IN THE NEWS …
- Monumental Marble-Lined Roman Pool Found 7 Meters Underground | Arkeonews
- Roman Fortress in Serbia Yields 4-Meter-High Walls and Its First Named Resident | Arkeonews
- Archaeologists Locate Long-Lost Sanctuary of Asclepius in Ancient Greek City of Epidaurus – GreekReporter.com
- Can Crete’s Minoan ‘Labyrinth’ Coexist with an Airport Radar? – The National Herald
- Archaeologists from the Troy Museum believe they have found the tomb of the Homeric hero Ajax
- Tiny ancient tablet fragment could rewrite the history of the earliest states in Greece – UMSL Daily
- Pompeii’s Luxury Funeral Beds Were Decorated with Soldiers, Shields and Gold | Arkeonews
- How artificial intelligence is transforming the visitor experience at Pompeii – la Repubblica Europe
- Vindolanda, a 1,700-year-old Roman lamp resurfaces intact: the sleeping bird, the animals and the deities that came to life in the night
- Two Centuries After This Bronze Leg Emerged From a Scottish Bog, Archaeologists Believe It May Have Belonged to a Towering Statue of a Roman Emperor on Horseback
- Ancient Greek Tombstone Reveals First Known Physician in a Region of Roman Anatolia – GreekReporter.com
- Inscription with the Same Family Name as Emperor Trajan Appears at Roman Fort of Cuppae by the Iron Gates on the Danube
ALSO OF INTEREST …
- How did Cleopatra really die? | Live Science
- Hidden Jokes on Ancient Greek Vases Reveal a Deeper Meaning Behind the Art – GreekReporter.com
- How Ancient Greeks Built an African Network to Capture War Elephants – GreekReporter.com
- Can artificial intelligence help us to understand the gaming habits of past civilisations? – The Boar
- Herodotus and the Indian Tribe That Ate Their Parents: How Ancient Greeks Saw the World – GreekReporter.com
- How did Epicurus modify Democritus’s atomism? | Britannica
- What happened to Xerxes I’s fleet near Artemisium? | Britannica
- How did Nero honor Greek cities during his visit to Greece? | Britannica
- What was Nero’s relationship with his mother, Agrippina? | Britannica
- How did the Achaemenid army combine Persian soldiers with troops from subject peoples? | Britannica
- Why did Cicero support Octavian after Julius Caesar’s death? | Britannica
- Why did Cicero deliver the Philippic orations against Mark Antony? | Britannica
- What terms did Cicero propose to Julius Caesar during their meeting in 49 BCE? | Britannica
- How did Cicero react to Julius Caesar’s assassination in 44 BCE? | Britannica
- Why might Livy have missed the usual Roman educational experience of studying in Greece? | Britannica
- What role did Cato the Younger play in the Senate debate over Catiline’s conspirators? | Britannica
- Why did the rise of Philip II of Macedon weaken Persia’s influence in Greece? | Britannica
- Which Roman general led the successful campaigns against Parthia? | Britannica
- How did the Peloponnesian War threaten democracy in Athens? | Britannica
- How did Aristotle’s political views reflect the limits of citizenship in ancient Greek city-states? | Britannica
- Which major conflict did Livy describe in Books 21 through 30? | Britannica
- Why did Scipio Africanus the Younger help secure the release of Achaean leaders held in Italy? | Britannica
- Why might Livy have missed the usual Roman educational experience of studying in Greece? | Britannica
- What did Aristotle mean by saying Athens should not “sin twice against philosophy”? | Britannica
- Why did Aristotle leave Athens after Alexander the Great died? | Britannica
- How did Persian money help Sparta defeat Athens in 404 BCE? | Britannica
- How did the Cynics develop ideas associated with Socrates? | Britannica
- Why was Cicero considered a novus homo in Roman politics? | Britannica
- How did the Roman Republic include democratic elements? | Britannica
- How did Xenophon’s Memorabilia contribute to the portrayal of Socrates? | Britannica
- What subjects were likely included in Philo Judaeus’s Greek education? | Britannica
OPEN ACCESS ARTICLES & OTHER NEWSLETTERS …
CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …
- Pallas Athena Lecture 2026: Edith Hall on Aristotle and the modern world – Hub UoΑ Hub UoΑ
- Michael Nerdahl reflects on Homer’s Odyssey, Nolan’s film – The Bowdoin Orient
- Beyond the Cup: Exploring Race Through Ancient Greek Art – The Oberlin Review
RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …
AT THE MUSEUMS …
FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …
- (2) First letters emerge from PHerc. 211
- Letters 12-16 of Aeneas of Gaza – Roger Pearse
- Gap Week, November 13, 2026 – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
- Weekly Varia no. 208, 11/15/26 – Noodlings
- Marmaridians / Marmarites in Libya: Emperor Claudius II on their sustained “arrogance” (269-70 CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Anoterites: Marcus the physician writes a letter to family reporting on clashes with Roman soldiers and danger for travellers (third century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Phrygians: Herodotos and Tertullian on the legend of Psammetichos about the first people and language (fifth century BCE on) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- The Oracle of Dodona: 4,000 Questions on Lead Tablets | Veiled Antiquity
- Het antieke hiernamaals – Mainzer Beobachter
- Het paleis van Sarvestan – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Comparative Degree
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Art of Not Reading
- PaleoJudaica.com: Danley, Constructing Temple Spaces in the Gospel of John (Brill)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Adams & Reymond, The Wisdom of Ben Sira 1-24 (Yale/AB)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Lege Josephum Manuscript Database
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La Scythie de Crimée (IIe siècle av. J.-C. – IIIe siècle apr. J.-C.) : Les monuments funéraires
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Romanization – Romanisation?!
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Introducing the Latin Josephus Project 3.0
FRESH PODCASTERY…
- The Sicilian Expedition. Part …–Ancient History Hound – Apple Podcasts
- Bronze Age Pirates–The Ancients – Apple Podcasts
- What’s in an ‘O’? The Mystery of Pontius Pilate’s Ring (Ad Navseam, Gurgle 11) | Ad Navseam
STREAMING MEDIA …
- (1049) Secrets of Egypt’s Unexplored Pyramids | Lost Treasures of Egypt MEGA Episode | National Geographic – YouTube
- (1049) Ancient Jewish rebel tunnels open for tourists – YouTube
- (1049) Ancient Romans Had a Temple for Cursing People – YouTube
- (1050) Why Rome Built Its Greatest Cities in Southern France – YouTube
- (1050) Professor Fact Checks Ancient Greece Slop – YouTube
- (1050) The Romans and the 251 B.C. Bridge over the Strait Built to Transport Elephants – YouTube
LATINITAS …
- Anima Latina 15.11.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
- Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 14.11.2026 – Vatican News
- TRUMP PACTUM CUM IRANIA IAM NON QUAERIT: BELLUM SINE FINE?
- diē tertiō decimō mēnsis Novembris — Nuntii Latini
CFPS, CONFERENCES, AND ONLINE TALKS …
- CFP: Open-access edited book “Teaching sensitive historical topics in higher education: an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) approach” (Deadline January 8) – The Classical Association of Canada
- CFP: Frontiers and Borders in the Ancient World | Graduate Student Conference – Harvard Department of Classics | Society for Classical Studies
- Performance and Spectatorship in Translating Ancient Greek Drama, 15th-18th Centuries (Strasbourg)
Leave a Reply