• 50 A.D. — The emperor Claudius adopts the future emperor Nero
• 116 A.D.– supplicatio pro salute Traiani (day 1)
• 138 A.D. — The emperor Hadrian adopts the future emperor Antoninus Pius

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Rare Roman lead ingots found by metal detectorists in Ceredigion
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xy52wndx1o

Armageddon unearthed?
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/byuq8400d11e

Six newly discovered Bronze Age mines in Spain

Six newly discovered Bronze Age mines in Spain

An Unprecedented Painting Technique in Hispania Discovered in a Roman Domus in Cartagena Using Cinnabar, the “Red Gold” of Antiquity

An Unprecedented Painting Technique in Hispania Discovered in a Roman Domus in Cartagena Using Cinnabar, the “Red Gold” of Antiquity

2,000-year-old Roman forum unearthed beneath Barcelona hotel
https://www.catalannews.com/society-science/item/2000-year-old-roman-forum-unearthed-beneath-barcelona-hotel

Europe never built a civilization | Countercurrents
https://countercurrents.org/2026/02/europe-never-built-a-civilization/

Mysterious Inscription Reignites Debate Over Roman Emperor’s Lost Temple – Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-inscription-debate-roman-emperor-lost-temple-elagabalus-syria-11574053

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir completes restoration of Late Period papyrus – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/562952.aspx

Unveiling the Glorious Ancient Greek City of Europos – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/25/ancient-greek-city-europos/

The Oldest Submerged Settlement in the Aegean Sea Dates Back 8,000 Years – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/25/agios-petros-oldest-submerged-settlement-aegean-greece/

The Macedonian Tomb Hidden Beneath a Modern Apartment Block in Drama, Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/25/macedonian-tomb-hidden-beneath-apartment-block-drama/

Decoding the “Sicilian Message” of ‘The Godfather’ | No Film School
https://nofilmschool.com/decoding-the-meaning-of-the-sicilian-message-in-the-godfather#

Finance major finds additional academic path through classical studies at Elon | Today at Elon | Elon University

Finance major finds additional academic path through classical studies at Elon

Ashes of archaeology pioneer scattered over ancient tumulus in Antalya – Türkiye News
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ashes-of-archaeology-pioneer-scattered-over-ancient-tumulus-in-antalya-219289

Homer, Helmets, and Hollywood
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/homer-helmets-and-hollywood

Michele Zazzi. The Etruscan City Foundation Rite. – Online Archaeology – Archeomedia

Michele Zazzi. Il rito etrusco di fondazione delle città.

See How Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’ Inspired Centuries of Artists—From Caravaggio to René Magritte
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-how-ovids-metamorphoses-inspired-centuries-of-artists-from-caravaggio-to-rene-magritte-180988224/

How Sir Arthur Evans Misinterpreted the Complex Deities of Ancient Minoan Crete | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/minoan-religion-goddess-worship/

This ordinary ancient Roman object is still used today – and has hardly changed | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/ancient-roman-object-still-used-during-childhood/

Did Philo Allude to Sadducees and Pharisees? | Bible Interp
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/did-philo-allude-sadducees-and-pharisees

Laudator Temporis Acti: The One-Eyed Man Is King
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-one-eyed-man-is-king.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Hell for Yourself
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-hell-for-yourself.html

Looting Matters: CPAC and the Keros Haul
https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/02/cpac-and-keros-haul.html

Where Did Homeric Book Divisions Come From? Thinking about the thematic Unity of book 14 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Where Did Homeric Book Divisions Come From? Thinking about the thematic Unity of book 14

Shadow Archaeologies | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Shadow Archaeologies

De Thraciërs (3) – Mainzer Beobachter

De Thraciërs (3)

De Thraciërs (4) – Mainzer Beobachter

De Thraciërs (4)

PaleoJudaica.com: New and forthcoming LXX publications
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/new-and-forthcoming-lxx-publications.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Stadel, Hebraismen in den aramäischen Texten vom Toten Meer (Heidelberg)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/stadel-hebraismen-in-den-aramaischen.html

