• 19 B.C. — Augustus returns from various eastern campaigns
• 166 A.D. — co-emperor Lucius Verus celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Persians; future emperor Commodus is given the rank of Caesar

• Meditrinalia — a somewhat obscure festival in terms of origins which involved tasting old wine and new wine, apparently with the goal of being cured of diseases old and new.
• ludi Augustales scaenici (day 7 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.)
• 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Tharacus

• rites in honour of Juno Moneta — apparently commemorating a restoration of the temple vowed by M. Furius Camillus in 345 B.C.; the epithet ‘moneta’ possible recognized Juno’s role in goading the sacred geese to wake everyone up during the Gallic sack of Rome
• ludi Augustales scaenici (day 6 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.)
• 19 A.D. — Germanicus, the adopted son of the emperorTiberius, dies under mysterious circumstances in Daphne near Antioch

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From tiny tool to tusk: How pre-Romans mastered elephant butchery and bone crafting – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/from-tiny-tool-to-tusk-how-pre-romans-mastered-elephant-butchery-and-bone-crafting-3208245

Due anfore romane sequestrate dai carabinieri tornano ad Anzio
https://www.romatoday.it/attualita/anfore-romane-comune-anzio.html

Ancient Egyptian Iconography Found in Roman-Era Bathhouse in Turkey
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-egyptian-iconography-roman-bathhouse-sagalassos-turkey-1234756387/

A secret tunnel once used by emperors is opening beneath the Colosseum | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/travel/secret-tunnel-colosseum-rome-commodus-passage

Roman grave marker found in New Orleans yard left there by US soldier’s granddaughter | US news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/mystery-solved-roman-grave-marker-came-from-new-orleans-soldier

Ancient Roman tombstone found beneath undergrowth in New Orleans yard | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/ancient-roman-tombstone-found-beneath-undergrowth-in-new-orleans-yard

[AI?] Artezian secrets revealed in the Crimean Bosporus kingdom | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-869886

Ancient Fortress Found in the Heart of Greece’s Pindus Mountains – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/10/ancient-fortress-found-greece-pindus-mountains/

[AI?] Persepolis ancient site threatened by land subsidence | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-869881

The eruption that shaped the Aegean world occurred before Pharaoh Ahmose unified Egypt and ushered in its age of splendor

The eruption that shaped the Aegean world occurred before Pharaoh Ahmose unified Egypt and ushered in its age of splendor

Ancient classroom where Aristotle taught Alexander the Great yields rare student writing tools –
https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/10/10/ancient-classroom-where-aristotle-taught-alexander-the-great-yields-rare-student-writing-tools

Classics Connoisseurs Bring Epic to Life with Marathon Reading of Homer’s Iliad – The Colgate Maroon-News

Classics Connoisseurs Bring Epic to Life with Marathon Reading of Homer’s Iliad

In Sewanee and Abroad: Dr. Tully’s Study and Teaching of Latin and Classical Archaeology

In Sewanee and Abroad: Dr. Tully’s Study and Teaching of Latin and Classical Archaeology

Researcher Feature: Dies in Vita with Dr. Easton – The Megaphone

Researcher Feature: Dies in Vita with Dr. Easton

Milestones: Patricia Maynor Bikai (1943–2025) – Biblical Archaeology Society

Milestones: Patricia Maynor Bikai (1943–2025)

Reading students live as Romans for a week | Classics at Reading

Reading students live as Romans for a week

Classics Department on the decline amid mass changes – The Saint Anselm Crier

Classics Department on the decline amid mass changes

OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: Digital Editions of Aramaic and Phoenician Sources
https://oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2025/10/digital-editions-of-aramaic-and.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Patricia Maynor Bikai (1943–2025)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/patricia-maynor-bikai-19432025.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Celebrating Croatian glagolitism
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/celebrating-croatian-glagolitism.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Cults of the Northern Israelite Kingdom and Phoenicia
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-cults-of-northern-israelite-kingdom.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Cartagena: Roman-era archaeology
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/cartagena-roman-era-archaeology.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib, King of Assyria (704–681 BC), Part 1
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-royal-inscriptions-of-sennacherib_10.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib, King of Assyria (704–681 BC), Part 2
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-royal-inscriptions-of-sennacherib.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC), Aššur-etel-ilāni (630–627 BC) and Sîn-šarra-iškun (626–612 BC), Kings of Assyria, Part 1
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-royal-inscriptions-of-ashurbanipal_10.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: DEAPS: Digital Editions of Aramaic and Phoenecian Sources
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/deaps-digital-editions-of-aramaic-and.html

