• 27 B.C. — Octavian is given the title “Augustus“, the clupeus virtutis and duo laurae
• 9 B.C. (?) — the future emperor Tiberius celebrates an ovatio for his victories in Pannonia
• 10 A.D. — dedication of a Temple of Concordia
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Fusca and Maura
• 1794 — death of Edward Gibbon (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire)
• 1907 — birth of Philip Vellacott (translator of the Oresteia and various other works)

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Ancient Midas’ family tomb sheds light on ancient kingdom | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-883361

Many works of art from antiquity are terrible. And we shouldn’t be afraid of saying so
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/15/many-works-of-art-from-antiquity-are-terrible-fear/

[paywalled] Roman pools found beneath scrapyard baffle historians
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/roman-pools-scrapyard-baffle-historians-3hdcldxh6

Massive 1,500-Pound Amphora Find Reveals Roman Trade in Cyprus – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/15/amphora-roman-trade-cyprus/

Reviving a roadway where ancient Athenians once walked | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1292238/reviving-a-roadway-where-ancient-athenians-once-walked/

Sant’Antioco, the “Tomb of the Egyptian” reveals its charm: “A unique spectacle, restoration underway.”
https://www.unionesarda.it/en/sardinia/sant39-antioco-the-quot-tomb-of-the-egyptianquot-reveals-its-charm-quot-a-unique-spectacle-restoration-underwayquot-vsbhdb3f

New archaeology project awarded grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to unearth and save a rare Roman villa in Devon – University of Exeter News

New archaeology project awarded grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to unearth and save a rare Roman villa in Devon

Significant pithos burial uncovered in Rafina

Significant pithos burial uncovered in Rafina

Major archaeological discoveries in Rome: a sacellum, republican tombs and monumental basins
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/major-archaeological-discoveries-in-rome-a-sacellum-republican-tombs-and-monumental-basins

A complex dedicated to Hercules, aristocratic tombs, and two large 2nd-century BC cisterns of unknown function, found on the eastern outskirts of Rome

A complex dedicated to Hercules, aristocratic tombs, and two large 2nd-century BC cisterns of unknown function, found on the eastern outskirts of Rome

First Roman marching camps discovered in Saxony-Anhalt prove Roman advances in the 3rd century AD
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/01/15/first-roman-marching-camps-discovered-in-saxony-anhalt-prove-roman-advances-in-the-3rd-century-ad

Archaeologists Unearth Intricately Decorated Box Carved From Deer Bone That May Have Once Held Ancient Ointments
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-intricately-decorated-box-carved-from-deer-bone-that-may-have-once-held-ancient-ointments-180988004/

The Long History of Censoring Plato Over Gender (opinion)
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/01/15/long-history-censoring-plato-over-gender-opinion

2026 Dickinson College Commentaries High School Online Internship Program | Dickinson College Commentaries

2026 Dickinson College Commentaries High School Online Internship Program

The Beginnings of Christianity as an Integral Part of Early Judaism | Bible Interp
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/beginnings-christianity-integral-part-early-judaism

Austin Peay’s Dr. Stephen Kershner wins national award for classics education – ClarksvilleNow.com

Austin Peay’s Dr. Stephen Kershner wins national award for classics education

New Year update – by Owen Rees – Our Ancient World
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/new-year-update?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2470207&post_id=184638263&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Nefertiti, I love you – by Kara Cooney – Ancient/Now
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/nefertiti-i-love-you?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=752411&post_id=184626119&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Voor-westerse geschiedenis (3): klimaat – Mainzer Beobachter

Voor-westerse geschiedenis (3): klimaat

PaleoJudaica.com: New evidence for the construction of Cartagena’s city wall.
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-evidence-for-construction-of.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Religion at Carthage 800 BCE-439 CE (Brill)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/religion-at-carthage-800-bce-439-ce.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Kaufman, Phoenicia, Carthage, and Popular Government in the Pre-Classical Mediterranean (OUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/kaufman-phoenicia-carthage-and-popular.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Monumentality, Diversity and Fragmentation in Early Cycladic Sculpture
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/monumentality-diversity-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Keros, Dhaskalio Kavos: the investigations of 1987–88
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/keros-dhaskalio-kavos-investigations-of.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Große Männer? Biographisches Erzählen in der griechischen und römischen, der frühjüdischen und der frühchristlichen Literatur
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/groe-manner-biographisches-erzahlen-in.html

Visualising glocalization: villas, architectural spaces and pavements in Hispania Baetica (2nd Century AD – 4th Century AD) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.10/

Narratives at play in Aeschylus: perspectives on genre and poetics – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.09/

Classics and race. A historical reader – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.08/

Those Who Are About to Die: a day in the life of a Roman gladiator – The Past

Those Who Are About to Die: a day in the life of a Roman gladiator

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How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall – The Ancients | Acast

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(642) Echoes in Ancient Texts: India and Ancient Greece – YouTube

(644) Professor Nicoletta Momigliano (University of Bristol), “Mal d’Archive/Archive Fever” – YouTube

