• rites in honour of Jupiter Fulgur — the deity who was responsible for daytime lightning was worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius
• rites in honour of Juno Quiritis — a divinity possibly originally from Falerii and brought to Rome by evocatio in 241 B.C. was also worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius
• ludi Augustales scaenici (day 3 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.)
• ludi Augustales scaenici (day 5 — from 19-23 A.D.)
• 15 B.C. — birth of Nero Claudius Drusus (Drusus “Minor”), son of the future emperor Tiberius and Vipsania Agrippina
  1st century A.D. (?) — martyrdom of Sergius and Bacchus … and Apuleius

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Archaeologists uncover 60 ancient tombs in western Türkiye | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-uncover-60-ancient-tombs-in-western-turkiye

Research unearths origins of Ancient Egypt’s Karnak Temple
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/10/research-unearths-origins-of-ancient-egypts-karnak-temple.page

Archaeologists unearth 1,500-year-old synagogue below abandoned Syrian village in Golan | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-unearth-1500-year-old-synagogue-below-abandoned-syrian-village-in-golan/

Depiction of Ancient Egyptian deities found in Roman bathhouse
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/depiction-of-ancient-egyptian-deities-found-in-roman-bathhouse/156104

3rd Century Coins found in Lucanian Excavation – Liv Mariah Yarrow

12,000-year-old human-faced pillar unearthed in Karahantepe marks new chapter in archaeology – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/12000-year-old-human-faced-pillar-unearthed-in-karahantepe-marks-a-new-chapter-in-arc-3208024

Egyptian authorities probe disappearance of rare 4,000-year-old limestone relief from Saqqara – CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-4000-year-old-limestone-relief-saqqara-theft-artifact/

A look at archaeological discoveries from ancient Israel | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-869513

Newly discovered walls at Urartu site Garibin Tepe excite archaeologists in Van – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/newly-discovered-walls-at-urartu-site-garibin-tepe-excite-archaeologists-in-van-3207996

Burnt City, a symbol of peaceful coexistence in ancient Iran – Tehran Times
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/518738/Burnt-City-a-symbol-of-peaceful-coexistence-in-ancient-Iran

Adriatic Shipwreck Reveals Details of Roman Trade – Biblical Archaeology Society

Adriatic Shipwreck Reveals Details of Roman Trade

Archaeologists Unearth a Roman Woodworking Workshop with Inked Tablets and Children’s Shoes in Isarnodurum – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-unearth-a-roman-woodworking-workshop-with-inked-tablets-and-childrens-shoes-in-isarnodurum/

Cicero, Political Violence, and America Today  | Essay | Zócalo Public Square
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/cicero-political-violence-and-america-today/

Lost Roman Aqueduct Unearthed After 2,000 Years in Gallic Capital Bibracte

Lost Roman Aqueduct Unearthed After 2,000 Years in Gallic Capital Bibracte

[wtf?]Fly-tipping: Italy’s ancient Roman sites blighted by waste chaos as locals despair at illegal dumping
https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/fly-tipping-italy-ancient-roman-sites-waste-rubbish

How Ancient Greeks Harnessed Winds to Defeat the Persians at the Battle of Salamis – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/05/ancient-greeks-harnessed-wind-power-battle-salamis/

UF Classics professor elected president of classical society – News

UF Classics professor elected president of classical society

3rd Century Coins found in Lucanian Excavation – Liv Mariah Yarrow

7Q5 and Appeals to Authority, Part 2: Herbert Hunger | Variant Readings

7Q5 and Appeals to Authority, Part 2: Herbert Hunger

Weekly Varia no. 150, 10/05/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 150, 10/05/25

Puzzles, Plato, and the Power of the Classics – CANE

Puzzles, Plato, and the Power of the Classics

Halle, Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte – Mainzer Beobachter

Halle, Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte

PaleoJudaica.com: Sukkot 2025
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/sukkot-2025.html

PaleoJudaica.com: On the readers of the lost ark
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/on-readers-of-lost-ark.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Carthaginians and Romans: Seeing Hannibal off to the Alps
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/carthaginians-and-romans-first-events.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Late-antique synagogue excavated in the Golan
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/late-antique-synagogue-excavated-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: From Hyperborea to the Middle Sea and Back
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/from-hyperborea-to-middle-sea-and-back.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Habbo G. Lolling at Melitaia: The Antiquities of an Ancient City through the Lens of Two 1882 Notebooks
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/habbo-g-lolling-at-melitaia-antiquities.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Studi storico-epigrafici sul Lazio antico II, a cura di Heikki Solin
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/studi-storico-epigrafici-sul-lazio.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2021/09/open-access-journal-studies-in-ancient.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Apologists and Athens : Early Christianity Meets Ancient Greek Thinking
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/apologists-and-athens-early.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Locus horridus – Ansie romane verso il mondo naturale
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/locus-horridus-ansie-romane-verso-il.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Representations of Fear: Verbalising Emotion in Ancient Roman Folk Narrative
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/representations-of-fear-verbalising.html

