• ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 7) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C.
• 82 B.C. — Lucius Cornelius Sulla is victorious over the Samnites at the Battle of the Colline Gate
• 36 A.D. — major fire at Rome
• 1903 — death of Theodore Mommsen
• 1993 — death of A.N. Sherwin-White (The Roman Citizenship, among other things)

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Discovery of a new archaeological site in Shahhat dating back to the Hellenistic period

Discovery of a new archaeological site in Shahhat dating back to the Hellenistic period

Lost Letter of Roman Emperor Caracalla Found in Turkish Farmhouse Walls – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/30/lost-letter-roman-emperor-caracalla-turkish-farmhouse-walls/

Roman Funeral Pyres Unearthed in Ancient Greek City of Olbia, France – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/31/roman-funeral-pyres-ancient-greek-city-olbia-france/

Funerary Practices in the Ancient Necropolis of Olbia

Funerary Practices in the Ancient Necropolis of Olbia

2,200-year-old Celtic ‘rainbow cup’ in ‘almost mint condition’ found in Germany | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-200-year-old-celtic-rainbow-cup-in-almost-mint-condition-found-in-germany

Remarkable Artifacts From Ancient Greek Sanctuary Unearthed in Italy’s Pertosa-Auletta Caves – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/31/artifacts-ancient-greek-sanctuary-italy-cave/

Tulane professor gains worldwide attention after Roman artifact discovery | Tulane University News
https://news.tulane.edu/news/tulane-scholar-gains-worldwide-attention-after-roman-artifact-discovery

Brock expert helps bring ‘epic stories’ of gladiators to life – The Brock News

Brock expert helps bring ‘epic stories’ of gladiators to life

Elon Musk Backs AI-Powered Rome Research
https://www.eweek.com/news/elon-musk-ai-powered-research-ancient-rome/

Mirror Imaging
https://www.brynmawr.edu/bulletin/mirror-imaging

Roman coins found in 2021 to be sold by Noonans Mayfair
https://www.coinworld.com/images/default-source/news/lot-281—elephant-web.jpg?sfvrsn=a75c1dd3_3

Amphorae: What made the antique containers so important?
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/amphoren-was-die-antiken-container-so-bedeutend-machte

[AI?] Son Says His Father, Not Carter, Found King Tut’s Tomb | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-872148

After delays, Egypt set for lavish opening of grand museum
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-delays-egypt-lavish-grand-museum.html#goog_rewarded

Exhibit on inflation and purchasing power in ancient times opens in Bodrum
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/exhibit-on-inflation-and-purchasing-power-in-ancient-times-opens-in-bodrum-215208

Celebrating 100 Years of Megiddo Excavations – Biblical Archaeology Society

Celebrating 100 Years of Megiddo Excavations

True courage isn’t being fearless, it’s fearing well | Psyche Ideas
https://psyche.co/ideas/true-courage-isnt-being-fearless-its-fearing-well

On the architecture of Callatis and Tomis (III-II centuries BC-II-III centuries AD) | Spartokos read

Sur l’architecture de Callatis et Tomis (III-II siècles av. J.-C.-II-III siècle ap. J.-C.)

INDICATIONS OF DIALOGUE IN ARISTOTLE’S PROTREPTICUS | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/indications-of-dialogue-in-aristotles-protrepticus/E0CCE713D2756E495530756967A1DC19?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Ancient Protection against Nightmares – Papyrus Stories

Ancient Protection against Nightmares

Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Varia and Quick Hits

Ps.Chrysostom, “Homilia in sanctum pascha” (CPG 4408) now online in English – Roger Pearse

Ps.Chrysostom, “Homilia in sanctum pascha” (CPG 4408) now online in English

Hieroglyph of Lovecraft – The VIEWS project

Hieroglyph of Lovecraft

Blog #112: “What Should You Do When You Encounter One of Our Egyptian Mummified Ancestors?” A 12-Point Manifesto on How to Deal with Egyptian Mummified Ancestral Remains with Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage Project – Peopling the Past

Blog #112: “What Should You Do When You Encounter One of Our Egyptian Mummified Ancestors?” A 12-Point Manifesto on How to Deal with Egyptian Mummified Ancestral Remains with Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage Project

Laudator Temporis Acti: Telemachus Inhaled
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/10/telemachus-inhaled.html

Faits divers (42) – Mainzer Beobachter

Faits divers (42)

PaleoJudaica.com: On Garshuni
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/on-garshuni.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Maier on Shaphan the scribe
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/maier-on-shaphan-scribe.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Athens Demapped: Archaeology, Heritage, and Urban Transformation
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/athens-demapped-archaeology-heritage.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Keramik vom unteren Aufweg und der Hafenanlage zur Knickpyramide in Dahschur
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/die-keramik-vom-unteren-aufweg-und-der.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Erasing and Rewriting in Manuscript Cultures: Practices of Text Obliteration and Manuscript Reuse in a Global Perspective
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/erasing-and-rewriting-in-manuscript.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Department of Classics at Cologne joins Nomisma
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/department-of-classics-at-cologne-joins.html

