ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN February 21 , 2025

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Iberian nailed head ritual was more complex than expected, isotope analysis reveals
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-iberian-ritual-complex-isotope-analysis.html

Archaeologists Say They’ve Discovered the First Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh’s Tomb Since Tutankhamun’s in 1922 | Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-say-theyve-discovered-the-first-ancient-egyptian-pharaohs-tomb-since-tutankhamuns-in-1922-180986097/

Kate Hamill brings a feminist ‘Odyssey’ to American Repertory Theater | WBUR News
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/02/21/kate-hamill-the-odyssey-american-repertory-theater-review

Zooarchaeology of Celtiberian-Roman households: Animal use in Numantia (Soria, Spain) – ScienceDirect
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X25000537

Grand funerary stelae (2nd–3rd c. AD) of the microregion of Musti (El Krib, Tunisia): an iconographic and epigraphic analysis and the latest eco-factual data (2019–2023) | Libyan Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/libyan-studies/article/grand-funerary-stelae-2nd3rd-c-ad-of-the-microregion-of-musti-el-krib-tunisia-an-iconographic-and-epigraphic-analysis-and-the-latest-ecofactual-data-20192023/EAF12110E80F14789B617A3B127CA996?WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

AL-Monitor Istanbul: Bronze head of Roman emperor returns to Antalya Museum – AL-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/02/al-monitor-istanbul-bronze-head-roman-emperor-returns-antalya-museum

Mikvehs and monks: Vivid hues link rare Jewish and Christian finds in Judean Desert | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/mikvehs-and-monks-vivid-hues-link-rare-jewish-and-christian-finds-in-judean-desert/

Israeli settlers storm West Bank archaeological site as barn is destroyed – Middle East Monitor

Israeli settlers storm West Bank archaeological site as barn is destroyed

N.Y. DA’s Office Returning 11 Ancient Greek Artifacts Worth $1 Million – The National Herald

N.Y. DA’s Office Returning 11 Ancient Greek Artifacts Worth $1 Million

Lost treasures returning home | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1262230/lost-treasures-returning-home/

What is The Odyssey about? A beginner’s guide before Christopher Nolan’s new film
https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/movies/odyssey-homer-explained-christopher-nolan-film-152823603.html

Plato: The critic we desperately need – The Bowdoin Orient

Plato: The critic we desperately need

OPINION: Stefan Dolgert discusses links between ancient history and U.S.-Canada relations – The Brock News

OPINION: Stefan Dolgert discusses links between ancient history and U.S.-Canada relations

The Ancient Egyptian Treasures of a German Sailor Who May Not Have Existed | OCCRP
https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/the-ancient-egyptian-treasures-of-a-german-sailor-who-may-not-have-existed

Laudator Temporis Acti: Slander
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/02/slander.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: More Than a Misprint
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/02/more-than-misprint.html

Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Varia and Quick Hits

Was the Krypteia Sparta’s Secret Police? – Bad Ancient
https://www.badancient.com/claims/krypteia/

Blog Post #104: EAMENA Project: Ten Years Documenting Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa with Mohamed Kenawi – Peopling the Past

Blog Post #104: EAMENA Project: Ten Years Documenting Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa with Mohamed Kenawi

PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient Roman taxation practices
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/ancient-roman-taxation-practices.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Archaeology and politics
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/archaeology-and-politics.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Gupta on the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/gupta-on-old-testament-pseudepigrapha.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Horror in Classical Antiquity and Beyond: Body, Affect, Concepts
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/02/horror-in-classical-antiquity-and.html

A map of the body, a map of the mind: visualising geographical knowledge in the Roman world – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

A map of the body, a map of the mind: visualising geographical knowledge in the Roman world

Inscriptions and the epigraphic habit: the epigraphic cultures of Greece, Rome, and beyond – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Inscriptions and the epigraphic habit: the epigraphic cultures of Greece, Rome, and beyond


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Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA345 – Why didn’t Rome’s adversaries emulate her?
https://sites.libsyn.com/91136/awa345-why-didnt-romes-adversaries-emulate-her

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How Social Media Helps Authors Get Published – YouTube

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Lecturer in Classics, 2025 – 2027 job with Dartmouth College | 37795179
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37795179/lecturer-in-classics-2025-2027/?TrackID=108333&BatchID=1738&JobAlertId=312050&cmpid=JBE_TL_20250221_jobtitle

