- Parentalia probably comes to and end with the festival of Caristia, which was a sort of ‘kiss and make up’ festival. The idea was that people had made peace with their dead, so now it was right to bring to an end any quarrels they were having with living members of their family. There was usually a big family reunion type banquet and worship was given to the Lares.
- 4 A.D. — death of hoped-for-successor-to-Augustus Gaius Caesar (either February 21 or 22) in Limyra
- c. 1st century A.D. — martyrdom of Aristion, place disputed
- 1756 — birth of Gilbert Wakefield (Classicist)
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem ix kalendas martias
- Parentalia possibly comes to an end with the festival of Feralia, during which sheep were sacrificed to the dead; the additional rites mentioned by Ovid (Fasti 2.565 ff) apparently in connection with the Feralia probably have nothing to do specifically with the festival.
- 4 A.D. — death of hoped-for-successor-to-Augustus Gaius Caesar (either February 21 or 22) in Limyra
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ February 20, 2026
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German builders accidentally discover ancient Roman ruins while working on LVR-Jewish Museum | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/roman-germany-lvr-jewish-museum-b2923638.html
In a ‘race against time,’ archaeologists uncovered Roman-era footprints from a Scottish beach before the tide washed them away | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/in-a-race-against-time-archaeologists-uncovered-roman-era-footprints-from-a-scottish-beach-before-the-tide-washed-them-away
Agesilaus II, the great warrior king of Sparta who fought in Egypt in the service of a pharaoh and could not prevent the decline of his city
Civilizational Hardware and Software – Nadya Williams
A coffin holding a dead ‘princess’ fell from an eroded cliff over 100 years ago — archaeologists just solved a major mystery about her | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/a-coffin-holding-a-dead-princess-fell-from-an-eroded-cliff-over-100-years-ago-archaeologists-just-solved-a-major-mystery-about-her
Scientists analyzed bottle residue from ancient Rome. They found human feces : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5712815/scientists-analyzed-bottle-residue-from-ancient-rome-they-found-human-feces
What Greek Myth Looked Like in Martha Graham’s Modernist World | CUNY Graduate Center
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/what-greek-myth-looked-martha-grahams-modernist-world
Second Temple Period Workshop Discovered Near Jerusalem – Biblical Archaeology Society
Who Was Pyrrhus and What is a Pyrrhic Victory?
https://www.worldatlas.com/ancient-world/who-was-pyrrhus-and-what-is-a-pyrrhic-victory-52075.html
Updating the list of works of Ephraem Graecus, and a couple of articles in PDF
Updating the list of works of Ephraem Graecus, and a couple of articles in PDF
[AI?] Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
It’s LEGO Classicism Day! – Classical Studies Support
Writing on Mount Hymettos… in Duplo! – The VIEWS project
[paywalled] How historically accurate is Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey?
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/history/article/christopher-nolan-odyssey-how-historically-accurate-wd7bdkzrn
Het vierkinderenrecht – Mainzer Beobachter
PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient bronze scale pan excavated in Sussiya
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/ancient-bronze-scale-pan-excavated-in.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Berkovitz, A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/review-of-berkovitz-life-of-psalms-in.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Fractured Britannia: The Twilight of Roman Britain
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/fractured-britannia-twilight-of-roman.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: GROMA | documenting archaeology
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2017/05/open-access-journal-groma-documenting.html
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101: The Siege of Syracuse–Casting Through Ancient Greece – Apple Podcasts
Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA397 – Athenian Archers
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa397-athenian-archers
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VIDENDA
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(105) What is ‘a Roman Copy of a Greek Original’? – YouTube
New Podcast – The Homer Hotline – The Classical Association of Canada
(105) The Work of the BSA: 2026 Annual Open Lecture Athens – YouTube
(104) Odysseus really is “just a man” 🥸 #shorts #greekmythology #ancientgreece – YouTube
(104) Pikes, Elephants, Artillery at Thermopylae (191 BC) DOCUMENTARY – YouTube
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THOUGHT FOR FOOD: ON NIOBE’S ETERNAL BROODING | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/thought-for-food-on-niobes-eternal-brooding/725D6374B5DCB0AD6FEE06BB26F31F36
FUTURES PAST | The Classical Review | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-review/article/futures-past/98166E7715C0212BEA00E08FE7F0EA83
Classics: consigned to the past, or the key to the future? In defence of a classical curriculum | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/classics-consigned-to-the-past-or-the-key-to-the-future-in-defence-of-a-classical-curriculum/
Semester 2 2026 Reading Classics Research Seminars | Classics at Reading
Upcoming Event: L’Année philologique: A Guided Tour for College Students | March 13 | Society for Classical Studies
https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/upcoming-event-lann%C3%A9e-philologique-guided-tour-college-students-march-13
