ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN~April 4, 2025

~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

===========================================================
LEGENDA
===========================================================
“House of Life” Discovered at the Ramesseum in Luxor, Filled with Drawings and School Games

“House of Life” Discovered at the Ramesseum in Luxor, Filled with Drawings and School Games

A 1st Century AD Roman “Vivarium” in the Submerged Heart of the Venice Lagoon

Un “vivarium” romano del I secolo d.C. nel cuore sommerso della Laguna di Venezia

Mass grave of Roman soldiers tells gruesome tale of military disaster | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/science/mass-grave-roman-soldiers-austria-intl-scli/index.html

A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-mass-grave-fighters-roman-empire.html

Explore the Ancient Greek World Through a Revolutionary Digital Map – GreekReporter.com

Explore the Ancient Greek World Through a Revolutionary Digital Map

Discovery of mass grave under football pitch changes what we know about the Roman Empire | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/vienna-archaeology-roman-mass-grave-b2726613.html

Extensive Roman settlement found beyond the borders of the Roman Empire
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/04/extensive-roman-settlement-found-beyond-the-borders-of-the-roman-empire/154865

Ancient secret uncovered: experts stumble upon a mysterious tunnel that could link Rome to a distant city – AS USA
https://en.as.com/latest_news/ancient-secret-uncovered-experts-stumble-upon-a-mysterious-tunnel-that-could-link-rome-to-a-distant-city-n/

A funerary relief from a tomb in the necropolis of Porta Sarno

A funerary relief from a tomb in the necropolis of Porta Sarno

Humanities studio presents Stephanie McCarter on female agency in the classics – The Student Life

Humanities studio presents Stephanie McCarter on female agency in the classics

(5) Taking Helen Seriously – by Joel Christensen
https://joelchristensen.substack.com/p/taking-helen-seriously?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1870284&post_id=160528263&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Apropos of Nothing, Achilles Calls the Commander-in-Chief a Dog[-face] – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Apropos of Nothing, Achilles Calls the Commander-in-Chief a Dog[-face]

PaleoJudaica.com: Gaza archaeology exhibition in Paris
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/04/gaza-archaeology-exhibition-in-paris.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Albert Pietersma (1935–2025)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/04/albert-pietersma-19352025.html

FIEC Blog: Petition to preserve Greek teaching in Zurich high schools
https://fiecnet.blogspot.com/2025/04/petition-to-preserve-greek-teaching-in.html

The Life and Death of Antiquities Trafficker Leonardo Patterson: A Dealer in Stolen History ~ ARCAblog
https://art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-life-and-death-of-leonardo.html

Numa’s legacy – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Numa’s legacy

Conserv* legend usage – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Conserv* legend usage

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Under-Pyramid-Scan Scam: Sarah Parcak on Flint Dibble
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/04/under-pyramid-scan-scam-sarah-parcak-on.html

Working with Manuscripts | Variant Readings

Working with Manuscripts

Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Varia and Quick Hits

Winter AD 124/5 – Hadrian tours the Peloponnese (part 2) and visits Sparta and Corinth (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN

Winter AD 124/5 – Hadrian tours the Peloponnese (part 2) and visits Sparta and Corinth (#Hadrian1900)

Laudator Temporis Acti: A General Admits His Mistake
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-general-admits-his-mistake.html

Leonardo Patterson has Died at age 82

Leonardo Patterson has Died at age 82

Fireside Friday, April 4, 2025 – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Fireside Friday, April 4, 2025

Ancient history is humanity’s first draft – The Queen’s Journal

Ancient history is humanity’s first draft

The unprecedented discovery that now explains centuries of history thanks to science: a 2,300-year-old Greek ship full of preserved treasures – AS USA
https://en.as.com/latest_news/the-unprecedented-discovery-that-now-explains-centuries-of-history-thanks-to-science-a-2300-year-old-greek-ship-full-of-preserved-treasures-n/

The Hittite Prince Who Stole an Empire – The Ancient Near East Today

The Hittite Prince Who Stole an Empire

Pompeii Funerary Relief Potentially Features a Priestess

Nearly Life-Sized Relief Sculptures in Exceptional Condition Discovered in Pompeii

Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way
https://theconversation.com/ancient-rome-used-high-tariffs-to-raise-money-too-and-created-other-economic-problems-along-the-way-253752

Life-size sculptures uncovered in Pompeii show that ancient women didn’t just have to be wives to make a difference
https://theconversation.com/life-size-sculptures-uncovered-in-pompeii-show-that-ancient-women-didnt-just-have-to-be-wives-to-make-a-difference-253863

The Road to Mons Graupius: A Journey Through Roman Scotland – book review | Counterfire

The Road to Mons Graupius: A Journey Through Roman Scotland – book review

Picture worlds: storytelling on Greek, Moche, and Maya pottery – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Picture worlds: storytelling on Greek, Moche, and Maya pottery


===========================================================
AUDIENDA
===========================================================
93: Breaching the Peace – Casting Through Ancient Greece – Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/93-breaching-the-peace/id1495289354?i=1000702153039

Excavating Pompeii–When in Rome – Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/excavating-pompeii/id1021033252?i=1000702114887
===========================================================
VIDENDA
===========================================================
(1000) SAR Pyramid Conspiracy Debunked by Satellite Archaeologist Dr Sarah Parcak – YouTube

(1000) Mass grave mystery: Archaeologists discover 150 Roman-era soldiers in Vienna – YouTube

===========================================================
NOTANDA
===========================================================
“Gladiators: Life in the Arena”: U-M Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Flash Talk – Ann Arbor Observer

“Gladiators: Life in the Arena”: U-M Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Flash Talk

Kolaios of Samos

Kolaios of Samos

Visiting Assistant Professor, Classics job with Skidmore College | 37814325
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37814325/visiting-assistant-professor-classics/?TrackID=108333&BatchID=1781&JobAlertId=312050&cmpid=JBE_TL_20250404_jobtitle&utm_source=jbe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=JBE_TL_20250404_jobtitle_job1

Assistant Professor of Latin Classics job with University of Oregon | 37813651
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37813651/assistant-professor-of-latin-classics/

Visiting Faculty in Classics (2025-26) – HigherEdJobs
https://www.higheredjobs.com/institution/details.cfm?JobCode=179096909&Title=Visiting%20Faculty%20in%20Classics%20(2025-26)

The Conversation: Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way

~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

<h1 class="theconversation-article-title"

Nuntiya/Shutterstock

Peter Edwell, Macquarie University

Tariffs are back in the headlines this week, with United States President Donald Trump introducing sweeping new tariffs of at least 10% on a vast range of goods imported to the US. For some countries and goods, the tariffs will be much higher.

Analysts have expressed shock and worry, warning the move could lead to inflation and possibly even recession for the US.

As someone who’s spent years researching the economy of Ancient Rome, it all feels a shade familiar.

In fact, tariffs were also used in Ancient Rome, and for some of the reasons that governments claim to be using them today.

Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

Roman tariffs on luxury goods

As the Roman Empire expanded and became richer, its wealthy citizens demanded increasing amounts of luxury items, especially from Arabia, India and China. This included silk, pearls, pepper and incense.

There was so much demand for incense, for example, that growers in southern Arabia worked out how to harvest it twice a year. Pepper has been found on archaeological sites as far north as Roman Britain.

Around 70 CE the Roman writer Pliny – who later died in the eruption that buried Pompeii – complained that 100 million sesterces (a type of coin) drained from the empire every year due to luxury imports. About 50 million sesterces a year, he reckoned, was spent on trade from India alone.

In reality, however, the cost of these imports was even larger than Pliny thought.

An Egyptian document, known as the Muziris Papyrus, from about the same time Pliny wrote shows one boat load of imports from India was valued at 7 million sesterces.

Hundreds of boats laden with luxuries sailed from India to Egypt every year.

At Palmyra (an ancient city in what’s now Syria) in the second century CE, an inscription shows 90 million sesterces in goods were imported in just one month.

And in the first century BCE, Roman leader Julius Caesar gave his lover, Servilia (mother to his murderer Marcus Brutus), an imported black pearl worth 6 million sesterces. It’s often described as one of the most valuable pearls of all time.

