ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ November 4, 2025

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2,000-Year-Old Wooden Statue of Hercules Discovered in Ibiza, Spain – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/04/wooden-statue-hercules-ibiza-spain/

Archaeological evidence places the origin of cavalry in the Aramean and Luwian states of the Iron Age, half a century before the Assyrians

Archaeological evidence places the origin of cavalry in the Aramean and Luwian states of the Iron Age, half a century before the Assyrians

Greece’s Parthenon Sheds Its Scaffolding for the First Time in 20 Years
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/greek-parthenon-scaffolding-removed-conservation-2707776

Romans in Ancient Olbia Watered Their Dead With Wine and Beer
https://gizmodo.com/romans-in-ancient-olbia-watered-their-dead-with-wine-and-beer-2000680824

A 1,700-Year-Old Roman Merchant Ship Lies Just Two Meters Below the Surface off Mallorca’s Playa de Palma – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/a-1700-year-old-roman-merchant-ship-lies-just-two-meters-below-the-surface-off-mallorcas-playa-de-palma/

5,500-year-old site in Jordan reveals a lost civilization’s secrets | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251104094150.htm

Signatures meant more in Mesopotamia than they do now: What cylinder seals say about ancient and modern life
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-signatures-meant-mesopotamia-cylinder-ancient.html

Science history: Archaeologists discover King Tut’s tomb, and rumors of the ‘mummy’s curse’ begin swirling — Nov. 4, 1922 | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/science-history-archaeologists-discover-king-tuts-tomb-and-rumors-of-the-mummys-curse-begin-swirling-nov-4-1922

Ancient Greeks and Romans knew harming the environment could change the climate
https://theconversation.com/ancient-greeks-and-romans-knew-harming-the-environment-could-change-the-climate-257556

FSU unveils ‘Vires, Artes, Mores’ statues in Student Union, bridging Florence and Tallahassee – Florida State University News

FSU unveils ‘Vires, Artes, Mores’ statues in Student Union, bridging Florence and Tallahassee

Lina Mendoni at UNESCO: “I call on all Member States to support the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures” – ProtoThema English

Lina Mendoni at UNESCO: “I call on all Member States to support the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures”

‘Elektra’ opens at Madison Street Theater  – Forest Park Review

‘Elektra’ opens at Madison Street Theater 

The Women of Troy brings Greek tragedy to MSU

The Women of Troy brings Greek tragedy to MSU

UTC Theatre Co. presents “Medea” Nov. 18-22 | UTC News

UTC Theatre Co. presents “Medea” Nov. 18-22

SLU history professor reimagines ancient Rome – The University News

SLU history professor reimagines ancient Rome

U of O suspends honours program in Greek and Roman studies | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/u-of-o-suspends-honours-program-in-greek-and-roman-studies-9.6962030

Laudator Temporis Acti: Languages
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/languages.html

Chilean retiree returns Ancient Greek marble fragment his father took in the 1930s – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/chilean-retiree-returns-ancient-greek-marble-fragment-father-stole-1930s

Was the Roman Colosseum Really as Bloody as Gladiator Makes It Look? | History
https://vocal.media/history/was-the-roman-colosseum-really-as-bloody-as-gladiator-makes-it-look

Huge LEGO Roman City Has One Million Pieces – Give Bread and Circuses – Bell of Lost Souls

Huge LEGO Roman City Has One Million Pieces – Give Bread and Circuses

Thersites’ Body: Description, Characterization, and Physiognomy in Iliad 2 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Thersites’ Body: Description, Characterization, and Physiognomy in Iliad 2

Het Senaatsgebouw in Rome (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

Het Senaatsgebouw in Rome (2)

AcWriMo 2025 – Noodlings

AcWriMo 2025

Ancient Homilies for All Saints Day? – Roger Pearse

Ancient Homilies for All Saints Day?

