ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ March 9, 2026

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LEGENDA
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Lost page of the Archimedes Palimpsest identified in Blois, central France
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-lost-page-archimedes-palimpsest-blois.html#goog_rewarded

Bronze Sheets Found in the Great Temple of Samikon in Elis Reveal It Was Used as a Document Archive in Antiquity

Bronze Sheets Found in the Great Temple of Samikon in Elis Reveal It Was Used as a Document Archive in Antiquity

Vast burial complex discovered in Rome’s Ostiense Necropolis
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/vast-burial-complex-discovered-in-romes-ostiense-necropolis/157284

Marble lion unearthed during excavations in Philippi
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/marble-lion-unearthed-during-excavations-in-philippi/157289

AI Figures Out the Rules of a Mysterious 2,000-Year-Old Board Game from Ancient Rome | Open Culture

AI Figures Out the Rules of a Mysterious 2,000-Year-Old Board Game from Ancient Rome

Roman-era gold mines in the Eastern Pyrenees

Roman-era gold mines in the Eastern Pyrenees

Work to start on repairing ‘tired’ historic Lincoln Roman arch
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4g0x0glg6o

Coin used as Leeds bus fare was 2,000‑year‑old currency
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w558gvrdro

[AI?] Ancient mystery uncovered in Italy: 2,600-year-old Etruscan Tomb found with four skeletons and treasure | World News – The Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/ancient-mystery-uncovered-in-italy-2600-year-old-etruscan-tomb-found-with-four-skeletons-and-treasure/articleshow/129284802.cms

The secret in Lake Nemi (Part 2): Mystery in Lake Nemi: Did Hitler’s soldiers destroy the luxury ships of the Roman Emperor Caligula? | blue News
https://www.bluewin.ch/en/entertainment/did-hitlers-soldiers-destroy-the-luxury-ships-of-the-roman-emperor-caligula-3116011.html

A new era for the ancient world – How women are dominating the Classics – The New Feminist

A new era for the ancient world – How women are dominating the Classics

Philogelos: The World’s Oldest Surviving Joke Book from Ancient Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/09/philogelos-ancient-greece-joke-book/

Sappho, the Ancient Greek Poet – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/08/sappho-poet-fragments/

What Stoic Philosophers Say About Health And Healthcare
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbooksauthors/2026/03/09/what-stoic-philosophers-say-about-health-and-healthcare/

Gladiators, Graffiti, and Martyrs – Biblical Archaeology Society

Gladiators, Graffiti, and Martyrs

(13) The Emperor’s Notebook: Introducing a new translation of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations
https://paideiainstitute.substack.com/p/the-emperors-notebook-introducing

Netflix shares first details of ‘brutal’ historical drama based on bestseller – Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/netflix-shares-first-details-brutal-33556089

Óresteia At The National Theatre Is Gruesome And Glorious

Óresteia At The National Theatre Is Gruesome And Glorious

Brothers, Sisters, Wives, and Divine (Dis)Order: Setting things Straight in Iliad 15 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Brothers, Sisters, Wives, and Divine (Dis)Order: Setting things Straight in Iliad 15

Weekly Varia no. 172, 03/08/26 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 172, 03/08/26

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (10) Abd al-Malik – Mainzer Beobachter

De Maronitische Wereldkroniek (10) Abd al-Malik

Laudator Temporis Acti: Birth
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/03/birth.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A reused ancient menorah relief in Rome
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-reused-ancient-menorah-relief-in-rome.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Punic bus fare?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/punic-bus-fare.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Redacting Moses’ “radiant” face?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/redacting-moses-radiant-face.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Epic Singers and Oral Tradition
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/epic-singers-and-oral-tradition.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Eve of the Festival: Making Myth in Odyssey 19
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/eve-of-festival-making-myth-in-odyssey.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Blemished Kings: Suitors in the Odyssey, Blame Poetics, and Irish Satire
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/blemished-kings-suitors-in-odyssey.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Scythica Minora. Recherches sur les colonies grecques du littoral roumain de la mer Noire
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/scythica-minora-recherches-sur-les.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Le temple de Dendara X. Les chapelles osiriennes: Planches en couleur
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/le-temple-de-dendara-x-les-chapelles.html

Epigraphica. Works dedicated to the VII Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (Constanta, September 9-15, 1977) | Spartokos has read

Épigraphica. Travaux dédiés au VII Congrès d’épigraphie grecque et latine (Constantza, 9-15 septembre 1977)

Mediterranean collections in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: perspectives from afar – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.10/

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VIDENDA
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(568) Looking Inside: how do Greek pots conjure the interior? by Dr Emily Clifford – YouTube

(568) Institute for the Study of Ancient Culture Excavations at Libya – YouTube

(569) Cheiron Bell Crater: Greek Theatre Sources – YouTube

(569) Choregos – YouTube

(570) Rome’s Longest Siege – The Fall of Carthage (ALL PARTS) – YouTube

(570) The historical context of Aeschylus’ Oresteia: politics, religion, culture, by Paul Grigsby – YouTube

(570) Aeschylus’ Oresteia (Warwick, 2026) – YouTube

(570) The House in Aeschylus’ Oresteia, by Dr Emmanuela Bakola – YouTube

(570) The Warwick Oresteia, by Dr Emmanuela Bakola – YouTube

(570) Hypatia of Alexandria: The Tragic Death of a Philosopher – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Towards a Smart Edition of Apollodorus’ Library | Digital Classics Online
https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/dco/article/view/114797

Homer Appreciation Day | Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies | University of Waterloo
https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-institute-for-hellenistic-studies/events-workshops/homer-appreciation-day

Mosaic Scholarship – Call for Applications (Deadline May 1) | Bourse Mosaïque – Appel de candidatures (Date limite 1 mai) – The Classical Association of Canada

Mosaic Scholarship – Call for Applications (Deadline May 1) | Bourse Mosaïque – Appel de candidatures (Date limite 1 mai)

Desmond Conacher Scholarship – Call for Applications (Deadline May 1) | Desmond Conacher Scholarship – Call for Applications (Deadline May 1) – The Classical Association of Canada

Desmond Conacher Scholarship – Call for Applications (Deadline May 1) | Bourse Desmond Conacher – Appel de candidatures (Date limite 1 mai)

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