Caesar in statue form
Julius Caesar gave his lover, Servilia, an imported black pearl worth 6 million sesterces.
AdelCorp/Shutterstock

So while there was a healthy level of trade in the other direction – with the Romans exporting plenty of metal wares, glass vessels and wine – demand for luxury imports was very high.

The Roman government charged a tariff of 25% (known as the tetarte) on imported goods.

The purpose of the tetarte was to raise revenue rather than protect local industry. These imports mostly could not be sourced in the Roman Empire. Many of them were in raw form and used in manufacturing items within the empire. Silk was mostly imported raw, as was cotton. Pearls and gemstones were used to manufacture jewellery.

With the volume and value of eastern imports at such high levels in imperial Rome, the tariffs collected were enormous.

One recent estimate suggests they could fund around one-third of the empire’s military budget.

Inflationary effects

Today, economic experts are warning Trump’s new tariffs – which he sees as a way to raise revenue and promote US-made goods – could end up hurting both the US and the broader global economy.

Today’s global economy has been deliberately engineered, while the global economy of antiquity was not. But warnings of the inflationary effects of tariffs are also echoed in ancient Rome too.

Pliny, for example, complained about the impact of tariffs on the street price of incense and pepper.

In modern economies, central banks fight inflation with higher interest rates, but this leads to reduced economic activity and, ultimately, less tax revenue. Reduced tax collection could cancel out increased tariff revenue.

It’s not clear if that happened in Rome, but we do know the emperors took inflation seriously because of its devastating impact on soldiers’ pay.

Black markets

Ancient traders soon became skilled at finding their way around paying tariffs to Roman authorities.

The empire’s borders were so long traders could sometimes avoid tariff check points, especially when travelling overland.

This helped strengthen black markets, which the Roman administration was still trying to deal with in the third century, when its economy hit the skids and inflation soared. This era became known as the Crisis of the Third Century.

I don’t subscribe to the view that you can draw a direct line between Rome’s high tariffs and the decline of the Roman Empire, but it’s certainly true that this inflation that tore through third century Rome weakened it considerably.

And just as it was for Rome, black markets loom as a potential challenge for the Trump administration too, given the length of its borders and the large volume of imports.

But the greatest danger of the new US tariffs is the resentment they will cause, especially among close allies such as Australia.

Rome’s tariffs were not directed at nations and were not tools of diplomatic revenge. Rome had other ways of achieving that.The Conversation

Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

The Conversation: Life-size sculptures uncovered in Pompeii show that ancient women didn’t just have to be wives to make a difference

~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ 2 Comments

Emily Hauser, University of Exeter

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, don’t often think to look beyond the city walls. And it’s easy to understand why: there’s plenty on offer within this monumentally well-preserved town, from jewel-like wall paintings of myths and legends like Helen of Troy, to the majestic amphitheatre and sumptuously stuccoed baths.

But step outside the gates for a moment, and you’re in a very different – yet no less important – world.

For the ancient Romans, the roads and paths leading into and out of cities were crucial: not just for getting places, but as a very real kind of “memory lane”. Tombs lined these ancient byways – some simply bearing inscriptions to the memories of loved ones lost, others, more grand, accommodating space for friends and family to feast in remembrance of the dead.

Some of the tombs even address the passerby directly, as if its occupant could speak again, and pass on what they’ve learned. Take one Pompeiian example, set up by the freedman Publius Vesonius Phileros, which opens with ineffable politeness: “Stranger, wait a while if it’s no trouble, and learn what not to do.”

Going into Pompeii, and leaving it, was about being reminded of ways of living and ways of dying – as well as an invitation to tip your hat to those who trod the path before you, and to learn from their example.

Which is why the recent discovery of a monumental tomb crowned by life-size sculptures of a woman and man, just outside the gates on the east side of the town, isn’t just a fascinating find in and of itself. It’s also a reminder to stop, and to remember the people who once lived and died in this bustling Italian town.

Looking for something good? Cut through the noise with a carefully curated selection of the latest releases, live events and exhibitions, straight to your inbox every fortnight, on Fridays. Sign up here.

