• 48 B.C. — Octavian dons his toga virilis
• 17 A.D. — restoration of the Temple of Janus at the Theatre of Marcellus (and associated rites thereafter)
• 31 A.D. — Execution of the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Lucius Aelius Sejanus, after revelation of his activities against the emperor Tiberius.
• 33 A.D. — Death of Vipsania Agrippina (Agrippina ‘the elder’), wife of Germanicus and mother of the emperor Gaius (Caligula), among others.
• 84 A.D. — martyrdom of Luke

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Archaeologists uncover 5,500-year-old ceremonial site in Jordan | EurekAlert!
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1102325

Hidden for centuries: Archaeologists unearth ancient Roman water basin
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-hidden-centuries-archaeologists-unearth-ancient.html

New study suggests the ancient Egyptian plague of Akhetaten may not have happened
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-ancient-egyptian-plague-akhetaten.html

Lion-Head Stone Spout Channels Wine in New Bathonea Wine & Olive Oil Workshop Discovery – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/lion-head-stone-spout-channels-wine-in-new-bathonea-wine-olive-oil-workshop-discovery/

Archaeologists discover Roman settlement in Türkiye’s Adıyaman | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-discover-roman-settlement-in-turkiyes-adiyaman

Vineyards Unearthed in Marseille Reveal How Ancient Greeks Brought Winemaking to France – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/17/vineyards-marseille-ancient-greek-winemaking-france/

Gabii, new archaeological discoveries and prospects for opening by 2026
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/gabii-new-archaeological-discoveries-and-prospects-for-opening-by-2026

Archaeologists find chest full of Roman coins and precious jewelry – Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/news/archaeologists-find-chest-full-of-roman-coins-and-precious-jewelry-histria/

Archaeologists Uncover Remains of Roman Soldiers in a 3rd-Century Well in Croatia – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-uncover-remains-of-roman-soldiers-in-a-3rd-century-well-in-croatia/

Grave of young woman dating to 2nd century discovered near village in Southeastern Bulgaria – History and religion
https://bnr.bg/en/post/102226437/grave-of-young-woman-dating-to-2nd-century-discovered-near-village-in-southeastern-bulgaria

Roman-Era Hospital Converted into Byzantine Church Found in Ancient Kaunos, Turkey – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/17/roman-era-hospital-byzantine-church-ancient-kaunos-turkey/

A parents’ angry letter – by Owen Rees – Our Ancient World
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/a-parents-angry-letter?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2470207&post_id=147026766&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Why Rome’s origin myth leaves more questions than answers | National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/romulus-and-remus-rome-empire

Westmont College Puts Its Own Spin on ‘Antigone’ with ‘Antigonick’ – The Santa Barbara Independent

Westmont College Puts Its Own Spin on ‘Antigone’ with ‘Antigonick’

Braille for Ancient Languages | Blind Scholar

Braille for Ancient Languages

Classics honorary hosts annual Homer reading – Hillsdale Collegian
https://hillsdalecollegian.com/2025/10/classics-honorary-hosts-annual-homer-reading/

Ancient Coins Donated to University by Collector | News | UMass Lowell
https://www.uml.edu/news/stories/2025/ancient-coins.aspx

The Genius Engineering of Roman Aqueducts | Open Culture

The Genius Engineering of Roman Aqueducts

[AI?] Ancient Greek Genius: The Inventions and Discoveries That Shaped the World –
https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/10/17/ancient-greek-genius-the-inventions-and-discoveries-that-shaped-the-world/

Women in the ancient Greek world: history and historiography | The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-hellenic-studies/article/women-in-the-ancient-greek-world-history-and-historiography/41819B7DC4EA8E096FCBC6BEF8AEA872?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Carthaginian bronze coins from a hoard found off the coast of Tunisia | Libyan Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/libyan-studies/article/carthaginian-bronze-coins-from-a-hoard-found-off-the-coast-of-tunisia/6CD68F80B8698E12D99157393CA121BD?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Roman Times: Etruscan influence in metalworking of the Golasecca and Veneti cultures
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/10/etruscan-influence-in-metalworking-of.html

