• 1558 – death of Julius Caesar Scaliger

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‘It’s really an extraordinary story,’ historian Steven Tuck says of the Romans he tracked who survived the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/its-really-an-extraordinary-story-historian-steven-tuck-says-of-the-romans-he-tracked-who-survived-the-ad-79-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius

‘People made it out of the cities alive’: Tracing the survivors of Pompeii and Herculaneum, 2,000 years after Vesuvius erupted | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/people-made-it-out-of-the-cities-alive-tracing-the-survivors-of-pompeii-and-herculaneum-2-000-years-after-vesuvius-erupted

1,500-year-old mosaic discovered beneath historic mill in Türkiye | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/1500-year-old-mosaic-discovered-beneath-historic-mill-in-turkiye/news

Perhaps the domus in Pompeii also had towers: new digital archaeology research
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/perhaps-the-domus-in-pompeii-also-had-towers-new-digital-archaeology-research

Discovery sheds light on the origins of Roman monumental architecture
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/discovery-sheds-light-on-the-origins-of-roman-monumental-architecture/156174

Discovery Suggests That the House of the Thiasos and Other Domus in Pompeii May Have Had Observation Towers

Discovery Suggests That the House of the Thiasos and Other Domus in Pompeii May Have Had Observation Towers

[old news]Hoard of 2,000-Year-Old Roman Silver Coins Discovered in Germany – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/20/hoard-roman-silver-coins-discover-germany/

Archaeological discovery sheds light on early Christian life
https://nypost.com/2025/10/20/science/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-bishops-bathhouse/

Türkiye prepares basilica in Iznik for Pope Leo’s first overseas visit
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/turkiye-prepares-basilica-in-iznik-for-pope-leos-first-overseas-visit/3721690

Olympia excavations: A milestone | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1284113/olympia-excavations-a-milestone/

Byzantine Synagogue Uncovered in the Golan – Biblical Archaeology Society

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Excavations resume at ancient Finziade (Agrigento), last Greek foundation in Sicily
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/excavations-resume-at-ancient-finziade-agrigento-last-greek-foundation-in-sicily

5th-century Greek inscribed mosaic discovered at Urfa Castle – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/5th-century-greek-inscribed-mosaic-discovered-at-urfa-castle-3208645

Pharaohs in Dixieland – how 19th-century America reimagined Egypt to justify racism and slavery
https://theconversation.com/pharaohs-in-dixieland-how-19th-century-america-reimagined-egypt-to-justify-racism-and-slavery-266665

‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology to win US support for goals | Israel | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/israel-archaeology-jerusalem-history-us

Heist Aftershock: Securing the Louvre’s Priceless Greek Masterpieces – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/20/securing-louvre-greek-masterpieces-heist/

Greece Slams British Museum for “Insulting” Gala Amid Parthenon Marbles – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/20/greece-slams-british-museum-insulting-gala-dinner-amid-parthenon-marbles/

Laudator Temporis Acti: What Is Worth Knowing
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/10/what-is-worth-knowing.html

Weekly Varia no. 152, 10/19/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 152, 10/19/25

Etruskische goden – Mainzer Beobachter

Etruskische goden

PaleoJudaica.com: In defense of Ge’ez
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/in-defense-of-geez.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Is Allegro’s mushroom Jesus back in fashion?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/is-allegros-mushroom-jesus-back-in.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Grand Egyptian Museum’s grand opening
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/grand-egyptian-museums-grand-opening.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archäologisches Tagebuch der Olympia-Grabung: Grabungskampagne IV, 1878–1879
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/archaologisches-tagebuch-der-olympia_20.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Colour & Space. Interfaces of Ancient Architecture and Sculpture.: Proceedings of the 10th International Round Table on Polychromy in Ancient Sculpture and Architecture
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/colour-space-interfaces-of-ancient.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Semantics of Space in Greek and Roman Narratives
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-semantics-of-space-in-greek-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Online/open-access articles, lesson plans, and websites about the Ancient World
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2021/04/onlineopen-access-articles-lesson-plans.html

Racialized commodities: long-distance trade, mobility, and the making of race in ancient Greece, c. 700-300 BCE – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Racialized commodities: long-distance trade, mobility, and the making of race in ancient Greece, c. 700-300 BCE

Fields, sherds and scholars: recording and interpreting survey ceramics – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Fields, sherds and scholars: recording and interpreting survey ceramics

