• 1546 — death of Thomas Elyot (compiler of the first major (?) Latin-English dictionary)
• 1859 — birth of A.E. Housman

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Roman-era ship cargo discovered in Lake Neuchâtel – SWI swissinfo.ch
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/history/roman-cargo-found-at-the-bottom-of-lake-neuch%c3%a2tel/91155472

A 1st-century child’s tomb is discovered in Pas-de-Calais with a figurine of his parents kissing and more than 800 archaeological structures

A 1st-century child’s tomb is discovered in Pas-de-Calais with a figurine of his parents kissing and more than 800 archaeological structures

Children buried in adult bronze belts found in 2,500-year-old tomb in Italy | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-891092

Massive Iron Age hoards discovered in England may be from funeral of powerful Celtic queen | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/massive-iron-age-hoards-discovered-in-england-may-be-from-funeral-of-powerful-celtic-queen

Archaeologists uncover earliest layers of ancient Nea Paphos
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/archaeologists-uncover-earliest-layers-of-ancient-nea-paphos/157543

What’s for dinner? Tooth enamel reveals what early Mesopotamians really ate
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-dinner-tooth-enamel-reveals-early.html#goog_rewarded

What Caused History’s ‘First Pogrom’? New Study Points to a Lurid Personal Rivalry – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2026-03-25/ty-article/what-caused-first-pogrom-new-study-points-to-a-lurid-personal-rivalry/0000019d-2159-d868-a1bd-7bf9c3cc0000

Gang Caught Smuggling 4,600 Looted Ancient Artifacts Into The U.K.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/bulgaria-artifact-smugglers

Archaeologists Are Mystified by These 2,000-Year-Old Bodies Found Seated Upright and Facing West in France
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-are-mystified-by-these-2000-year-old-bodies-found-seated-upright-and-facing-west-in-france-180988425/

1,600-Year-Old Monastery in Egypt Reveals Rare Greek Inscription – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/25/egypt-monastery-greek-inscription/

Roman Necropolis With 3,000 Tombs Discovered Beneath Croatia’s Oldest City – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/24/roman-necropolis-tombs-zadar-croatia/

Why does the discovery of ‘Port Talbot’s Pompeii’ matter? | Country Life
https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/why-does-the-discovery-of-port-talbots-pompeii-matter

Excavations at Alexander the Great’s rediscovered city in Iraq postponed due to war – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/25/excavations-at-alexander-the-greats-lost-city-in-iraq-postponed-due-to-war

Students Bring National Spotlight to RMC Classics at Major Meeting of Classical Association – Randolph-Macon College

Students Bring National Spotlight to RMC Classics at Major Meeting of Classical Association

A Chorus of Refugees: Reviewing “Suppliants of Syria”
https://www.strandmagazine.co.uk/single-post/a-chorus-of-refugees-reviewing-suppliants-of-syria

RRC 486/1 – Obverse Analysis – Liv Mariah Yarrow

RRC 486/1 – Obverse Analysis

A Return to Illicit Cultural Property – Illicit Cultural Property

A Return to Illicit Cultural Property

Laudator Temporis Acti: Something Incomprehensible?
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/03/something-incomprehensible.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Abracadabra yet again
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/abracadabra-yet-again.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Israel Museum Studies in Archaeology Volume 12 • 2025
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/israel-museum-studies-in-archaeology.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Large late-antique Coptic monastic complex excavated in Egypt
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/large-late-antique-coptic-monastic.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Greek Language, Italian Landscape: Griko and the Re-storying of a Linguistic Minority
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/greek-language-italian-landscape-griko.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les formules et la métrique d’Homère
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/les-formules-et-la-metrique-dhomere.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ponda.org: Predynastic online database
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/pondaorg-predynastic-online-database.html

Other Georgian publications | Spartokos has read

autres publications géorgiennes

Plinius der Jüngere: Briefe – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.29/

The historical landscape of ancient Kalabría: Balkan and Aegean linguistic influences – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.28/

The Bible’s First Kings – Biblical Archaeology Society

The Bible’s First Kings

Imperial Women of Rome by Mary T. Boatwright – Review
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/imperial-women-of-rome

The Odyssey in Graphic Novel Form | by Priya Sridhar | Permanent Nerd Network | Mar, 2026 | Medium
View at Medium.com

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Augustus – An Introduction (Part 1) – Ancient History 101 | Acast

Augustus – An Introduction (Part 2) – Ancient History 101 | Acast

118: Graecia Capta – The Roman…–The Hellenistic Age Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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(254) Ancient Greek Novel: The Gateway to Reading Greek | Lecture in ANCIENT GREEK | Luke Ranieri – YouTube

(254) Cato vs. Cato | Lecture in ANCIENT GREEK | Ian Flanders | Living Latin in NYC – YouTube

(254) Leisure in Premodern Philosophy | Lecture in LATIN | Ignacio Chàvez | Living Latin in NYC – YouTube

