IN THE NEWS … 2,000-year-old Roman lead fishing weights reveal how people fished in ancient Spain | Archaeology News Online Magazine Ancient ring supposedly tied to Pontius Pilate may include a typo | Popular Science Researchers Have Figured Out How to Spot Fake Ancient Pottery Using the Earth’s Magnetic Field New AI Models Could Create…

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518 B.C. — birth of Pindar (by one reckoning) ca 117 — martyrdom of Hermione 1989 — death of Sir Ronald Syme (The Roman Revolution)

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IN THE NEWS … Our pay is called a ‘salary,’ but were Roman soldiers really paid in salt? German siblings convicted as court confiscates €32m in antiquities case | Dagens.com Digital technology helps bring Palmyra’s ancient heritage back to life BTA :: Archaeologists Continue Excavations of Roman Baths at Ancient Ratiaria Why Did Celts Build…

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36 B.C. — Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa’s fleet defeats that of Sextus Pompeius at Naulochus

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IN THE NEWS … New rooms, wall paintings found at ancient Smyrna in Türkiye | Daily Sabah Roman villa in Forest may enter public hands for excavation | The Ross Gazette BTA :: Archaeologists Continue Excavations of Roman Baths at Ancient Ratiaria 9,000-year-old mining workshop unearthed at Çayönü Hill Great Pyramid Radar Study Retracted, but…

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