• 1000 B.C. — temple of Hercules at Tyre completed (according to one ‘traditional’ reckoning)
• 817 B.C. — death of Anchises (according to the same reckoning)
• 36 B.C. — birth of Antonia (“Minor”), daughter of Marcus Antonius and Octavia and future mother of hope-to-be-emperor Germanicus and emperor-to-be Claudius
• c. 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Metras/Metranus in Alexandria
• c. 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Saturninus, Thrysus, and Victor in Alexandria

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Archaeologists Working at Son Fornés May Have Discovered a Roman Long-Lost City on Mallorca – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-working-at-son-fornes-may-have-discovered-a-roman-long-lost-city-on-mallorca/

Roman Sanctuary Found in Frankfurt Shows Unique Ancient Rituals – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/29/roman-sanctuary-frankfurt-ancient-rituals/

The Ex-Slave Who Authored a Greek Language Book – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/29/william-sanders-scarborough-african-american-slave-wrote-greek-textbook/

Greek Mythology and the Birth of Renaissance Masterpieces – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/30/greek-mythology-renaissance-masterpieces/

The Riace Bronzes’ Syracusan Origin: “Nothing New; Only Scientific Evidence Counts” – SiracusaOggi.it

Origine siracusana dei Bronzi di Riace: “Nulla di nuovo, contano solo le prove scientifiche”

The mystery of Boudica and where her final resting place is | Oxford Mail
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/25801005.mystery-boudica-final-resting-place/

“An exceptional archaeological site”: the largest Roman military camp in Belgium discovered in Zottegem | 7sur7.be
https://www.7sur7.be/belgique/un-site-archeologique-exceptionnel-le-plus-grand-camp-militaire-romain-en-belgique-decouvert-a-zottegem~adac55a6/

(20) Ulysses inside the Wooden Horse – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/ulysses-inside-the-wooden-horse

How Ancient Greeks Used Lawsuits to Control the Powerful – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/29/ancient-greeks-lawsuits-control-powerful/

Ancient Coins Linked to Alexander the Great’s Hellenistic World Seized in Israel – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/30/ancient-coins-alexander-the-greats-hellenistic-world-seized-israel/

Empedocles, Greek philosopher: When everything falls apart, it’s not always the end, sometimes it’s rearrangement – AS USA
https://en.as.com/latest_news/empedocles-greek-philosopher-when-everything-falls-apart-its-not-always-the-end-sometimes-its-rearrangement-f202601-n/

Blog #116: Disassembled Cyborgs: Interpreting Cretan Warriorhood and War Booty through Disability Theory with Jesse Obert – Peopling the Past

Blog #116: Disassembled Cyborgs: Interpreting Cretan Warriorhood and War Booty through Disability Theory with Jesse Obert

Vitruvius and the Built World of the New Testament – Biblical Archaeology Society
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-rome/vitruvius-and-built-world-of-new-testament/

Why Jerry Seinfeld Lives by the Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius | Open Culture

Why Jerry Seinfeld Lives by the Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

IU classical studies professor Julia Mebane awarded prestigious Goodwin Award of Merit for book on the body politic: College of Arts + Sciences : Indiana University
https://news.iu.edu/college/live/news/48676-iu-classical-studies-professor-julia-mebane

The History Girls: Egyptomania by Rachel Louise Driscoll
https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2026/01/egyptomania-by-rachel-louise-driscoll.html

The Revolution within Classics – Engelsberg ideas

The Revolution within Classics

Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Antigone – FilmInk
https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-television-plays-antigone/

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Base Nature
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-base-nature.html

De val van Cartagena (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

De val van Cartagena (1)

De val van Cartagena (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

De val van Cartagena (2)

PaleoJudaica.com: Real and fake Greco-Roman-era coins seized in East Jerusalem
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/real-and-fake-greco-roman-era-coins.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Nebuchadnezzar II – restorer or destroyer?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/nebuchadnezzar-ii-restorer-or-destroyer.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Online course: GEORGIAN JEWS AND THEIR CULTURAL TREASURES
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/online-course-georgian-jews-and-their.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Excavations and Surveys of 2022 and 2023 at Wadi al-Maʻawil (Oman)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/excavations-and-surveys-of-2022-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: From the Earliest Settlements to the Historical Periods: Archaeological sites in the Eastern Anatolian Highlands (Türkiye) from the Chalcolithic to the Iron Age
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/from-earliest-settlements-to-historical.html

