- 280 A.D. — martyrdom of Trophimus of Arles
Author: David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ December 28, 2025
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DNA Analysis Sheds Light on Ancient Minoan Marriage Practices – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/27/ancient-minoan-marriage-rules-new-dna-analysis/
WJCC Schools Latin Students Earn Top Honors at Statewide VJCL Convention | Williamsburg Yorktown Daily
WJCC Schools Latin Students Earn Top Honors at Statewide VJCL Convention
[paywalled] The best books on the classical world
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/best-books-on-the-classical-world/
Spartacus: Here’s a complete guide to watch the historical drama franchise in order
https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/spartacus-here-s-complete-guide-watch-historical-drama-franchise-order
The Mystery of Alexander the Great and the Dried Up Aral Sea – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/26/alexander-the-great-aral-sea/
[wtf?]Did Ancient Greeks Reach America Long Before Columbus? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/27/ancient-greeks-america-before-columbus/
Archaeologists and Antiquity Scholars on Palestine in 2025: An Archive – EVERYDAY ORIENTALISM
Archaeologists and Antiquity Scholars on Palestine in 2025: An Archive
Spencer Alley: Antiquity (Renaissance Views)
https://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2025/12/antiquity-renaissance-views_01842177629.html
5 lessons about misinformation from ancient Greek and Roman scientists
https://theconversation.com/5-lessons-about-misinformation-from-ancient-greek-and-roman-scientists-270941
We know about Jesus as a baby, and as a man. But what kind of child was he?
https://theconversation.com/we-know-about-jesus-as-a-baby-and-as-a-man-but-what-kind-of-child-was-he-269183
Sappho’s parting desire – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/sapphos-parting-desire?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=182713071&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Two Is Company! The Duals of Iliad 9 and Homeric Interpretation – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Two Is Company! The Duals of Iliad 9 and Homeric Interpretation
Laudator Temporis Acti: My Books Are Always Ready and Waiting
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/12/my-books-are-always-ready-and-waiting.html
Laudator Temporis Acti: Seeing versus Hearing
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/12/seeing-versus-hearing.html
De Bourgondiërs in Limburg – Mainzer Beobachter
Ontcijferd: Kryptisch-B – Mainzer Beobachter
PaleoJudaica.com: Muraoka, The Book of Judith (Peeters)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/muraoka-book-of-judith-peeters.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Buster & Walton, The Book of Daniel, Chapters 1–6 (NICOT, Eerdmans)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/buster-walton-book-of-daniel-chapters.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les temples égyptiens à l’épreuve des Ptolémées et des Romains: richesse, gestion, adaptation
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/les-temples-egyptiens-lepreuve-des.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Abydos South Project
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-abydos-south-project.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: SEMINARI “GIULIANO CRIFÒ” 2018-2023
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/seminari-giuliano-crifo-2018-2023.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Regarding Penelope: From Character to Poetics, Second Edition
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/regarding-penelope-from-character-to.html
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Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 27.12.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/12/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-27-12-2025.html
Anima Latina 28.12.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/12/anima-latina-28-12-2025.html
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(232) Adeste Fideles. Bettina Joy de Guzman with Ancient Greek lyre. – YouTube
(232) The Greek Kingdom That History Tried to Erase – YouTube
(232) De Latinitatis vivae detractoribus eorumque causis – YouTube
(232) Forgotten Wars – The Seleucid War (192 BC) DOCUMENTARY – YouTube
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explorator 27.54 ~ December 27, 2025 – Explorator
Assistant Professor (Classics and Religious Studies) Job Opening in Boston, Massachusetts – Insight Into Academia
https://careers.insightintoacademia.com/job/assistant-professor-classics-and-religious-studies/81776836/
Sicily, competition for 10 archaeologists: notice, requirements and tests
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/job/sicily-competition-for-10-archaeologists-notice-requirements-and-tests
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ December 26, 2025
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What ancient Roman homes reveal about power, inequality in ancient world – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/what-ancient-roman-homes-reveal-about-power-inequality-in-ancient-world-3211961
Roman Soldiers Fought an Invisible Enemy Inside Their Own Fort
https://scitechdaily.com/roman-soldiers-fought-an-invisible-enemy-inside-their-own-fort/