The tomb’s main feature is a large wall, peppered with niches where cremated remains would have been placed, and surmounted by the astonishing relief sculpture of the woman and man. They’re standing side by side, but not touching.

I rather like that she’s slightly taller than him, standing at 1.77m, while he’s 1.75m. She’s draped in a modest tunic, cloak and veil (symbols of Roman womanhood), and boasts a pronounced crescent-moon-shaped pendant at her neck called a lunula, that (through the age-old link with lunar cycles) tells a story about female fertility and birth. He, meanwhile, is dressed in the quintessentially Roman toga that instantly identifies him as a proud male citizen of Rome.

Who do the statues depict?

The status quo in archaeology, when a woman and a man are presented next to each other in tombs and burials like this, has always been to assume that she’s his wife. Yet here, there’s an unmissable clue that there’s more going on. That’s because, in her right hand, she’s holding a laurel branch – which was used by priestesses to waft the smoke of incense and herbs in religious rituals.

Priestesses, in the Roman world, held unusual levels of power for women – and it’s been suggested that this woman might have been a priestess of the goddess Ceres (Roman equivalent of Demeter).

So this high-status priestess is shown alongside a man. The inclusion of the symbols of her status (as priestess) alongside his (as a togatus, or “toga-wearing man”), shows that she’s there in her own right, as a contributing member of Pompeiian society. She might be his mother; she might even have been more important than him (which would explain why she’s taller). Without an inscription, we don’t know for sure. The point is: a woman doesn’t have to be a wife to be standing next to a man.

What’s fascinating is this isn’t unique to Pompeii. In my new book, Mythica, which looks at the women not of Rome but of Bronze age Greece, I’ve found that new discoveries in archaeology are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in society, and the value of their roles, all the time.

One fascinating example is a royal burial in Late Bronze Age Mycenae: a woman and a man who’d been buried together in the royal necropolis, around 1700 years before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius decimated Pompeii. As is typical, this woman was immediately labelled, by the archaeologists who uncovered her, as the man’s wife. But then DNA analysis came into the picture.

As recently as 2008, both skeletons were sampled for DNA – and came up with the game-changing result that they were, in fact, brother and sister. She’d been buried here as a member of a royal family by birth, not by marriage, in other words. She was there on her own terms.

From golden Mycenae to the ash-blasted ruins of Pompeii: the remains from the ancient world are telling us a different story from the one we always thought. A woman didn’t have to be a wife to make a difference.

So I think it’s worth listening to the advice of our friend Publius. Let’s look at the burials of the past, and learn.The Conversation

Emily Hauser, Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Exeter

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN April 3, 2025

~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

===========================================================
LEGENDA
===========================================================
Künker Auction 419: Over $302,000 for a Brutus Portrait Denarius
https://coinweek.com/kunker-auction-419-review-over-302000-for-a-brutus-portrait-denarius/

Roman-era battlefield mass grave discovered under Vienna football pitch | Austria | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/03/roman-era-battlefield-mass-grave-discovered-under-vienna-football-pitch

Mass Roman grave discovered outside Vienna – DW – 04/02/2025
https://www.dw.com/en/mass-roman-grave-discovered-outside-vienna/a-72121297

Rare life-sized statues of toga-clad couple found in Pompeii tomb – CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pompeii-tomb-life-sized-statues-found-porta-sarno-necropolis/

A funerary relief from a monumental tomb in the necropolis of Porta Sarno – Pompeii Sites
https://pompeiisites.org/en/comunicati/a-funerary-relief-from-a-monumental-tomb-in-the-necropolis-of-porta-sarno/

Toddler Discovers 3,800-Year-Old Egyptian Amulet While Hiking With Her Family in Israel
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/toddler-discovers-3800-year-old-egyptian-amulet-while-hiking-with-her-family-in-israel-180986359/

Alan Clague obituary | Classics and ancient history | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/apr/03/alan-clague-obituary

In memoriam: Susan Downey, 86, scholar of ancient art and archaeology | UCLA
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/in-memoriam-susan-downey-scholar-ancient-art-archaeology

Saved from destruction: Paris show offers glimpse of Gaza’s archaeological treasures
https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20250403-saved-from-destruction-paris-exhibition-offers-glimpse-of-gaza-archaeological-treasures

