- Parentalia (day 2) — the period for appeasing the dead continued.
- 270 A.D. — traditional date for the beheading of Saint Valentine
Author: David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ February 13, 2026
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‘Virgin’ frescoes emerge from Pompeii suburb
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-virgin-frescoes-emerge-pompeii-suburb.html
Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Announces Discovery of Archaeological Site in Jifna North of Ramallah – Sada News Agency
https://www.sadanews.ps/en/news/275617.html
Guides Protest and Threats Shake Pompeii Archaeological Site
https://www.ilmattino.it/en/guides_protest_and_threats_shake_pompeii_archaeological_site-9355926.html
Spotted with drones at the archaeological site of Fioccaglia (Avellino) the Forum and a hitherto unknown monumental theater
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/spotted-with-drones-at-the-archaeological-site-of-fioccaglia-avellino-the-forum-and-a-hitherto-unknown-monumental-theater
A ‘Roman’ army from Norway of a thousand men may have fought in Denmark 1,800 years ago
https://www.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-denmark-roman-empire/a-roman-army-from-norway-of-a-thousand-men-may-have-fought-in-denmark-1800-years-ago/2600351
The Ancient Greeks and Romans knew the key to success, power AND happiness … all you have to do is be a STOIC | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-15554755/Book-review-Live-Like-Stoic-Tom-Hodgkinson.html
Hidden letters reveal Greek family’s historic link to the Venus de Milo – Neos Kosmos
Hidden letters reveal Greek family’s historic link to the Venus de Milo
The Odyssey: How Homer’s epic influenced the world | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-odyssey-homers-epic
How a Lost Hammer Led to Britain’s Greatest Roman Treasure
How a Lost Hammer Led to the Discovery of Britain’s Greatest Roman Treasure
Lighthouse of Alexandria Rises Again as Giant Blocks Resurface After 2,000 Years – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/11/lighthouse-alexandria-giant-blocks-resurface/
Carsulae (Terni), new mosaics discovered that rewrite history of Roman city
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/carsulae-terni-new-mosaics-discovered-that-rewrite-history-of-roman-city
A Darkly Comic Triumph of Greek Tragedy: The Bacchae – Godolphin and Latymer
Doctor Galuchie: dead language, lively teaching – The Knight Crier
[old news]Roman mosaic in Britain reveals a 2,000 year old Trojan War secret | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260212234220.htm
New excavations at Villa Poppea open to the public
The Sands of Time – Biblical Archaeology Society
Epic Narratives and their Local Sidekicks: On Cretans in Iliad 13 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Epic Narratives and their Local Sidekicks: On Cretans in Iliad 13
Blog #117: Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age: an NEH-Funded Institute for Ancient Mediterranean Studies Educators with Christine Johnston and Leigh Anne Lieberman – Peopling the Past
Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
Presence of the Author in Polybius – Liv Mariah Yarrow
On Being a Historian in Dystopian Times – EVERYDAY ORIENTALISM
(19) Ancient History Roundup – by Owen Rees – Our Ancient World
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/ancient-history-roundup-dcb
(19) A God from the mud of the Rhône: the bronze Neptune of Lyon on loan to the Museo Barracco
https://understandingrome.substack.com/p/a-god-from-the-mud-of-the-rhone-the
The Lions by the River Tigris – Mainzer Beobachter
PaleoJudaica.com: Inscribed Judean seal found at northern site in Israel
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/inscribed-judean-seal-found-at-northern.html
PaleoJudaica.com: An evening in memory of Gabriel Barkay
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/an-evening-in-memory-of-gabriel-barkay.html
PaleoJudaica.com: A new Syriac (Arabic) world chronicle
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-new-syriac-arabic-world-chronicle.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Egyptian Name Scarabs from the 12th to the 15th Dynasty: Geography and Chronology of Production
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/egyptian-name-scarabs-from-12th-to-15th.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Cultures in Contact: Central Asia as Focus of Trade, Cultural Exchange and Knowledge Transmission
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/cultures-in-contact-central-asia-as.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Gottesdiener und Kamelzüchter: Das Alltags- und Sozialleben der Sobek-Priester im kaiserzeitlichen Fayum
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/gottesdiener-und-kamelzuchter-das.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rodin’s Egypt
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/rodins-egypt.html
Coining values: bronze between money and scrap in late Roman and early medieval Europe – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.20/
Wedding, gender, and performance in ancient Greece – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.21/