Demetrias and its painted tombstones

Demetrias and its painted tombstones

AIA Event Listings – Making a Spectacle of Oneself: Reflections on Mirrors and Dress in Classical Antiquity – AIA-Dayton Society

Making a Spectacle of Oneself: Reflections on Mirrors and Dress in Classical Antiquity

Three-year Lecturer (Renewable) in Latin Language and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (UBC; Deadline March 25) – The Classical Association of Canada

Three-year Lecturer (Renewable) in Latin Language and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (UBC; Deadline March 25)

Urgent: Letters of Support for Classics and Classical Studies at York University! – The Classical Association of Canada

Urgent: Letters of Support for Classics and Classical Studies at York University!

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN February 20 , 2025

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Experts call for ‘accountability’ before restoring Syria heritage sites | Cornell Chronicle
https://news.cornell.edu/media-relations/tip-sheets/experts-call-accountability-restoring-syria-heritage-sites

Unveiling the Glorious Ancient Greek City of Europos – GreekReporter.com

Unveiling the Glorious Ancient Greek City of Europos

New research explores Hellenistic, Roman influences on Petra’s Treasury | Jordan Times
https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/new-research-explores-hellenistic-roman-influences-petras-treasury

‘Hercules of Valdelsa’: 1700-year-old Roman statue found in Montaione, F – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842946

5,000-year-old fortress found in Spain contains mysterious burial of Roman-era man with dagger | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/5-000-year-old-fortress-found-in-spain-contains-mysterious-burial-of-roman-era-man-with-dagger

Thutmose II: First pharaoh’s tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun’s
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ym30v356po

New Rumors Reveal Nolan Is Going to Be Extremely Faithful to Homer’s Epic, Allegedly Has Idea for His Next Movie – IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/news/ni65138300/?ref_=tt_nwr_2

Tomb of Egyptian pharaoh is first found in Luxor since Tutankhamun – here’s how we know who lay inside
https://theconversation.com/tomb-of-egyptian-pharaoh-is-first-found-in-luxor-since-tutankhamun-heres-how-we-know-who-lay-inside-250433

Has the Mystery of the Ancient Phaistos Disc Been Solved? – GreekReporter.com

Has the Mystery of the Ancient Phaistos Disc Been Solved?

US Museum Returns Ancient Statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius to Turkey – GreekReporter.com

US Museum Returns Ancient Statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius to Turkey

You (yes, you) are part of the classics conversation – The Princetonian
https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025/02/princeton-opinion-column-classics-latin-ancient-political-thought-power

Storytelling at heart of Classics instructor’s teaching and learning impact – The Brock News

Storytelling at heart of Classics instructor’s teaching and learning impact

“Dead” languages… in Lego! – The VIEWS project

“Dead” languages… in Lego!

The magic and power of hair in ancient Egypt – The Past

The magic and power of hair in ancient Egypt

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Trump | Sphinx

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Trump

Dorians and Xanthians: Monumentalizing claims of kinship (ca. 206/205 BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland

Dorians and Xanthians: Monumentalizing claims of kinship (ca. 206/205 BCE)

LEGO TIME AGAIN! – Classical Studies Support

LEGO TIME AGAIN!

Z. Philip Ambrose Obituary (2025) – South Burlington, VT – Stephen C. Gregory and Son Cremation Service
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/z-ambrose-obituary?id=57606099

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire joins the Linked Open Data cloud
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/02/coin-hoards-of-roman-empire-joins.html

PaleoJudaica.com: What do archaeology specialists do?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/what-do-archaeology-specialists-do.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient textual materiality
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/ancient-textual-materiality.html

PaleoJudaica.com: AJR review panel on Gross, Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity, part 7
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/ajr-review-panel-on-gross-babylonian_20.html

A series in tribute to archaeologists from the Mykolaiv region (Ukraine) | Spartokos read

Une série en hommage aux archéologues de la région de Mykolaïv (Ukraine)

Slingers and sling bullets in the Roman civil wars of the late Republic, 90-31 BC – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Slingers and sling bullets in the Roman civil wars of the late Republic, 90-31 BC

