ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ April 5, 2026

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LEGENDA
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Egyptian police in Minya arrest man possessing hundreds of antiquities – Egypt Independent

Egyptian police in Minya arrest man possessing hundreds of antiquities

The treasure in the mud: the bronzes of San Casciano, history of discovery
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/the-treasure-in-the-mud-the-bronzes-of-san-casciano-history-of-discovery

A Roman submerged port structure discovered off Asini in the Argolid, with foundations of several piers and docks

A Roman submerged port structure discovered off Asini in the Argolid, with foundations of several piers and docks

The attack that changed the history of the Vascones: evidence of a Roman Republic battle found at the oppidum of Irulegi

The attack that changed the history of the Vascones: evidence of a Roman Republic battle found at the oppidum of Irulegi

What happened to the Minoan civilization? | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/what-happened-to-the-minoan-civilization

Pompeii Evidence Points to an Ancient Automatic Weapon Used More Than 2,000 Years Ago — The Polybolos – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/pompeii-evidence-points-to-an-ancient-automatic-weapon-used-more-than-2000-years-ago-the-polybolos/

Buried Roman sanctuary discovered beneath Frankfurt hints at shocking rituals | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260405003937.htm

Roman camp discovery linked to Battle of Pydna
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/04/roman-camp-discovered-linked-to-battle-of-pydna/157662

Previously Unknown 2,500-Year-Old Achaemenid Cemetery Discovered in Northern Iran—Includes Woman Buried with Horse Gear – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/previously-unknown-2500-year-old-achaemenid-cemetery-discovered-in-northern-iran-includes-woman-buried-with-horse-gear/

Bybon, the Ancient Greek Strongman Who Lifted a 316-Pound Stone With One Hand – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/04/ancient-greek-weightlifter-bybon/

Explore the Ancient Greek World Through a Revolutionary Digital Map – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/04/ancient-greek-world-digital-map/

Apollonius of Rhodes: The Man Who Changed Ancient Greek Literature for Ever – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/05/apollonius-rhodes-man-change-greek-literature/

Attributed to the Villa Giulia Painter – Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar) – Greek, Attic – Classical – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/zh/art/collection/search/256791

Terracotta mug with horizontal rills – Greek, South Italian, Apulian – Classical – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/zh/art/collection/search/255791

Falcon-headed sphinx recumbent on a pedestal with a ramp, and a feline(?) behind, possibly a gnomon for a shadow clock or instrument – Late Period–Ptolemaic Period – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/zh/art/collection/search/570309

Mosaic of the House of Citharist of Pompeii – Roman – Late Republican – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/ja/art/collection/search/900498

Pompeii Study Confirms Roman ‘Wine’ Ritual Previously Known Only From Texts
https://gizmodo.com/pompeii-study-confirms-roman-wine-ritual-previously-known-only-from-texts-2000739384?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQ3q8hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe8hvEZv1g295vC-k_l-k7JZa_I0Dr_56qO59lXJzMgxoO3XauI2Rx8RcfJI8_aem_4ZFxkVezqBuQEYQY8zChyw

Spectacular Roman Villa Being Restored in Amyntaio near Florina – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/spectacular-roman-villa-being-restored-in-amyntaio-near-florina/

A crisis in the Classics and Religious Studies department: U of O Honours BA in Greek and Roman Studies suspended again  – The Fulcrum

A crisis in the Classics and Religious Studies department: U of O Honours BA in Greek and Roman Studies suspended again 

[paywalled] Mary Beard: ‘I’ve annoyed people. It comes with the territory’
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/history/article/mary-beard-ive-annoyed-people-it-comes-with-the-territory-rx3n3pn8z

Erin L. Thompson | The Epstein Marbles
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/march/the-epstein-marbles?fbclid=IwVERTSAQ88sJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5V1I2KssUFtg4ARWI-wTvxnfdtO3aP4Oo84biVV2JVa-evXpsmrQQKwNYSpw_aem_SGorfajk1eyYaPmbBXKMMQ&sfnsn=mo