Roman Times: 7th century BCE Ivory depicting the “Sons of Tinia,” precursor to Castor and Pollux
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/10/7th-century-bce-ivory-depicting-sons-of.html

Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Varia and Quick Hits

The triumph of the President | Blog post | Mary Beard

The triumph of the President

PaleoJudaica.com: Alexander the Great in Jerusalem?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/alexander-great-in-jerusalem.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The latest on the Heculaneum papyri
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-latest-on-heculaneum-papyri.html

PaleoJudaica.com: On Adam, Eve, Enkidu, and growing up
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/on-adam-eve-enkidu-and-growing-up.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Royal Inscriptions of Sargon II, King of Assyria (721-705 BC)
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-royal-inscriptions-of-sargon-ii.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Names Indices of the Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/complete-names-indices-of-royal.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’Europe de l’Est au Ier millénaire après J.-C. selon l’archéologie et la numismatique
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/leurope-de-lest-au-ier-millenaire-apres.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Perseus Digital Library News
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/perseus-digital-library-news.html

Decius. Ein roemischer Kaiser zwischen Tradition und Restauration – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Decius. Ein roemischer Kaiser zwischen Tradition und Restauration

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Underneath The Toga–Instant Classics – Apple Podcasts

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(28) When the Gods Fell Silent: The End of Mythology in Ancient Greece | Greek Mythology Final Episode – YouTube

Female Roles in Foundation Legends 2025 — Dr. Altay Coskun
https://www.altaycoskun.com/female-roles-2025
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CFP: Classical Association of the Canadian West (CACW) Conference 2026 – February 20-21, 2026 at MacEwan University (Extended Deadline – October 31) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/10/cacw26ext/

Call for Papers: 10th Epigraphy.info Workshop in Graz (Austria), March 24th-26th 2026 – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy

Call for Papers: 10th Epigraphy.info Workshop in Graz (Austria), March 24th-26th 2026

University of Florida – Details – Assistant Professor in Mediterranean Archaeology
https://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/537574/assistant-professor-in-mediterranean-archaeology

• c. 107 — martyrdom of Ignatius of Antioch
• c. 136 — martyrdom of Heron

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Northern Aegean Found to Be Earliest Producer of Commercial Amphorae – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/15/northern-aegean-found-earliest-producer-commercial-amphorae/

A Singular Statue of a Suid Discovered in the Ancient City of Gortyna in Crete

A Singular Statue of a Suid Discovered in the Ancient City of Gortyna in Crete

Archaeologists find chest full of Roman coins and precious jewelry – Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/news/archaeologists-find-chest-full-of-roman-coins-and-precious-jewelry-histria/

Roman silver treasure unearthed near Borsum
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/roman-silver-treasure-unearthed-near-borsum/156151

Divers find Greco-Roman shipwreck carrying stacks of tableware – Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/news/2000-year-old-adrasan-plate-greco-roman-shipwreck-with-tableware-still-stacked/

1,000 gold coins from 1st century discovered with a metal detector – Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/news/over-1000-gold-coins-from-1st-century-bc-discovered-baddow-with-metal-detector/

1,800-year-old statue unearthed at Smyrna
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/1-800-year-old-statue-unearthed-at-smyrna-214687

[AI?] Roman bronze ‘ghost’ skeleton revealed as rare party favor | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-870475

Skeleton-filled well in Croatia likely holds remains of Roman soldiers, study finds | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/skeleton-filled-well-in-croatia-likely-holds-remains-of-roman-soldiers-study-finds

Remains of Seven Roman Soldiers Fallen in the Battle of Mursa in 260 CE Found in a Well in Croatia

Remains of Seven Roman Soldiers Fallen in the Battle of Mursa in 260 CE Found in a Well in Croatia

The Mystery of the Ancient Roman Gravestone Discovered in a Family’s Backyard Has Been Solved
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-mystery-of-the-ancient-roman-gravestone-discovered-in-a-familys-backyard-has-been-solved-180987515/