Real versus replica? | Blog post | Mary Beard
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life/real-versus-replica-blog-post

Oedipus without Borders, Ancient Greek theatre classics in Tel Aviv – News from Embassies – Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/news_from_embassies/2025/04/03/oedipus-without-borders-ancient-greek-theatre-classics-in-tel-aviv_41bc463b-8045-41ea-bdac-cb1be63c2f47.html

Simpson Productions puts on “Medea”: a new take on a Greek tragedy – The Simpsonian

Simpson Productions puts on “Medea”: a new take on a Greek tragedy

[paywalled] Homer ‘would be very proud’ of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey movie
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/03/homer-would-be-proud-christopher-nolan-odyssey-movie/

The story of the stolen Griffin that returned to Ancient Olympia after 110 years (photos) – ProtoThema English

The story of the stolen Griffin that returned to Ancient Olympia after 110 years (photos)

Wine Drinking in Ancient Troy Was Not Restricted to Royal Elite, Archaeologists Say | Sci.News

Wine Drinking in Ancient Troy Was Not Restricted to Royal Elite, Archaeologists Say

[AI?]New evidence may confirm Holy Sepulchre as Jesus’ crucifixion site – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-848644

A third unnamed Jewish contingent – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Roman Times: The Cypria: a prequel to Homer’s Iliad
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-cypria-prequel-to-homers-iliad.html

The World of An Altar of Indignities – Part XI – Terence: From Slavery to the Roman Stage |

The World of An Altar of Indignities – Part XI – Terence: From Slavery to the Roman Stage

The Life And Grotesque Death Of Emperor Galerius – The Historian’s Hut

The Life And Grotesque Death Of Emperor Galerius

Bolzano, carabinieri find and return eight valuable archaeological finds
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/news/bolzano-carabinieri-find-and-return-eight-valuable-archaeological-finds

Cassius Dio – The Historian’s Hut

Cassius Dio

Constantine’s Marriage, By Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1577 – 1640) – The Historian’s Hut

Constantine’s Marriage, By Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1577 – 1640)

Laudator Temporis Acti: Different Tastes
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/04/different-tastes.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Pundit
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-pundit.html

Cato’s Radical Tax Plan – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Cato’s Radical Tax Plan

(5) 3 April 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Vibo?) to Atticus (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/3-april-58-bce-from-cicero-at-vibo?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=944078&post_id=160452030&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

The Odyssey, Book 22 | Greek Myth Comix

The Odyssey, Book 22

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Représenter les morts, captiver les vivants | Les façades décorées des tombes memphites à l’Ancien Empire : formes, fonctions et réception
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/04/representer-les-morts-captiver-les.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Zoom lecture by Prof. Amy-Jill Levine on Jesus’ parables
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/04/zoom-lecture-by-prof-amy-jill-levine-on.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Aliyari Babolghani, The Great King’s Word under AhuraMazdā’s Protection (Brill)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/04/aliyari-babolghani-great-kings-word.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Guide to ethnographic passages in Poseidonios of Apameia
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/04/guide-to-ethnographic-passages-in.html

Why the Romans Stopped Reading Books | Open Culture

Why the Romans Stopped Reading Books

Finding Ceres? – Pompeian Connections

Finding Ceres?

Een oud legioen: VII Claudia (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

Een oud legioen: VII Claudia (1)

Een oud legioen: VII Claudia (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

Een oud legioen: VII Claudia (2)

Stop Making Sense | Sphinx

Stop Making Sense

New Temple Dedicated To Ancient Greek Gods Built In Arcadia After 1,700 Years

New Temple Dedicated to Ancient Greek Gods Built in Arcadia After 1,700 Years

Organizers Cancel Israeli Archaeology Conference After Far-right Minister Demands Removal of Speaker – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-04-03/ty-article/israeli-archaeology-confab-canceled-after-far-right-minister-demands-removal-of-speaker/00000195-fb6c-dbc7-a5ff-fbee33b60000