A JOURNEY THROUGH LATE ANTIQUE CILICIA – Arabella Cortese, Cilicia as Sacred Landscape in Late Antiquity. A Journey on the Trail of Apostles, Martyrs and Local Saints. (Spätantike – Frühes Christentum – Byzanz 53.) Pp. 320, ill., colour pls. Wiesbaden: Reichert, 2022. Cased, €198. ISBN: 978-3-7520-0637-7. | The Classical Review | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-review/article/journey-through-late-antique-cilicia-arabella-cortese-cilicia-as-sacred-landscape-in-late-antiquity-a-journey-on-the-trail-of-apostles-martyrs-and-local-saints-spatantike-fruhes-christentum-byzanz-53-pp-320-ill-colour-pls-wiesbaden-reichert-2022-cased-198-isbn-9783752006377/0DEC8402109613E3463B061FD8D18E11?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

INTERTEXTUALITY AND RECEPTION IN JULIUS VALERIUS’ RES GESTAE ALEXANDRI MACEDONIS – Hartmut Wulfram (ed.), Der lateinische Alexanderroman des Iulius Valerius. Sprache, Erzählung, Kontext. Unter redaktioneller Mitarbeit von Katharina Gerhold, Gregor Schöffberger und Katharina-Maria Schön. (Millennium-Studien 101.) Pp. viii + 233. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £96, US$120.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-108558-6 (978-3-11-109167-9 open access). | The Classical Review | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-review/article/abs/intertextuality-and-reception-in-julius-valerius-res-gestae-alexandri-macedonis-hartmut-wulfram-ed-der-lateinische-alexanderroman-des-iulius-valerius-sprache-erzahlung-kontext-unter-redaktioneller-mitarbeit-von-katharina-gerhold-gregor-schoffberger-und-katharinamaria-schon-millenniumstudien-101-pp-viii-233-berlin-and-boston-de-gruyter-2023-cased-96-us12099-isbn-9783111085586-9783111091679-open-access/DCE5EE9D0ECB560CCC3D853F1497D186?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

The highest good in the Nicomachean Ethics and the Bhagavad Gita: knowledge, happiness, and freedom – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The highest good in the Nicomachean Ethics and the Bhagavad Gita: knowledge, happiness, and freedom

Greek and Roman antiquity in First World War poetry. Rupert Brooke, Charles Sorley, Isaac Rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Greek and Roman antiquity in First World War poetry. Rupert Brooke, Charles Sorley, Isaac Rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen

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Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA381 – Did Ancient Soldiers Protect Their Feet?
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa381-did-ancient-soldiers-protect-their-feet

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(299) America’s Book Club – Stacy Schiff on Cleopatra – YouTube

The truth of Ancient Rome hides under its myth of decadence – Big Think

The truth of Ancient Rome hides under its myth of decadence

Roman History and the Founding Fathers | C-SPAN Classroom
https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?25183

(299) Excavating Prehistory on an Aegean Island: The Gourimadi Archaeological Project – YouTube

Video: Newly re-opened passageway beneath the Roman Colosseum was used by emperors | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/travel/video/passage-of-commodus-rome-colosseum-digvid

(300) Is Jesus Holding a Magic Wand in Ancient Art? – YouTube

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The Economic Costs of Transplanted Temples

The Economic Costs of Transplanted Temples

20th Trends in Classics International Conference – Department of Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

20th Trends in Classics International Conference

• ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 6) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C.
• 286 — martyrdom of Quentin

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This Ancient Greek Wall Between Bactria and Sogdiana in Central Asia May Have Switched Sides Centuries Later

This Ancient Greek Wall Between Bactria and Sogdiana in Central Asia May Have Switched Sides Centuries Later

DNA study reveals origins, migrations and genetic legacy of ‘forgotten’ Sarmatians
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-dna-reveals-migrations-genetic-legacy.html

Excavations at the Pyla-Vigla

Excavations at the Pyla-Vigla have been completed

Studying the wrong Caesar gets high school seniors out of a history exam
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/australia/studying-wrong-caesar-gets-high-school-seniors-history-exam-rcna240477

Major archaeological sites in Iraq at risk of erosion due to climate change | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/major-archaeological-sites-in-iraq-at-risk-of-erosion-due-to-climate-change/

The Pharmacopeia of Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vessels

The Pharmacopeia of Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vessels

Unraveling Alexander the Great: Battlefield Genius, Hidden Romances, and the Mystery of His Final Resting Place –
https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/10/29/why-alexander-the-great-won-every-battle-new-theories-death-tomb-billows/

The Mysterious Vanishing of the Legio IX Hispana from History

The Mysterious Vanishing of the Legio IX Hispana from History

[AI?] Lost Letter of Caracalla Found — Burdur Museum Saves Stones | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-872144

Roman writing tablets discovered in ancient wells
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/roman-writing-tablets-found-in-ancient-wells/156109

A 2,000-year history of chucking a sickie
https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/a-2000-year-history-of-chucking-a-sickie