Tunisia and Italy: Archaeological cooperation rediscovers Roman wall painting in North Africa
https://www.agenzianova.com/en/news/tunisia-italia-cooperazione-archeologica-riscopre-la-pittura-parietale-romana-in-nord-africa/
One of the greatest Roman hoards found in decades – Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/news/great-roman-hoards-found-in-decades-unearthed-metal-detector-near-borsum/
Forget keychains, Byzantine pilgrims took home ‘souvenir’ flasks, newly found mold shows | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/forget-keychains-byzantine-pilgrims-took-home-souvenir-flasks-newly-found-mold-shows/
Archaeologists Discover 1,400-Year-Old Souvenir Mold, Exposing the Rise of Christian Pilgrimage Tourism – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discover-1400-year-old-souvenir-mold-exposing-the-rise-of-christian-pilgrimage-tourism/
Roman-era relief stones from temple of Zeus preserved inside village walls in Black Sea Turkish village
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/roman-era-relief-stones-from-temple-of-zeus-preserved-inside-village-walls-in-black-sea-turkish-village/3781740
Late Antique Mosaic With Greek Inscription and Floral Motifs Discovered During Post-Earthquake Excavations in Hatay – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/late-antique-mosaic-with-greek-inscription-and-floral-motifs-discovered-during-post-earthquake-excavations-in-hatay/
Restoration begins on ancient theater of Calydon | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1290712/restoration-begins-on-ancient-theater-of-calydon/
Excavations in Cyprus Reveal Advanced Roman Copper Production – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/24/cyprus-roman-copper-production/
The Strange Ancient Greek Custom That Permitted Theft – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/25/ancient-greek-custom-theft/
Archaeologist floats shocking origin theory regarding three wisemen in Christmas story | New York Post
https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/science/archaeologist-floats-shocking-origin-theory-regarding-three-wisemen-in-christmas-story/
Israel Under Assyrian Rule – Biblical Archaeology Society
DNA Analysis Sheds Light on the Piceni: the Pre-Roman People of Italy – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/26/dna-analysis-piceni-people-italy-roman/
How did Bronze Age plague spread? A sheep might solve the mystery
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-bronze-age-plague-sheep-mystery.html
‘Gospel stories themselves tell of dislocation and danger’: A historian describes the world Jesus was born into | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/gospel-stories-themselves-tell-of-dislocation-and-danger-a-historian-describes-the-world-jesus-was-born-into
The Ancient Greek Myth That Likely Inspired Jesus’ Virgin Birth – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/26/ancient-greek-myth-jesus-virgin-birth/
How Alexander the Great Paved the Way for Jesus – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/25/alexander-the-great-jesus/
The Mystery of Alexander the Great and the Dried Up Aral Sea – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/26/alexander-the-great-aral-sea/
Oldest known Christian hymn with musical notation resurrected into modern church song – ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-25/oldest-christian-hymn-with-music-transformed-modern-song/105748690
Should a top Russian archaeologist face trial for digging in occupied Crimea?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c623rvzjjd2o
Why ‘Helen of Troy’ is the Perfect Prelude to Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ – Bangla news
Why ‘Helen of Troy’ is the Perfect Prelude to Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Trailer Rankles Ancient History Buffs
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/christopher-nolan-odyssey-trailer-historical-inaccuracies-2734004
A Complete Guide to Christopher Nolan’s Adaptation of The Odyssey
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a69842857/the-odyssey-christopher-nolan-movie-news/
Percy Jackson Season 2: The Perfect Primer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
https://screenrant.com/disney-percy-jackson-season-2-odysey-christopher-nolan/
New books on Roman religion in 2025 | Roman religion
Spencer Alley: Antiquity (Renaissance Views)
https://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2025/12/antiquity-renaissance-views.html
Spencer Alley: Neoclassical
https://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2025/12/neoclassical_0828836676.html
More Christmas Memories of Luxor – Roger Pearse
Merry Christmas! – Roger Pearse
Sophia and Heinrich Schliemann: An Unusual Relationship (Pt. II) | From the Archivist’s Notebook
Sophia and Heinrich Schliemann: An Unusual Relationship (Pt. II)
Life, Death, and all the Words Between: Iliad 9 and the Language of Achilles – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Life, Death, and all the Words Between: Iliad 9 and the Language of Achilles
De slag bij Kadesh (3) – Mainzer Beobachter
De slag bij Kadesh (4) – Mainzer Beobachter
Stefanus – Mainzer Beobachter
Ramses II in Tyrus – Mainzer Beobachter
PaleoJudaica.com: Gold ring and coins excavated at Hyrcania
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/gold-ring-and-coins-excavated-at.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Evidence for Byzantine-era Christian souvenir production at Hyrcania