The names of the gods in ancient Mediterranean religions – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The names of the gods in ancient Mediterranean religions

Storia di un esule: l’evoluzione della poesia dell’esilio di Ovidio dai Tristia alle Epistulae ex Ponto – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Storia di un esule: l’evoluzione della poesia dell’esilio di Ovidio dai Tristia alle Epistulae ex Ponto

ANE Today, 20 Feb 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-20-feb-2025?publication_id=3497924&post_id=157422419&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Pasts Imperfect (2.20.25)
https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-22025?publication_id=342873&post_id=156596347&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time, Socrates in Prison
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00274xs

The Persian Wars: Darius, Athens and the Battle of Marathon – The Ancients | Acast

Episode 158 – The Fall of Veii: Part I – The Partial Historians

Episode 158 – The Fall of Veii: Part I

Matthew Rawcliffe, Dancer & Choreographer: Classics and Careers by The Classics Podcast

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A Trove of Roman Antiquities, Hidden for Half a Century, Open Up – YouTube

FORTVNA CAESARIS: a graphic novel in LATIN | Interview with the Authors – YouTube

Decoding Cuneiform: The Birth of History in Ancient Mesopotamia with Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid – YouTube

Roman Emperors Fratricide | Worst Kids in History #shorts – YouTube

The Original Ancient Travel Vlogger: PAUSANIAS – YouTube

Was there buried treasure under the Lighthouse of Alexandria?! – YouTube

Seleucus I Nicator | Seleucid Empire | Animated Documentary – YouTube

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The Ages of Nero: Reality and Reception

The Ages of Nero: Reality and Reception

Lecture: “Columbia at Hadrian’s Villa: News from the Macchiozzo” (Thu, Feb. 27, 6 pm) — Columbia University Department of Classics
https://classics.columbia.edu/news/2025/2/19/lecture-columbia-at-hadrians-villa-news-from-the-macchiozzo-thu-feb-27-6-pm

The Mobility and Circulation of Ancient Coins and People

The Mobility and Circulation of Ancient Coins and People

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN February 19 , 2025

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Archeologia. A caccia del palazzo dell’imperatore Settimio Severo. Scavi. Scoperte monete. Sigilli. Pinzette per signore di 1800 anni fa. Cose c’è vicino alle terme? I lavori di oggi

Archeologia. A caccia del palazzo dell’imperatore Settimio Severo. Scavi. Scoperte monete. Sigilli. Pinzette per signore di 1800 anni fa. Cose c’è vicino alle terme? I lavori di oggi

5,000-year-old fortress found in Spain contains mysterious burial of Roman-era man with dagger | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/5-000-year-old-fortress-found-in-spain-contains-mysterious-burial-of-roman-era-man-with-dagger

Shattered 1,800-year-old sword was ‘ritually sacrificed’ and may be from Vandal warrior’s grave | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/shattered-1-800-year-old-sword-was-ritually-sacrificed-and-may-be-from-vandal-warriors-grave

Roman basilica discovered under London tells us secrets of ancient city | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/roman-basilica-london-discovery-secrets-b2700806.html

D.A. Bragg Announces Return Of 107 Antiquities To The People Of Italy – Manhattan District Attorney’s Office

D.A. Bragg Announces Return Of 107 Antiquities To The People Of Italy

Photos: Archaeologists uncover tomb of King Thutmose II – Egypt Independent

Photos: Archaeologists uncover tomb of King Thutmose II

Egypt unveils first ancient royal tomb discovered since Tutankhamun | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-unveils-first-ancient-royal-tomb-discovered-since-tutankhamun/

Lost tomb of Thutmose II discovered near Luxor
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/02/lost-tomb-of-thutmose-ii-discovered-near-luxor/154577

Sapcote: Haul of unearthed Roman coins sold at auction for £4,400
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3yd5p7kr4o

‘Tomb raiders’ suspected of ancient artefacts theft caught by police in Italy
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/19/italy-tomb-raiders-ancient-artefacts-theft-pompeii/

History Nerds Nitpicking Matt Damon Photo From Nolan’s Odyssey

History Nerds Are Already Nitpicking Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey

TheatreMSU to bring ancient greek tragedy ‘Medea’ to life – The Reflector

Theatre MSU to bring ancient greek tragedy ‘Medea’ to life

Monmouth College’s Fox Classics Lecture to Focus on the Aftermath of the Trojan War | River Cities’ Reader
https://www.rcreader.com/news-releases/monmouth-colleges-fox-classics-lecture-focus-aftermath-trojan-war

POV: Why Is Homer’s Odyssey Suddenly Everywhere? | BU Today | Boston University

POV: Why Is Homer’s Odyssey Suddenly Everywhere?