Beauty and the Gods. A History from Homer to Plato (H.) Shakeshaft Pp. xxx + 498, b/w & colour ills. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2025. Cased, £42, US$49.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-25020-5. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691250205/beauty-and-the-gods | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/beauty-and-the-gods-a-history-from-homer-to-plato-h-shakeshaft-pp-xxx-498-bw-colour-ills-princeton-nj-princeton-university-press-2025-cased-42-us4995-isbn-9780691250205-httpspressprincetonedubookshardcover9780691250205beautyandthegods/DFE254654ED276F343F406A3B9DADD65?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Telling Tales in Nature: Compendium (L.) Robinson. Pp. viii + 200, colour ills. Independently published, 2024. Cased, £ 24.00 (Paper, £20.00). ISBN: 9798875825002. https://www.amazon.com/Telling-Tales-Nature-Lorna-Robinson/dp/B0CSNN1BTN | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/telling-tales-in-nature-compendium-l-robinson-pp-viii-200-colour-ills-independently-published-2024-cased-2400-paper-2000-isbn-9798875825002-httpswwwamazoncomtellingtalesnaturelornarobinsondpb0csnn1btn/78683959E5631ECA967900BFB1ADC440?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
What is Ancient History? (W.) Scheidel. Pp. 319. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2025. Cased, £25, US$29.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-23665-0. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691236650/what-is-ancient-history | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/what-is-ancient-history-w-scheidel-pp-319-princeton-nj-princeton-university-press-2025-cased-25-us2995-isbn-9780691236650-httpspressprincetonedubookshardcover9780691236650whatisancienthistory/CAC5AB69286CDB98E51A20864300A74F?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
An Unexpected Ally. A Greek Tale of Love, Revenge, and Redemption (S.) Kouidou-Giles. Pp. 183. Berkeley, CA: She Writes Press, 2023. Paper, £17.95. ISBN: 978-1-64742-555-5. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/an-unexpected-ally-a-greek-tale-of-love-revenge-and-redemption-s-kouidougiles-pp-183-berkeley-ca-she-writes-press-2023-paper-1795-isbn-9781647425555/53EB4B7653E3DD4597CBE1A441230D1A?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome (H.) Sidebottom. Pp. xiv + 338, ills, maps. London: OneWorld Publications, 2022. Cased, £20. ISBN: 978-0-86154-253-6. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/mad-emperor-heliogabalus-and-the-decadence-of-rome-h-sidebottom-pp-xiv-338-ills-maps-london-oneworld-publications-2022-cased-20-isbn-9780861542536/B18ABF842490BB2538B4C00B1A42EAA1?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
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Classics & Careers S3, E2: Kam… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts
Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW396 – Revolutions in Warfare
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/aw396-revolutions-in-warfare
The Invasion of Persia | Alexander the Great – The Ancients | Acast
Giving Cleopatra Voice with Na… – The Exploress – Apple Podcasts
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(1442) Historic Roman stone altars to go on display in Scotland – YouTube
(1442) Ancient Singing Statues? – YouTube
(1443) Historian Analyses EPIC: The Musical (Thunder Saga) – YouTube
(1443) What was Crassus Thinking? – The Disaster at Carrhae – YouTube
(1445) Latin Love Poems during Covid (feat. Francesco Vacca of NUBES) – YouTube
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Autonomy, martial culture and empire in eastern Gaul during the first century c.e.: The case of the Helvetians | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/autonomy-martial-culture-and-empire-in-eastern-gaul-during-the-first-century-ce-the-case-of-the-helvetians/F9F7154F4E1144927E3C64444BA32FEF?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
The East London Classics Summer School 2025 | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/east-london-classics-summer-school-2025/802C9FC5E4F8DC2B0B3CCACAA28B3A35?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Cambridge CI in Ancient Languages Teaching Conference explores new directions in teaching Ancient Greek and Latin | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/cambridge-ci-in-ancient-languages-teaching-conference-explores-new-directions-in-teaching-ancient-greek-and-latin/D49AF3439D4428D842F9C8597A4C99EA?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal | Issue: Issue: 1(8) Volume 8 (2025)
https://traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/info/
This Day in Ancient History: idus februariae
- Parentalia (day 1) — a festival for honouring/appeasing the dead began on this day with a number of signs: temples were closed, altars did not have fires burn on them, people were forbidden to get married, and magistrates set down the trappings of their office.
- Fornacalia (day 1) — this was actually a “feriae conceptivae”, which means that it probably wasn’t always held on the same day. Originally, it was a feast of the curiae (an early division of the Roman people) which also seems to have involved a sort of banquet for the gods, although scholars are unsure which gods were specifically honoured. Then again, Ovid claims that rural folk would pray to a divinity called Fornax.
