• “”ludi Romani (day 2)
• 81 A.D. — martyrdom of Onesiphorus
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Faustus in Alexandria
• 1956 — death of Michael Ventris, who deciphered Linear B (the ancient script used by the Myceneans)

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Roman gladiators brutalized brown bears inside arenas, new archaeological evidence reveals
https://nypost.com/2025/09/05/science/roman-gladiators-brutalized-brown-bears-inside-arenas-new-archaeological-evidence-reveals/

Roman Gladiators fought BEARS in the arena, fossil evidence reveals for the first time | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15068735/Roman-Gladiators-BEARS-arena-fossil-evidence.html

Tarquinia, major archaeological discovery: Etruscan chamber tomb found intact
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/tarquinia-major-archaeological-discovery-etruscan-chamber-tomb-found-intact

Purdue Professor Documents 53 Biblical Figures Confirmed by Archaeology – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/purdue-professor-documents-53-biblical-figures-confirmed-by-archaeology/

Scoperta eccezionale alle Egadi: recuperato elmo “Montefortino”- Ragusa Oggi

Eccezionale scoperta archeologica alle Egadi: recuperato elmo in bronzo della Prima guerra punica

Assembly Hall at Ancient Hellenistic City of Stratonikeia Restored to Former Glory – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/05/assembly-hall-ancient-city-gladiators-restored-former-glory/

Roman Tomb With Rare Bilingual Inscription Found in Albania – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/05/roman-tomb-bilingual-inscription-albania/

ARISTOTLE’S FIRST EXAMPLE OF AN EFFICIENT CAUSE: TRANSLATING PHYSICS 194B30 | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/aristotles-first-example-of-an-efficient-cause-translating-physics-194b30/CAB6727101747F646F0E535F01ED7098?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

(17) Aeneid XII.612-727 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-xii612-727-9a3?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168995768&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

De Muur van Antoninus Pius (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

De Muur van Antoninus Pius (2)

PaleoJudaica.com: Cleopatra’s siblings
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/cleopatras-siblings.html

PaleoJudaica.com: William Ross on flouted LXX translation conventions
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/william-ross-on-flouted-lxx-translation.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New in Dickinson College Commentaries in the past year
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2024/10/new-in-dickinson-college-commentaries.html

Dining at the end of antiquity: class, status, and identity at Roman tables – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Dining at the end of antiquity: class, status, and identity at Roman tables

Modern Hungarian culture and the classics – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Modern Hungarian culture and the classics

The ancient shore – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The ancient shore

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Ancient History Podcast – MoAn Inc.
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/ancient-history-podcast-moan-inc

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA373 – Greek phalanx vs. Germanic shield wall: how different were they?
https://sites.libsyn.com/91136/awa373-greek-phalanx-vs-germanic-shield-wall-how-different-were-they
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(415) The Mystery of Medea | No Friend to This House by Natalie Haynes – YouTube

(415) Apulian & Iapygian Warfare | Warriors of History | Animated Documentary – YouTube

Vespasian #5 – Circumcision, Sabbath, and Salt – Life Of The Caesars

Vespasian #5 – Circumcision, Sabbath, and Salt

(415) Vespasian’s Hidden Tunnel Along The Via Flaminia – YouTube

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Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations Workshop

Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations Workshop

(417) Come to an online history conference! #ancienthistory #newtestament – YouTube

• ludi Romani (day 1)
• 146 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Stator and associated rites thereafter
• c. 180 — martyrdom of Herculanus
• 1908 — birth of Arnaldo Momigliano

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How the palmette motif shifted from elite status symbol to royal emblem in Iron Age Judah
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-palmette-motif-shifted-elite-status.html

2,000-Year-Old Wooden Roman Bridge Discovered in Aegerten, Bern, Switzerland – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/2000-year-old-wooden-roman-bridge-discovered-in-aegerten-bern-switzerland/

Greece Builds Museum for 7th Century BC Shackled Skeletons – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/04/greece-museum-shackled-skeletons-athens/

A large Byzantine-era estate with mosaics discovered at the birthplace of Menander, the Samaritan magician

A large Byzantine-era estate with mosaics discovered at the birthplace of Menander, the Samaritan magician

1,700-year-old battered bear skull discovered by Roman arena — and its injuries suggest it fought in a gladiatorial stadium | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/skull-of-bear-held-captive-to-fight-roman-gladiators-discovered-near-ancient-amphitheater-in-serbia

Tarquinia, major archaeological discovery: Etruscan chamber tomb found intact
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/tarquinia-major-archaeological-discovery-etruscan-chamber-tomb-found-intact

Hiram Professor Launches New Archaeological Project at Ancient Roman City | Weekly Villager

