• 31 A.D. — execution of Strabo, son of the Praetorian Praefect L. Aelius Sejanus
• 51 A.D. — birth of the future emperor T. Flavius Domitianus, better known as Domitian

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Mursa’s mass grave reveals diverse origins of Roman soldiers
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-mursa-mass-grave-reveals-diverse.html

New study shifts the dating of major Bronze Age events
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/new-study-shifts-the-dating-of-major-bronze-age-events/156202

Roman coins found by detectorist could be Wales’ biggest find
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd67vv66wxxo

‘Biggest ever’ haul of 15,000 Roman coins found in Wales by dumbfounded metal detectorist who slept with trove in his car over fears it would be stolen | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15219663/Biggest-haul-15-000-Roman-coins-Wales-dumbfounded-metal-detectorist-slept-trove-car-fears-stolen.html

Excavation work begins in the eastern sector of Brescia’s Roman theater, after months of preliminary investigation
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/excavation-work-begins-in-the-eastern-sector-of-brescia-s-roman-theater-after-months-of-preliminary-investigation

Rare Roman Legionary Helmet Looted from Serbia Appears in U.S. Auction – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/rare-roman-legionary-helmet-looted-from-serbia-appears-in-u-s-auction/

Tracing Royal Highways: How the Persians Moved an Empire – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/23/royal-highway-persian-empire/

Ancient tombs in biblical city discovered, tied to St Paul’s letter
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/science/ancient-tombs-in-biblical-city-discovered-tied-to-st-pauls-letter/

[AI?] First Assyrian inscription found near Jerusalem Wall | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-871382

“Not in Italy or Europe”: an Italian declares which Roman colosseum is the best preserved in the world – AS USA
https://en.as.com/latest_news/not-in-italy-or-europe-an-italian-declares-which-roman-colosseum-is-the-best-preserved-in-the-world-f202510-n/

Rome, large 4th century basilica discovered between Appia and Ardeatina
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/rome-large-4th-century-basilica-discovered-between-appia-and-ardeatina

Final piece of Pompeii’s Villa of the Mysteries to be revealed – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/23/final-piece-of-pompeiis-villa-of-the-mysteries-to-be-revealed

The Bremenium Fort archaeological dig

The Bremenium Fort archaeological dig

Bard professor gives lecture on his new translation of ‘The Odyssey’ – Yale Daily News

Bard professor gives lecture on his new translation of ‘The Odyssey’

Under Pompeii’s Ash, Harvard Researchers Unearth Everyday Life in Ancient Rome | News | The Harvard Crimson
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/23/Pompeii-harvard-researchers-investigate/

[FWIW] Legendary Hyperborea and the Ancient Greeks: Who actually discovered America? – Balkanweb.com – News24
https://www.balkanweb.com/en/The-legendary-Hyperborea-and-the-ancient-Greeks–who-actually-discovered-America/#gsc.tab=0

[paywalled] The Ancient Greek Who Profiled Trump – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-ancient-greek-who-profiled-trump-fabfb3be

Laudator Temporis Acti: Stoic Commonplaces
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/10/stoic-commonplaces.html

Alexander de Grote in Memfis – Mainzer Beobachter

Alexander de Grote in Memfis

Simon J. Gathercole, The Genuine Jesus and the Counterfeit Christs: New Testament and Apocryphal Gospels – Reading Acts

Simon J. Gathercole, The Genuine Jesus and the Counterfeit Christs: New Testament and Apocryphal Gospels

PaleoJudaica.com: A late notice from the Assyrian taxman excavated in Jerusalem
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-late-notice-from-assyrian-taxman.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Two people named Benaya
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/two-people-named-benaya.html

PaleoJudaica.com: On the evolution of Israeli archaeology
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/on-evolution-of-israeli-archaeology.html

Escape from Pompeii

Escape from Pompeii

Roman pottery in the low countries: past research, current state, future directions – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Roman pottery in the low countries: past research, current state, future directions

Aztec Latin: Renaissance learning and Nahuatl traditions in early colonial Mexico – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Aztec Latin: Renaissance learning and Nahuatl traditions in early colonial Mexico

Epistula Consolatoria: olim De Consolatione in Aduersis (CPL 999) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Epistula Consolatoria: olim De Consolatione in Aduersis (CPL 999)

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(62) Scarlett Kingsley on luxury, wealth, and prosperity in Herodotus’ Histories – YouTube

(63) Spotlight | Who built the Egyptian pyramids and why? (Spoiler: it wasn’t aliens!) – YouTube

(64) Battle of Zama 202 BC – The Great Hannibal Meets his End! – YouTube

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Pasts Imperfect (10.23.25)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-10-23-25/?ref=pasts-imperfect-newsletter

Epic Threads: A Journal of Reimagined Antiquity | Classical Studies | University of Waterloo
https://uwaterloo.ca/classical-studies/news/epic-threads-journal-reimagined-antiquity

• 42 B.C. — the forces of Marcus Antonius defeat those of Cassius and Brutus in the second Battle of Phillipi; Brutus subsequently commited suicide
• 12 A.D. — the future emperor Tiberius celebrates a triumph for his victories in Pannonia and Dalmatia
• 524 or 525 — martyrdom of Boethius

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Radiocarbon dating of Egyptian artifacts puts Thera (Santorini) volcanic eruption prior to Pharaoh Ahmose
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-radiocarbon-dating-egyptian-artifacts-thera.html

