘real connection’
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6y5qn8q6qo

A Massive Dam Uncovered in Jerusalem Reveals an Ancient Climate Crisis and a Brilliant Solution – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2026-02-07/ty-article-magazine/a-dam-discovered-in-jeusalem-reveals-an-ancient-climate-crisis-and-a-brilliant-solution/0000019c-2785-db08-abdd-6f8f9c9d0000

2,500 Roman Votive Offerings in Britain and Gaul Reveal Gender Divide Between Clay Women and Metal Gods – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/2500-roman-votive-offerings-in-britain-and-gaul-reveal-gender-divide-between-clay-women-and-metal-gods/

Ancient Roman Mithras Temple Discovered in Bavaria, Germany – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/06/mithras-temple-bavaria-germany/

Marcus Licinius Crassus The Richest Man In Ancient Rome
https://www.worldatlas.com/ancient-world/marcus-licinius-crassus-the-richest-man-in-ancient-rome-51618.html

Did ancient Greeks let women compete in the Olympics? | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/did-ancient-greeks-let-women-compete-in-the-olympics

A Germanic Batavian Farm from the Roman Imperial Era Discovered in Germany — a Tribe Previously Thought to Have Lived Much Farther West at the Time

A Germanic Batavian Farm from the Roman Imperial Era Discovered in Germany — a Tribe Previously Thought to Have Lived Much Farther West at the Time

From Super Bowl I to MMMDCCCLXXXVIII: Why is it written in Roman numerals? – The Athletic

[paywalled] Caesar lives! The brilliantly evocative Roman novels of Allan Massie
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/allan-massie-emperor-of-historical-novel-ll7tj03tl

Ancient Romans loved their dogs. Here’s what their heartbreakingly beautiful epitaphs said about them. – Upworthy
https://www.upworthy.com/roman-dog-epitaph

A Brief Commentary on Helen in Margaret Atwood’s Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing and the Influence of Second Wave Feminism  – Retrospect Journal

A Brief Commentary on Helen in Margaret Atwood’s Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing and the Influence of Second Wave Feminism 

What We Lose When We Abandon the Classics ━ The European Conservative

What We Lose When We Abandon the Classics

Barbara A. BARLETTA – The Press Democrat

Barbara A. BARLETTA

Probably not Oscan – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Probably not Oscan

Orthography (a post I absolutely didn’t want to write) – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Orthography (a post I absolutely didn’t want to write)

Hektor and the Beast: More Similes in Iliad 12 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Hektor and the Beast: More Similes in Iliad 12

The Edithorial: Ancient Ideas and Modern Life Skills in UK Prisons
https://edithorial.blogspot.com/2026/02/ancient-ideas-and-modern-life-skills-in.html

De Solemnitatibus Paschae, “On the Solemnities of Passover” (CPL 2278) – online in English

De Solemnitatibus Paschae, “On the Solemnities of Passover” (CPL 2278) – online in English

(18) The End of the Road – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-road?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=187116152&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Roman Times: Hearing Power: Sound and Authority in the Ancient World
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2026/02/hearing-power-sound-and-authority-in.html

Bijbelse en Griekse insecten – Mainzer Beobachter

Bijbelse en Griekse insecten

Brutus en Cassius en de anderen – Mainzer Beobachter

Brutus en Cassius en de anderen

Laudator Temporis Acti: Guard Your Tongue
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/guard-your-tongue.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Temporary Loss of Laughter
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/temporary-loss-of-laughter.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Siquans & Kowalski (eds.), The Reception of Exodus Motifs in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic Writings (Mohr Siebeck)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/siquans-kowalski-eds-reception-of.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Dello Russo, A Jewish Archaeology (Brill)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/dello-russo-jewish-archaeology-brill.html

Apsaros: A Roman Fort on the Colchis Coast | Spartokos read

Apsaros : A Roman Fort on the Colchis Coast


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Anima Latina 08.02.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2026/02/anima-latina-08-02-2026.html

How to Write Cuneiform – The Ancients | Acast

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 07.02.2026 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2026/02/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-07-02-2026.html
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VIDENDA
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(1275) Calypso, Immortal. Odyssey 5.203-209. Ancient Greek with lyre. Bettina Joy de Guzman. – YouTube

(1275) Against All Odds: Battle of Carrhae, 53 BC – YouTube

Watch: an archaeologist’s guide to Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ – Berkeley News
https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/02/06/watch-an-archaeologists-guide-to-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey/

(1275) Bacchae | Official Trailer | National Theatre at Home – YouTube

(1275) Bacchae | ‘Who are ya?’ | National Theatre at Home – YouTube

(1275) Bacchae | ‘A very inspiring trajectory’ | National Theatre at Home – YouTube

(1275) New Analysis Changes the Identity of a Roman Statue – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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explorator 28.06 ~ February 8, 2026 – Explorator

explorator 28.06 ~ February 8, 2026

Project MUSE – Supplication, Speech, Eating: Maurice Blanchot and Niobe in the Iliad
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/982370

Reading the The Odyssey at UC Berkeley | Division of Arts & Humanities
https://artshumanities.berkeley.edu/reading-odyssey-uc-berkeley

REMINDER: Seeking Nominations for the Elaine Fantham Award in Public Engagement (Deadline February 15) | Appel de candidatures – Prix Elaine Fantham pour la mobilisation du public en Études classiques (date limite: 15 février) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2026/02/fantham2026reminder2/

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