How to Get Ahead in Archaeology: Using the Book Review System as a Strategy for 19th-Century Archaeologists, with a Case Study on Charles Roach Smith (1806–1890). Keeble. Internet Archaeology 69.
https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue69/5/index.html

The Politics of Faith in Constantine’s Rome – Retrospect Journal

The Politics of Faith in Constantine’s Rome

Recreating the Myth: Cleopatra’s Death in Two Nineteenth-Century French Paintings  – Retrospect Journal

Recreating the Myth: Cleopatra’s Death in Two Nineteenth-Century French Paintings 

The Arch of Trump’s Triumph and Downfall
https://hyperallergic.com/1050375/the-arch-of-trump-triumph-and-downfall/
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[RERUN] EPISODE 81: The Other 300 (Part 1) — History on Fire
https://historyonfirepodcast.com/episodes/2025/10/20/rerun-episode-81-the-other-300-part-1

Mithras and Mithraism: San Clemente and Ostia Antica
https://understandingrome.substack.com/p/mithras-and-mithraism-san-clemente?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=508757&post_id=176506508&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

The Puzzling Case of Children’s Rattles in Early Bronze Age Syria, or, Here Kid, Shake This, Mom and Dad are Working | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/the-puzzling-case-of-children-s-rattles-in-early-bronze-age-syria-or-here-kid-shake-this-mom-and-dad-are-working/
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(83) Maximus Decimus Meridius – They Got His Name WRONG? – YouTube

(85) Bacchae | Writer’s Portrait | National Theatre – YouTube

How ancient societies collapsed
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/how-ancient-societies-collapsed?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=752411&post_id=175131395&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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Things to do in Chicago: Homerathon 2025 at the National Hellenic Museum to read the Odyssey – ABC7 Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/things-do-chicago-homerathon-2025-national-hellenic-museum-read-odyssey/18025424/

• 480 B.C. — Battle of Salamis (one reckoning; seems a bit late)
• 127 A.D. — ludi votivi decennales pro salute Augusti
• c. 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Maximus of Aquila
• 1524 — death of Thomas Linacre … “the best Greek and Latin scholar of his age”
• 1952 — death of Michael Rostovtzeff (author of The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire and the Social and Economic History of the Hellenistic World among other things)

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Herod Atticus Theater closes for 3-year maintenance | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1284221/herod-atticus-theater-closes-for-3-year-maintenance/

Croatia: Skeletons in mass grave are ancient Roman soldiers, study finds
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgknnqp33qo

Lost Roman-Era City Found Under Hungarian Town – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/17/roman-city-discovered-under-hungarian-town/

Archaeologists unearth another ancient Roman settlement in southeastern Türkiye | Partners | Belarus News | Belarusian news | Belarus today | news in Belarus | Minsk news | BELTA
https://eng.belta.by/partner_news/view/archaeologists-unearth-another-ancient-roman-settlement-in-southeastern-turkiye-172597-2025/

Massive Pool Found in Italy Pushes Origins of Monumental Roman Architecture Back to 250 BC – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/17/pool-italy-origins-monumental-roman-architecture/

Hidden for centuries: Archaeologists unearth ancient Roman water basin
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-hidden-centuries-archaeologists-unearth-ancient.html

Archaeologists uncover a circular stone structure in Bavaria
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/archaeologists-uncover-a-circular-stone-structure-in-bavaria

Did an Alaska volcano eruption trigger the rise of the Roman Empire? – Anchorage Daily News
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/science/2025/10/17/did-an-alaska-volcano-eruption-trigger-the-rise-of-the-roman-empire/

[old news]Ancient Greek Vases Were Decorated With Gypsum, Researchers Say – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/19/ancient-greek-vases-gypsum/

Roman Times: The Changing Faces of Death: Etruscan Funerary Urns in Central Italy
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-changing-faces-of-death-etruscan.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Nit-Picking
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/10/nit-picking.html

Jakobus de Rechtvaardige – Mainzer Beobachter

Jakobus de Rechtvaardige

III Augusta, het garnizoen van de Maghreb (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

III Augusta, het garnizoen van de Maghreb (1)

III Augusta, het garnizoen van de Maghreb (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

III Augusta, het garnizoen van de Maghreb (2)

Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part V: Life In Cycles – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part V: Life In Cycles

A Hollowed Out Education – Noodlings

A Hollowed Out Education

Blog Post #111: Telling New Stories: Do We Need to Display the Egyptian Dead? with Lisa Saladino Haney – Peopling the Past