- 196 B.C. — dedication of a Temple of Faunus on the Tiber island
- 194 A.D. — Septimius Severus recognized as Emperor in Egypt
- 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Polyeuctus of Melitene
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ February 12, 2026
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New study maps where wheat, barley and rye grew before the first farmers found them
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-wheat-barley-rye-grew-farmers.html
Archaeological Finds in Ancient Tyras Reveal What Life Was Like for a Roman Soldier on the Empire’s Frontier
Rules of mysterious ancient board game decoded by AI, scientists say – CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mysterious-ancient-board-game-rules-decoded-ai-scientists/
Seal from Kingdom of Judah discovered in northern Israel | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-886482
3,500-Year-Old Mycenaean Boar Tusk Helmets Unearthed in Greece
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/02/12/mycenaean-boar-tusk-helmet-pylos/
Ex-UT Professor Sought Epstein Funding For Austin Conference
https://hoodline.com/2026/02/ex-ut-prof-hit-up-epstein-for-cash-to-boost-campus-consent-conference/
‘Virgin’ frescoes emerge from Pompeii suburb
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260212-virgin-frescoes-emerge-from-pompeii-suburb
An Invitation to Pompeii’s Wildest Party – Archaeology Magazine
https://archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2026/features/pompeiis-house-of-dionysian-delights/
FRANCE. Roman mosaics discovered at Ucetia. – Online Archaeology – Archeomedia
Carsulae (Terni), découverte de nouvelles mosaïques qui réécrivent l’histoire de la ville romaine
https://www.finestresullarte.info/fr/archeologie/carsulae-terni-decouverte-de-nouvelles-mosaiques-qui-reecrivent-l-histoire-de-la-ville-romaine
A Colossal 4th-Century Basilica Discovered in Ostia Antica, Belonging to the Oldest and Most Sumptuous Bishopric in Christendom
Rare Syriac Manuscript discovered at St. Catherine’s Monastery reveals early Christian history – SyriacPress
Rare Syriac Manuscript discovered at St. Catherine’s Monastery reveals early Christian history
The Strange Paradoxes and Puzzles of Zeno of Elea – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/11/strange-paradoxes-puzzles-zeno-elea/
Why Did It Take Odysseus Ten Years to Return to Ithaca? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/12/odysseus-ten-years-return-ithaca/
The Blogs: Palestinian 2026 Heritage Grabbing Frenzy | Shimon Samuels | The Times of Israel
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-2026-heritage-grabbing-frenzy/
A ‘Roman’ army from Norway of a thousand men may have fought in Denmark 1,800 years ago
https://www.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-denmark-roman-empire/a-roman-army-from-norway-of-a-thousand-men-may-have-fought-in-denmark-1800-years-ago/2600351
The Other Place: Ancient Greek Tragedy Meets Modern Family Drama – New York Stage Review
The Other Place: Ancient Greek Tragedy Meets Modern Family Drama
The Curious Origin Controversy Over The Word, Easter – The Historian’s Hut
Pomona And Vertumnus, By Suzanne de Court (c. 1575–1625) – The Historian’s Hut
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Culture Crime Under Illegal Occupation by Russia
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/02/culture-crime-under-illegal-occupation.html
Machine-translated portions of the new Maronite Chronicle of 713 in English
Machine-translated portions of the new Maronite Chronicle of 713 in English
Changing the Landscape of Archaeological Publishing | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
“And Grant You Peace” A Night of Scholarship, Song, and Memory for Dr. Gabriel Barkay – The Temple Mount Sifting Project
“And Grant You Peace” A Night of Scholarship, Song, and Memory for Dr. Gabriel Barkay
OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: Digital Edition of the Cairo Codex of the Prophets
https://oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2026/02/digital-edition-of-cairo-codex-of.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Why is the Torah’s Law from God?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/why-is-torahs-law-from-god.html
PaleoJudaica.com: More again on the redating of 4QDanielc
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/more-again-on-redating-of-4qdaniel-c.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Takamitsu Muraoka (1938-2026)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/takamitsu-muraoka-1938-2026.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Kultpraxis und Distinktion: Bildnisse von Kultpersonal der römischen Kaiserzeit aus Rom und Italien
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/kultpraxis-und-distinktion-bildnisse.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Comunicare tramite ostraca: Usi, testi e supporti dei reperti greci d’Egitto
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/comunicare-tramite-ostraca-usi-testi-e.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’amicitia romaine sur les rivages du Pont septentrional : politique et propagande du Ier siècle av. J.-C. au IVe siècle apr. J.-C.
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/lamicitia-romaine-sur-les-rivages-du.html
Roman friendship on the shores of the Northern Pontus: politics and propaganda from the 1st century BC to the 4th century AD | Spartokos has read
Divine institutions: religions and community in the Middle Roman Republic – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.19/
Galen on ethics and human nature – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.18/
Krankenpflege in der griechisch-römischen Antike – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.17/
Two new volumes highlight cult, architecture at ancient Neapolis sanctuary | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1295105/two-new-volumes-highlight-cult-architecture-at-ancient-neapolis-sanctuary/
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Prayer or Pleasure: Discovery … – Dive & Dig – Apple Podcasts
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(1407) How Plato Explains the Modern World – YouTube
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Bologna 2027 – XVII Congressus Internationalis Epigraphiae Graecae et Latinae (II) – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
Bologna 2027 – XVII Congressus Internationalis Epigraphiae Graecae et Latinae (II)
This Day in Ancient History: pridie idus februarias
- 11 B.C. — the future emperor Tiberius marries Julia, daughter of Augustus
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