PaleoJudaica.com: More on the Qumran Cryptic B decipherment
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/more-on-qumran-cryptic-b-decipherment.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Dialoguing in Late Antiquity
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/dialoguing-in-late-antiquity.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religious Roles, and Social Functions
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/choruses-of-young-women-in-ancient.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Greek Literature in Late Antiquity: Dynamism, Didacticism, Classicism
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/greek-literature-in-late-antiquity.html

The Greek language after antiquity: advances and challenges in historical linguistics – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.36/

Major corrections: an intellectual biography of Sebastiano Timpanaro – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.35/

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(234) Society Sunday 2026-Jessica Tilley, Marketing the Etruscans—From Mystery to Modern Media – YouTube

(234) Sean O’Harrow, Bowers Museum CEO & President. Q & A with students of Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube

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Troy Story: The Ketton Mosaic, Aeschylus, and Greek Mythography in Late Roman Britain | Britannia | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/troy-story-the-ketton-mosaic-aeschylus-and-greek-mythography-in-late-roman-britain/AF6081088C925F10AB0DC670A7540A7D?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

Intramural Human Remains from Roman Towns in Britain: A Case Study from Late Iron Age and Roman Silchester | Britannia | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/intramural-human-remains-from-roman-towns-in-britain-a-case-study-from-late-iron-age-and-roman-silchester/1D4554B4C06650C61EDC1032279F4175?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

Fowl Play: A British ‘Fatal Charade’ at Brading Roman Villa | Britannia | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/fowl-play-a-british-fatal-charade-at-brading-roman-villa/F8A9A91B8F9E6C52E468DE91F51E16E8?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

Objects in Miniature: A Copper-Alloy Beneficiarius Spear-Shaped Mount from Inveresk | Britannia | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/objects-in-miniature-a-copperalloy-beneficiarius-spearshaped-mount-from-inveresk/E171D2DADE78DF9D6C16382758B049B5?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

Sex and Sexuality in the Ancient Near East
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/sex-and-sexuality-in-the-ancient-near-east/3A01117AACEBB35626F6E5247CE5FC75

New Beginnings in Ancient Literature (Organizer-Refereed Panel) | Society for Classical Studies
https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/new-beginnings-ancient-literature-organizer-refereed-panel

• 50 A.D. — The emperor Claudius adopts the future emperor Nero
• 116 A.D.– supplicatio pro salute Traiani (day 1)
• 138 A.D. — The emperor Hadrian adopts the future emperor Antoninus Pius

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Ancient tombs packed with pottery and jewelry unearthed from Egyptian necropolis
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/ancient-tombs-packed-with-pottery-and-jewelry-unearthed-from-egyptian-necropolis/3839090

Greek Inscription Found in Great Mosque of Homs Reveals Lost Temple of the Sun of Emperor Elagabalus – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/greek-inscription-found-in-great-mosque-of-homs-reveals-lost-temple-of-the-sun-of-emperor-elagabalus/

The Ancient Greeks’ Contribution to the Development of Modern Laws – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/24/ancient-greeks-contribution-modern-laws/

Ten of the Acropolis Museum’s Most Beautiful Exhibits – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/24/acropolis-museum/

How researchers learned the rules of an ancient Roman board game : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/23/nx-s1-5716094/how-researchers-learned-the-rules-of-an-ancient-roman-board-game

Here’s how Carabinieri fight against artifact trafficking: interview with Archaeology Commander
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/interviews/here-s-how-carabinieri-fight-against-artifact-trafficking-interview-with-archaeology-commander

Harvard Study Finds Ancient Carthaginians Were Genetically Closer to Greeks Than Phoenicians
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/02/24/carthaginians-genetically-closer-to-greeks-harvard-study/

The Roman Ghosts of Britain: Why These Apparitions Refuse to Fade
https://the-line-up.com/roman-ghosts-of-britain

