• 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)

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A Funerary Complex from the Age of the Great Pyramids during the Old Kingdom Discovered near Aswan and the First Cataract

A Funerary Complex from the Age of the Great Pyramids during the Old Kingdom Discovered near Aswan and the First Cataract

Mixed-ancestry woman discovered in Roman grave in Bulgaria
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/mixed-ancestry-woman-discovered-in-roman-grave-in-bulgaria/157088

Viking Sea Power May Have Emerged in the 3rd Century, During the Roman Era – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/viking-sea-power-may-have-emerged-in-the-3rd-century-during-the-roman-era/

Mysterious Greek inscription reignites debate on whether a Syrian mosque stands atop Roman Emperor Elagabalus’ Temple
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-mysterious-greek-inscription-reignites-debate.html#goog_rewarded

AI and the humanities: Across the Princeton campus, an era of collaboration is underway.
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2026/02/23/ai-and-humanities-across-princeton-campus-era-collaboration-underway

Why Biblical Archaeology Still Matters – Biblical Archaeology Society

Why Biblical Archaeology Still Matters

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/

Country Life Was Better Than City Life In the Roman Empire – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/22/roman-empire-country-better-city/

The Power of Laughter: How Ancient Greek Comedy Shaped Theater Forever – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/22/magical-world-wit-wisdom-ancient-greek-comedy/

Tour guide arrested, questioned for drawing on Pyramid of Unas in Giza – EgyptToday
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/145198/Tour-guide-arrested-questioned-for-drawing-on-Pyramid-of-Unas

5 Breakthroughs in Ancient Medicine That Still Matter Today | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-medicine-breakthroughs/

(18) Never far from Rome VI – by Agnes Crawford
https://understandingrome.substack.com/p/never-far-from-rome-vi?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=508757&post_id=187439748&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

GELA (CL). The “Museum of Greek Shipwrecks” opens with the largest Greek ship ever discovered. – Online Archaeology – Archeomedia

GELA (Cl). Il “Museo dei Relitti greci” apre con la più grande nave greca mai ritrovata.

Earthquake-damaged Hatay Archaeology Museum to reopen with bigger collection in 2026 – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/earthquake-damaged-hatay-archaeology-museum-to-reopen-with-bigger-collection-in-2026-3214983

One for the Books: Retelling Greek legends – The Portager
https://theportager.com/one-for-the-books-retelling-greek-legends

A tour of Pompeii as it was just before its destruction | Aeon Videos
https://aeon.co/videos/a-tour-of-pompeii-as-it-was-just-before-its-destruction

Update on issue with Scaife Viewer text searching » Perseus Digital Library Updates

Update on issue with Scaife Viewer text searching

ὣς φάτο Ἡσίοδος: Thus spoke Hesiod | Consulting Philologist

ὣς φάτο Ἡσίοδος: Thus spoke Hesiod

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Are Archaeologists Talking About Looting?
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/02/are-archaeologists-talking-about-looting.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: This Long Disease, My Life
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/this-long-disease-my-life.html

A new issue of the digest of pseudo-Chrysostom research: “Settime spigolature pseudocrisostomiche” now available

A new issue of the digest of pseudo-Chrysostom research: “Settime spigolature pseudocrisostomiche” now available

Weekly (not)Varia no. 170, 02/22/26 – Noodlings

Weekly (not)Varia no. 170, 02/22/26

What A Dangerous Thing to Say! Politics and Absurdity in Iliad 14 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

What A Dangerous Thing to Say! Politics and Absurdity in Iliad 14

PaleoJudaica.com: Guided tours at Jerusalem’s Rockefeller Museum
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/guided-tours-at-jerusalems-rockefeller.html

PaleoJudaica.com: On oxen and cattle
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-oxen-and-cattle.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Revitalizing the Phoenician language?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/revitalizing-phoenician-language.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Audible Punctuation: Performative Pause in Homeric Prosody
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/audible-punctuation-performative-pause.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Text, script and language in Bactria and Serindia
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/text-script-and-language-in-bactria-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Le nord de la mer Noire de l’Antiquité au Moyen âge
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/le-nord-de-la-mer-noire-de-lantiquite.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Multitextuality in the Homeric Iliad: The Witness of the Ptolemaic Papyri
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/multitextuality-in-homeric-iliad.html

The North of the Black Sea from Antiquity to the Middle Ages | Spartokos has read

Le nord de la mer Noire de l’Antiquité au Moyen âge

Converting verse: the poetics of asceticism in late Roman Gaul – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.31/

Plato’s moral realism – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.29/

Strike: labor, unions, and resistance in the Roman Empire – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.30/

In Alexandria, where the crown of Berenice rose – Il Sole 24 ORE
https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/in-alexandria-of-egypt-where-berenice-rose-AIZxWdXB?refresh_ce=1
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The Opium Trail from Egypt to Persia, or Putting Your Hope in Dope, Ancient Edition | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/the-opium-trail-from-egypt-to-persia-or-putting-your-hope-in-dope-ancient-edition/

Classics & Careers S3, E3: Sco… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

117: Antigonid Macedon – The V…–The Hellenistic Age Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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(175) After Rome: Four Late Antique Capitals – YouTube

(175) What the Ancient World Knew About Sea Monsters That We Forgot – YouTube

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Exploring Ovid’s big ideas | OpenLearn – Open University
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/exploring-ovids-big-ideas/?active-tab=description-tab

Songs from Antiquity: Conference | Ancient Music at Oxford
https://ancientmusicoxford.web.ox.ac.uk/songs-antiquity-conference

Scholarly Theories on the Parthenon Frieze – Retrospect Journal

Scholarly Theories on the Parthenon Frieze

Register for the 2026 Annual Meeting – CANE
https://caneweb.org/register-for-the-2026-annual-meeting/

• Traditional end of the Roman year (followed by a period of intercalation)
• Terminalia — a festival in honour of Terminus, the divinity who presided over boundaries. In Rome itself, Terminus had a shrine within the Temple of Jupiter beneath an opening in the roof because, it is said, when they were building the Temple of Jupiter, Terminus refused to move. What happened in the city is unclear, but the rustic version of the festival involved the following: at boundary stones, farmer families would gather and build a turf altar; a fire would be built and one of the younger members of the family would throw grain in the fire three times. Others offered other things like honeycombs and wine, then a sheep or pig would be sacrificed and a feast would follow.
• 155 A.D. — martyrdom of Polycarp at Smyrna
• 303 A.D. — “Great Persecution” of Diocletian begins in Nicomedia
• 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Serenus the Gardener at Sirmium