Out of the Temples and into the Streets: Reassembling the Christianisation of Roman Urban Space | Antichthon | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antichthon/article/out-of-the-temples-and-into-the-streets-reassembling-the-christianisation-of-roman-urban-space/54E46A3DD5047A7E9369B5C2641B940E?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

I Persiani di Eschilo – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

I Persiani di Eschilo

Environmental thought in the Graeco-Roman world – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Environmental thought in the Graeco-Roman world

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Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA378 – Did the Persians Really Use Cats at the Battle of Pelusium?
https://sites.libsyn.com/91136/awa379-did-the-persians-really-use-cats-at-the-battle-of-pelusium

diē nōnō mēnsis Octōbris — Nuntii Latini

diē nōnō mēnsis Octōbris

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(34) Preserved in Ash: The Villa San Marco Near Pompeii – YouTube

(35) Dr. Kathleen Martinez Discovers the Foundation Plates | Cleopatra’s Final Secret | Nat Geo – YouTube

(35) The Periclean Strategy: Athens’ Winning Plan in the Peloponnesian War – YouTube

(36) What Was REALLY Going On At Bronze Age Tiryns? – YouTube

(37) Mystery solved: How an ancient Roman tombstone ended up behind a shotgun house in New Orleans – YouTube

(38) Italy opens once-secret corridor in the Colosseum to the public | REUTERS – YouTube

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British School at Rome Two-Year Residential Fellowship – Early Career (Deadline October 31) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/10/bsrfellowship2026/

Divination and Authority in Graeco-Roman Antiquity – Conferences – Projects | Workshops | Conferences – Chair of Ancient History – University of Potsdam
https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/hi-altertum/projekte/tagungen/divination-and-authority-in-graeco-roman-antiquity

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Secret Colosseum tunnel used by Roman emperors reopens after nearly 2,000 years | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/rome-colosseum-tunnel-roman-emperor-commodus-b2842656.html

Roman artefacts unearthed at Attingham Park
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9j8v2j82xo

Buried Secrets: How a Roman Sailor’s Gravestone Resurfaced in a New Orleans Yard – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/buried-secrets-how-a-roman-sailors-gravestone-resurfaced-in-a-new-orleans-yard/

Divine Punishment or Human Theft? 4,000-Year-Old Relief Missing from Egypt’s ‘Cursed’ Tomb – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/divine-punishment-or-human-theft-4000-year-old-relief-missing-from-egypts-cursed-tomb/

Ghost Fleet of the Iron Age: Three Ancient Shipwrecks Rewrite the Story of Mediterranean Seafaring – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/ghost-fleet-of-the-iron-age-three-ancient-shipwrecks-rewrite-the-story-of-mediterranean-seafaring/

The 10 Greatest Cities of the Classical World | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/greatest-ancient-cities/

How Olive Oil Shaped Ancient Greek History, Mythology and Philosophy for 7,000 Years – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/09/olive-oil-ancient-greek-mythology-history-philosophy/

Recent investigation of Herculaneum papyri reveals new information about Zeno, founder of Stoicism
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/recent-investigation-of-herculaneum-papyri-reveals-new-information-about-zeno-founder-of-stoicism

Roman Wooden Palisades Discovered in Italy Reveal Dramatic Sea Level Changes in the Adriatic at the Beginning of the Middle Ages

Roman Wooden Palisades Discovered in Italy Reveal Dramatic Sea Level Changes in the Adriatic at the Beginning of the Middle Ages

Morocco’s ancient city of Lixus : A pillar of the Mauretanian-Roman trade in salted fish
https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/178364/morocco-ancient-city-lixus-pillar.html