• c. 30 A.D. — crucifixion of Dismas “the Good Thief” at Jerusalem
• 101 A.D. — Trajan departs for his first war against the Dacians
• 235 A.D. — The emperor Maximinus Thrax is coopted into all the priestly colleges
• c. 269 A.D. — martyrdom of Cyrinus

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Egypt Unearths 1,500-Year-Old Monastic Complex in Al-Qalāyā, Second-Largest in Christian History – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/egypt-unearths-1500-year-old-monastic-complex-in-al-qalaya-second-largest-in-christian-history/

Archaeologist Howard Carter celebrated death of journalist who invented the ‘Curse of Tutankhamun’ as a ‘real blessing’, letter reveals | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15674249/Howard-Carter-celebrated-death-journalist-Curse-Tutankhamun.html

Croatia’s Zadar Reveals a Massive Roman Necropolis Used Continuously for 500 Years Beneath Its Streets – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/croatias-zadar-reveals-a-massive-roman-necropolis-used-continuously-for-500-years-beneath-its-streets/

Toronto’s Bata Shoe Museum to showcase ancient Roman artifacts
https://curiocity.com/unearthing-vindolanda-bata-shoe-museum-toronto/

“Medea” at Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock

“Medea” at Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock

Restoration, Promotion of Roman-Era Villa in N. Greece Announced – tovima.com

Restoration, Promotion of Roman-Era Villa in N. Greece Announced

Hiker Looking For Asparagus Stumbles Upon Roman Tombstone
https://allthatsinteresting.com/livorno-italy-roman-tombstone

Hungary Repatriates Stolen Ancient Vases to Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/24/hungary-repatriates-stolen-ancient-vases-greece/

D.A. Bragg Announce Return Of 17 Antiquities To The People Of Italy And The Vatican – Manhattan District Attorney’s Office

D.A. Bragg Announce Return Of 17 Antiquities To The People Of Italy And The Vatican

Merely the Third To Kill Me: Hektor, Patroklos, and the End of Iliad 16 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Merely the Third To Kill Me: Hektor, Patroklos, and the End of Iliad 16

RRC 486/1 – Reverse Analysis – Liv Mariah Yarrow

RRC 486/1 – Reverse Analysis

Umbrian Nummi (?) – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Umbrian Nummi (?)

Two for Tuesday: Ginsberg and Cavafy | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Two for Tuesday: Ginsberg and Cavafy

Ibn ‘Abd al-Hakam and the Secret Source of the “General Estoria’s” History of Egypt – JASON COLAVITO
https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/ibn-abd-al-hakam-and-the-secret-source-of-the-general-estorias-history-of-egypt

PaleoJudaica.com: Is the Ark of the Covenant in the Solomon Islands?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/is-ark-of-covenant-in-solomon-islands.html

PaleoJudaica.com: When did the Bavli become authoritative – especially in the Land of Israel?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/when-did-bavli-become-authoritative.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient coins seized at West Bank checkpoint
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/ancient-coins-seized-at-west-bank.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Honor Frost: Selected Works
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-frost-selected-works.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Poetry as Initiation: The Center for Hellenic Studies Symposium on the Derveni Papyrus
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/poetry-as-initiation-center-for.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’Épithète Traditionnelle dans Homère: Essai sur un problème de style Homérique
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/lepithete-traditionnelle-dans-homere.html

livre russe en ligne | Spartokos a lu

livre russe en ligne

Horace: poet on a volcano – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.27/

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Man-into-Beast Changes in Ovid, G.B. Riddehough (Gurgle 7) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/man-into-beast-changes-in-ovid-gb-riddehough-gurgle-7/

102: Athens Doubles Down–Casting Through Ancient Greece – Apple Podcasts

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(209) How Rome Lost its Republic (DOCUMENTARY) – YouTube

(209) The Power of Leisure in Epicurean Philosophy | Lecture in LATIN | David Butterfield – YouTube

(209) Fear for protected archaeological sites in southern Lebanon as strikes hit nearby – YouTube

(209) How Caligula Took Power – Roman Empire Animated DOCUMENTARY – YouTube

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Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime Opportunities List 24 March 2026

Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime Opportunities List 24 March 2026

The cult of Dionysos Phallen on Lesbos

The cult of Dionysos Phallen on Lesbos

International Conference “Ritual Acts in Archaic and Classical Greek Poetry”
https://www.philology.uoc.gr/en/nea/international-conference-ritual-acts-in-archaic-and-classical-greek-poetry

• Festival of Mars (day 24)
• Quando Rex Comitavit Fas — a somewhat obscure entry in the Roman calendar which seems to hearken back to the days of the monarchy. A plausible explanation connects this with the fact that this was one of the days when the ancient Comitia Calata would ‘witness’ wills, and so other legal matters could not take place until the king had dismissed the comitia.
• Happy blogday to Jim Davila’s Paleojudaica …