Great Isaiah Scroll, oldest near-complete biblical book ever found, on show in entirety for 1st time since 1968 | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/great-isaiah-scroll-oldest-near-complete-biblical-book-ever-found-on-show-in-entirety-for-1st-time-since-1968/

Pizza inspired by the ancient Romans features stomach-churning toppings including fermented spinach juice and fish sauce – and there’s no mozzarella or tomato in sight | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15587511/pizza-history-ancient-Romans-mozzarella-tomato.html

Men digging hole outside Thessaloniki charged with antiquities theft | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1296093/men-digging-hole-outside-thessaloniki-charged-with-antiquities-theft/

Where do the Greek antiquities in the Allard Pierson Museum come from? – Folia
https://www.folia.nl/en/wetenschap/171792/where-do-the-greek-antiquities-in-the-allard-pierson-museum-come-from

Laudator Temporis Acti: War and Peace
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/war-and-peace.html

Ovid – The Historian’s Hut

Ovid

Odyssey fever | Blog post | Mary Beard

Odyssey fever

(18) GUEST POST: THE WOMEN WHO MADE HOMER – by Dan Jones
https://danjones.substack.com/p/guest-post-the-women-who-made-homer

De Thraciërs (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

De Thraciërs (1)

PaleoJudaica.com: Egyptian Book of the Dead on display at the Brooklyn Museum
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/egyptian-book-of-dead-on-display-at.html

PaleoJudaica.com: In defense of Biblical Archaeology
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/in-defense-of-biblical-archaeology.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Now open: “A Voice from the Desert – The Great Isaiah Scroll” (Israel Museum)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/now-open-voice-from-desert-great-isaiah.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Homer’s Versicolored Fabric: The Evocative Power of Ancient Greek Epic Word-Making
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/homers-versicolored-fabric-evocative.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Art of Reading: From Homer to Paul Celan
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-art-of-reading-from-homer-to-paul.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rhythm without Beat: Prosodically Motivated Grammarisation in Homer
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/rhythm-without-beat-prosodically.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Homeric Imagery and the Natural Environment
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/homeric-imagery-and-natural-environment.html

Épire et Illyrie méridionale dans l’Antiquité: opera selecta – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.34/

Aeschylus’ satyric Prometheus – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.33/

The artes and the emergence of a scientific culture in the early Roman empire – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.32/

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Sparta in the Spotlight. Part …–Ancient History Hound – Apple Podcasts

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(210) Does This Artifact Change What We Know About Jesus’ Crucifixion? – YouTube

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Classics – 2025-26 Professional Track Faculty Pool job with University of Texas at Austin | 37954678
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37954678/classics-2025-26-professional-track-faculty-pool

Call For Papers Detail – Annual Meeting
https://members.sbl-site.org/cfp-detail?z3514106a4d204249bb372910221c671c=00ff00527f-7582-4246-9eb0-2b93e6d8ff2a&z423c93b755704c19a0e7ac980d5d638c=00ff00527f-7582-4246-9eb0-2b93e6d8ff2a&reload=timezone

Sex and Sexuality in the Ancient Near East
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/sex-and-sexuality-in-the-ancient-near-east/

Art Crime Research Opportunities: 24 February 2026

Art Crime Research Opportunities: 24 February 2026

Departmental Lecturer in Egyptology at University of Oxford
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQP856/departmental-lecturer-in-egyptology

• Regifugium — a festival which didn’t really happen on “February 24” but actually six days before the kalends of March, which was usually during a period of intercalation. Roman writers suggested this festival was a celebration of the expulsion of the Tarquins, although modern scholars have their doubts. Whatever the case, on this day the Rex Sacrorum would offer some sort of sacrifice in the Comitium and then run away as fast as he could …
• 259 A.D. — martyrdom of Montanus and several companions at Carthage
• 303 A.D. — edict of Galerius officially promoting the persecution of Christians (?)
• 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Sergius in Cappadocia
• 1463 — birth of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (usually described as a “Neoplatonist”)
• 1999 — death of David Daube (author of Civil Disobedience in Antiquity, among numerous other works)