• ludi Plebeii (day 12) — the Jupiterfest goes on and on and on …
• 305 A.D. — martyrdom of Gurias
• 1907 — birth of Nicholas G.L. Hammond (The Genius of Alexander the Great, among others)

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Classical-era Zeus Temple found in southern Türkiye after 40 years | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/classical-era-zeus-temple-found-in-southern-turkiye-after-40-years/

Türkiye’s deep past continues to rewrite archaeological history | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/turkiyes-deep-past-continues-to-rewrite-archaeological-history/news

New discoveries emerge from late antiquity shipwreck off Syracuse
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/11/new-discoveries-emerge-from-late-antiquity-shipwreck-off-syracuse/156389

Capo Colonna, dentro agli scavi: il Santuario di Hera Lacinia svela i suoi nuovi segreti – Calabria Diretta News
https://www.calabriadirettanews.com/2025/11/14/capo-colonna-dentro-agli-scavi-il-santuario-di-hera-lacinia-svela-i-suoi-nuovi-segreti/

Stolen Past: Inside the fight against illicit antiquities trafficking | UN News
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/11/1166368

Canterbury shoe scans give ‘tantalising glimpse’ of Roman Britain
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7ez61pk1eo

[paywalled] Rome restores graphic tribute to its bloody imperial reign
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/rome-restores-graphic-tribute-to-its-bloody-imperial-reign-6zjqb03nh

Roman hoard found in 2021 in the UK sold by Noonans
https://www.coinworld.com/news/auctions/roman-hoard-found-in-2021-in-the-uk-sold-by-noonans

‘A mixture of strength and seduction’: Bringing the Roman Empire to life in ‘Anno 117: Pax Romana’ | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/anno-117-pax-romana-interview

In southern Italy, a long-planned excavation is revealing the secrets of an ancient Greek sanctuary – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/14/in-southern-italy-a-long-planned-excavation-is-revealing-the-secrets-of-an-ancient-greek-sanctuary

Bronze Age Mycenaean Road Network Reconstructed Using Advanced Digital Mapping – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/14/mycenaean-road-network-advanced-digital-mapping/

New Database Reveals Startling Extent of Rome’s Roads: We Only Know 3% – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-11-14/ty-article/new-database-reveals-startling-extent-of-romes-roads-we-only-know-3/0000019a-7e52-d259-af9a-fedf4ea50000

‘Oedipus’ Review: Brilliantly Reimagining Sophocles on Broadway – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/oedipus-review-brilliantly-reimagining-sophocles-on-broadway-b9416144?st=N9XwUt&reflink=article_email_share

Cartier and classical myth: a dialogue between jewelry and antiquity at the Capitoline Museums
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/exhibitions/cartier-and-classical-myth-a-dialogue-between-jewelry-and-antiquity-at-the-capitoline-museums

Epic movie: Christopher Nolan uses 2m ft of film for adaptation of The Odyssey | The Odyssey | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/14/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-2-million-ft-imax-matt-damon

Why Your Vision of Ancient Rome Is All Wrong, According to Historian Mary Beard | Open Culture

Why Your Vision of Ancient Rome Is All Wrong, According to Historian Mary Beard

World’s Oldest Cosmogony – Biblical Archaeology Society

World’s Oldest Cosmogony

Ancient History Roundup – by Owen Rees – Our Ancient World
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/ancient-history-roundup-eee?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2470207&post_id=178702964&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Suffering So Long for this Woman! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Suffering So Long for this Woman!

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: OSCE assists UK authorities in “major antiquities recovery operation”
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/11/osce-assists-uk-authorities-in-major.html

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Ancient statues stolen from Syria’s National Museum David Gritten
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/11/ancient-statues-stolen-from-syrias.html

The Role of Aes Rude at Felsina (Bononia, Bologna) – Liv Mariah Yarrow

The Role of Aes Rude at Felsina (Bononia, Bologna)

Assistant Professor in Classics job with University of Georgia | 37915852
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37915852/assistant-professor-in-classics/

Paul Before the Sanhedrin – Acts 23:1-5 – Reading Acts

Paul Before the Sanhedrin – Acts 23:1-5

The World of The Hearts of Heroes – Part I – Cassius Dio: Chronicler of the Severans |

The World of The Hearts of Heroes – Part I – Cassius Dio: Chronicler of the Severans

Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Varia and Quick Hits

Roman Times: From Rhodes to Vulci: The Unlikely Journey of an Aryballos Depicting the Egyptian Dwarf-God Bes
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/11/from-rhodes-to-vulci-unlikely-journey.html

Collatio Legum (1): De puzzelstukjes – Mainzer Beobachter

Collatio Legum (1): De puzzelstukjes

Collatio Legum (2): Wat en Wie? – Mainzer Beobachter

Collatio Legum (2): Wat en Wie?