TURKEY: Rare Byzantine mosaic with Latin and Greek inscriptions unearthed in Merde (Mardin) in Tur Abdin – SyriacPress

TURKEY: Rare Byzantine mosaic with Latin and Greek inscriptions unearthed in Merde (Mardin) in Tur Abdin

Newly Deciphered Herculaneum Scroll Sheds Light on Ancient Greek Founder of Stoicism – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/15/deciphered-herculaneum-scroll-ancient-greek-founder-stoicism/

Multidisciplinary study of human remains from the 3rd century mass grave in the Roman city of Mursa, Croatia | PLOS One
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article%3Fid%3D10.1371/journal.pone.0333440

[AI?] Goodbye to myths—archaeologists discover a colossal Roman Empire stadium in Alanya that challenges everything we thought we knew about its architecture
https://unionrayo.com/en/roman-stadium-sport-discovery/

‘Cleopatra’s Last Temple’ Review: PBS’s Underwater Archaeology – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/television/cleopatras-last-temple-review-pbss-underwater-archaeology-250f56c5?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfnaqJR1r0uhXeBV4oS6z-pKk54Zxl7Y7PPnsNAwXUr-EsynEqDl1IK&gaa_ts=68f0dba3&gaa_sig=qsvUjCaQFLmndd5UpJg8z2P7XGErdwhvyWoPtDpZd3hwNzaGtsEV5haaHruS1yLntPuJwciCQD3iwHq72Qz7BQ%3D%3D

What Most People Get Wrong About Plato’s Most Famous Quote | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/plato-most-famous-quote-explained/

Was ‘Aeneid’ critiquing or glorifying empire? — Harvard Gazette

Was ‘Aeneid’ critiquing or glorifying empire?

What really happened to the Library of Alexandria? These are the theories. | National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/who-burned-library-of-alexandria-egypt?loggedin=true&rnd=1760634356231

How Romans Crafted A Wine Dominance That Continues Today
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laynerandolph/2025/10/16/how-romans-crafted-a-wine-dominance-that-continues-today/

New documentary on the theft of the Parthenon Marbles – “Take the whole temple with the Carya… whatever they’re called – ProtoThema English

New documentary on the theft of the Parthenon Marbles – “Take the whole temple with the Carya… whatever they’re called

The Genius Engineering of Roman Aqueducts | Open Culture

The Genius Engineering of Roman Aqueducts

Literary Hub » Anna North Thinks About the Roman Empire All the Time

Anna North Thinks About the Roman Empire All the Time

Hekate by Nikita Gill review – the ancient Greek goddess works magic in this retelling | Books | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/16/hekate-by-nikita-gill-review-the-ancient-greek-goddess-works-magic-in-this-retelling

Alexander the Great in Jerusalem – The Ancient Near East Today
https://anetoday.org/alexander-great-jerusalem/

The Death of Children in Ancient Israel | Bible Interp
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/death-children-ancient-israel

150 years of German excavations in Olympia

150 years of German excavations in Olympia

Teaching Thursday: Roman History and Syme’s The Roman Revolution | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Teaching Thursday: Roman History and Syme’s The Roman Revolution

PaleoJudaica.com: More open-access volumes of Mesopotamian royal inscriptions
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/more-open-access-volumes-of.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Six new Aramaic inscriptions found in eastern Turkey, some erased
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/six-new-aramaic-inscriptions-found-in.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Bible Secrets Revealed on “The Forbidden Scriptures”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/bible-secrets-revealed-on-forbidden.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The guardian of Maaloula’s Aramaic
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-guardian-of-maaloulas-aramaic.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Viti, Ancient Greek and Latin in the linguistic context of the ancient Mediterranean
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/review-of-viti-ancient-greek-and-latin.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Mapping the Jews of Ancient Egypt
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/mapping-jews-of-ancient-egypt.html