Laudator Temporis Acti: Examination of Conscience
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/examination-of-conscience.html

PaleoJudaica.com: When did Israel become monotheistic?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/when-did-israel-become-monotheistic.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A statement by the director of “The Carpenter’s Son”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-statement-by-director-of-carpenters.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Ross on syntax of year expressions in LXX Greek
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/ross-on-syntax-of-year-expressions-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: “Turba piorum”: Anonyme christliche lateinische Dichtung der Antike. Texte, Übersetzungen, Untersuchungen / L’antique poésie latine anonyme d’inspiration chrétienne. Études, textes et traductions
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/turba-piorum-anonyme-christliche.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: „Quid poema frangat?“: Zur Poetik des Bruchs in den Carmina des Sidonius Apollinaris
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/quid-poema-frangat-zur-poetik-des.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Laktanz: „Divinae institutiones“: Einleitung, Text, Übersetzung und Anmerkungen
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/laktanz-divinae-institutiones.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La nécropole gétique de Ve-IVe siècles av. n. è. de Bugeac
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/la-necropole-getique-de-ve-ive-siecles.html

The Getic necropolis of 5th-4th centuries BC at Bugeac | Spartokos a lu

La nécropole gétique de Ve-IVe siècles av. n. è. de Bugeac

Domestic violence and vulnerability in the Roman world – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Domestic violence and vulnerability in the Roman world

The temporality of festivals: approaches to festive time in ancient Babylon, Greece, Rome, and Medieval China – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The temporality of festivals: approaches to festive time in ancient Babylon, Greece, Rome, and Medieval China


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Maiden, Monster, Medusa with Ayana Gray – Ancient History Fangirl

Maiden, Monster, Medusa with Ayana Gray

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(85) Dr. Kathleen Martinez Uncovers an Ancient Port | Cleopatra’s Final Secret | National Geographic – YouTube

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Save Ancient Studies Alliance 2025-26 Recruitment for Undergraduate and Graduate students – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/sasa2526/

Non-Invasive geophysical imaging reveals ptolemaic tombs at ai-dyabat for global archaeological applications | Scientific Reports
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-23113-

9th Symposium for Archaeometry of the HSA

9th Symposium for Archaeometry of the HSA

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN November 3, 2025

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Archaeologists protect 3,000-year-old Urartian paintings in eastern Türkiye’s underground complex – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/archaeologists-protect-3000-year-old-urartian-paintings-in-eastern-turkiyes-undergrou-3209403

Archaeologists Just Found Extremely Rare 2,700-Year-Old Assyrian Warning Buried in Jerusalem
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-just-found-extremely-rare-2700-year-old-assyrian-warning-buried-in-jerusalem/

Archeologi portano alla luce un edificio di epoca romana a Egna | Tutte le news | News | Amministrazione provincia Bolzano
https://news.provincia.bz.it/it/news/archeologi-portano-alla-luce-un-edificio-di-epoca-romana-a-egna

Ancient Roman Cremation Process Revealed by Archaeological Find in France
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-cremation-process-libation-tubes-1234759907/

Ancient theatre discovered in Herakleia, Italy

Ancient theatre discovered in Herakleia, Italy

Sleeping Cupid Unearthed in Pula: A Rare Masterpiece of Ancient Roman Art – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/sleeping-cupid-unearthed-in-pula-a-rare-masterpiece-of-ancient-roman-art/

This ‘Once-In-A-Generation’ Roman Secret Has Been Discovered After Being Hidden For 2,000 Years – And It’s Just 2 Hours From Glasgow

This ‘Once-In-A-Generation’ Roman Secret Has Been Discovered After Being Hidden For 2,000 Years – And It’s Just 2 Hours From Glasgow

[FWIW] Public University Professor Claims Romans Learned Shipbuilding From Malays | TRP

Public University Professor Claims Romans Learned Shipbuilding From Malays

Memento Mori: A mosaic from Pompeii of a wealthy man whose dog died in the Mount Vesuvius eruption | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/memento-mori-a-mosaic-that-predates-mount-vesuvius-eruption-in-pompeii-and-reminds-us-that-we-will-all-die

Netherlands to return stolen ancient sculpture to Egypt
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnve21y7lreo

Archaeologists uncover stone ruins from ancient city
https://nypost.com/2025/11/03/science/archaeologists-uncover-stone-ruins-from-ancient-city/

The Ancient Shield: How Aristotle & Greek Thought Guard Us vs. Modern Autocracy – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/the-ancient-shield-how-aristotle-greek-thought-guard-us-vs-modern-autocracy/

Could Hermes Be the Ancient Greek God Millennials Relate to Most? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/03/ancient-greek-god-hermes-icon-millennials/

Spartan Wit Revisited: History’s Sharpest One-Liner – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/03/spartan-wit-history-sharpest-one-liner/

Historical Studies Department hosts eighth annual Classics and the World Today event – The Medium

Historical Studies Department hosts eighth annual Classics and the World Today event

Saserna’s Sestertius?! – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Saserna’s Sestertius?!