Blog Post #111: Telling New Stories: Do We Need to Display the Egyptian Dead? with Lisa Saladino Haney

PaleoJudaica.com: Sembiante, La versione siriaca del “De cohibenda ira” by Plutarco (Peeters)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/sembiante-la-versione-siriaca-del-de.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Leuchter, The Achaemenid Dynastic Myth and Jewish Scribes in the Late Persian Period (OUP, hardback)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/leuchter-achaemenid-dynastic-myth-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Pyla-Koutsopetria I archaeological survey of an ancient coastal town
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/pyla-koutsopetria-i-archaeological.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Reach of the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires: Case Studies in Eastern and Western Peripheries
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-reach-of-assyrian-and-babylonian.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Spuren der altägyptischen Gesellschaft. Festschrift für Stephan J. Seidlmayer
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/spuren-der-altagyptischen-gesellschaft.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Creating an Empire of Informers. Vigilance in the Assyrian Empire and King Esarhaddon’s adê-Covenant of 672 BC.
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/creating-empire-of-informers-vigilance.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Assur 2023: Excavations and other research in the New Town
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/assur-2023-excavations-and-other.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Fouilles et recherches archéologiques en Roumanie
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/fouilles-et-recherches-archeologiques.html

The use of marmora from Imperial quarries in Sculptures Roman of Asido Caesarina (Medina Sidonia, Spain) – ScienceDirect
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X25004833

The Elder (ὁ πρότερος) and the Younger (ὁ δεύτερος): the Marmor Parium and Its Naming Convention for Homonymous Archons
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396492565_The_Elder_ho_proteros_and_the_Younger_ho_deuteros_the_Marmor_Parium_and_Its_Naming_Convention_for_Homonymous_Archons

The building with Tomis mosaic in its urban and port context | Spartokos read

L’édifice avec mosaïque de Tomis dans son contexte urbain et portuaire

Archaeological excavations and research in Romania | Spartokos read

Fouilles et recherches archéologiques en Roumanie

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Anima Latina 19.10.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/10/anima-latina-19-10-2025.html

Die aktuellen Nachrichten aus dem Vatikan auf Latein – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/10/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-18-10-2025.html

Marcus Aurelius: The Philosopher Emperor – The Ancients | Acast

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW379 – Commanding and Army in Antiquity
https://sites.libsyn.com/91136/aw379-commanding-and-army-in-antiquity

diē septimō mēnsis Octōbris — Nuntii Latini

diē septimō mēnsis Octōbris

The Odyssey – Book 3 Reading – CSMFHT Writes
https://csmfht.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-book-3-reading?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1211085&post_id=176018870&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
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(45) Inside the Lost Tombs | SUNDAY SCARIES | Lost Treasures of Egypt MEGA Episode | National Geographic – YouTube

(46) Latin in Action! ep.1 | Throwing, Running, Climbing, Descending – YouTube

(46) How Thutmose III Won With ‘Fuck You’ Strategy #substack #shorts – YouTube

(46) The Brutal Truth Behind Royal Mummies #substack #shorts – YouTube

(46) Marius and Sulla Before the Civil War – Forgotten Story of Vercellae, 101 BC – Cimbrian War (Part 3) – YouTube

(46) Seneca, De constantia sapientis (Latin Audiobook) – YouTube

Using the Corpses of Dead Kings as Power Talismen: A Case Study of the Coffin of Thutmose III
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/using-the-corpses-of-dead-kings-as?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=752411&post_id=176291258&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(48) Heroes of Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea – 2nd Persian Invasion of Greece (ALL PARTS) – YouTube

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explorator 27.44 ~ October 19, 2025 – Explorator

explorator 27.44 ~ October 19, 2025

Cultures de la violence et résistances féminines : les réceptions des mythes grecs antiques du XIVe au XXIe siècle, en Europe et au-delà | AGRELITA Project ERC Advanced Grant

Cultures de la violence et résistances féminines : les réceptions des mythes grecs antiques du XIVe au XXIe siècle, en Europe et au-delà

• 48 B.C. — Octavian dons his toga virilis
• 17 A.D. — restoration of the Temple of Janus at the Theatre of Marcellus (and associated rites thereafter)
• 31 A.D. — Execution of the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Lucius Aelius Sejanus, after revelation of his activities against the emperor Tiberius.
• 33 A.D. — Death of Vipsania Agrippina (Agrippina ‘the elder’), wife of Germanicus and mother of the emperor Gaius (Caligula), among others.
• 84 A.D. — martyrdom of Luke