- 1546 — death of Thomas Elyot (compiler of the first major (?) Latin-English dictionary)
- 1859 — birth of A.E. Housman
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ March 25, 2026
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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
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
A Return to Illicit Cultural Property – 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
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
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
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem viii kalendas apriles
- 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
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~March 24, 2026
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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
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
Umbrian Nummi (?) – Liv Mariah Yarrow
Two for Tuesday: Ginsberg and Cavafy | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
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
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
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
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem ix kalendas apriles
- 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 …