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/evidence-for-byzantine-era-christian.html
PaleoJudaica.com: On the expansion of the Civil Administration’s archaeology unit
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/on-expansion-of-civil-administrations.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Apocryphal
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/apocryphal.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Proto-writing at Göbekli Tepe? Plus Ashubanipal’s looted library?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/proto-writing-at-gobekli-tepe-plus.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Christmas 2025
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/christmas-2025.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Propylaeum-DOK: Digital Repository: Egyptology
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2015/05/propylaeum-dok-digital-repository.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Propylaeum-DOK: Digital Repository: Ancient Near Eastern Studies
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2013/12/propylaeum-dok-digital-repository.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Propylaeum-DOK: Digital Repository: Classical Archaeology
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2015/05/propylaeum-dok-digital-repository_27.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Propylaeum-DOK: Digital Repository: Classical Philology
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2015/05/propylaeum-dok-digital-repository_30.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Propylaeum-DOK: Digital Repository: Ancient History
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2015/05/propylaeum-dok-digital-repository_50.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: MaiCuBeDa Hilprecht – Mainz Cuneiform Benchmark Dataset for the Hilprecht Collection
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/maicubeda-hilprecht-mainz-cuneiform.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: MaiCuBeDa HT
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/maicubeda-ht.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Poderes colectivos en la Siria del Bronce Final
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/poderes-colectivos-en-la-siria-del.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Historia del Instituto del Próximo Oriente Antiguo (1971-2012)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/historia-del-instituto-del-proximo.html
Military Book Review Amazons: The History Behind the Legend
https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/2786#gsc.tab=0
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Anima Latina 26.12.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/12/anima-latina-26-12-2025.html
Anima Latina 25.12.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/12/anima-latina-25-12-2025.html
Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA389 – Rome’s Elite Veterans: Influence, Origins, and End
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa389-romes-elite-veterans-influence-origins-and-end
The Minoan Labyrinth – The Ancients | Acast
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(206) The Real Odysseus: The Brutal History Behind the Myth Explained – YouTube
(206) How Did Ancient Romans Become Christians? – YouTube
(206) How Rome Lost Its Empire – YouTube
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Ancient coins in the classroom: using the OCRE imperial coin database to support Year 12 students’ learning of Roman imperial image | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/ancient-coins-in-the-classroom-using-the-ocre-imperial-coin-database-to-support-year-12-students-learning-of-roman-imperial-image/C934E5AB511A925576C2E8A84949E212?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
CONSIDER THE NIGHTINGALE: CALLIMACHUS, EPIGR. 2 PF. = 34 G–P | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/consider-the-nightingale-callimachus-epigr-2-pf-34-gp/98DD9468641590A81D2AC20F0F8DE9AC?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 ASS’S HORN FOR ALEXANDER THE GREAT: ANTIPATRID COUNTER-PROPAGANDA AND THE POISONING OF THE KING | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/an-asss-horn-for-alexander-the-great-antipatrid-counterpropaganda-and-the-poisoning-of-the-king/77081DA03CA922A535334135A6AF8E74?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
ANE Today, 25 December 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-25-december-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=182452691&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii kalendas januarias
- 1853 — birth of Wilhelm Dorpfeld (exavator of Troy)
- 1890 — death of Heinrich Schliemann (ditto)
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ December 24, 2025
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3,000-Year-Old Workshop in Iraq Shows How Iron Age Society Made Ceramics – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/23/workshop-iraq-iron-age-society-made-ceramics/
The Ancient Roman Outpost You’ve Never Heard of—Tucked Away in a Quiet Swiss Town
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/huge-augusta-raurica-ruins-switzerland-2716624′
The mystery of the Justinianic Plague 1,500 years ago: why doesn’t archaeology show collapse?
