• Parentalia (Day 5) — the period for appeasing the dead continued
• Quirinalia — festival honouring the namesake of the Quirinal hill, the Sabine divinity Quirinus, who was later identified with Romulus. Little else is known about the festival.
• 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Donatus and 80+ others near Venice
• 1776 — Edward Gibbon publishes the first volume of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Archaeologists Reveal the Gigantic Scale of the Roman “Lapis Specularis” Mines in Segóbriga, the Crystal with Which Tiberius Built the First Greenhouses in History

Archaeologists Reveal the Gigantic Scale of the Roman “Lapis Specularis” Mines in Segóbriga, the Crystal with Which Tiberius Built the First Greenhouses in History

British Museum removes word ‘Palestine’ from some displays | British Museum | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/feb/16/british-museum-removes-word-palestine

Tailing looters, archaeologists find 2,000-year-old stone vessel factory in Jerusalem | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/tailing-looters-archaeologists-find-2000-year-old-stone-vessel-factory-in-jerusalem/

The cone-shaped vessels that have puzzled archaeologists for decades – until now | The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/news/science/archaeology/chalcolithic-cones-purpose-mystery-ancient-ritual-b2920993.html

Hidden world beneath Cappadocia begins to surface after new discovery – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/hidden-world-beneath-cappadocia-begins-to-surface-after-new-discovery-3214572

Archaeologists in Germany Find Ancient Secret Staircase Leading To Roman Altar That Shouldn’t Be There
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/rare-roman-altar-staircase-cologne-discovery/

Hadrian’s Wall: How long did it take to build? | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/hadrians-wall-history

Ancient bone found in Spain could be from Hannibal’s war elephants
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr2xl1e41eo

Adapting Antigone: A Discussion with the Director and Writers – The McGill Daily

Adapting Antigone: A Discussion with the Director and Writers

Ten Lost Roman Wonders: The World’s Longest Tunnel, Tallest Dam, Widest-Spanning Bridge & More | Open Culture

Ten Lost Roman Wonders: The World’s Longest Tunnel, Tallest Dam, Widest-Spanning Bridge & More

God of War: Sons of Sparta, a New Game Inspired by Ancient Greek Warrior Culture – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/16/god-of-war-sons-of-sparta-new-game-ancient-greek-warrior/

A Heroic Tale Curtailed: Homeric Digressions and Iliad 13 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

A Heroic Tale Curtailed: Homeric Digressions and Iliad 13

All the CSEL series PDFs up to 2010 made open-access

All the CSEL series PDFs up to 2010 made open-access

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: So, What IS Going on in the British Museum?
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/02/so-what-is-going-on-in-british-museum.html

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: UK Treasure Hunting, Bottle-Digging History Prof Flogs off Protohistoric Hoard
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/02/treasure-hunting-history-prof-flogs-off.html

Weekly Varia no. 169, 02/15/26 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 169, 02/15/26

Robert Nouwen, Rome & de Lage Landen (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

Robert Nouwen, Rome & de Lage Landen (1)

Robert Nouwen, Rome & de Lage Landen (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

Robert Nouwen, Rome & de Lage Landen (2)

Robert Nouwen, Rome & de Lage Landen (3) – Mainzer Beobachter

Robert Nouwen, Rome & de Lage Landen (3)

PaleoJudaica.com: Carol and Eric Meyers
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/carol-and-eric-meyers.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Phoenicians at Nora
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-phoenicians-at-nora.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Looting apprehension yields an ancient stone workshop
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/looting-apprehension-yields-ancient.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Weaving Truth: Essays on Language and the Female in Greek Thought
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/weaving-truth-essays-on-language-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The CSNTM Digital Manuscript Collection
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-csntm-digital-manuscript-collection.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum: Critical Editions of the Works of the Latin Church Fathers
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/corpus-scriptorum-ecclesiasticorum.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Digital Initiative for Classics: Epic Speeches (DICES)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/digital-initiative-for-classics-epic.html

Citizenship practised, citizenship imagined: multiple ways of experiencing citizenship in the Greek world – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.23/

Lucretian receptions in prose – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.22/

The Libyan Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives – The Past

The Libyan Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives

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Vespasian #13 – Titus Likes It Tight – Life Of The Caesars

Vespasian #13 – Titus Likes It Tight

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(74) When did the Roman Republic start to Fall? – YouTube

(74) Christopher Nolan vs The Ancient Greek (Odyssey Trailer Reaction) – YouTube

(75) Who Really Built The Sphinx? – YouTube

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Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics at Birkbeck, University of London
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQN461/lecturer-in-ancient-history-and-classics

• Parentalia (Day 4) — the period for appeasing the dead continued
• 309 A.D. — martyrdom of Pamphilius

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Drone survey reveals Roman forum and theatre at Fioccaglia
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/drone-survey-reveals-roman-forum-and-theatre-at-fioccaglia/157015