How Ancient Greek Hero Theseus United the Attica Peninsula Under Athens – GreekReporter.com

How Ancient Greek Hero Theseus United the Attica Peninsula Under Athens

Conspiracies and Audiobooks – by Joel Christensen
https://joelchristensen.substack.com/p/conspiracies-and-audiobooks?publication_id=1870284&post_id=157481237&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

some heroes from myth I’d recommend seek an adult ADHD diagnosis
https://donnazuckerberg.substack.com/p/some-heroes-from-myth-id-recommend?publication_id=2108238&post_id=154433770&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Exciting New Ancient Rome TV Series Being Created By Vikings Director Michael Hirst
https://historyspark.substack.com/p/exciting-new-ancient-rome-tv-series

Virgil – The Historian’s Hut

Virgil

Turin uni to lead X-ray reading of Herculaneum papyri – Arts Culture and Style – Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2025/02/19/turin-uni-to-lead-x-ray-reading-of-herculaneum-papyri_7f4ebb15-8677-4037-96a9-9ca66d299b95.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Introducing… the Society for the Study of the Past
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/02/introducing-society-for-study-of-past.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: News from Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet (WiBiLex)
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/02/news-from-das-wissenschaftliche.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: The Postumus Ode
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-postumus-ode.html

Obituary: Z. Philip Ambrose, 1936-2025 | Seven Days Vermont
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/life-lines/obituary-z-philip-ambrose-1936-2025-42915175

Ephemeris ~ COMPREHENSIONES TURCICAE
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2422

Julius Caesar neemt Ategua – Mainzer Beobachter

Julius Caesar neemt Ategua

PaleoJudaica.com: Gaza archaeological exhibition in Paris
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/gaza-archaeological-exhibition-in-paris.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Appreciating 11Q5
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/appreciating-11q5.html

PaleoJudaica.com: “Who Were the Maccabees and What Did They Do?”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/who-were-maccabees-and-what-did-they-do.html

Unending variety: papyrological texts and studies in honour of Peter van Minnen – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Unending variety: papyrological texts and studies in honour of Peter van Minnen

The sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou VII, vol. 1: the Greek and Roman pottery – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou VII, vol. 1: the Greek and Roman pottery


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Roman Dining – Emperors of Rome – Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roman-dining/id850148806?i=1000693211809

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Definitely the strangest Ancient Greek poem 🫥 – YouTube

A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology with the Working Classicists – YouTube

The Lighthouse of Alexandria – 7 Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 7 – YouTube

Understanding Women in Mesopotamia: Interview with Dr. Saana Svärd – YouTube

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Doctoral researchers in Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology – University of Birmingham
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/research-in-classics-ancient-history-and-archaeology/doctoral-researchers

Scribal Cultures of the Ancient World

Scribal Cultures of the Ancient World

Culture and Society in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt

Culture and Society in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN February 18 , 2025

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Japanese archaeologists find clues to ancient ironmaking in Turkey | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250218_21/

“Monumental necropolis” of 200 ancient tombs unearthed by archaeologists in Italy – CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/necropolis-200-ancient-tombs-unearthed-italy/

Eccezionale scoperta archeologica: statua di Ercole ritrovata in un giardino privato
https://www.lanazione.it/empoli/cronaca/statua-ercole-vgdy09k2

Long-lost royal tomb of King Thutmose II finally discovered in Luxor – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/540638/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Longlost-royal-tomb-of-King-Thutmose-II-finally-di.aspx

Archaeological findings from the Roman period found on a plot of land where a school will be built in Patras – See photos – ProtoThema English
https://en.protothema.gr/2025/02/18/archaeological-findings-from-the-roman-period-found-on-a-plot-of-land-where-a-school-will-be-built-in-patras-see-photos/