(5) Herodotus’ geography – by Owen Rees – Our Ancient World
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/herodotus-geography?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2470207&post_id=159412479&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(5) Pasts Imperfect (4.3.25)
https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-4325?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=342873&post_id=159479399&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(5) ANE Today, 3 Apr 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-3-apr-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=160430505&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(5) Materializing Light – by Amber Myers Wells and Kara Cooney
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/materializing-light?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=752411&post_id=152868415&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Correspondence of AV Oreshnikov and VV Latychev. 1886-1920 | Spartokos read

Correspondance d’A.V. Oreshnikov et V.V. Latychev. 1886-1920

The Oxford handbook of Galen – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.04.06/

Perspectives on pseudepigraphy in antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.04.05/

===========================================================
AUDIENDA
===========================================================
Tom Davey, Actor & Educator: Classics and Careers by The Classics Podcast

Special Episode – Gladiator II with Professor Martin M. Winkler – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History brought you by smart ladies

Special Episode – Gladiator II with Professor Martin M. Winkler

Herculaneum – The Ancients | Acast

===========================================================
VIDENDA
===========================================================
(973) 2 statues discovered in Pompeii during tomb excavation – YouTube

(974) Mass grave mystery: Archaeologists discover 150 Roman-era soldiers in Vienna – YouTube

(974) Hannibal’s Masterpiece – Cannae 216 BC – Second Punic War DOCUMENTARY – YouTube

(974) The Ancient World Had Sci-Fi Too: Let’s Talk LUCIAN Of Samosata – YouTube

===========================================================
NOTANDA
===========================================================
Assistant Professor of Latin Classics job with University of Oregon | 37813651
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37813651/assistant-professor-of-latin-classics/

Visiting Faculty in Classics (2025-26) – HigherEdJobs
https://www.higheredjobs.com/institution/details.cfm?JobCode=179096909&Title=Visiting%20Faculty%20in%20Classics%20(2025-26)

Online mini symposium: Writing As Visual Experience in the Bronze Age Aegean and Cyprus – The VIEWS project

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN April 2, 2025

~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

===========================================================
LEGENDA
===========================================================
Archaeological Findings Reveal a Thriving Roman-Era Community Near the Ancient Anreppen Camp in Germany

Archaeological Findings Reveal a Thriving Roman-Era Community Near the Ancient Anreppen Camp in Germany

Vienna archaeologists reveal mass grave of fighters in Roman Empire-era battle | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/austria-vienna-roman-empire-germanic-tribes-mass-grave-03396aa0cbde91652b044abb03bf5302

A remarkable $100 million numismatic collection reappears after being buried for more than 50 years | Country Life
https://www.countrylife.co.uk/luxury/art-and-antiques/some-of-the-coins-are-so-rare-that-no-example-has-ever-before-been-sold-at-public-auction-a-usd100-million-numismatic-collection-reappears-after-being-buried-for-more-than-50-years

Archaeologists Unveil First-Ever Ancient Greek Theater Discovered in Ionian Islands – GreekReporter.com

Archaeologists Unveil First-Ever Ancient Greek Theater Discovered in Ionian Islands

Plans to Unearth and Restore the Ancient Theater of Lefkada
https://www.argophilia.com/news/ancient-theater-of-lefkada/241414/

Who Drank Wine in Ancient Troy? New Research Suggests Just About Everyone
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-drank-wine-in-ancient-troy-new-research-suggests-just-about-everyone-180986348/

Amphitheatre’s Rehabilitation – Tirana Times

Amphitheatre’s Rehabilitation

[paywalled] Life-sized statue of Roman priestess discovered in Pompeii
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/01/life-sized-statue-of-roman-priestess-discovered-in-pompeii/

[AI?]Ancient couple’s relief found in Pompeii – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-848529

[AI?]Researchers uncover evidence of the Marius Canal using sediment analysis – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-848365

[AI?]Restored Temple of Athena in Side, Turkey opens for tourists – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-848526

A Life-Sized Statue of a Bejeweled Ancient Priestess Is Unearthed in Pompeii

A Life-Sized Statue of a Bejeweled Ancient Priestess Is Unearthed in Pompeii

A Gladiator’s Marble-Etched Epitaph Is Found in an Ancient Roman Necropolis
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-gladiators-marble-etched-epitaph-is-found-in-an-ancient-roman-necropolis-180986339/