Türkiye nabs smugglers trying to sell 1,500-year-old Roman-era mosaic | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/turkiye-nabs-smugglers-trying-to-sell-1500-year-old-roman-era-mosaic

Ancient Greek Fortress Discovered in Aşağıseyit, Turkey – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/22/ancient-greek-fortress-asagiseyit-turkey/

Archaeologists unearth 1,500-year-old synagogue below abandoned Syrian village in Golan | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-unearth-1500-year-old-synagogue-below-abandoned-syrian-village-in-golan/

Major discoveries at Bremenium Roman Fort
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/major-discoveries-at-bremenium-roman-fort/156191

Secrets of the Persian Royal Road Revealed: How the King’s Court Traveled Between Susa and Persepolis

Secrets of the Persian Royal Road Revealed: How the King’s Court Traveled Between Susa and Persepolis

Scientists Reveal the Deadliest Weapon of the Bronze Age – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/21/deadliest-weapon-bronze-age/

Breaking ground without digging: In first, archaeologists ‘X-ray’ Jerusalem’s hidden layers | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/breaking-ground-without-digging-in-first-archaeologists-x-ray-jerusalems-underground/

Roman, Byzantine burial traditions unearthed in Türkiye’s Iznik | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/roman-byzantine-burial-traditions-unearthed-in-turkiyes-iznik

Biblical tax notice: 1st-ever Assyrian inscription found near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/biblical-tax-notice-1st-ever-assyrian-inscription-found-near-jerusalems-temple-mount/

Sumerian civilization may have been jump-started by the rise and fall of tides | Science | AAAS
https://www.science.org/content/article/sumerian-civilization-may-have-been-jump-started-rise-and-fall-tides

Pompeii’s Multilevel Buildings Were Once Lavish Villas with Towers
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pompeii-multilevel-buildings-digital-reconstructions-1234758104/

Meet The Romans: New smartphone immersive reality experience at Segedunum Roman Fort in Wallsend | North Tyneside Council
https://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/news/2025/meet-romans-new-smartphone-immersive-reality-experience-segedunum-roman-fort-wallsend

Pyrrhus of Epirus: The Ancient Greek King’s Legacy Beyond the Battlefield – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/22/pyrrhus-epirus-ancient-greek-king-legacy/

Hollywood’s classical obsession – Engelsberg ideas

Hollywood’s classical obsession

When Barbie met the Parthenon Marbles | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1284524/when-barbie-met-the-parthenon-marbles/

Is Celebrating Ancient Greek Legacy White Supremacy? European Scholars Respond – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/21/ancient-greece-white-supremacy/

How Thucydides Described Greeks and “Barbarians” in the Northern Settlements – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/21/thucydides-greeks-barbarians-northern-settlements/

When We Are All Enemies – by Elizabeth Bobrick
https://elizabethbobrick.substack.com/p/when-we-are-all-enemies?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1331359&post_id=175216828&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Roman Times: Echoes of Sacred Dance; A Tarentine Bronze Celebrating Fertility and Ritual Grace
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/10/echoes-of-sacred-dance-tarentine-bronze.html

Chronicles: Alexander – An Interview with Ben Angell
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/chronicles-alexander-an-interview-with-ben-angell

Alexander de Grote in Egypte – Mainzer Beobachter

Alexander de Grote in Egypte

PaleoJudaica.com: The Seventh International Symposium of Turfan Studies
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-seventh-international-symposium-of.html

PaleoJudaica.com: What happened to the Library of Alexandria?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/what-happened-to-library-of-alexandria.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Reviewlet of Barton (ed.), Understanding the Hebrew Bible
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/reviewlet-of-barton-ed-understanding.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: M/OTHERING
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/mothering.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Regional Demographic Trends and Settlement Patterns in Central Italy: Archaeological Sites and Radiocarbon Dates
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/regional-demographic-trends-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The BORDERSCAPE Project WebGIS Repository
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-borderscape-project-webgis.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Raetia Prima in der Langen Spätantike (3. – 8. Jh. n. Chr.). Ein georeferenzierter Datensatz aller archäologischen Fundstellen
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/die-raetia-prima-in-der-langen.html

Tropaeum Traiani: place of Roman memory II | Spartokos read

Tropaeum Traiani : lieu de mémoire ro(u)main II

Strabon. Géographie. Tome XI: Livre XIV – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Strabon. Géographie. Tome XI: Livre XIV

Augustus als Programm: eine Rezeptionsgeschichte des ersten Princeps (14-500 n. Chr.) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Augustus als Programm: eine Rezeptionsgeschichte des ersten Princeps (14-500 n. Chr.)

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Did the ancients love like us? – ABC listen
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/cultural-history-of-love-marguerite-johnson-greeks-romans/105891710

Virgil’s Aeneid: Ep. 6 Cerva (… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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VIDENDA
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(29) Nomen || Iuncturae verborum – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Corinth Excavations, Digital Curator/Archaeologist, position in Corinth | American School of Classical Studies at Athens
https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/about/staff/positions-available#DigitalCuratorArchaeologist

Translation in a Golden Age – The Center for Hellenic Studies

Translation in a Golden Age

Classics – 2025-26 Professional Track Faculty Pool job with University of Texas at Austin | 37903946
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37903946/classics-2025-26-professional-track-faculty-pool/

• 4004 B.C. — 9.00 a.m. … according to Bishop Ussher, God created the universe
• 50 B.C. — the ‘Civil War’ between Pompey and Caesar began (not sure where this one comes from)