This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii idus martias

March 13, 2026March 12, 2026 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

Festival of Mars (day 13)
222 A.D. dies imperii of Severus Alexander

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ March 12, 2026

March 12, 2026 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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LEGENDA
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New permanent exhibition shows plaster casts of Pompeii victims frozen at the moment of their death :: WRAL.com
https://www.wral.com/news/ap/494f3-new-permanent-exhibition-shows-plaster-casts-of-pompeii-victims-frozen-at-the-moment-of-their-death/

Lost page of legendary Archimedes palimpsest found in France
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-lost-page-legendary-archimedes-palimpsest.html

New Samnite Necropolis Sector Discovered in Pontecagnano: 34 Tombs and Unusual Child Burials with Bronze Warrior Belts – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/new-samnite-necropolis-sector-discovered-in-pontecagnano-34-tombs-and-unusual-child-burials-with-bronze-warrior-belts/

Researcher uncovers Zoroastrian ‘ripples’ in Jewish documents from ancient Egypt
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-uncovers-zoroastrian-ripples-jewish-documents.html

Archaeologists Find 1,500-Year-Old Roman Statue Head in Rubble
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a70726015/roman-statue-head-discovered/

ArtDependence | Illegally excavated Marble Bust to be returned to Italy following Loan Agreement
https://artdependence.com/articles/illegally-excavated-marble-bust-to-be-returned-to-italy-following-loan-agreement/

Someone Used This Mysterious Coin as Bus Fare in the 1950s. It Turned Out to Be 2,000-Year-Old Currency Minted by the Phoenicians
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/someone-used-this-mysterious-coin-as-bus-fare-in-the-1950s-it-turned-out-to-be-2000-year-old-currency-minted-by-the-phoenicians-180988337/

A graveyard of ancient ships discovered in the Roman port. Divers and archaeologists find shipwrecks, anchors, and a villa with mysterious cisterns beneath the city of Ptolemais. Why the mysterious faces and strange rituals? And what was the gift room? Experts answer.

Nel porto romano scoperto un cimitero di navi antichissime. Sub e archeologi trovano relitti, ancore e la villa con cisterne misteriose sotto la città di Tolemaide. Perchè volti misteriosi e strani riti? E cos’era la stanza dei regali? Rispondono gli esperti

Works And Days theatre review: Epic, wordless and audacious
https://list.co.uk/news/works-and-days-theatre-review-epic-wordless-and-audacious-48078

AI Brings Ancient Greek Oracle of Dodona to Life – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/12/ai-ancient-greek-oracle-dodona-life/

How Rare Greek Helmets Are Rewriting the History of Magna Graecia – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/12/rare-greek-helmets-magna-graecia/

The Ancient Greek Engineer Who Invented Cinema 2,000 Years Before Hollywood – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/12/ancient-greek-engineer-invented-cinema/

Ancient Tombs Discovered in Southern Italy Reveal Family Burials From Samnite Era – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/12/ancient-tombs-southern-italy-family-burials-samnite-era/

Stop Calling Them “Marbles”, They’re the Parthenon Sculptures!
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/03/12/stop-calling-them-marbles-theyre-the-parthenon-sculptures

[questionable headline]Excavations in Paphos, Cyrpus, Reveal Rare Late Hellenistic Structures – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/11/paphos-excavation-rare-late-hellenistic-structures/

Unhappy families course examines domestic strife within ancient Greek texts | Faculty of Arts & Science
https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/unhappy-families-course-examines-domestic-strife-within-ancient-greek-texts

(12) An erotic epiphany (but for whom?): Ovid, Amores 1.5.9-10
https://paideiainstitute.substack.com/p/an-erotic-epiphany-but-for-whom-ovid

The Bacchae by Company of Wolves at Studio Theatre, Edinburgh (Theatre Review) 3 stars – SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland

The Bacchae by Company of Wolves at Studio Theatre, Edinburgh (Theatre Review) 3 stars

Denzel Washington, Antoine Fuqua Hannibal Epic to Shoot in Italy
https://variety.com/2026/film/global/denzel-washington-antoine-fuqua-hannibal-epic-shoot-italy-1236684537/