3-year-old discovers ancient 3,800-year-old treasure during family outing in Israel
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-ancient-scarab-found-little-girl-david-goliath-rcna199226

3-year-old picks up ‘beautiful stone,’ discovers 3,800-year-old scarab amulet in Israel | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/3-year-old-picks-up-beautiful-stone-discovers-3-800-year-old-scarab-amulet-in-israel

Oldest Synagogue Outside Israel Found on Sacred Greek Island of God Apollo – GreekReporter.com

Oldest Synagogue Outside Israel Found on Sacred Greek Island of God Apollo

A Total Solar Eclipse in Ancient Egypt May Have Been the Reason Sun Worship Ended – GreekReporter.com

A Total Solar Eclipse in Ancient Egypt May Have Been the Reason Sun Worship Ended

Archaeology professor faces backlash ahead of Israeli conference – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-848602

Roman dodecahedron replica removed from eBay after complaint
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgzg1vzx1yo

A stitch in time unleashes creativity in a classical studies major  | UNC Greensboro

A stitch in time unleashes creativity in a classical studies major 

Obituary for Albert Pietersma (1935–2025)
https://septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/news/84/

Bentley Layton, distinguished Coptic linguist and scholar of ancient Christianity | Yale News
https://news.yale.edu/2025/04/01/bentley-layton-distinguished-coptic-linguist-and-scholar-ancient-christianity

In memoriam: Susan Downey, 86, scholar of ancient art and archaeology | UCLA
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/in-memoriam-susan-downey-scholar-ancient-art-archaeology

Nestor – April 2025 issue available
https://classics.uc.edu/nestor/pages/news/822-april-2025-issue-available

[paywalled] Opinion | The Roman Empire Loved by Elon Musk and Steve Bannon Never Existed – The New York Times

(5) Bare-breasted bird women and a whole lot of beeswax
https://cosisodyssey.substack.com/p/bare-breasted-bird-women-and-a-whole?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=991656&post_id=160089711&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(5) the ancient pickup line that would probably work on me
https://donnazuckerberg.substack.com/p/the-ancient-pickup-line-that-would?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2108238&post_id=159764109&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

First issue of Athīrat: Journal of Ancient Arabia – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy

First issue of Athīrat: Journal of Ancient Arabia

A Solid Gold Colossus: Why Tyrants Spend Other Peoples’ Money – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

A Solid Gold Colossus: Why Tyrants Spend Other Peoples’ Money

Writing Wednesday: Organizing the Book | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Writing Wednesday: Organizing the Book

Laudator Temporis Acti: Ills of Old Age
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/04/ills-of-old-age.html

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: US Tourists Break into Turkish Excavation; Claim Entitlement
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/04/us-tourists-break-into-turkish.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Italian archaeological excavations at Tell Zurghul, ancient Nigin, Iraq. Final report of the Seasons 2015-2017
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-italian-archaeological-excavations.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Ten Commandments Scroll coming to Reagan Library exhibition
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/04/ten-commandments-scroll-coming-to.html

PaleoJudaica.com: On the Coptic “Pillow Psalter”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/04/on-coptic-pillow-psalter.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Biblical Studies Carnival 226
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/04/biblical-studies-carnival-226.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Bentley Layton (1941-2025)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/04/bentley-layton-1941-2025.html
Seneca: De beneficiis – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Seneca: De beneficiis

Polis: a new history of the ancient Greek city-state from the early Iron Age to the end of antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Polis: a new history of the ancient Greek city-state from the early Iron Age to the end of antiquity

Clasicismo e identidades contemporáneas. Recepciones clásicas en la cultura de masas – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Clasicismo e identidades contemporáneas. Recepciones clásicas en la cultura de masas


===========================================================
AUDIENDA
===========================================================

===========================================================
VIDENDA
===========================================================
(943) Un rilievo funebre da una tomba monumentale presso la Necropoli di Porta Sarno – YouTube

===========================================================
NOTANDA
===========================================================
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies – Academic Jobs Teaching Education University College Nonprofit

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies