- ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 1) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who presided over (of course) flowers and their blossoms (Chloris is also mentioned … I’m still trying to figure that one out).
- 4977 B.C. — birth of the universe, according to the calculations of Johannes Kepler
- 399 B.C. — death of Socrates (by one reckoning
- 1753 — birth of Edward Gibbon
- 1870 — Heinrich Schliemann ‘discovers’ Troy
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ April 26, 2026
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Rare 2,000-year-old Roman bread found at Vindonissa reveals early military life in Switzerland | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Rare 2,000-year-old Roman bread found at Vindonissa reveals early military life in Switzerland
A Roman Bronze Cup Found in central Spain was Made in Northern Britannia and Names the Forts of Hadrian’s Wall
Over 100 Game Boards Discovered Carved in the Ruins of the Ancient Greek City of Ptolemais in Libya
Over 100 Game Boards Discovered Carved in the Ruins of the Ancient Greek City of Ptolemais in Libya
Ancient Roman 1,000-Liter Vessels Found in Ostia Contained Fish Sauce and Were Repaired with Lead, Silver, and Tin
Anatolian Homer’s Iliad found inside Egyptian mummy in rare discovery – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/anatolian-homers-iliad-found-inside-egyptian-mummy-in-rare-discovery-3218538
2,000-Year-Old Shipwreck in Croatia Reveals How Romans Kept Their Vessels Waterproof – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/2000-year-old-shipwreck-in-croatia-reveals-how-romans-kept-their-vessels-waterproof/
2,000-Year-Old Roman Tool Discovered in Czech Republic May Reveal How Legionary Armor Was Made – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/2000-year-old-roman-tool-discovered-in-czech-republic-may-reveal-how-legionary-armor-was-made/
Parasite Once Believed to Originate in the Americas Discovered in Roman Chamber Pots from the Ancient Province of Moesia Inferior
Archytas of Tarentum, the Greek Sage Who Believed in an Infinite Universe and Invented the First Self-Propelled Flying Device
These Modern-Day Photographs Highlight Why, Centuries Later, Pompeii Still Attracts Throngs of Tourists and Archaeologists
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/these-modern-day-photographs-highlight-why-centuries-later-pompeii-still-attracts-tourists-and-archaeologists-180988611/
China-Greece archaeological collaboration project launched in Athens-Xinhua
https://english.news.cn/20260425/aa8af45c728a4df585acb2c32e5032a8/c.html
What Did Ancient Greek Sound Like? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/25/ancient-greek-sounded-like/
Where Greek Masterpieces Began: Paros’ Famed Marble Quarries – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/24/efforts-preserve-paros-famed-marble-quarries/
Solar Eclipse Prompted Ancient Greeks to Study the Stars – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/26/solar-eclipse-phenonemnon-prompted-ancient-greeks-to-study-the-stars/
Greek Discovery of Iceland Supported by Linguistic Evidence – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/25/greek-discovery-iceland/
Eclipse of Peace: The Ancient Solar Phenomenon That Stopped a War – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/14/eclipse-peace-ancient-solar-eclipse-stopped-war/
Alexander’s Legacy: The Ptolemaic Era of Greek Rule in Egypt – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/25/alexanders-legacy-ptolemaic-era-greek-rule-egypt/
When Did Ancient Greeks Colonize Italy? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/25/dna-study-shows-when-ancient-greeks-colonized-italy/
Nicias: The Ancient Greek General Behind a Rare Peace Between Athens and Sparta – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/24/nicias-greek-general-peace-athens-sparta/
Ephemeris ~ EPHEMERIS_ Nuntii Latini Universi
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2469
Professor Talk Reveals Influence of Two Ancient Communities on Literary Criticism – The Oberlin Review
Professor Talk Reveals Influence of Two Ancient Communities on Literary Criticism
[paywalled] Two more women allege harassment by Cambridge professor
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/sexual-harassment-claims-cambridge-academic-simon-goldhill-v3wd3c3lb
Review: Iphigenia, at Arcola Theatre | Islington Tribune
https://www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/review-iphigenia-at-arcola-theatre
New SLAM exhibition brings ancient Rome to life in ‘Ancient Splendor: Roman Art in the Time of Trajan’ – Student Life
(6) Is everything you know about mummies wrong?