Connected histories of the Roman civil wars (88-30 BCE) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Connected histories of the Roman civil wars (88-30 BCE)

Ars Metrica. Formen der Vermittlung in der antiken Vers- und Prosodielehre – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Ars Metrica. Formen der Vermittlung in der antiken Vers- und Prosodielehre

Das Bellum Iudaicum des Ambrosius – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Das Bellum Iudaicum des Ambrosius

New Book Unearths The Lost Leadership Of Women During Early Christianity
https://religionunplugged.com/news/2025/9/11/unearthing-lost-leadership-women-early-chrurch
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Banking on Silver Hoards in the Bronze Age Levant, or “Baby You are So Money You Don’t Even Know it.” | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/banking-on-silver-hoards-in-the-bronze-age-levant-or-baby-you-are-so-money-you-dont-even-know-it/

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(90) RARE Julius Caesar Bust is PURE SILVER | Pawn Stars (S18) – YouTube

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Assistant or Associate Professorship i Digital Methods at Department of History and Classical Studies – Vacancy at Aarhus University
https://international.au.dk/about/profile/vacant-positions/job/assistant-professorship-or-associate-professorship-in-digital-methods-teaching-and-research-at

Music, Dance, and Soundscapes in the World of Alexander the Great

Music, Dance, and Soundscapes in the World of Alexander the Great

Souls and Psychological Phenomena in Greek Antiquity | Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies | College of Arts and Sciences | University of South Florida
https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/centers/ichs/events/annual-conference/index.aspx

• ludi Augustales scaenici (day 2 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.) — — festival in honour of Augustus involving primarily mime and pantomime theatrical displays
• ludi Augustales scaenici (day 4 — from 19-23 A.D.)
• 105 B.C. — the Cimbri inflict a massive defeat on Roman legions at Arausio
• 68 B.C. — Romans under Lucullus defeat the Armenians under Tigranes II at Artaxata (according to one reckoning)
• 175 A.D. — martyrdom of Sagar in Phrygia

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Archaeologists uncover rare Egyptian motif in Türkiye’s Sagalassos | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-uncover-rare-egyptian-motif-in-turkiyes-sagalassos/news/

[AI?]Ancient 1,500-year-old synagogue found in Golan Heights | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-869497

Egypt reopens Amenhotep III’s tomb after over 20 years of renovation
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-egypt-reopens-amenhotep-iii-tomb.html

Egypt reopens pharaoh’s tomb in Luxor after 20 years of renovation | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/egypt-antiquities-lucxor-vally-of-kings-2862b6897a704dfc9c5d1be2782a91b1

Study Uses Mathematics to Reveal When Homer Wrote the Iliad – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/04/mathematical-study-homer-wrote-iliad/

Scoperta una domus romana e un misterioso modellino di edificio di bronzo, con timpano. Chi abitava lì? Cos’era questo oggetto? Cos’hanno trovato? Quale legione era qui impegnata?

Scoperta una domus romana e un misterioso modellino di edificio di bronzo, con timpano. Chi abitava lì? Cos’era questo oggetto? Cos’hanno trovato? Quale legione era qui impegnata?

Aeschylus in the trenches | Varsity
https://www.varsity.co.uk/arts/30302

Hidden Roman amphitheatre beneath famous London gallery – where gladiators once fought to the death – MyLondon
https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/hidden-roman-amphitheatre-beneath-famous-32588102.amp

Etruscan treasures scattered in international museums: what are they
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/works-and-artists/etruscan-treasures-scattered-in-international-museums-what-are-they

When kings return: Homer’s lesson for divided societies – Neos Kosmos

When kings return: Homer’s lesson for divided societies

On the Utility of Work – Liv Mariah Yarrow

On the Utility of Work

(23) Lesson 158 Classical Latin: A Latinum Institute Language Course “call” → @vocō, vocāre, vocāvī, vocātum – Voice and Summons | #LatinVerbs #ClassicalLanguage
https://latinum.substack.com/p/lesson-158-classical-latin-a-latinum?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3282716&post_id=175351895&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(23) Was this the key to Julius Caesar’s victory?
https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/was-this-the-key-to-julius-caesars?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1000549&post_id=174755017&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(23) 5 October 58 BCE: From Cicero (in Thessalonica) to Atticus (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/5-october-58-bce-from-cicero-in-thessalonica-27f?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=944078&post_id=175241089&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(23) 5 October 58 BCE: From Cicero (in Thessalonica) to his family (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/5-october-58-bce-from-cicero-in-thessalonica?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=944078&post_id=175234029&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Trump Order Requires Classical Architecture for Federal Buildings – The New American
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/trump-order-requires-classical-architecture-for-federal-buildings/

Mycenaean Sword Bearers May Be Women, Not Men, Study Finds – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/05/men-women-mycenaean-iconography/

“The RADICAL GREEKS, from HOMER to ARISTOTLE.” Lecture 1 of *Philosophy of Education* – Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.