Japan gets its first “ancient Roman VTuber” as author of legendary Thermae Romae series announces debut  – AUTOMATON WEST

Japan gets its first “ancient Roman VTuber” as author of legendary Thermae Romae series announces debut 

‘Lysistrata’ in Shanghai | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1299948/lysistrata-in-shanghai/

Cuneiform Written Artifacts and Missing Evidence in the Study of the Ancient Near East – The Ancient Near East Today

Cuneiform Written Artifacts and Missing Evidence in the Study of the Ancient Near East

Eusebius Gallicanus, Homily 12, De Pascha 1 – English translation

Eusebius Gallicanus, Homily 12, De Pascha 1 – English translation

Security, Spectacle, and Return – Illicit Cultural Property

Security, Spectacle, and Return

Laudator Temporis Acti: Contentment
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/contentment.html

Collections: Reconstructing the Roman Pectoral – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Reconstructing the Roman Pectoral

Voor-westerse geschiedenis (8) de zeeën – Mainzer Beobachter

Voor-westerse geschiedenis (8) de zeeën

PaleoJudaica.com: Isaiah between Judaism and Christianity (Mohr Siebeck)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/isaiah-between-judaism-and-christianity.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Easter 2026
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/easter-2026.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Does the Exodus story subvert Egyptian propaganda?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/does-exodus-story-subvert-egyptian.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Levin, The Chronicles of David and Solomon (T&T Clark)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/levin-chronicles-of-david-and-solomon-t.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: “Mixed Aorists” in Homeric Greek
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/mixed-aorists-in-homeric-greek.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/lovers-of-soul-lovers-of-body.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Women Weaving the World: Text and Textile in the Kalevala and Beyond
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/women-weaving-world-text-and-textile-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Agamemnon, the Pathetic Despot: Reading Characterization in Homer
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/agamemnon-pathetic-despot-reading.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Equine Poetics
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/equine-poetics.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Au prisme des goûts: Sociétés phéniciennes et puniques
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/au-prisme-des-gouts-societes.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Histoires des handicaps à travers les siècles: Identifications, trajectoires, institutions et sociabilités
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/histoires-des-handicaps-travers-les.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Imaginaires des reines des steppes: Regards croisés entre Orient et Occident
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/imaginaires-des-reines-des-steppes.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Violences extrêmes et transgression en temps de guerre: Dialogue entre mondes anciens et contemporains
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/violences-extremes-et-transgression-en.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Poetry and the Polis in Euripidean Tragedy
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/poetry-and-polis-in-euripidean-tragedy.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Culture of Kitharôidia
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-culture-of-kitharoidia.html

The Bosporus Necropolis from the Great Migration Period. Last Quarter of the Fourth Century to the Early Seventh Century | Spartokos read

The Bosporus Necropolisfrom the Great Migration Period. Last Quarter of the Fourth Centuryto the Early Seventh Century

‘Those Who Are About to Die’ Review: Ancient Martial Artists – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/those-who-are-about-to-die-review-ancient-martial-artists-9e3cac58?st=eSn4vm&reflink=article_email_share

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Anima Latina 05.04.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2026/04/anima-latina-05-04-2026.html

Judas Iscariot – The Ancients | Acast

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 04.04.2026 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2026/04/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-04-04-2026.html

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VIDENDA
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(593) The surprising truth about archaeology – YouTube

(593) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem 📖 | St. John Passion (Latin Audiobook) – YouTube

(593) Movies We Dig Watch Party: Romulus S02:E01 with The Partial Historians ‪@partialhistorians‬ – YouTube

(593) Evidence For Ancient Greek Myths That PREDATE Homer – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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explorator 28.14 ~ April 5, 2026 – Explorator

explorator 28.14 ~ April 5, 2026

Call for Papers: ‘Trauma, Tragedy and Redemption in the Ancient World and beyond’ (Exedra Mediterranean Centre, Siracusa) – The Classical Association | The Classical Association

Call for Papers: ‘Trauma, Tragedy and Redemption in the Ancient World and beyond’ (Exedra Mediterranean Centre, Siracusa)