ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN March 17, 2026

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LEGENDA
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Excavations in Syedra reveal a 1,500-year-old mosaic
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/excavations-in-syedra-reveal-a-1500-year-old-mosaic/157402

Just How Much Did Pompeii’s Prized Blue Paint Cost?
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pompeii-egyptian-blue-pigment-cost-2754800

Ancient graffiti reveals scenes of everyday life in Pompeii
https://www.dw.com/en/previously-unseen-ancient-graffiti-reveals-scenes-of-everyday-life-in-pompeii/a-76289185

‘Mentor’ shipwreck study uncovers possible fragment of Parthenon
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/mentor-shipwreck-study-uncovers-possible-fragment-of-parthenon/157420

Rare Painted Altar of Celtic God Sucellus Discovered at Roman Sanctuary in France – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/17/painted-altar-celtic-god-sucellus-roman-sanctuary-france/

How Did Humans Travel, Trade, and Even Escape Across the Landscapes of Ancient Greece? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/17/humans-travel-trade-escape-ancient-greece/

Gladiatorial reliefs discovered near the Appian Way
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/gladiatorial-reliefs-discovered-near-the-appian-way/157415

First inscribed Hellenistic sling bullet found in Israel’s Golan | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-890153

Feature: Is He Guilty? Greek Hero Odysseus Is Tried for Murder in the National Hellenic Museum’s Latest Courtroom-Style Drama | Third Coast Review
https://thirdcoastreview.com/stages/2026/03/16/feature-odysseus-trial-national-hellenic-museum

Australian artist creates LEGO tribute to late director of Acropolis Museum | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1298187/australian-artist-creates-lego-tribute-to-late-director-of-acropolis-museum/

A complete Bronze Age loom with carbonized wood found in Alicante reveals how textiles were made 3,500 years ago

A complete Bronze Age loom with carbonized wood found in Alicante reveals how textiles were made 3,500 years ago

Remains of a Roman Concrete Bridge-Aqueduct That Supplied Water to First-Century Caesaraugusta Found in Zaragoza

Remains of a Roman Concrete Bridge-Aqueduct That Supplied Water to First-Century Caesaraugusta Found in Zaragoza

Elite Ritual Banquets and Two Temples: Archaeologists Uncover a Vast Gallo-Roman Sanctuary in Burgundy – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/elite-ritual-banquets-and-two-temples-archaeologists-uncover-a-vast-gallo-roman-sanctuary-in-burgundy/

They Drove Nails Into the Dead — And It Wasn’t Random: The Dark Roman Ritual Behind It – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/they-drove-nails-into-the-dead-and-it-wasnt-random-the-dark-roman-ritual-behind-it/

Police detain suspected antiquities thieves before sheltering with them under rocket fire | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-detain-suspected-antiquities-thieves-before-sheltering-with-them-under-rocket-fire/

Police Arrest Athens Man for Possession of Ancient Greek Amphora Fragments (vid) – tovima.com

Police Arrest Athens Man for Possession of Ancient Greek Amphora Fragments (vid)

Haunting Casts Preserving Pompeii Victims’ Final Moments 2,000 Years Ago Go on Display in a Solemn New Exhibition
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/haunting-casts-preserving-pompeii-victims-final-moments-2000-years-ago-go-on-display-in-a-solemn-new-exhibition-180988350/

Pestilence and population shifts – The Past
https://the-past.com/comment/pestilence-and-population-shifts/

Two Thing Tuesday: The Archive and Watts’ Blindsight | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Two Thing Tuesday: The Archive and Watts’ Blindsight

Did Ancient Civilizations Have Organized Crime? – Tales of Times Forgotten

Did Ancient Civilizations Have Organized Crime?

The Bullet(s) Speak(s)! – Liv Mariah Yarrow

The Bullet(s) Speak(s)!

The Goddess of Many Faces — Unravelling the Mystery of Ephesian Artemis | Turkish Archaeological News
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/goddess-many-faces-%E2%80%94-unravelling-mystery-ephesian-artemis

Answering Some Questions – The Philological Crocodile

Answering Some Questions

De Senaat vergadert – Mainzer Beobachter

De Senaat vergadert

PaleoJudaica.com: Mosaic-floor church excavated at Nitzana in the Negev
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/mosaic-floor-church-excavated-at.html

PaleoJudaica.com: “What is the Talmud?” – upcoming roundtable papers
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/what-is-talmud-upcoming-roundtable.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Unauthorized West Bank antiquity confiscation?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/unauthorized-west-bank-antiquity.html

Cicero. Laelius de Amicitia – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.20/

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AUDIENDA
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Catullus Nose Poetry: Three Neoteric Gems (Ad Navseam, Episode 214) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/catullus-nose-poetry-three-neoteric-poems-ad-navseam-episode-214/

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VIDENDA
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(14) New casts of Pompeii victims go on display – YouTube

(14) lēctūra duodecima: Comparison of Adverbs; Volō, Mālō, Nōlō; Proviso Clauses (LTN 102) – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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The Aesthetics of Ovidian Violence and the Limits of Narrative

The Aesthetics of Ovidian Violence and the Limits of Narrative

Invited Lecture: Dodona Travels to Ithaca and Back — Lessons from Testing AI in Greek Epigraphy (Hybrid) – TALOS AI4SSH

Invited Lecture: Dodona Travels to Ithaca and Back — Lessons from Testing AI in Greek Epigraphy (Hybrid)

Art Crime Research Opportunities: 17 March 2026

Art Crime Research Opportunities: 17 March 2026

Ancient oak trees reveal why Roman Britain really collapsed
https://www.zmescience.com/science/history-articles/tree-climate-roman-britain-rep/

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvi kalendas apriles

  • Festival of Mars continues (day 17)
  • Liberalia — a festival of general merriment and wine drinking in honour of Liber Pater (another name for Bacchus)
  • Agonalia — the rex sacrificulus would offer a ram to various deities
  • 45 B.C. — Julius Caesar defeats Pompey’s sons and Labienus at Munda
  • 136 A.D. — the future emperor Marcus Aurelius dons the toga virilis
  • 180 A.D. — death of Marcus Aurelius at Bononia
  • 461 A.D. — death of Saint Patrick (traditional)