Fantasies in the Schaefer Archive (Cocles) – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Fantasies in the Schaefer Archive (Cocles)

Jugurtha again (a short pre-email Monday, no bull, post) – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Jugurtha again (a short pre-email Monday, no bull, post)

Jane Harrison and Virginia Woolf | Blog post | The TLS

Jane Harrison and Virginia Woolf

Weekly Varia no. 154, 11/02/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 154, 11/02/25

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Netherlands to return stolen ancient sculpture to Egypt
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/11/netherlands-to-return-stolen-ancient.html

Rewriting the Plot: What The Structure of the Iliad’s First Third Accomplishes – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Rewriting the Plot: What The Structure of the Iliad’s First Third Accomplishes

Laudator Temporis Acti: Spreading the News
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/spreading-news.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Defence of the Classics
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/defence-of-classics.html

Het Senaatsgebouw in Rome (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

Het Senaatsgebouw in Rome (1)

PaleoJudaica.com: Jassen on imagined violence in the DSS
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/jassen-on-imagined-violence-in-dss.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Fox-footprint find at el-Araj
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/fox-footprint-find-at-el-araj.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/inauguration-of-grand-egyptian-museum.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Frühe Reisende in Phokis und Lokris: Berichte aus Zentralgriechenland vom 12. bis 19. Jahrhundert
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/fruhe-reisende-in-phokis-und-lokris.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Bronze Age Radiocarbondates from Bogazkoy-Hattusha, v.1
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/bronze-age-radiocarbondates-from.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Musiker und ihr vokales Repertoire: Untersuchungen zu Inhalt und Organisation von Musikerberufen und Liedgattungen in altbabylonischer Zeit
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/musiker-und-ihr-vokales-repertoire.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Raw data of chert assemblages from the north-western town (NWT) excavations at Elephantine Island 2013-2018
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/raw-data-of-chert-assemblages-from.html

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[RERUN] EPISODE 82: The Other 300 (Part 2) — History on Fire
https://historyonfirepodcast.com/episodes/2025/11/03/rerun-episode-82-the-other-300-part-2

A Dam Grows in Iron Age Jerusalem, Or, When the Levites Break | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/a-dam-grows-in-iron-age-jerusalem-or-when-the-levites-break/

98: Launch of the Sicilian Exp…–Casting Through Ancient Greece – Apple Podcasts

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(58) ‘Beautiful and Significant’: Israel’s Megiddo Mosaic On Display At Museum of the Bible – YouTube

(58) Egypt unveils Grand Egyptian Museum dedicated to its ancient civilisation – YouTube

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Antiquipop – La lettre de novembre 2025
https://antiquipop.substack.com/p/antiquipop-la-lettre-de-novembre?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1249468&post_id=177902818&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Nestor – November 2025 issue available
https://classics.uc.edu/nestor/pages/news/848-november-2025-issue-available

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii nonas novembres

  • Hilaria of Isis (late mention)
  • 39 A.D. — birth of the poet Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus)
  • 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Germanus (et al) at Caesarea

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv nonas novembres

  • 1656 B.C. — traditional date for the start of the Great Flood (according to one calculation)
  • 285 B.C. — Ptolemy II Philadelphus ascends the throne of Egypt as co-ruler with Ptolemy I(by one reckoning)
  • 188 A.D. — martyrdom of Eustachius/Placidus (in a bronze bull!)
  • 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Justus of Trieste
  • 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Victorinus of Pettau
  • 315 A.D. — martyrdom of Carterius and his companions (soldiers under Licinius)