David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist
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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Thirty previously unpublished verses by Empedocles discovered on a papyrus from Cairo https://phys.org/news/2026-04-previously-unpublished-verses-empedocles-papyrus.html Mysterious Greek inscription may reveal lost temple beneath Syria’s Great Mosque | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260401071947.htm What Did Ancient Pompeians Burn as Offerings to Their Gods? New Research Reveals the Surprising Answer https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-did-ancient-pompeians-burn-as-offerings-to-their-gods-new-research-reveals-the-surprising-answer-180988467/ Rare Roman Bone Phallus Unearthed in Nijmegen as…
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1640 — death of the Polish Jesuit/Latin poet Matthias Casimir Sarbiewski
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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Is This 1,800-Year-Old Mosaic the First Known Image of a Woman Fighting Wild Beasts in an Ancient Roman Arena? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/is-this-1800-year-old-mosaic-the-first-known-image-of-a-woman-fighting-wild-beasts-in-an-ancient-roman-arena-180988456/ Enigmatic Artifact Found in Hippos May Reveal Forgotten Stage in Baptism – Archaeology https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2026-04-01/ty-article/enigmatic-artifact-found-in-hippos-may-reveal-forgotten-stage-in-baptism/0000019d-449d-d905-a39d-d49f5b3c0000 Archaeologists probe sunken harbor remains at site that inspired Seferis poem | eKathimerini.com https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1299835/archaeologists-probe-sunken-harbor-remains-at-site-that-inspired-seferis-poem/ Marine Excavations Uncover 2,600…
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Veneralia 114 B.C. — dedication of aTemple to Venus Verticordia 286 A.D. — Maximianus is elevated to the rank of Augustus
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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Lost mosaic reveals first image of female beast-fighter from the Roman era https://phys.org/news/2026-03-lost-mosaic-reveals-image-female.html The camp of the first Roman legions settled in Frankfurt is discovered, surprisingly without evidence of battles or confrontations The camp of the first Roman legions settled in Frankfurt is discovered, surprisingly without evidence of battles or confrontations Archaeologists…
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