• 46 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Venus Genetrix (and associated rites thereafter)
• 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Cosmas and Damian
• 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Cyprian
• 1687 — a Venetian mortar ignites a store of Turkish gunpowder being stored in the Parthenon, causing much damage.

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Archaeologists Uncover Ancient City Wall in Amantia | RTSH English

Archaeologists Uncover Ancient City Wall in Amantia

Sardis named a UNESCO World Heritage Site — Harvard Gazette

Sardis named a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Greece Receives 86 Antiquities in Landmark Voluntary Repatriation | GTP Headlines
https://news.gtp.gr/2025/09/25/greece-receives-86-antiquities-in-landmark-voluntary-repatriation/

[AI?]2,000-year-old Roman brooch found by detectorist | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-868514

Roman bath culture surfaces at Türkiye’s Sagalassos with traces of olive oil, cosmetics – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/roman-bath-culture-surfaces-at-turkiyes-sagalassos-with-traces-of-olive-oil-and-cosme-3207530

A Biologist Reveals The Forgotten ‘Superfood’ Of The Roman Empire
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2025/09/25/a-biologist-reveals-the-forgotten-superfood-of-the-roman-empire/

Our Enduring Fascination With Ancient Roman Baths
https://hyperallergic.com/1043102/our-enduring-fascination-with-ancient-roman-baths/

Storeroom and Soup Kitchen Unearthed in Ancient Timbriada: New Clues to Pisidia’s Forgotten City – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/storeroom-and-soup-kitchen-unearthed-in-ancient-timbriada-new-clues-to-pisidias-forgotten-city/

‘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

1,400-year-old hoard of pure gold coins uncovered in the Galilee | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/1400-year-old-hoard-of-pure-gold-coins-uncovered-in-the-galilee/

Hoard of ancient gold coins, jewelry discovered during excavations in Sussita
https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/r1ctvvm3lx

Discovering Ancient Piraeus: A Cultural Journey Through Greece’s Historic Port –
https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/09/25/ancient-piraeus-port

Man arrested for possession of ancient artifacts and human fetus | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1281942/elderly-man-arrested-for-possessing-ancient-artifacts-and-human-fetus/

Don urges African Scholars to embrace Classics as Africa’s heritage – Tribune Online
https://tribuneonlineng.com/don-urges-african-scholars-to-embrace-classics-as-africas-heritage/

New Article on the History of Codex Alexandrinus | Variant Readings

New Article on the History of Codex Alexandrinus

Find and Finder of the Month: Adam Cohen found a Hellenistic Lead Sling Bullet – The Temple Mount Sifting Project

Find and Finder of the Month: Adam Cohen found a Hellenistic Lead Sling Bullet

Hipparchia: The Woman Who Attacked Ancient Greece’s Norms With Public Sex and Philosophy – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/25/hipparchia-ancient-greece-norms-public-sex-philosophy/

The Battle of Actium From The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, By The Workshop of Willem van Leefdael (1632–1688) After A Design By Justus van Egmont (1601–1674) – The Historian’s Hut

The Battle of Actium From The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, By The Workshop of Willem van Leefdael (1632–1688) After A Design By Justus van Egmont (1601–1674)

Laudator Temporis Acti: Praise
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/09/praise.html

Keizerin Faustina II – Mainzer Beobachter

Keizerin Faustina II

PaleoJudaica.com: Brody & Chen, Dura-Europos: Past, Present, Future (Brepols)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/brody-chen-dura-europos-past-present.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Aramaic in Tasmania?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/aramaic-in-tasmania.html

PaleoJudaica.com: An AI-Based Analysis of a Jewish Textual Corpus
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/an-ai-based-analysis-of-jewish-textual.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: Dionysus Ex Machina: Rivista annuale online di studi sul teatro antico
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2012/06/open-access-journal-dionysus-ex-machina.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Jerome’s Sources in His Translation of the Hebrew Bible
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/jeromes-sources-in-his-translation-of.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: From the Early Years of the Royal Treasure Archive of Esaĝdana-Nibru
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/from-early-years-of-royal-treasure.html

Three Things Thursday: Books, Photography, and Teaching | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Three Things Thursday: Books, Photography, and Teaching

Ancient sculpture and twentieth-century American womanhood: Venus envy – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Ancient sculpture and twentieth-century American womanhood: Venus envy

Epeo, mitologia di un artigiano. Economie della montagna, economia del legno nella Grecia antica – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Epeo, mitologia di un artigiano. Economie della montagna, economia del legno nella Grecia antica

Plato’s Unwritten Doctrines
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/platos-unwritten-doctrines/F0297D76E5984C917E9843ED750FECDA

Pasts Imperfect (9.25.25)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-9-25-25/?ref=pasts-imperfect-newsletter

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14 INTERVIEW with Eleanor Dick…–TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis – Apple Podcasts

Surf the Celtic Wave–The Partial Historians – Apple Podcasts

Inanna: Mesopotamian Sex Goddess – The Ancients | Acast

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(94) Prof. David Gill, “Cleon’s Victory at Sphacteria and the Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis” – YouTube

(95) How Did The Celts Shift From Peaceful Traders To Fearsome Warriors? – YouTube

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International Conference: “Outside the Workshop. The Artisan as an Actor in Premodern Societies”, March 26-27, 2026.

Colloque international: « Hors de l’atelier. L’artisan acteur des sociétés prémodernes », 26-27 mars 2026.

