- 48 B.C. — Pompeius Magnus, in the wake of his defeat at Pharsalus, is murdered as he steps ashore in Egypt
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ September 28, 2025
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Extraordinary 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck discovered in Croatia | Croatia Week
Extraordinary 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck discovered in Croatia
Bronze Age necropolis discovered during park construction in Cyprus | in-cyprus.com
https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/bronze-age-necropolis-discovered-park-construction-cyprus/
Archaeologists unearth 4,500-year-old gold brooch, jade in Türkiye-Xinhua
https://english.news.cn/20250928/45ec5115dc644b578d8b2cd75ef054bf/c.html
Türkiye recovers 83 Roman-era coins smuggled abroad in cooperation with US – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/turkiye-recovers-83-roman-era-coins-smuggled-abroad-in-cooperation-with-us-3207669
Ore mining continued in post-Roman Aldborough – The Past
A Toxic Love Affair: Drug Use in the Ancient World – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-09-28/ty-article-magazine/a-toxic-love-affair-drug-use-in-the-ancient-world/00000199-903a-ddb4-abdd-fbbe1f890000
Cato vs Caesar: The False Dilemma of Modern Democracy | The Swamp
https://vocal.media/theSwamp/cato-vs-caesar-the-false-dilemma-of-modern-democracy
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Already Has All the Makings of a Modern Classic
https://www.cbr.com/the-odyssey-christopher-nolan-modern-classic-potential/
President meets national committees to advance return of Parthenon Sculptures | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1282129/president-meets-national-committees-to-advance-return-of-parthenon-sculptures/
The Parthenon Marbles return to debate | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1281968/the-parthenon-marbles-return-to-debate/
The Assassinations That Defined the Fate of Alexander the Great’s Empire – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/28/political-assassinations-ancient-greece/
(21) Drowning in a Morass of Sexual Immorality
https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/drowning-in-a-morass-of-sexual-immorality?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1000549&post_id=174531713&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Aristotle | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/things-to-know-about-aristotle/
What Are the Nicomachean Ethics? Aristotle’s Magnum Opus | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/what-are-nicomachean-ethics/
The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David (Analysis & Facts) | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/oath-horatii-jacques-louis-david/
Vergil: Poet Laureate of the American Founding | Tenth Amendment Center
(21) P.Oxy. IV 744: Hilarion’s Letter – “If It’s a Girl, Throw It Out” The Most Chilling Sentence in Papyrology
https://latinum.substack.com/p/poxy-iv-744-hilarions-letter-if-its?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3282716&post_id=174773344&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
(21) P.Oxy. 840: The Unknown Gospel of Purification A Single Vellum Leaf That Reshapes Early Christianity
https://latinum.substack.com/p/poxy-840-the-unknown-gospel-of-purification?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3282716&post_id=174773115&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Classics with added Yorkshire class: tributes to Tony Harrison | Tony Harrison | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/28/classics-with-added-yorkshire-class-tributes-to-tony-harrison
Bacchae at the National Theatre – review round-up
https://www.thestage.co.uk/review-round-ups/bacchae-at-the-national-theatre-review-round-up
Jezus in de Tempel – Mainzer Beobachter
Laudator Temporis Acti: A Comparison
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-comparison.html
Course Design Notes: Rethinking Greek History – Noodlings
What is KATABASIS? | Greek Myth Comix
https://greekmythcomix.com/comic/what-is-katabasis/
OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: Textual Criticism is Cool
https://oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2025/09/textual-criticism-is-cool.html
A voyage around Virgil’s world – Engelsberg ideas
PaleoJudaica.com: Sabato, The Sages of Yavneh (Magnes, in Hebrew)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/sabato-sages-of-yavneh-magnes-in-hebrew.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Chi-Kin Lei, 1 Peter and Christ’s Descent to the Dead in Its Early Christian Reception (Mohr Siebeck)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/chi-kin-lei-1-peter-and-christs-descent.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Seventy Years of Polish Archaeology in Egypt
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/seventy-years-of-polish-archaeology-in_27.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Seventy Years of Polish Archaeology in Egypt – exhibition catalogue, Egyptian Museum in Cairo (21 October–21 November 2007)
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/seventy-years-of-polish-archaeology-in.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Nea Paphos. 50 Years of Polish Excavations 1965–2015
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/nea-paphos-50-years-of-polish.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sinope dans son environnement pontique
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/09/sinope-dans-son-environnement-pontique.html
Sinope in its Pontic environment | Spartokos read
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Anima Latina 28.09.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/09/anima-latina-28-09-2025.html
Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 27.09.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/09/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-27-09-2025.html
The First Pharaohs – The Ancients | Acast
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(20) Early Israelite Warfare The Judges Era Explained #ancienthistoryguy #ancienthistory – YouTube
(20) Linkin Park – In The End cover in Classical Latin (Bardcore/Medieval Style Cover) – YouTube
(20) Antiochus IV Rethinking Ancient History’s Hostile Views #ancienthistoryguy #ancienthistory – YouTube
(20) Mary Beard Explores The Insane Diversity Of The Roman Empire – YouTube
(20) Exploring the Lost Women of Greek Mythology – YouTube
(21) De herbis quae sponte sua nascuntur | Spoken Latin podcast (63) – YouTube
(21) Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran: What We Know – YouTube
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“Field Season at Pella”: U-M Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Flash Talk – Ann Arbor Observer
“Field Season at Pella”: U-M Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Flash Talk
Call for Papers | AI & Antiquity