Sing, goddess, of epic rage: The irony behind “Epic Fury” – Neos Kosmos

Sing, goddess, of epic rage: The irony behind “Epic Fury”

Immigration and Borders in Ancient Egypt

Immigration and Borders in Ancient Egypt

Why Was the Danube Frontier So Important During the Roman Empire? | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/danube-frontier-during-roman-empire/

Plato and the Metaverse: The Allegory of the Cave 2.0 | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/escape-plato-cave-virtual-reality/

(12) The Ends of the Odyssey – by Casey Dué – Homeric Questions
https://homericquestions.substack.com/p/the-ends-of-the-odyssey

The Powerful Mind of Zeus: Revitalizing Hektor and the Iliad’s Plot – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

The Powerful Mind of Zeus: Revitalizing Hektor and the Iliad’s Plot

Teaching Thursday: I Learned it By Watching You | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Teaching Thursday: I Learned it By Watching You

De Bagdadspoorlijn – Mainzer Beobachter

De Bagdadspoorlijn

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Growling Stomach
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-growling-stomach.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Jack Russell Lundbom, 1939-2026
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/jack-russell-lundbom-1939-2026.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Dueling Zadokites and Levites?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/dueling-zadokites-and-levites.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Loan closings in antiquity
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/loan-closings-in-antiquity.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-language-of-heroes-speech-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Zeus in the Odyssey
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/zeus-in-odyssey.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Phraseologie und indogermanische Dichtersprache in der Sprache der griechischen Chorlyrik: Pindar und Bakchylides
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/phraseologie-und-indogermanische.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Love in the Age of War: Soldiers in Menander
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/love-in-age-of-war-soldiers-in-menander.html

Γυναικείοι δυναστικοί εικονιστικοί ανδριάντες αυτοκρατορικής περιόδου από την Ελλάδα – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.16/

Aristophanes, Testimonia – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.15/

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AUDIENDA
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The Code of Hammurabi–In Our Time – Apple Podcasts

The Phoenicians – The Ancients | Acast

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VIDENDA
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Video. Mount Vesuvius eruption victims feature in landmark Pompeii exhibition | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/03/12/catastrophic-casting-mount-vesuvius-eruption-victims-feature-in-landmark-pompeii-exhibitio

(653) Phiale – YouTube

(656) What Can Ancient History Tell Us About Revolutions? – YouTube

(656) James Renshaw on stories of the first Marathon-runner – YouTube

(656) Farming and festivals: Sacred and economic activity at rural sanctuaries near Metaponto – YouTube

(657) lēctūra ūndecima: Cum Clauses; Ferō (LTN 102) – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Call for applications for 12 PhD positions – TheSPIS Project – Theaters, Sanctuaries, Performance: Interaction and Sustainability – Cultural Heritage, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Ancient History, Theatre Studies, Historical and Religious Studies (Deadline May 11) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2026/03/spisphdpositions/

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv idus martias

March 12, 2026March 11, 2026 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

Festival of Mars (day 12)

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ March 11, 2026

March 11, 2026 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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LEGENDA
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13,000 ostraca discovered at Athribis archaeological site in Sohag – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/563811/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/,-ostraca-discovered-at-Athribis-archaeological-si.aspx

[AI?] Rare Archimedes text resurfaces in a French museum | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-889516

Scientists Discover Hidden Secrets Inside the Eyes of a 2,500-Year-Old Etruscan Statue – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/10/hidden-secrets-eyes-etruscan-statue/

New Excavations Suggest Greece’s Samikon Temple May Have Served as an Ancient Archive – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/10/greece-samikon-temple-ancient-archive/

ArtDependence | Original Site of looted Roman Mosaic found in Pompeii
https://artdependence.com/articles/original-site-of-looted-roman-mosaic-found-in-pompeii/

Ancient Roman rite revealed by nail found in chest of Roman burial
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/ancient-roman-rite-revealed-by-nail-found-in-chest-of-roman-burial/157327

Cicero on Our Disengaged Age – Public Discourse

Cicero on Our Disengaged Age

The Judgment of Paris, Attributed to Antonio da Vendri (c. 16th century) – The Historian’s Hut

The Judgment of Paris, Attributed to Antonio da Vendri (c. 16th century)