• 2nd century A.D. — martyrdom of Herculanus
• 233 A.D. — the emperor Severus Alexander celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Persians
• 1808 — death of Richard Porson
• 1931 — death of Ulrich von Wilamovitz-Moellendorff

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First family statue of its kind discovered in ancient Egypt
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-family-statue-kind-ancient-egypt.html

Ancient pottery discovery unlocks earliest proof of horses in Bronze Age Sicily
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-ancient-pottery-discovery-earliest-proof.html

No need for wet feet: underwater Roman site dig livestreamed – DutchNews.nl
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/09/no-need-for-wet-feet-underwater-roman-site-dig-livestreamed/

Ancient History Professor Creates Period-Correct AI Image Generator | PetaPixel

Ancient History Professor Creates Period-Correct AI Image Generator

Archaeology: Traces of ancient harbour found off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast – The Sofia Globe

Archaeology: Traces of ancient harbour found off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast

A Roman Articulated Terracotta Doll Found in Córdoba

A Roman Articulated Terracotta Doll Found in Córdoba

Greece Restores the Mycenaean Wall on the Acropolis of Athens – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/24/greece-restores-mycenaean-wall-acropolis-athens/

Mystery of Troy’s Lost Hot Spring Puzzles Researchers to This Day – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/23/troy-lost-hot-spring/

Archaeologists uncover early Elamite burial near Persepolis in southern Iran – Tehran Times
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/518277/Archaeologists-uncover-early-Elamite-burial-near-Persepolis-in

1,800-Year-Old Stadium Unearthed in Ancient Greek City of Syedra in Turkey – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/24/stadium-ancient-greek-city-syedra-turkey/

Ancient Roman Oil Lamp Shaped Like a Mask Unearthed in the Netherlands – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/23/ancient-roman-oil-lamp-mask-netherlands/

British Museum interested in Roman ring key found in Bowes | The Northern Echo
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/25486779.british-museum-interested-roman-ring-key-found-bowes/

This ancient Roman checkpoint guarded the secret passage between two empires (hidden in France’s southernmost mountains)

This ancient Roman checkpoint guarded the secret passage between two empires (hidden in France’s southernmost mountains)

Classics discussion enters ‘library of the mind’ through Christian perspective – The Baylor Lariat

Classics discussion enters ‘library of the mind’ through Christian perspective

(21) EPISTULA DE RECURSIONE HILARI ◊ᴿᴱᶜᵁᴿˢᴵᵛᴱ M. Tullius Cicero Sibi Ipsi Ridens S.D. On the Hilarious Recursion of Quoting Myself Without Attribution
https://latinum.substack.com/p/epistula-de-recursione-hilari-m-tullius?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3282716&post_id=174439554&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(21) Clash of the Stoics: Ryan Holiday vs. Pat McGeehan on Charlie Kirk
https://ataraxiaorbust.substack.com/p/clash-of-the-stoics-ryan-holiday?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2723270&post_id=174388170&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: Jordan Penkower z”l
https://oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2025/09/jordan-penkower-zl.html

OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: Yiftah 2025 – The Taxonomy of the Legal Document
https://oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2025/09/yiftah-2025-taxonomy-of-legal-document.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Campania
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/09/campania.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: No Littering
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/09/no-littering.html

Wie was Mozes? (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

Wie was Mozes? (1)

Wie was Mozes? (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

Wie was Mozes? (2)

PaleoJudaica.com: Rodrigue, Jerome’s Sources in His Translation of the Hebrew Bible (Open Book)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/rodrigue-jeromes-sources-in-his.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Those 53 confirmed Bible people again
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/those-53-confirmed-bible-people-again.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Redactional mysticisim in Deuteronomy?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/redactional-mysticisim-in-deuteronomy.html

Ancient Greek History Gift Guide (Part 1): The Greek World
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/ancient-greek-history-gift-guide-part-1-the-greek-world

The Lycian hoplite – Fact or fiction? – Ancient World Magazine
https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/lycian-hoplite-fact-fiction/

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Usages des mots, usages des choses: Quatre études sur la littérature et les artefacts
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/usages-des-mots-usages-des-choses.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Le détroit de Gibraltar (Antiquité – Moyen Âge). III: Circulations, mobilités et réseaux d’échanges
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/le-detroit-de-gibraltar-antiquite-moyen.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Der Satyr in Theater und Tanz: Historische Kontexte und Aktualisierung einer marginalisierten Figur
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/der-satyr-in-theater-und-tanz.html

Ukrainian Archaeologists Through the Ages: Studying the Lower Bug Steppe | Spartokos read

Les archéologues ukrainiens à travers les âges : l’étude de la steppe du Bas-Boug

A commentary on Plautus’ Curculio – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

A commentary on Plautus’ Curculio

La lunga notte di Alcinoo. Come e perché è fatta l’Odissea – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

La lunga notte di Alcinoo. Come e perché è fatta l’Odissea

Forsaken relics: practices and rituals of appropriating abandoned artifacts from antiquity to modern times – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Forsaken relics: practices and rituals of appropriating abandoned artifacts from antiquity to modern times

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Hand of a Giant: Discoveries f… – Dive & Dig – Apple Podcasts

Virgil’s Aeneid: Ep. 2 Limen (… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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(64) Greek Naval Supremacy Athenian Tactics & Persian Defeat #ancienthistoryguy #ancienthistory – YouTube

(64) The Mamertines Mercenaries Who Triggered The Punic Wars #ancienthistoryguy #ancienthistory – YouTube

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Select tickets – 25th Annual Dorothy and Alan Buchan Lecture: Naoíse Mac Sweeney on Ancient Greek Origin Myths – Sir Bob Burgess Building
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/schoolofarchaeologyandancienthistoryuniversityofleicester/1857550

• 15 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Vitellius (?)