AI and Archaeology Join Forces to Decode Hittite Civilization – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/29/ai-archaeology-join-forces-decode-hittite-civilization/

A First-Hand Account Of A Flood In The Ancient City Of Rome – The Historian’s Hut

A First-Hand Account Of A Flood In The Ancient City Of Rome

Death Of Hippolytos, By Carle Vernet (1758 – 1836) – The Historian’s Hut

Death Of Hippolytos, By Carle Vernet (1758 – 1836)

The Ancient Greek Origin of Why Athens Is Actually Plural – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/30/ancient-greek-origin-athens-plural/

‘Antigone’ presented at Cal Poly Humboldt – Times-Standard

‘Antigone’ presented at Cal Poly Humboldt

Centre Stage presents ‘Antigone’ at the Pavilion Theatre, Nov. 11-21 | Penn State University
https://www.psu.edu/news/arts-and-entertainment/story/centre-stage-presents-antigone-pavilion-theatre-nov-11-21

The Oresteia: Sewanee Theatre’s Latest Triumph |
https://thesewaneepurple.org/2025/10/29/the-oresteia-sewanee-theatres-latest-triumph/amp/

Review: Barnard theater department’s ‘The Trojan Women’ brings Greek tragedy to a modern day detention center
https://www.columbiaspectator.com/arts-and-culture/2025/10/29/review-barnard-theater-departments-the-trojan-women-brings-greek-tragedy-to-a-modern-day-detention-center/

The European Invention of the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife – The Ancient Near East Today
https://anetoday.org/european-egyptian-afterlife/

[wtf?]The Blogs: The Name ‘Palestine’ Literally Just Means ‘Land of Israel’ in Greek | Micah Ben David Naziri | The Times of Israel
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-name-palestine-literally-just-means-land-of-israel-in-greek/

How new is Halloween? | Blog post | Mary Beard

How new is Halloween?

More Jugurtha (a warm up exercise) – Liv Mariah Yarrow

More Jugurtha (a warm up exercise)

Numismatic analysis incorporates legal frameworks to trace illegally traded Carthaginian coins
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-numismatic-analysis-incorporates-legal-frameworks.html

OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: When Was the Psalter Compiled?
https://oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2025/10/when-was-psalter-compiled.html

UAlbany Professor Sparks Passion for “Dead” Language in Students | Spotlightnews | dailygazette.com
https://www.dailygazette.com/spotlightnews/ualbany-professor-sparks-passion-for-dead-language-in-students/article_3ba9fe68-ce1b-491f-96de-58404de242eb.html

Pretty Vacant | Sphinx

Pretty Vacant

Managing Achilles – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Managing Achilles

Talking about Public Humanities | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Talking about Public Humanities

Publius Annius Florus – Mainzer Beobachter

Publius Annius Florus

PaleoJudaica.com: Apocalyptic masculinity?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/apocalyptic-masculinity.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Lied on the imaginary Book of Noriah
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/lied-on-imaginary-book-of-noriah.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: All in the Family: Childhood and Fictive Kinship in Roman Society
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/all-in-family-childhood-and-fictive.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Der erinnerte Joseph: Eine wandernde Figur und ihre Geschichte in der Hebräischen Bibel, im antiken Judentum und im frühen Christentum
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/der-erinnerte-joseph-eine-wandernde.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/ancient-glass-in-j-paul-getty-museum.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Der johanneische Pneuma-Paraklet und das sokratische Daimonion: Zur religionsgeschichtlichen Verortung der johanneischen Pneumatologie
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/der-johanneische-pneuma-paraklet-und.html

Figuring death in classical Athens: visual and literary explorations – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Figuring death in classical Athens: visual and literary explorations

Xenophon of Athens: a Socratic on Sparta – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Xenophon of Athens: a Socratic on Sparta

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Eye Can’t Get No Satisfaction: Polyphemus and Galatea in Theocritus’ Idyll XI (Ad Navseam, Episode 199) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/eye-cant-get-no-satisfaction-polyphemus-and-galatea-in-theocritus-idyll-xi-ad-navseam-episode-199/

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(271) Who killed Ramses III? How scientists found murder in an Egyptian mummy | ASSASSINS – YouTube

(271) Greeks are Always Children | Lecture in ANCIENT GREEK | Jenny Teichmann – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Call for Participation – Torre Mordillo Archaeological Field School 2026 (Deadline December 5) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/10/torremordillo2026/

ANE Today, 30 October 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-30-october-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=177484848&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

New Release! – Eagles and Dragons – Book VII |

New Release! – Eagles and Dragons – Book VII

Now Available: The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in Western Messenia – rogueclassicist@gmail.com – Gmail
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#label/%40%40%40expl%2FD.+bulletin/WhctKLbmrKGfNblqMdpskMCPBjCwzjnWmCSfBjVFcfTjskHrDPMVkXFcTtnshQfRlvJrPRb

• 69 A.D. — sack of Cremona
• 130 A.D. — Hadrian’s pal Antinous drowns in the Nile
• c. 298 — martyrdom of Marcellus the centurion