(644) Dr Angela Paine, “Healing Plants of Greek Myth” – BSA Seminar – YouTube

(644) Professor Polly Low (Durham University), “Towards a new history of ancient Greek empire(s)” – YouTube

(644) Lava up: New mineral study reveals buried ‘dirt’ about bath time in ancient Pompeii – YouTube

(644) Historian Reacts To EPIC: The Musical (Troy Saga) – YouTube

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EAA2026 Home
https://www.e-a-a.org/eaa2026

Dickinson Summer Latin Workshop 2026: Apuleius, Apologia (Pro se de magia) | Dickinson College Commentaries

Dickinson Summer Latin Workshop 2026: Apuleius, Apologia (Pro se de magia)

• carmentalia (day 2) — an annual festival in honour of the nymph Carmenta (a divinity associated with prophecy and childbirth; also the mother of Evander) celebrated primarily by women on the 11th and 15th of January
• 69 A.D. — murder of Galba and his adopted son Piso; dies imperii of Otho

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Colchester dig uncover Roman gold rings and marble
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0yq8kwv4do

Ceramics Reveal Ancient Greek Island Samos Had a Largely Self-Sufficient Economy – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/13/ceramics-ancient-greek-island-samos-self-sufficient-economy/

Roman soldiers found in mass grave in Croatia – The Past

Roman soldiers found in mass grave in Croatia

Hygienic conditions in Pompeii’s early baths were poor, according to isotope analysis
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-hygienic-conditions-pompeii-early-poor.html

How Carthage Organized the Construction of Its Great Wall in Hispania: A Unique Case in the Ancient Mediterranean

How Carthage Organized the Construction of Its Great Wall in Hispania: A Unique Case in the Ancient Mediterranean

Ancient Rome meets modern technology as tourists visit restored, frescoed home via livestream tours
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-ancient-rome-modern-technology-tourists.html

Archaeologists Find an Unusual 2500-year-old Stylus in Sicily
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/2500-year-old-greek-stylus-discovered-gela-sicily-1234769823/

Jewelled eels, beards of gold and unfathomable cruelty: 5 of ancient Rome’s most eccentric leaders
https://theconversation.com/jewelled-eels-beards-of-gold-and-unfathomable-cruelty-5-of-ancient-romes-most-eccentric-leaders-267749

Let’s quibble about historical accuracy in Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey | New Scientist
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935782-200-lets-quibble-about-historical-accuracy-in-christopher-nolans-odyssey/

In Pursuit of Peace, Ancient Athens Created a Goddess – JSTOR Daily

In Pursuit of Peace, Ancient Athens Created a Goddess

A woman in the shadows in a great epic poem
https://en.ara.cat/culture/woman-in-the-shadows-in-great-epic-poem_1_5617297.html

How Could I Overlook Odysseus!? Theme and Fit in Iliad 10 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

How Could I Overlook Odysseus!? Theme and Fit in Iliad 10

Towards a Methodology for Mirrors – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Towards a Methodology for Mirrors

Aes Grave MuX Grant Approved! – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Aes Grave MuX Grant Approved!

~70% of PHerc. 172 is now digitally unwrapped
https://scrollprize.substack.com/p/70-of-pherc-172-is-now-digitally?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1454609&post_id=184307377&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Spencer Alley: Greek Heads
https://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2026/01/greek-heads.html

First Day Fragments Spring 2026 – Noodlings

First Day Fragments Spring 2026

Gabriel Barkay z”l (1944-2026) – The Temple Mount Sifting Project

Gabriel Barkay z”l (1944-2026)

Archaeologist Gabriel Barkay, pioneer of Temple Mount research, dies at 81 | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologist-gabriel-barkay-pioneer-of-temple-mount-research-dies-at-81

PaleoJudaica.com: Albanese, Translation Technique and Literary Structures in Greek Isaiah 13:1–14:23 (SBL)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/albanese-translation-technique-and.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Poppaea’s house at Pompeii?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/poppaeas-house-at-pompeii.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Two more Barkay obituaries
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/two-more-barkay-obituaries.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Der ›Kaiserkulttempel‹ von Simitthus: Architektur, Funde und Interpretation eines frühkaiserzeitlichen Podiumtempels in der Provinz Africa Proconsularis
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/der-kaiserkulttempel-von-simitthus.html

Sextus Empiricus Against the Arithmeticians – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.05/

The late Geometric and early Archaic north-eastern Aegean through the emergence, distribution and consumption of ‘G 2-3 ware’ – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.06/

The human tragicomedy: the reception of Apuleius’ Golden Ass in the twentieth and twenty-first century – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.07/

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Is Plato woke? Texas A&M professor speaks out after being banned from teaching the Greek philosopher | Here & Now
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/01/14/plato-professor-texas-am

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(606) Who Were The Failed Heirs of Augustus? – YouTube

(607) Was Nero the Antichrist? (and why early Christians thought he’d rise again) – YouTube

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From bits of history to bytes of data: AI and the study of the ancient Near East
https://www.nature.com/collections/ibaaacccci

Divine Onomastic News

Divine Onomastic News

• ca. 82 B.C. — birth of Marcus Antonius (a.k.a. Mark Anthony)