Hiram Professor Launches New Archaeological Project at Ancient Roman City

Man Caught Smuggling Hundreds of Egyptian Antiquities Through JFK Airport
https://hyperallergic.com/1039134/man-caught-smuggling-hundreds-of-egyptian-antiquities-through-jfk-airport/

How Ancient Greek Hero Theseus United the Attica Peninsula Under Athens – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/04/ancient-greek-hero-theseus-unite-attica-athens/

Minoan civilization inspires digital installation | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1279724/minoan-civilization-inspires-digital-installation/

On the steps of a sacred temple, Cleopatra’s feud with her sister came to a blood-soaked end | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-history/cleopatra-sister-arsinoe-iv-death-temple-of-artemis/

[paywalled] The ancient Greek take on human rights | The Spectator
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-ancient-greek-take-on-human-rights/

Fragments Against the Ruins
https://quillette.com/2025/09/03/fragments-against-the-ruins-homer-iliad-translation/

Laudator Temporis Acti: Too Much Information
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/09/too-much-information.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Aromatic Phoenicians?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/aromatic-phoenicians.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Gemara Words Academy
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/gemara-words-academy.html

(16) 4 September 58 BCE: From Cicero (in Thessalonica) to Atticus (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/4-september-58-bce-from-cicero-in?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=944078&post_id=172728670&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(16) Aeneid XII.411-528 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-xii411-528-21c?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168995687&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(16) Aeneid XII.529-611 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-xii529-611-083?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168995735&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Teaching Thursday: What a Mess | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Teaching Thursday: What a Mess

De Muur van Antoninus Pius (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

De Muur van Antoninus Pius (1)

(16) ANE Today, 4 September 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-4-september-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=172607453&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Epigraphische Datenbank zum antiken Kleinasien – Epigraphic database for ancient Asia Minor
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2010/12/epigraphic-database-for-ancient-asia.html

August Reading Notes – Noodlings

August Reading Notes

Troy reimagined: Ancient war, modern echoes – Neos Kosmos

Troy reimagined: Ancient war, modern echoes

Natalie Haynes: ‘I’m so vegetarian, even as a novelist’
https://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/natalie-haynes-im-so-vegetarian-even-as-a-novelist

In Search of the Ancient Bosphorus. Preface. On the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of MI Rostovtsev | Spartokos read

À la recherche de l’ancien Bosphore. Préface. A l’occasion du 150e anniversaire de M.I. Rostovtsev

Aristocratic Injuries in Roman Antiquity: From Body to Honor – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Blessures aristocratiques dans l’Antiquité romaine: du corps à l’honneur

Il templum pacis: scavi e restauri recenti (1998-2019) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Il templum pacis: scavi e restauri recenti (1998-2019)

Cassiodorus’ Commentary on the Psalms: Exegesis, Politics, and the Christian Reorganization of the Roman World – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Cassiodors Psalmenkommentar. Exegese, Politik und die christliche Neuordnung der römischen Welt

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The AskHistorians Podcast: AskHistorians Podcast Episode 243 Doing Hellenistic History, with the Hellenistic Age Podcast
https://askhistorians.libsyn.com/askhistorians-podcast-episode-243-doing-hellenistic-history-with-the-hellenistic-age-podcast

12 PROFICIO: Charles McNamara | TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis
https://tllpod.podbean.com/e/12-proficio-charles-mcnamara/

Special Episode – Cleopatra (1963) – Cleopatra and Antony – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies

Special Episode – Cleopatra (1963) – Cleopatra and Antony

How Greece Shaped Rome – The Ancients | Acast

(16) Being a Priest in ancient Egypt: Power, Ritual, and the Divine
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/being-a-priest-in-ancient-egypt-power?utm_source=podcast-email%2Csubstack&publication_id=752411&post_id=172520662&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=play_card_post_title&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true

109: The Seleucid Empire – A S…–The Hellenistic Age Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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[FWIW] The majestic ancient ruins of Cleopatra’s Bath
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0m0jbgr/the-majestic-ancient-ruins-of-cleopatra-s-bath

(391) No one talks about this ancient civilisation – YouTube

(391) Augustus & Livia: Ancient Rome’s Most Ruthless Power Couple – YouTube

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Vacancy for Project Curator: Greek and Roman Provincial Collections
https://bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com/templates/CIPHR/jobdetail_8273.aspx

Assistant Professor job with University of Maryland – College Park | 37879935
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37879935/assistant-professor

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In Israel, a Festival of Fruit Adorns a Spectacular Ancient Samaritan Site – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-09-03/ty-article/mosaic-watermelon-and-artichoke-adorn-ancient-samaritan-site-in-israel/00000199-0eca-d487-a3d9-aeffd66c0000

Mosaics, mikvehs and oil lamps found at grand estate shed new light on ancient Samaritans | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/mosaics-mikvehs-and-oil-lamps-found-at-grand-estate-shed-new-light-on-ancient-samaritans/