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/is-everything-you-know-about-mummies?publication_id=752411&post_id=195199243&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true
Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part II: The African Backbone – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part II: The African Backbone
Laudator Temporis Acti: Two Types of Ignorance
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/two-types-of-ignorance.html
Laudator Temporis Acti: Stop It
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/stop-it.html
Laudator Temporis Acti: Distrust
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/distrust.html
Dauniërs, Peuketiërs en Messapiërs – Mainzer Beobachter
Prehistorisch Apulië – Mainzer Beobachter
Grieks Apulië – Mainzer Beobachter
Apulië, Iapygië, Messapië of Calabrië? – Mainzer Beobachter
Iapygisch Apulië – Mainzer Beobachter
PaleoJudaica.com: Aitken memorial volume
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/aitken-memorial-volume.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Meshel, Two Models of Biblical Purity (OUP open access)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/meshel-two-models-of-biblical-purity.html
Study and interpretation of past funerary practices. | Spartokos has read
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Goodenough on the Beginnings of Christianity
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/goodenough-on-beginnings-of-christianity.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Handbook of Synagogue Architecture
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/handbook-of-synagogue-architecture.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Book of the People
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-book-of-people.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Behind the Essenes: History and Ideology in the Dead Sea Scrolls
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/behind-essenes-history-and-ideology-in.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mediterranean Horizons: Archaeological Studies in Honour of Søren Dietz
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/mediterranean-horizons-archaeological.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Particles in Ancient Greek Discourse: Exploring Particle Use across Genres
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2016/04/new-from-chs-particles-in-ancient-greek.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: To Caesar What Is Caesar’s: Tribute, Taxes, and Imperial Administration in Early Roman Palestine
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/to-caesar-what-is-caesars-tribute-taxes.html
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Anima Latina 26.04.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2026/04/anima-latina-26-04-2026.html
The Last Days of Pompeii – The Ancients | Acast
Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 25.04.2026 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2026/04/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-25-04-2026.html
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(650) Greek Mythology Rewritten: The Feminist Story of Pasiphae | Interview with Jane Dougherty – YouTube
(650) De itinere Hispanico | Spoken Latin Podcast (66) – YouTube
(651) Reacting to ARTHUR’s Take of The Odyssey – YouTube
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explorator 28.17 April 26, 2026 – Explorator
Disabilities and Women in Ancient Rome | Law, Governance and Space | University of Helsinki
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/law-governance-and-space/news-events/disabilities-and-women-in-ancient-rome
Visiting Assistant Professor, Greek and Latin Langua: 643750
https://www.academicjobs.com/university-jobs/visiting-assistant-professor-greek-and-latin-language-and-literature-college-of-arts-and-sciences-cincinnati-ohio/643750
Call for Papers: Greek Drama VI, Center For Hellenic Studies in Greece Nafplio, June 7-11, 2027 (Deadline August 31) – The Classical Association of Canada
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi kalendas maias
- ca. 89 A.D. — martyrdom of Cletus
- 121 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Marcus Aurelius
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii kalendas maias
- Robigalia — an ancient agricultural festival designed to appease the numen Robigo/Robigus who caused mildew
- 404 B.C. — Athens surrenders to Sparta, bringing the Peloponnesian War to an end (by one reckoning)
- 68 A.D. — martyrdom of Mark the Evangelist
- 1940 — death of Wilhelm Dorpfeld (excavator of Tiryns)
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ April 24, 2026
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Analysis of Roman shipwreck’s coatings tells story of its time on the seas | Research | Chemistry World
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/analysis-of-roman-shipwrecks-coatings-tells-story-of-its-time-on-the-seas/4023341.article
[paywalled] Military Histories About the Ancient Persians, Modern Iraq and the American Civil War – The New York Times
Archaeologists discover giant marble Athena statue in ancient Laodicea in Türkiye – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/archaeologists-discover-giant-marble-athena-statue-in-ancient-laodikeia-in-turkiye-3218661
Statue of Ramesses II found at ancient temple site in Egypt | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-894028
Ancient mass grave reveals how a pandemic wiped out a city 1,500 years ago | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260423031540.htm
Ancient Jewellery Sheds Light On British Museum Collection
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/04/23/ancient-jewellery-sheds-light-on-british-museum-collection/
Roman Quarry Discovery in Italy Reveals Source of Advanced Ancient Mortar – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/23/ancient-roman-quarry-discovery-italy-advanced-mortar/
2,000-year-old Roman bread discovered under construction site | Popular Science
https://www.popsci.com/science/roman-bread-switzerland/
Scraped from ancient Roman toilets, these crusted remains expose a pathogen found far earlier than expected
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-ancient-roman-toilets-crusted-expose.html
The UB’s archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer’s ‘Iliad’ inside a Roman-era mummy – Current events – University of Barcelona
https://web.ub.edu/en/web/actualitat/w/oxyrhynchus-iliad-homer
What Archaeologists Found Hidden Inside a Roman-Era Mummy in Egypt
What Archaeologists Found Hidden Inside a Roman-Era Mummy in Egypt
42 lost pages of the New Testament manuscript discovered
Conservation and presentation of Soknopaiou Nesos temple
[FWIW] The Top Five Craziest Greek Gods – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/23/top-craziest-greek-gods/
Resist Beginnings: The Ancient Roman Maxim Behind the American Revolution | Tenth Amendment Center
Resist Beginnings: The Ancient Roman Maxim Behind the American Revolution
5 ways the Persian Empire made the modern world – Big Think
https://bigthink.com/mini-philosophy/persian-empire-contributions/
Epic | After Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, another adaptation of the Greek epic is in the works – Telegraph India
https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/after-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-another-adaptation-of-the-greek-epic-is-in-the-works/cid/2157402#goog_rewarded
Professor Karen B. Stern Named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow | CUNY Graduate Center
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/professor-karen-b-stern-named-2026-guggenheim-fellow
What Happens When a Globalized World Collapses: Archaeologist Eric Cline Explains How Bronze Age Civilizations Adapted, Survived or Vanished | Open Culture
[paywalled] Two more women allege harassment by Cambridge professor
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/sexual-harassment-claims-cambridge-academic-simon-goldhill-v3wd3c3lb
Colleges not told about investigation into Simon Goldhill | Varsity
https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/31560
Blog #122: Cultivating Pompeii: Urban Agriculture and Resilience, AD 62-79 with Jessica Venner – Peopling the Past
Blog #122: Cultivating Pompeii: Urban Agriculture and Resilience, AD 62-79 with Jessica Venner
(6) Ancient history roundup – by Owen Rees – Our Ancient World
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/ancient-history-roundup-f56
(6) Did Ovid Bury Philippi in a Love Story?