“The RADICAL GREEKS, from HOMER to ARISTOTLE.” Lecture 1 of *Philosophy of Education*

The “Strange” Ending of the Gospel of Mark and Why It Makes All the Difference – Biblical Archaeology Society

The “Strange” Ending of the Gospel of Mark and Why It Makes All the Difference

The Miletus cave and the Asclepius cult | Turkish Archaeological News
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/miletus-cave-and-asclepius-cult

2,500 Years Later, Aphrodite Is Still a Babe | eBaum’s World
https://www.ebaumsworld.com/articles/aphrodite-is-still-a-babe/87723403/

September Reading Notes – Noodlings

September Reading Notes

De Panter, de “vader” van Jezus – Mainzer Beobachter

De Panter, de “vader” van Jezus

Een overleden hond – Mainzer Beobachter

Een overleden hond

Laudator Temporis Acti: Inscription on a Reticulated Glass Cup
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/10/inscription-on-reticulated-glass-cup.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Bright-Eyed Athena
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/10/bright-eyed-athena.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Ramelli (ed.), Bardaisan on Human Nature, Fate, and Free Will (Mohr Siebeck)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/ramelli-ed-bardaisan-on-human-nature.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Healey, The Syriac Legal Documents of the 3rd Century CE (Brill)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/healey-syriac-legal-documents-of-3rd.html

PaleoJudaica.com: William Ross on “Jewish Greek Translations”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/william-ross-on-jewish-greek.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of López-Ruiz, Greek mythology: from creation to first humans
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/review-of-lopez-ruiz-greek-mythology.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Longacre on when the Psalter was compiled
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/longacre-on-when-psalter-was-compiled.html

Excavations on the Kartal Hillfort in 2020-2021 | Spartokos read

Excavations on the Kartal Hillfort in 2020-2021

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Domus Pompeiana M. Lucretii IX 3, 5.24. The Inscriptions, Works of Art and Finds from the Old and New Excavations
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/domus-pompeiana-m-lucretii-ix-3-524.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Papers on Ancient Greek Linguistics. Proceedings of the Ninth International Colloquium on Ancient Greek Linguistics (ICAGL9) 30 August – 1 September 2018, Helsinki
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/papers-on-ancient-greek-linguistics.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Da Rodolfo Pio ai Farnese. Storia di due collezioni epigrafiche urbane
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/da-rodolfo-pio-ai-farnese-storia-di-due.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-portrayal-of-pompeian-bacchus.html

Nestor – October 2025 issue available
https://classics.uc.edu/nestor/pages/news/843-october-2025-issue-available
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Anima Latina 05.10.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/10/anima-latina-05-10-2025.html

Gladiators: A Day in the Life – The Ancients | Acast

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 04.10.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/10/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-04-10-2025.html
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(54) Watch: Tomb of Amenhotep III reopens after 20 years – YouTube

(55) Ramses the Great: Empire Builder (Full Episode) | Lost Treasures of Egypt | National Geographic – YouTube

(53) Lippis et tonsoribus notum esse || Proverbia et locutiones (Latin Proverbs) – YouTube

(55) Seneca On Leisure (Latin Audiobook) – YouTube

(55) Antiochus IV The Extravagant King’s Grand Gestures #ancienthistoryguy #ancienthistory – YouTube

(56) Exploring A Roman Villa Complex In Britain: The History Of The Rutland Villa – YouTube

(56) Ancient Egypt & Nubia Galleries – YouTube

(57) Is the Baghdad Battery Actually a Battery? – YouTube

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explorator 27.42 ~October 5, 2025 – Explorator

explorator 27.42 ~October 5, 2025

• fast in honour of Ceres — in 191 B.C., consultation of the Sybilline books ordered a fast to be held every five years in honour of the Roman goddess Ceres, who presided over grain and harvesting. By Augustus’ day, the fast was an annual event which curiously coincides fairly closely with the Athenian Thesmophoria.
• ludi Augustales scaenici (day 2 — from 19-23 A.D.) — a festival in honour of Augustus involving primarily mime and pantomime theatrical displays
• 1909 — birth of James. B. Pritchard (“Biblical” archaeologist and author of The Ancient Near East, among other things)