https://ai-antiquity.org/index.php/ai/
Assistant Professor in Latin Literature job with The University of Chicago | 37891375
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37891375/assistant-professor-in-latin-literature/
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v kalendas octobres
- 70 A.D. — Roman armies break through the walls of the upper city of Jerusalem (by one reckoning)
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ September 26, 2025
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Sunken ancient Egyptian port may play a role in search for Cleopatra’s tomb | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/science/ancient-egyptian-port-discovery-cleopatra
Archaeologists in Pompeii Discover Ancient Bench Where Hopeful Clients Waited to Be Seen by an Elite Roman
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-in-pompeii-discover-ancient-bench-where-hopeful-clients-waited-to-be-seen-by-an-elite-roman-180987382/
Researchers Reveal Different Hobnail Patterns in Roman Footwear and Their Relationship with Fashion and Health
‘Rare’ hoard of 1,400-year-old gold coins and jewelry unearthed from ruined city of Hippos near Sea of Galilee | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/gold-coins-started-appearing-one-after-another-1-400-year-old-hoard-with-money-and-jewelry-unearthed-near-sea-of-galilee
The ancient city of Carthage is under attack again—and this time the enemy is climate change – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/26/ancient-city-carthage-under-threat-climate-change
Archaeologists Find Both a Medieval Dungeon and Roman Burial Beneath a Market Square in England
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-find-both-a-medieval-dungeon-and-roman-burial-beneath-a-market-square-in-england-180987404/
Tivoli, a mosaic and two medieval burials discovered during fiber optic work
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/tivoli-a-mosaic-and-two-medieval-burials-discovered-during-fiber-optic-work
Iron Age Fortification Unearthed on the Trave: A Forgotten Stronghold of the Roman Imperial Period – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/iron-age-fortification-unearthed-on-the-trave-a-forgotten-stronghold-of-the-roman-imperial-period/
Study Decodes the Strange Pronunciation of Ancient Greek – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/25/study-decodes-strange-pronunciation-ancient-greek-words/
Findings Challenge Claims Ancient Greek Was Influenced by Anatolian Languages – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/26/greek-influenced-anatolian-languages/
Archaeology rescued: Etruscan artifacts recovered from clandestine excavations on display in Chianti
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/exhibitions/archaeology-rescued-etruscan-artifacts-recovered-from-clandestine-excavations-on-display-in-chianti
Punic workshops uncovered in Málaga produced amphorae used to export fish preserves to Corinth
Punic workshops uncovered in Málaga produced amphorae used to export fish preserves to Corinth
Jericho: The Latest Research – Part One – Bible Archaeology Report
(21) TEXT 5575: Sayings of Jesus (Λόγια Ἰησοῦ)Source Archive: Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
https://latinum.substack.com/p/text-5575-sayings-of-jesus-source?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3282716&post_id=174631537&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Blog #110: Paeonia and the Paeonians in the Historical and Archaeological Evidence with Goran Sanev – Peopling the Past
Blog #110: Paeonia and the Paeonians in the Historical and Archaeological Evidence with Goran Sanev
Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVd: Spinning Plates – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVd: Spinning Plates
The Odyssey: Christopher Nolan’s Missed Opportunity for a Horror Epic
https://screenrant.com/the-odyssey-christopher-nolan-horror-movie-genius-option/
VIEWS Autumn Seminars 2025 – The VIEWS project
NEW VIDEO TOUR! – The Sanctuary of Asklepios: A Meditative Walk Through the Archaeological Site at Ancient Epidaurus |
Laudator Temporis Acti: Pleasure
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/09/pleasure.html
Kosmas en Damianos – Mainzer Beobachter
PaleoJudaica.com: Kowalewska (ed.), Second Temple Period Jewish Ritual Baths at Nesher-Ramla Quarry (Zinman Institute, open access)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/kowalewska-ed-second-temple-period.html
PaleoJudaica.com: The Ancient Books Website
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-ancient-books-website.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Judaïsme ancien – Ancient Judaism, 12, 2024
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/09/judaisme-ancien-ancient-judaism-12-2024.html
Friday Varia and Quick HIts | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
Petits dieux des Romains et leurs voisins. Enquête comparatiste sur les hiérarchies divines dans les cultures romaines, italiques et grecques – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Les frises à guirlandes d’Aphrodisias de Carie – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Galen: “On Avoiding Distress” and “On My Own Opinions” – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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(21) Feeding the Aten: Akhenaten’s Offering Obsession
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/feeding-the-aten-akhenatens-offering?utm_source=podcast-email%2Csubstack&publication_id=752411&post_id=173476575&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=play_card_post_title&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true
Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA376 – Are there any sources for the chariot driver actually exiting the chariot before contact?
https://sites.libsyn.com/91136/awa376-are-there-any-sources-for-the-chariot-driver-actually-exiting-the-chariot-before-contact
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(131) Apulian Warfare Society, Weapons, and Siege! #ancienthistoryguy #ApulianWarfare #ancientwarriors – YouTube
(131) Unveiling Rome’s Horsemen Origins, Myths and Military #ancienthistoryguy #ancienthistory – YouTube
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SENIOR FELLOWSHIP for Advanced Research in the Humanities| American School of Classical Studies at Athens
https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/fellowships-and-grants/postdoctoral-and-senior-scholars#SeniorHumanities
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi kalendas octobres
- 46 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Venus Genetrix (and associated rites thereafter)
- 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Cosmas and Damian
- 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Cyprian
- 1687 — a Venetian mortar ignites a store of Turkish gunpowder being stored in the Parthenon, causing much damage.
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