https://paideiainstitute.substack.com/p/did-ovid-bury-philippi-in-a-love
People Are Going to Tell Our Story: Introducing Iliad 19 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
De Iberiërs (3) – Mainzer Beobachter
De Iberiërs (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
De Iberiërs (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
Laudator Temporis Acti: Not Unusual
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/not-unusual.html
PaleoJudaica.com: An Aramean bull stele and the New Moon?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/an-aramean-bull-stele-and-new-moon.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Moses in the Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/moses-in-proto-sinaitic-inscriptions.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Karen Stern awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/karen-stern-awarded-guggenheim.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Digitale Korpusarithmetik mit antikem Text: Ein Annäherungsversuch
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/digitale-korpusarithmetik-mit-antikem.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archaeology and World Politics: The German Aksum-Expedition (1905/06) in Ethiopia
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/archaeology-and-world-politics-german.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Parthenon at Illinois
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/parthenon-at-illinois.html
Justice in Plato’s Republic: the lessons of Book 1 – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.32/
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Augusti Retirement – Emperors of Rome – Apple Podcasts
103: Defeat of the Athenian Na…–Casting Through Ancient Greece – Apple Podcasts
Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA406 – What army did Alexander Molossus have in his Italian campaigns?
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa406-what-army-did-alexander-molossus-have-in-his-italian-campaigns
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(588) Why the Ancient Romans Would Hate TikTok | Will Knispel | Living Latin in NYC – YouTube
(589) Untold | Tracing the Egyptian Timeline and Textual Sources – YouTube
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Teaching Assistant Professor – Classics, Fall 2026 job with University of Tennessee, Knoxville | 37979224
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37979224/teaching-assistant-professor-classics-fall-2026/?TrackID=108333&BatchID=2166&JobAlertId=312050&cmpid=JBE_TL_20260424_jobtitle
Thucydiocies: How Not to Read Thucydides in Contemporary Political Discourse | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-humanities/article/thucydiocies-how-not-to-read-thucydides-in-contemporary-political-discourse/79BC40694A178354B47AE7F2FFDF9279
Magnanimitas and the Cornelian Inheritance: A Study of Political Morality | Antichthon | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antichthon/article/magnanimitas-and-the-cornelian-inheritance-a-study-of-political-morality/80BCCD3793D51B06896605AC15200B01
CONTRA MVNDVM, CONTRA METRVM: PROSPER OF AQUITAINE, A VICTIM OF PHILOLOGY (AD CONIVGEM SVAM 97)? | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/contra-mvndvm-contra-metrvm-prosper-of-aquitaine-a-victim-of-philology-ad-conivgem-svam-97/42F833E5E5A00069A090434EF07577DF
SELF-MADE ‘MEN’: THE PROGRESSIVE EMASCULATION OF THE BROTHERS ASINAEUS AND ANILAEUS IN JOSEPHUS, ANTIQUITIES 18 | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/selfmade-men-the-progressive-emasculation-of-the-brothers-asinaeus-and-anilaeus-in-josephus-antiquities-18/94D80F6419171E40A5F495D12794B8FD
WHO WERE THE ‘EXILES FOR THE TEN YEARS’ IN THE THEMISTOCLES DECREE? | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/who-were-the-exiles-for-the-ten-years-in-the-themistocles-decree/8572275833D11F5EF7EBF10D2CAA4D24
ARISTOTLE, DE ANIMA ΒΟΟΚ 2: A DOUBLE RECENSION? | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/aristotle-de-anima-2-a-double-recension/
Digitized Copy of 1478 Ptolemy’s ‘Geography’ Available Online – UWM Libraries
Digitized Copy of 1478 Ptolemy’s ‘Geography’ Available Online
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