Ancient Greek Building With Courtyard Discovered in Kuwait’s Failaka Island – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/02/18/ancient-greek-building-courtyard-kuwait-failaka-island/

An ancient Roman basilica has been discovered below London’s financial district : NPR
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/g-s1-49317

The baths in Pompeii – Pompeii Online
https://www.pompeionline.net/en/archaeological-park-of-pompeii/pompeian-curiosities/the-baths-in-pompeii

The soil erosion on the Turkish coast revealed a Hellenic Kouros – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842611

Paris exhibition brings Gaza’s saved archaeological heritage back into the spotlight
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2025/02/18/paris-exhibition-brings-gaza-s-saved-archaeological-heritage-back-into-the-spotlight_6738280_30.html

Roman London’s first basilica found under an office block – here’s what it reveals about the ancient city
https://theconversation.com/roman-londons-first-basilica-found-under-an-office-block-heres-what-it-reveals-about-the-ancient-city-249980

Ancient Tartessos Sanctuary and Corinthian Greek Ceramics Discovered in Spain – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/02/17/ancient-tartessos-sanctuary-corinthian-greek-ceramics-spain/

5 Recent Pompeii Discoveries That Archeologists Didn’t Expect
https://www.grunge.com/1785465/recent-pompeii-discoveries-grabbed-archeologists-unexpected/

Illuminating Antiquity: The Pharos lighthouse in Alexandria – The Past
https://the-past.com/feature/illuminating-antiquity-the-pharos-lighthouse-in-alexandria/

Ancient Rome was built on gossip – UnHerd
https://unherd.com/2025/02/how-gossip-built-the-roman-empire/

King Minos’ Labyrinth and the Minoan Civilization – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/02/17/king-minos-labyrinth-minoan-civilization/

Polish detectorists find 2,000-year-old Roman spatha sword while searchi – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842616

The Odyssey – Everything We Know About Christopher Nolan’s New Film – Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/movies/odyssey-everything-we-know-about-christopher-nolans-new-film-2032669

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey immediately called out for glaring historical inaccuracy | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/odyssey-matt-damon-helmet-christopher-nolan-b2700254.html

Is Homer’s Odyssey Based on Real Events? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/02/18/homers-odyssey-real-events/

See lavish spa unearthed in Pompeii | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/style/video/pompeii-spa-unearthed-digvid

Archaeologists revisit Baden-Baden’s Roman “Imperial Baths” after 180 Years
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/02/archaeologists-revisit-baden-badens-roman-imperial-baths-after-180-years/154566

The Rest is History: Tom Holland on what Donald Trump has in common with Caesar Augustus
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/what-trump-has-in-common-with-the-caesars-20250218-p5lczw

Laudator Temporis Acti: Content with Little
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/02/content-with-little.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: The Will of the Gods
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-will-of-gods.html

De slag aan de Granikos (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
https://mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/02/18/de-slag-aan-de-granikos-1/

De slag aan de Granikos (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
https://mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/02/18/de-slag-aan-de-granikos-2/

De slag aan de Granikos (3) – Mainzer Beobachter
https://mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/02/18/de-slag-aan-de-granikos-3/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Too Hot to Handle: Artefact Collector Got Tired of His Trophy Object?
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/02/too-hot-to-handle-artefact-collector.html

Achilles and Patroclus – cosi’s odyssey
https://cosisodyssey.substack.com/p/achilles-and-patroclus?publication_id=991656&post_id=155218591&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

PaleoJudaica.com: AJR review panel on Gross, Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity, part 6
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/ajr-review-panel-on-gross-babylonian_18.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Palmyra report
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/palmyra-report.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Late-antique love spells
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/late-antique-love-spells.html

Two Book Tuesday: Archaeology of Mining and Fragmentary Modernism | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
https://mediterraneanworld.wordpress.com/2025/02/18/two-book-tuesday-archaeology-of-mining-and-fragmentary-modernism/

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New Perspectives in Global Latin: Second Conference on Latin as a Vehicle of Cultural Exchange Beyond Europe
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The Conversation: Roman London’s first basilica found under an office block

Lacey Wallace, University of Lincoln

Archaeologists from the Museum of London have discovered a well-preserved part of the ancient city of London’s first Roman basilica underneath the basement of an office block. The basilica was constructed for use as a public building in the 70s or early 80s AD.

