ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ February 20, 2026

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LEGENDA
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German builders accidentally discover ancient Roman ruins while working on LVR-Jewish Museum | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/roman-germany-lvr-jewish-museum-b2923638.html

In a ‘race against time,’ archaeologists uncovered Roman-era footprints from a Scottish beach before the tide washed them away | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/in-a-race-against-time-archaeologists-uncovered-roman-era-footprints-from-a-scottish-beach-before-the-tide-washed-them-away

Agesilaus II, the great warrior king of Sparta who fought in Egypt in the service of a pharaoh and could not prevent the decline of his city

Agesilaus II, the great warrior king of Sparta who fought in Egypt in the service of a pharaoh and could not prevent the decline of his city

Civilizational Hardware and Software – Nadya Williams

Civilizational Hardware and Software

A coffin holding a dead ‘princess’ fell from an eroded cliff over 100 years ago — archaeologists just solved a major mystery about her | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/a-coffin-holding-a-dead-princess-fell-from-an-eroded-cliff-over-100-years-ago-archaeologists-just-solved-a-major-mystery-about-her

Scientists analyzed bottle residue from ancient Rome. They found human feces : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5712815/scientists-analyzed-bottle-residue-from-ancient-rome-they-found-human-feces

What Greek Myth Looked Like in Martha Graham’s Modernist World | CUNY Graduate Center
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/what-greek-myth-looked-martha-grahams-modernist-world

Second Temple Period Workshop Discovered Near Jerusalem – Biblical Archaeology Society

Second Temple Period Workshop Discovered Near Jerusalem

Who Was Pyrrhus and What is a Pyrrhic Victory?
https://www.worldatlas.com/ancient-world/who-was-pyrrhus-and-what-is-a-pyrrhic-victory-52075.html

Updating the list of works of Ephraem Graecus, and a couple of articles in PDF

Updating the list of works of Ephraem Graecus, and a couple of articles in PDF

[AI?] Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Varia and Quick Hits

It’s LEGO Classicism Day! – Classical Studies Support

It’s LEGO Classicism Day!

Writing on Mount Hymettos… in Duplo! – The VIEWS project

Writing on Mount Hymettos… in Duplo!

[paywalled] How historically accurate is Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey?
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/history/article/christopher-nolan-odyssey-how-historically-accurate-wd7bdkzrn

Het vierkinderenrecht – Mainzer Beobachter

Het vierkinderenrecht

PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient bronze scale pan excavated in Sussiya
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/ancient-bronze-scale-pan-excavated-in.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Berkovitz, A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/review-of-berkovitz-life-of-psalms-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Fractured Britannia: The Twilight of Roman Britain
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/fractured-britannia-twilight-of-roman.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: GROMA | documenting archaeology
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2017/05/open-access-journal-groma-documenting.html

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AUDIENDA
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101: The Siege of Syracuse–Casting Through Ancient Greece – Apple Podcasts

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA397 – Athenian Archers
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa397-athenian-archers

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VIDENDA
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(105) What is ‘a Roman Copy of a Greek Original’? – YouTube

New Podcast – The Homer Hotline – The Classical Association of Canada

New Podcast – The Homer Hotline

(105) The Work of the BSA: 2026 Annual Open Lecture Athens – YouTube

(104) Odysseus really is “just a man” 🥸 #shorts #greekmythology #ancientgreece – YouTube

(104) Pikes, Elephants, Artillery at Thermopylae (191 BC) DOCUMENTARY – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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THOUGHT FOR FOOD: ON NIOBE’S ETERNAL BROODING | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/thought-for-food-on-niobes-eternal-brooding/725D6374B5DCB0AD6FEE06BB26F31F36

FUTURES PAST | The Classical Review | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-review/article/futures-past/98166E7715C0212BEA00E08FE7F0EA83

Classics: consigned to the past, or the key to the future? In defence of a classical curriculum | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/classics-consigned-to-the-past-or-the-key-to-the-future-in-defence-of-a-classical-curriculum/

Semester 2 2026 Reading Classics Research Seminars | Classics at Reading

Semester 2 2026 Reading Classics Research Seminars

Upcoming Event: L’Année philologique: A Guided Tour for College Students | March 13 | Society for Classical Studies
https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/upcoming-event-lann%C3%A9e-philologique-guided-tour-college-students-march-13

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