The mystery of the Justinianic Plague 1,500 years ago: why doesn’t archaeology show collapse?
Rare 2,200-Year-Old Ancient Gold Coin Found in Jereuselem
Ancient 2,220-Year-Old Gold Coin Discovered in Jerusalem Sheds Light on Its History
1,800-Year-Old Staircase Leading to One of Western Anatolia’s Best-Preserved Libraries Discovered in Ancient Nysa – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/1800-year-old-staircase-leading-to-one-of-western-anatolias-best-preserved-libraries-discovered-in-ancient-nysa/
Archaeologists Found a Roman Mosaic in Britain That Tells a Lost Version of the Trojan War
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-found-a-roman-mosaic-in-britain-that-tells-a-lost-version-of-the-trojan-war/
A Major Etruscan Medical School Emerges at the Sacred Springs of San Casciano dei Bagni – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/a-major-etruscan-medical-school-emerges-at-the-sacred-springs-of-san-casciano-dei-bagni/
Greece, Pella Palace reborn: Alexander the Great’s mansion restored
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/greece-pella-palace-reborn-alexander-the-great-s-mansion-restored
[old news]DNA Analysis Reveals Minoan and Mycenaean Genetic Origins – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/24/minoan-mycenaean-dna/
The elegant room of the theatre mask and the peacock in the Villa of Poppaea reveals its true size and sumptuous decoration. Frescoes are beginning to emerge from the site where excavations and restoration work are taking place – Pompeii Sites
https://pompeiisites.org/en/comunicati/the-elegant-room-of-the-theatre-mask-and-the-peacock-in-the-villa-of-poppaea-reveals-its-true-size-and-sumptuous-decoration-frescoes-are-beginning-to-emerge-from-the-site-where-excavations-and-restor/
O Little Town of Bethlehem? – Biblical Archaeology Society
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Costumes Raise Eyebrows – Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/odyssey-costumes-fallout-christopher-nolan-film-11266358
Is Achilles In Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey?
https://screenrant.com/the-odyssey-movie-achilles-role-appearance/
Greek, Roman classics interest Tandy – The Daily Beacon
Talking to Horses: Characterizing Hektor in Iliad 8 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Find and Finder Of The Month: David and Liron Shimron and A Small Iron Tool – The Temple Mount Sifting Project
Find and Finder Of The Month: David and Liron Shimron and A Small Iron Tool
Writing Wednesday: A Levigation Pool | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
A Happy Life – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/a-happy-life?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=182461353&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
De slag bij Kadesh (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
De slag bij Kadesh (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
IO SATURNALIA / MERRY CHRISTMAS! | Greek Myth Comix
https://greekmythcomix.com/comic/io-saturnalia-merry-christmas/
Laudator Temporis Acti: Festivus
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/12/festivus.html
PaleoJudaica.com: A chaos dragon rock carving in Iran
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-chaos-dragon-rock-carving-in-iran.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Ben-Yehuda’s revival of Hebrew
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/ben-yehudas-revival-of-hebrew.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Christianity Today’s 2025 biblical-archaeology-stories list
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/christianity-todays-2025-biblical.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Local Law Under Rome
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/local-law-under-rome.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: « Paysages anthropiques anciens de la péninsule d’Abrau »
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/paysages-anthropiques-anciens-de-la.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La Biblia hebrea en la literatura: guía temática y bibliográfica
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/la-biblia-hebrea-en-la-literatura-guia.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Diversidad de formaciones políticas en Mesopotamia y el Cercano Oriente: organización interna y relaciones interregionales en la Edad del Bronce
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/diversidad-de-formaciones-politicas-en.html
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(180) Mary Beard On The Lessons We Can Still Learn From Ancient Rome – YouTube
(180) A Lost Wall Beneath Jerusalem? What Archaeologists Just Found – YouTube
(180) A Lost Roman Secret Unearthed | Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo – YouTube
(180) Rome’s New Metro Colosseum & Porta Metronia Lines: Explore The Archaeological Sites – YouTube
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