In a Roman town, a basilica was a multi-functional civic building. Often paid for by leading local inhabitants, it provided a large indoor space for public gatherings. These ranged from political speeches to judicial proceedings.

Along with the connected forum – an arrangement of buildings that surrounded an open courtyard space – the building formed the centre of administrative and civic life in the ancient Roman city of Londinium.


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Other walls of London’s basilica and forum have been known by archaeologists since the early 1880s. But they were only recognised as remains of the social and civic centre of Londinium in 1923.

The story until now

Peter Marsden, the author of The Roman Forum Site in London (1987), compiled disconnected evidence for the different phases of London’s forum basilica complex.

Referring to the current area of excavations (on Gracechurch Street), he noted that: “More than half of the archaeological deposits still remain, and should be carefully excavated when the opportunity arises, since only then will the history of the site be elucidated.”

Occasional opportunities have arisen to reveal small parts of the forum basilica. For example, during construction of a shaft to install a lift at 85 Gracechurch Street, some important remains from the first century were found. But the excavated area was too small to contribute greatly to our knowledge.

In contrast, the recent work is part of a major redevelopment. It has opened targeted excavation areas where walls of the basilica were expected to be found, exposing substantial parts of the building.

Archaeologists have found one-metre-wide foundations and walls of the interior, some of which probably extend for more than 10 metres in length. The walls are constructed of flint, tile and Kentish ragstone (a type of limestone quarried in Kent), and some stand at four metres high.

Archaeologists discussing the find.

What was the basilica for?

Londinium was constructed on an unoccupied site beginning in about AD47 or 48. It began to gain the trappings of a Roman-style town, including a basilica building, in the lead-up to its destruction in the Boudican Revolt in AD60 or 61.

The city did not have a monumental forum and basilica complex until later, however, when a major programme of public and private construction was undertaken in the Flavian period (AD69–96).

London’s Flavian basilica took the plan of a long rectangle (44m x 22.7m) divided into three aisles. There is good evidence from the deeper central aisle (nave) wall foundations that the nave roof was raised to two storeys, to allow for windows to provide internal light.

Shallow foundations crossing the nave are evidence of a raised dais or platform at the eastern end. The speaker or judge would sit there, elevated above the crowds, increasing both his visibility and status. This platform, or “tribunal”, is the area that has recently been revealed.

The basilica would have risen above the north side of the buildings that formed the forum courtyard. It would have dominated the high ground of this monumental space at the highly visible crossroads leading straight up from the Roman Thames bridge.

It would have been the largest building in the area and firmly announced that the people of Londinium were constructing a high-status Roman city.

Rebuilding following the British queen Boudica’s revolt had been swift. The post-Revolt fort that was built only 100 metres or so down the street had likely been decommissioned and the people were ready to embark on a new phase and a major expansion of the urban centre.

The designs of late first century forum basilica complexes varied across the provinces. But generally they combined religious, civic, judicial and mercantile space.

In places like Pompeii, the forum had developed over time. But, when the town was buried by the ash of Vesuvius in AD79 (approximately the same time the forum basilica of London was built), the focus of the elongated monumental space was the Temple of Jupiter, symbol of the Roman state.

Although a classical temple was constructed to the west of the exterior of Londinium’s Flavian forum, it was clearly separate. No forum in Britannia was dominated by a temple, setting the core of urban space in this province apart from most examples in the rest of the empire.

The Flavian forum basilica at Londinium is one of the earliest examples to demonstrate this characteristic, along with that at Verulamium (St Albans). There, an inscription links the circa AD79–81 construction to the governor Agricola, who is well known among historians from the celebratory biography written by his son-in-law, Tacitus.

The Flavian basilica and forum only stood for about 20 or 30 years, however. With increased prosperity in the early second century, they were demolished and replaced by a new structure which was five times larger, leaving the remains of the first basilica underneath the surface of the later courtyard space.

Museum of London Archaeology will now analyse and publish the results of its find, applying modern methods to advance our understanding of the development of the first forum basilica. We can expect refined dating evidence and an improved understanding of the architecture from the post-excavation analyses. An exhibition space to make the remains visible for the public is also planned.The Conversation

Lacey Wallace, Senior Lecturer in Roman History & Material Culture, University of Lincoln

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