Collatio Legum (3): Waar, Waarom, Wanneer – Mainzer Beobachter

Collatio Legum (3): Waar, Waarom, Wanneer

PaleoJudaica.com: Did the prophets have a plan?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/did-prophets-have-plan.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Dressing for justice in the Letter of James
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/dressing-for-justice-in-letter-of-james.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: British School at Rome Digital Collections
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2020/10/british-school-at-rome-digital.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Classical Doctorates in the UK and the Republic of Ireland
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-institute-of-classical-studies-uk.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Dura-Europos: Past, Present, Future
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/dura-europos-past-present-future.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2011/03/open-access-journal-studia-antiqua-et.html

Classicism and other phobias – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Classicism and other phobias

Ancient necropolitics: maltreating the living, abusing the dead in Greek antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Ancient necropolitics: maltreating the living, abusing the dead in Greek antiquity

Intramural Human Remains from Roman Towns in Britain: A Case Study from Late Iron Age and Roman Silchester | Britannia | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/intramural-human-remains-from-roman-towns-in-britain-a-case-study-from-late-iron-age-and-roman-silchester/1D4554B4C06650C61EDC1032279F4175?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Fowl Play: A British ‘Fatal Charade’ at Brading Roman Villa | Britannia | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/fowl-play-a-british-fatal-charade-at-brading-roman-villa/F8A9A91B8F9E6C52E468DE91F51E16E8?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Declamatory Fictions and the Crimen Maiestatis — Seneca, Controuersiae 9.2 | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/declamatory-fictions-and-the-crimen-maiestatis-seneca-controuersiae-92/C0F6ED0D61D24A3F080A7BA9BDA5091F?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

A Legal Exemption for the Temple Cults of Rome and Alexandria in the Fourth Century | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/legal-exemption-for-the-temple-cults-of-rome-and-alexandria-in-the-fourth-century/8FCF6B2789837BED8D95874E77605DC5?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Full article: The digital reconstruction of the Herculaneum boat (79 CE)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10572414.2025.2493053#abstract

[paywalled] A pleb’s-eye view of the Roman Empire
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/plebs-romana-power-people-politics-ancient-rome-peter-jones-review-dngn3r3mp
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Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW383 – The Ancient Warfare Christmas Reading List
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/aw383-the-ancient-warfare-christmas-reading-list

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(361) Comedy and tragedy in the dramatic festivals of Athens – YouTube

(363) Not just political satire: Comedy’s paradoxical obsession with tragedy – YouTube

(363) Understanding Aristophanes’ Frogs – YouTube

(364) lectūra septendecima: The Relative Pronoun (LTN 101) – YouTube

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Post-doctoral Research Associate in Latin Linguistics | King’s College London
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/130725-post-doctoral-research-associate-in-latin-linguistics

Assistant Professor in Classics job with University of Georgia | 37915852
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37915852/assistant-professor-in-classics/

• equorum probatio — the official cavalry parade of the equites
• ludi Plebeii (day 11) — the Jupiterfest continues
• 252 A.D. — martyrdom of Serapion

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New discovery suggests opium use in ancient cultures

New discovery suggests opium use in ancient cultures

Scholars Thought This Ancient Silver Goblet Told One Myth for 50 Years. Is It Actually Telling Another Story?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scholars-thought-this-ancient-silver-goblet-told-one-myth-for-50-years-is-it-actually-telling-another-story-180987675/

Amarna Letters, the Cuneiform Tablets Containing the Diplomatic Correspondence of Ancient Egypt

Amarna Letters, the Cuneiform Tablets Containing the Diplomatic Correspondence of Ancient Egypt

Greek Inscription at Ancient Theater of Apollonia Reveals Name of Prominent Priestess – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/13/greek-inscription-ancient-theater-apollonia-name-priestess/

Hidden Marks Reveal The Human Story In Ancient Roman Glass – ScienceBlog.com

Hidden Marks Reveal The Human Story In Ancient Roman Glass

Tutankhamun was decapitated 100 years ago – why the excavation is a great shame instead of a triumph
https://theconversation.com/tutankhamun-was-decapitated-100-years-ago-why-the-excavation-is-a-great-shame-instead-of-a-triumph-269015

Ancient pool revealed as healing sanctuary in dedication to Asclepius
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/11/ancient-pool-revealed-as-healing-sanctuary-in-dedication-to-asclepius/156358

Treasures of Gold and Roman River Port Discovered at Ancient City of Aquileia – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/12/treasures-gold-roman-river-port-ancient-city-aquileia/

‘Metamorphoses’ reframes classical antiquity for a modern audience

‘Metamorphoses’ reframes classical antiquity for a modern audience

Forgotten Innovators of the Ancient World? A New Show Gives the Etruscans Their Due
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/estruscan-exhibition-legion-honor-san-francisco-2712304

OSCE assists UK authorities in major antiquities recovery operation | OSCE
https://www.osce.org/secretariat/601473

Top Ten Ancient Greek Coins
https://coinweek.com/top-ten-ancient-greek-coins/

Back to the Challenge: $100K Kaggle Surface Detection
https://substack.com/home/post/p-178721441

Syrian officials issue—then delete—statement identifying ancient Roman statues stolen from Damascus National Museum – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/syrian-officials-delete-statement-ancient-roman-statues-stolen-damascus-national-museum

How ‘The History of the Peloponnesian War’ resonates today – The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/11/13/thucydides-peloponnesian-war-waterfield-dirda-review/

Defending Democracy: Lessons from Raphael’s School of Athens
https://www.baconsrebellion.com/democracies-and-its-friend-enemy-distinctions/

The Sibyl, By Willem Drost (c. 1633–1659) – The Historian’s Hut

The Sibyl, By Willem Drost (c. 1633–1659)

UAlbany lecturer, former Gloversville teacher, sparks passion for ‘dead’ language – Spotlight News

UAlbany lecturer, former Gloversville teacher, sparks passion for ‘dead’ language

Dan-el Padilla Peralta joins humanities faculty at ASU | ASU News
https://news.asu.edu/b/20251112-dan-el-padilla-peralta-joins-humanities-faculty-asu

Aberdeen Latin teacher on why everyone should learn the language
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/education/6882058/latin-classics-st-margarets-school-aberdeen-veronique-oldham/

Layers of Rome | EurekAlert!
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1105766

Earliest Latin translation of ‘Tao Te Ching’ published
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-11-12/Earliest-Latin-translation-of-Tao-Te-Ching-published-1Ifjsq9Haj6/share_amp.html

The Odyssey: New Art Released for Christopher Nolan’s Epic Movie

The Odyssey: New Art Released for Christopher Nolan’s Epic Movie

Looting Matters: Hecht fragment returns to Italy
https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/11/hecht-fragment-returns-to-italy.html

Witt’s Collection – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Witt’s Collection

Oh Sister | Sphinx

Oh Sister

Three Things Thursday: Notebook Jotting from Bilbao | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Three Things Thursday: Notebook Jotting from Bilbao

Het mausoleum van Belevi – Mainzer Beobachter

Het mausoleum van Belevi

PaleoJudaica.com: Plato and the prophets?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/plato-and-prophets.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Raz’s “weak prophecy” and secularization
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/razs-weak-prophecy-and-secularization.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: A Social Archaeology of Kinship in Iberia and Beyond: Recent Multistranded Approaches from aDNA to Household Archaeology
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-social-archaeology-of-kinship-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Voies et voix de la philologie classique: Éditer les textes anciens : comment et pour quel public?
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/voies-et-voix-de-la-philologie.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Contributions à l’histoire de Bjala
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/contributions-lhistoire-de-bjala.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tutankamun Spatial Archive: Anatomy of an Excavation
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/tutankamun-spatial-archive-anatomy-of.html

Contributions to the history of Bjala | Spartokos has read

Contributions à l’histoire de Bjala

The small stuff of Roman antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The small stuff of Roman antiquity

Aristotele, La Politica: guida – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Aristotele, La Politica: guida

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Roman Toilets – The Ancients | Acast

Virgil’s Aeneid: Ep. 9 Pater (… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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(324) Characterisation in Euripides’ Bacchae: thinking about performance – YouTube

(324) AIA Archaeology Hour November 2025: The People’s Arena – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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ANE Today, 13 November 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-13-november-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=178619230&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

• rites in honour of Jupiter
• epulum in honour of Jupiter
• rites in honour of Feronia
• rites in honour of Fortuna Primigenia
• rites in honour of Pietas (?)
• ludi Plebeii (day 10) — the Jupiterfest goes on and on and on (much of the above must be connected to it all)…
• 36 B.C. — ovatio of Octavian for “his” victories over Sextus Pompeius in Sicily; the real author of the victory, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, was granted the corona rostrata
• 354 — birth of Augustine