De Wagenmenner van Delfi – Mainzer Beobachter

De Wagenmenner van Delfi

De Kimmeriërs – Mainzer Beobachter

De Kimmeriërs

10 Locations from the Odyssey and Their Real-Life Counterparts | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/locations-odyssey-real-life/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: US War Loot Ends up in a Garden
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/10/us-war-loot-ends-up-in-garden.html

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: “Significant destruction of the archaeological record and serious corruption of the corpus of knowledge”.
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/10/significant-destruction-of.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Danger
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/10/danger.html

Announcing a new release of the Perseus Art & Archaeology Artifact (A&A) Browser » Perseus Digital Library Updates

Announcing a new release of the Perseus Art & Archaeology Artifact (A&A) Browser

Obituary for John Michael Fossey FSA, FRSC, RPA (February 25, 1943 – December 1, 2024) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/10/fosseyinmemoriam/

Obituary of Prof. Emeritus Gilbert Lawall : Department of Classics : UMass Amherst
https://www.umass.edu/classics/news/obituary-prof-emeritus-gilbert-lawall

In Memory of Dennis Trout (1953–2025) | Department of Classics
https://classics.wustl.edu/news/memory-dennis-trout-1953-2025

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Israel, Judah, and Neighboring Groups in the Books of Samuel: Textual and Historical Approaches. Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times VIII
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/israel-judah-and-neighboring-groups-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Eljon – Höchster: Eine Gottesbezeichnung im Pentateuch
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/eljon-hochster-eine-gottesbezeichnung.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Forgetting to Remember: Cultural Memory, Intertextuality, and Scribal Agency in the Hebrew Bible
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/forgetting-to-remember-cultural-memory.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Kingmakers and Kingbreakers: Philistines, Arameans, and Historical Patterning in Samuel-Kings. Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times IX
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/kingmakers-and-kingbreakers-philistines.html

Eastern Europe in the 1st Millennium AD according to archaeology and numismatics | Spartokos read

L’Europe de l’Est au Ier millénaire après J.-C. selon l’archéologie et la numismatique

Emperadores y esclavos: algunos aspectos de la legislación imperial sobre esclavitud entre Trajano y los Severos – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Emperadores y esclavos: algunos aspectos de la legislación imperial sobre esclavitud entre Trajano y los Severos

Poteri al confine. Filarchi giudici re tra Impero romano e Barbaricum – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Poteri al confine. Filarchi giudici re tra Impero romano e Barbaricum

Erasure in late antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Erasure in late antiquity

Calpurnius Flaccus. Deklamationen – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Calpurnius Flaccus. Deklamationen

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15 INTERVIEW with Dr. Massimo Cè | TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis
https://tllpod.podbean.com/e/15-interview-with-dr-massimo-ce/

Virgil’s Aeneid: Ep. 5 Musa (S… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

Special Episode – Central Italy and the Emergence of Rome with Dr Francesca Fulminante – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies

Special Episode – Central Italy and the Emergence of Rome with Dr Francesca Fulminante

Citizenship in the Ancient Roman Empire | KPFA

Citizenship in the Ancient Roman Empire

111: The Seleucid Empire – The…–The Hellenistic Age Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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How to read ‘The School of Athens’ – a triumph of Renaissance art | Aeon Videos
https://aeon.co/videos/how-to-read-the-school-of-athens-a-triumph-of-renaissance-art

(38) Why Early Christians Gave Jesus a Magic Wand – YouTube

(38) Report on the 2025 excavation campaign at the archaeological site of Egnazia – YouTube

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ANE Today, 16 October 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-16-october-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=176053466&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Assistant Professor, Classics, College of Arts and Sciences Job Details | University of Cincinnati
https://jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinnati-Assistant-Professor%2C-Classics%2C-College-of-Arts-and-Sciences-OH-45201/1333514900/

The NIA Annual Meeting

The NIA Annual Meeting

Lecturer in Classics (R&T) at University of Glasgow
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPB338/lecturer-in-classics-randt

Classical Association of Canada Conference 2026 | Queen’s University
https://www.queensu.ca/cac-conference-2026/

• c. 107 — martyrdom of Ignatius of Antioch
• c. 136 — martyrdom of Heron