How the palmette motif shifted from elite status symbol to royal emblem in Iron Age Judah
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-palmette-motif-shifted-elite-status.html

First bone remain of a brown bear that participated in the spectacles of the Roman amphitheater of Viminacium found in Serbia

First bone remain of a brown bear that participated in the spectacles of the Roman amphitheater of Viminacium found in Serbia

Archaeology: Archaeologists find the remains of a Roman bridge near Aegerten BE | blue News
https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/archaeologists-find-the-remains-of-a-roman-bridge-near-aegerten-be-2854119.html

Roman temple discovered in the Algarve – The Portugal News
https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2025-09-03/roman-temple-discovered-in-the-algarve/873889

Medusa Relief Found on Etruscan Urn in Italy Challenges Burial Traditions – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/03/medusa-relief-etruscan-urn-burial/

Forget Tomb Raider and Uncharted, there’s a new generation of games about archaeology – sort of | Games | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/sep/02/pushing-buttons-archaeology-and-games

Lina Mendoni visits Amphipolis: Works at Kasta Tumulus enter final stage – ProtoThema English

Lina Mendoni visits Amphipolis: Works at Kasta Tumulus enter final stage

Inside Ancient Rome’s Bacchanalia: What wine fueled the party?

Inside Ancient Rome’s Bacchanalia: What wine fueled the party?

What Aristophanes’ The Clouds Can Teach Canada About Post-Truth Politics – Open Canada

What Aristophanes’ The Clouds Can Teach Canada About Post-Truth Politics

Robots boast athletic skills at the first International Humanoid Olympiad in an ancient Greek city | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/09/03/robots-boast-athletic-skills-at-the-first-international-humanoid-olympiad-in-an-ancient-gr

DNA identifies the ‘ketchup’ used on food by the Roman Empire – Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/news/dna-identifies-ingredients-of-the-ketchup-sauce-used-on-food-by-the-roman-empire/

Research geolocates more than 200 cities in Spain and Latin America whose names refer to Greco-Roman antiquity | EurekAlert!
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1096688

Ancient sun hat possibly worn by Roman soldier uncovered
https://nypost.com/2025/09/03/science/ancient-sun-hat-possibly-worn-by-roman-soldier-uncovered/

A Tale of Two Years: Once Again on the Greek Text of the Kallimachos Stela (Turin Cat. 1764) – Rivista del Museo Egizio

A Tale of Two Years: Once Again on the Greek Text of the Kallimachos Stela (Turin Cat. 1764)

Where Was the First Council of Nicea? – Biblical Archaeology Society

Where Was the First Council of Nicea?

Catullus 64 unravelled – Engelsberg ideas

Catullus 64 unravelled

(15) Catullus’s rudest poem – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/catulluss-rudest-poem?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=172708168&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World ‹ Literary Hub

Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World

The Indo-European Cognate Relationships dataset (Scientific Data 12. 1541) | Consulting Philologist

The Indo-European Cognate Relationships dataset (Scientific Data 12. 1541)

Portrait of the Emperor Vitellius, by Jean Miette (16th century) – The Historian’s Hut

Portrait of the Emperor Vitellius, by Jean Miette (16th century)

Lucian of Samosata’s Tale Of Harassment By Followers Of A Snake Cult – The Historian’s Hut

Lucian of Samosata’s Tale Of Harassment By Followers Of A Snake Cult

Pliny the Younger – The Historian’s Hut

Pliny the Younger

De opstand van Avidius Cassius – Mainzer Beobachter

De opstand van Avidius Cassius

Winckelmann in Dresden – Mainzer Beobachter

Winckelmann in Dresden

PaleoJudaica.com: Plato’s grave located? I doubt it.
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/platos-grave-located-i-doubt-it.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Congratulations to Simcha Gross
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/congratulations-to-simcha-gross.html

Ephemeris ~ CONCUSSIO BACTRIANA Nuntius Asiaticus
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2442

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Reading the Margins of the Early Modern Bible
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/reading-margins-of-early-modern-bible.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Bibliography of Egyptological databases and datasets
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2024/02/bibliography-of-egyptological-databases.html

The Oxford critical guide to Homer’s Iliad – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.09.04/

Statius and Ovid: poetics, politics, and intermediality in the Thebaid – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.09.03/

The Cambridge comparative history of ancient law – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.09.02/
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(15) A Podcast about Rome: Episode 27. The Sarcophagus of Sextus Varius Marcellus, and the Roses of Heliogabalus
https://understandingrome.substack.com/p/a-podcast-about-rome-episode-27-the?utm_source=podcast-email%2Csubstack&publication_id=508757&post_id=172602025&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=play_card_post_title&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true

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(357) Arrive/River #Etymology – YouTube

(357) Spartan Military How Greece’s Best Fell and Adapted #ancienthistoryguy #history #spartan – YouTube