Manufatti etruschi trovati in una casa disabitata nel Parmense
https://www.rainews.it/tgr/emiliaromagna/articoli/2026/02/manufatti-etruschi-trovati-in-una-casa-disabitata-nel-parmense-4e986f14-39d7-43d5-b814-425fc2c369a8.html

Monumental Roman apse discovered beneath Cologne’s town hall square
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/monumental-roman-apse-discovered-beneath-colognes-town-hall-square/157010

First Solid Evidence of Hannibal’s Infamous War Elephants Discovered in Spain : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/first-solid-evidence-of-hannibals-infamous-war-elephants-discovered-in-spain

Two years after collapse, Caesarea aqueduct to be restored in joint project | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-years-after-collapse-caesarea-aqueduct-to-be-restored-in-joint-project

[old news]Greek Statues Were Not Only Painted and Dressed But Also Perfumed, Study Reveals – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/15/greek-statues-paint-dress-perfume/

Roman carriage ornament found in Essex deemed ‘Treasure’ | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-886573

The Politics and Ethics of Abortion in Ancient Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/15/abortion-ancient-greece/

The Lelantine War: Myth or the First Great Ancient Greek Coalition Conflict? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/15/lelantine-war-ancient-greece/

The belief that lead poisoning caused the fall of the Roman Empire is not true, according to a scientific review

The belief that lead poisoning caused the fall of the Roman Empire is not true, according to a scientific review

From secret cults to Christianity, how did ancient Roman religion change so dramatically? | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/ancient-roman-gods-secret-cults-christianity/

Ancient Greek Cheesecake Was Served to Athletes at the First Olympic Games
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/02/16/ancient-greek-cheesecake-byzantine/

Review: “Breaking the Bonds of Fate – Epicurus and Marx” – MR Online

Review: “Breaking the Bonds of Fate – Epicurus and Marx”

Blonde Greek Gods for Kids: Playmobil’s Nazi Aesthetic Explained | flyingpenguin

Blonde Greek Gods for Kids: Playmobil’s Nazi Aesthetic Explained

Wikipedia’s War Against Biblical Archaeology | ArmstrongInstitute.org
https://armstronginstitute.org/1427-wikipedias-war-against-biblical-archaeology

(19) February 57 BCE: From Cicero (at Dyrrachium?) to Atticus (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/february-57-bce-from-cicero-at-dyrrachium

Remembering James Tatum, Pioneering Classicist and Scholar of War and Memory | Faculty of Arts and Sciences
https://fas.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/02/remembering-james-tatum-pioneering-classicist-and-scholar-war-and-memory

Who Has Played Eurydice in Hadestown on Broadway? | Broadway Direct
https://broadwaydirect.com/who-has-played-eurydice-in-hadestown-on-broadway

Collections: Against the State – A Primer on Terrorism, Insurgency and Protest – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Against the State – A Primer on Terrorism, Insurgency and Protest

Laudator Temporis Acti: Education
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/education.html

Het nieuwe leger van Darius III – Mainzer Beobachter

Het nieuwe leger van Darius III

Marcus Antonius en de Lupercalia – Mainzer Beobachter

Marcus Antonius en de Lupercalia

Caesar voor de Lupercalia – Mainzer Beobachter

Caesar voor de Lupercalia

Oops… I Did It Again | Sphinx

Oops… I Did It Again

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Labored in Papyrus Leaves: Perspectives on an Epigram Collection Attributed to Posidippus (P.Mil.Vogl. VIII 309)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/labored-in-papyrus-leaves-perspectives.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Homeric Conversation
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/homeric-conversation.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Pointing at the Past: From Formula to Performance in Homeric Poetics
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/pointing-at-past-from-formula-to.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-ritual-lament-in-greek-tradition.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Karkemish of the Hittites on the Euphrates: New Discoveries and New Acquisitions
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/karkemish-of-hittites-on-euphrates-new.html
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Anima Latina 15.02.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2026/02/anima-latina-15-02-2026.html

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 14.02.2026 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2026/02/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-14-02-2026.html

The Skulls of Jericho – The Ancients | Acast

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(35) Tombs fit for a king 👑 – only they aren’t! – YouTube

(38) Cleopatra | Egyptian History | Extra History Complete – YouTube

(39) Historian Analyses EPIC: The Musical (Thunder Saga) – YouTube

(40) Latin Love Poems during Covid (feat. Francesco Vacca of NUBES) – YouTube

(40) Why Didn’t the Romans Invade Ireland? – YouTube

(40) The Discovery of Seneca the Elder’s Lost Roman History – YouTube

(40) Stephen Fry Tells The Real Story Behind Greek Myths – YouTube

(40) In conversation with Ferdia Lennon 4th February 2026 – YouTube

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explorator 28.07 ~ February 15, 2026 – Explorator

explorator 28.07 ~ February 15, 2026

• Parentalia (Day 3) — the festival for appeasing the dead continues
• Lupercalia
• 44 B.C. — Julius Caesar is offered — and declines — the title of rex and the diadem to go with it
• 1515 — death of Aldus Manutius