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem x kalendas martias
- Parentalia (Day 8) — the festival for honouring/appeasing the dead continues
- 116 A.D. — Trajan is given the title “Parthicus” by the senate for his victories against the Parthians
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ February 19, 2026
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Storms reveal rare 2,000-year-old footprints on Scottish beach
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-storms-reveal-rare-year-footprints.html
Egyptian-Chinese mission uncovers new clues to King Apries’ temple in Mit Rahina – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/562666.aspx
2,500-year-old ‘primitive prosthetic’ found on jaw of mummified Scythian woman who survived complex jaw surgery | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-500-year-old-primitive-prosthetic-found-on-jaw-of-mummified-scythian-woman-who-survived-complex-jaw-surgery
Father, daughter find bronze scale pan in ancient Sussiya | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-887267
‘Cursed!’: Toledo Museum of Art to host exhibit exploring the power of ancient magic in the Mediterranean world | wtol.com
https://www.wtol.com/article/entertainment/arts/cursed-toledo-museum-of-art-exhibit-power-of-magic-in-ancient-world/512-c3a6c8e7-b297-490e-b03f-32b2ca30e41d
Ancient Roman bottles contained traces of fecal matter : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5718375/ancient-roman-medicine-fecal-history
Prof. Ready offers fanfic framing for Euripides’ Orestes — The Kenyon Collegian
Recording your own books | Blog post | Mary Beard
Poseidon, Divine Hypocrite: Impersonation and Interpretation in Iliad 13 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Poseidon, Divine Hypocrite: Impersonation and Interpretation in Iliad 13
From the Heart of Jerusalem to the People of Iran: A Sassanid Treasure in the Soil of the Temple Mount – The Temple Mount Sifting Project
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Ukraine: Fifth Century Disc Brooch Seized by Police
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/02/ukraine-fifth-century-disc-brooch.html
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Ukraine: Police in Vinnytsia Seize Metal Detectorist’s Loot AFTER He’d Destroyed a ‘Princely Grave’
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/02/police-in-vinnytsia-prevented-illegal.html
What is a Sycophant? | Greek Myth Comix
https://greekmythcomix.com/comic/what-is-a-sycophant/
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Evacuating Ukraine’s Ancient Stone Guardians
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/02/evacuating-ukraines-ancient-stone.html
‘People are in awe’: exhibition unveils ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead | Exhibitions | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/feb/19/book-of-the-dead-exhibition-brooklyn-museum-ancient-egypt
Even the best writing about science recalls ancient myths
https://theconversation.com/even-the-best-writing-about-science-recalls-ancient-myths-272269
Teaching Thursday: Reading Difficult Books | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
Sara M. Koenig, The Ten Commandments through the Ages – Reading Acts
PaleoJudaica.com: Onomastic politics and What did Second Temple-era Jews call the Land of Israel?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/onomastic-politics-and-what-did-second.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Water Supply and Management Systems in the Western Mediterranean: Construction and Operation
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/ancient-water-supply-and-management.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Umm al-Quwain 2: A Neolithic settlement and graveyard in the United Arab Emirates
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/umm-al-quwain-2-neolithic-settlement.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Daughters of the Sun: Small Human Images in Megalithic Iberia, 4th-3rd Millennium BC
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/daughters-of-sun-small-human-images-in.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Edition osirianischer Ritualtexte auf fragmentarischen späthieratischen Papyri der Tempelbibliothek von Tebtynis
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/edition-osirianischer-ritualtexte-auf.html
Sixty-six toilets and urinals in the ancient city of Rome: sanitary, urbanistic, and social agency – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.28/
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Who’s Afraid of Lupercalia?–Instant Classics – Apple Podcasts
Episode 170 – The Gallic Sack of Rome – Part 5 – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies
The Fall of Persia | Alexander the Great – The Ancients | Acast
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(70) How Parthia Beat Roman Legions – YouTube
(71) Minoan Pithos, Palace of Minos, Knossos – YouTube
(71) Elizabeth Irwin on Polycrates’ ring: fate and the reader – YouTube
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ANE Today, 19 February 2026 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-19-february-2026
Ancient Egypt Magazine 153 – The Past
Pasts Imperfect (2.19.26)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-2-19-26/
University of Basel: University lectureship for Latin language and literature (60%)
https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/universitaetsdozentur-fuer-lateinische-sprache-und-literatur/4979f52e-9556-4c53-8190-
What Thucydides Teaches Us About Great-Power Rivalry – Modern Diplomacy
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics – HigherEdJobs
https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=179368847&Title=Visiting%20Assistant%20Professor%20of%20Classics
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