Aristotle’s Views On Carthaginian Social Programs – The Historian’s Hut

Aristotle’s Views On Carthaginian Social Programs

Virgil – The Historian’s Hut

Virgil

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/

Engaged Leadership in Classics – Classics and Archaeology
https://brocku.ca/humanities/classics/2026/03/10/engaged-leadership-in-classics/

An interesting interview with a translator

An interesting interview with a translator

Ancient Roman sculptures provide a portal to the past at MMFA | Montreal Gazette
https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment_life/dunlevy-ancient-roman-sculptures-provide-a-portal-to-the-past-at-mmfa

Restoration and preservation work begins at rare pyramid-style tomb in Marmaris – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/restoration-and-protection-work-begins-at-rare-pyramid-style-tomb-in-marmaris-3215961

“Sealed According to Law”: The First Loan Closings in Antiquity – Part II | Burr & Forman – JDSupra
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/sealed-according-to-law-the-first-loan-9394711/

Excavating the Royal Capital of Ammon: A New Research Project on the Amman Citadel – The Ancient Near East Today

Excavating the Royal Capital of Ammon: A New Research Project on the Amman Citadel

Back to Procopius of Gaza

Back to Procopius of Gaza

Ancient Roman walls in Chester vandalised in ‘heritage crime’
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4zkw5qwv7o

Book Joy! – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Book Joy!

Writing Wednesday: Fresh from the Notebook | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Writing Wednesday: Fresh from the Notebook

Ephemeris ~ NOVUS AYATOLLAH CREATUS EST
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2463

Geesteswetenschappen in oorlogstijd – Mainzer Beobachter

Geesteswetenschappen in oorlogstijd

PaleoJudaica.com: Lendering on that new Syriac (Arabic) world chronicle
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/lendering-on-that-new-syriac-arabic.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Tohubohu?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/tohubohu.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Another review of Corpus inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. Volume 5
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/another-review-of-corpus-inscriptionum.html

Maternity, monstrosity, and heroic (im)mortality from Homer to Shakespeare – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.14/

Unrest in the Roman Empire: a discursive history – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.13/

The Buried City: Unearthing the Real Pompeii, by Gabriel Zuchtriegel | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740824?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=2488cea145-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=2488cea145&mc_eid=693126d49d

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(615) Landscape, Loss, and Looting. Lessons Learned at an Early Bronze Age site, Jordan – YouTube

(616) Why Rome Banned Gladiators: The Slow Death of the Arena – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Jobs – The University of York
https://jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-research-associate-assyriology-606942.html

SOTADES’ AMAZON RHYTON: A CASE STUDY IN CROSS-CULTURAL CONNECTIVITY | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/sotades-amazon-rhyton-a-case-study-in-crosscultural-connectivity/A17A7E6E69ECFB063209133CDCEA529C?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

THE ‘PROBLEM OF UNITY’ IN PINDAR: AN OLD CHESTNUT, NEW PERSPECTIVES | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/problem-of-unity-in-pindar-an-old-chestnut-new-perspectives/1114DC21ECD56175271DF1E4197181C0?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

BEAUTIFUL HEPHAISTOS: A RE-PRESENTATION OF A KALOS-INSCRIPTION | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/beautiful-hephaistos-a-representation-of-a-kalosinscription/F242B241B1A62BD5C7D53FAF1C37A3D0?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

BRISEIS, XANTHUS, AND SUPPRESSED TENSIONS IN ILIAD 19 | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/briseis-xanthus-and-suppressed-tensions-in-iliad-19/3EA50B30F3230F8163C0B303CB1C6480?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Greek literature | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/greek-literature/B3D7FFF0C9225529142D03A0F27AB050?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Latin literature | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/latin-literature/056A7E4187C6F42F0EAC82937EF1838C?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Art and archaeology | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/art-and-archaeology/E100F9B2ECA3587320CEA6FB87AB4CF9?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Philosophy | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/philosophy/5375777EC2CDDB66053DC902BE38E8B9?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Roman history | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/roman-history/A7C95DC609A1ADD72049F7F7CDD414C4?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Reception | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/reception/F088880AD72C33A64431F71219CE9AC4?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Experiments in Classical Reception: A Symposium in Honour of Professor Emerita Lorna Hardwick – CRSN