$45 Million in Ancient Greek Artifacts Returned to Greece After Manhattan DA’s Crackdown on Illicit Trafficking | 77 WABC
https://wabcradio.com/2025/10/08/427301/

Ringling Museum Of Art Installs Esteemed Antiquities Collection, Fulfilling Founder’s Vision
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chaddscott/2025/10/09/ringling-museum-of-art-installs-esteemed-antiquities-collection-fulfilling-founders-vision/

[AI?]Göbeklitepe find: Were these quadrangular plans homes? | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-869879

Göbeklitepe excavation season concludes with major discoveries | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/gobeklitepe-excavation-season-concludes-with-major-discoveries

Çatalhöyük – Mainzer Beobachter

Çatalhöyük

Ancient Roman theatre was a powerful weapon of empire, so why were actors’ lives so tragic? | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/empire-theatre-weapon-life-of-actors/

Dallas theater company turns Luka Doncic trade into Greek tragedy | Nba | lancasteronline.com
https://lancasteronline.com/sports/nba/dallas-theater-company-turns-luka-doncic-trade-into-greek-tragedy/article_f7077db9-4b82-5bb1-ac7d-42c4317538c3.html

Louvre’s Jacques-Louis David Show Offers a Fresh Perspective on the Artist
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/louvre-jacques-louis-david-museum-retrospective-1234755977/

More from the library wars | Blog post | Mary Beard

More from the library wars

Socrates, Cicero, & the Meaning of Citizenship ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Socrates, Cicero, & the Meaning of Citizenship

Trump on a coin? When Julius Caesar tried that, the Roman republic crumbled soon after
https://theconversation.com/trump-on-a-coin-when-julius-caesar-tried-that-the-roman-republic-crumbled-soon-after-266887

(23) Multiple scrolls now show Greek letters
https://scrollprize.substack.com/p/multiple-scrolls-now-show-greek-letters?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1454609&post_id=175398487&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Letter From America | Sphinx

Letter From America

Three Things Thursday: Chapters, Bakken, and Bibliography | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Three Things Thursday: Chapters, Bakken, and Bibliography

PaleoJudaica.com: Cartagena: Phoenician and Punic archaeology and epigraphy
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/cartagena-phoenician-and-punic.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Where did wine originate?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/where-did-wine-originate.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Another review of Fredriksen, Ancient Christianities
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/another-review-of-fredriksen-ancient.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Open-access volume on Neo-Babylonian royal inscriptions
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/open-access-volume-on-neo-babylonian.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC), Aššur-etel-ilāni (630–627 BC) and Sîn-šarra-iškun (626–612 BC), Kings of Assyria, Part 2
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-royal-inscriptions-of-ashurbanipal.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Royal Inscriptions of Amēl-Marduk (561–560 BC), Neriglissar (559–556 BC), and Nabonidus (555–539 BC), Kings of Babylon
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-royal-inscriptions-of-amel-marduk.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC), Aššur-etel-ilāni (630–627 BC) and Sîn-šarra-iškun (626–612 BC), Kings of Assyria, Part 3
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-royal-inscriptions-of-ashurbanipal_9.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Eton College Greek Software Project
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-eton-greek-software-project.html

Living together: essays on Aristotle’s ethics – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Living together: essays on Aristotle’s ethics

Plato’s Gorgias: a critical guide – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Plato’s Gorgias: a critical guide

Tolkien et l’Antiquite: passé et antiquités en Terre du Milieu – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Tolkien et l’Antiquite: passé et antiquités en Terre du Milieu

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VIDENDA
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(35) Overboard! 2025 – YouTube

(35) Did the Romans use archers? – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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CCA South Virtual Conference
https://sites.google.com/site/ccasouthernsection/fall-2025-program

Pasts Imperfect (10.9.25)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-10-9-25/?ref=pasts-imperfect-newsletter

Dodona: The Oracular Lamellae

Dodona: The Oracular Lamellae

Expanding the Ancient World Workshop: — Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
https://isaw.nyu.edu/events/etaw-cults-imperial-rome