Alexander the Great in Jerusalem: myth and history – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.36/

Die frühe Sophoklesrezeption in der griechischen Literatur – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.35/

The Oxford handbook of monsters in classical myth – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.34/
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Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA394 – War Pigs
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa394-war-pigs

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(1031) The Old Man and the Sun: Sex, Death, and the Turin Erotic Papyrus – YouTube

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ARISTOPHANES, WASPS 1208–15 AND THE NON-ELITE SYMPOSION | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/aristophanes-wasps-120815-and-the-nonelite-symposion/DA71B1E5D6A0D3BA624FA169E1A79D2B?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Call for Support: Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary | Call for Support: Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary – The Classical Association of Canada

Call for Support: Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary | Appel à soutien: Études classiques et médiévales à l’Université de Calgary

• 405 B.C. — death of Sophocles (by one reckoning)
• 58 B.C. — “official” birthday of Livia, wife of Augustus
• 9 B.C. — dedication of the Ara Pacis
• 133 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Didius Julianus
• 228 A.D. — martyrdom of Martina (?)
• 311 A.D. — martyrdom of Savina of Milan

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The discovery of the giant ships that Caligula used on Lake Nemi, destroyed in World War II

The discovery of the giant ships that Caligula used on Lake Nemi, destroyed in World War II

Ancient Roman Necropolis and Rare Gallo-Roman Road Discovered in Northern France – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-roman-necropolis-and-rare-gallo-roman-road-discovered-in-northern-france/

Romans used human feces as medicine 1,900 years ago — and used thyme to mask the smell | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/romans-used-human-feces-as-medicine-1-900-years-ago-and-used-thyme-to-mask-the-smell

2,500 years ago, people in Bulgaria ate dog meat at feasts and as a delicacy, archaeological study finds | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-500-years-ago-people-in-bulgaria-ate-dog-meat-at-feasts-and-as-a-delicacy-archaeological-study-finds

Rethinking Troy: How years of careful peace, not epic war, shaped this bronze age city
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-rethinking-troy-years-peace-epic.html

Loano, remains of a possible Roman villa from the imperial era discovered
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/loano-remains-of-a-possible-roman-villa-from-the-imperial-era-discovered

Animal Offerings and Painted Walls Reveal Secrets of the Ancient Roman Cult Site Nida | Discover Magazine
https://www.discovermagazine.com/animal-offerings-and-painted-walls-reveal-secrets-of-the-ancient-roman-cult-site-nida-48604

Genii: The Minoan Creatures Inspired by Egyptian Gods – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/28/genii-minoan-creatures-egyptian-gods/

The ‘Antigone’ awakening: How an ancient Greek tragedy is defining Off-Broadway this spring | New York Theatre Guide
https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/antigone-off-broadway-in-spring-2026

The Robey Theatre Company to Present a Staged Reading of MEDEA
https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/The-Robey-Theatre-Company-to-Present-a-Staged-Reading-of-MEDEA-20260128

Portrait Coins of the Julio-Claudians, Part 2: Tiberius Through Nero
https://coinweek.com/portrait-coins-of-the-julio-claudians-part-2/

Rome Did Not Expand with Legions Alone: The Secret Weapon Was Rumors and Misinformation

Rome Did Not Expand with Legions Alone: The Secret Weapon Was Rumors and Misinformation

Gibbon’s “Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire” and Trump’s National Security Strategy – Providence

Gibbon’s “Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire” and Trump’s National Security Strategy

Revolutionary Ideals and the Temptations of Tyranny – Public Seminar

Revolutionary Ideals and the Temptations of Tyranny

Fall Of Troy, Helen Boarding Ship To Return To Sparta, By An Unknown 18th-Century Weaver – The Historian’s Hut

Fall Of Troy, Helen Boarding Ship To Return To Sparta, By An Unknown 18th-Century Weaver

Aristotle – The Historian’s Hut

Aristotle

Looking Up and Out: Starting to Read Iliad 12 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Looking Up and Out: Starting to Read Iliad 12

Teaching Thursday: More on the Opposite of Teaching | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Teaching Thursday: More on the Opposite of Teaching

Het Hemels Mandaat in Mesopotamië – Mainzer Beobachter

Het Hemels Mandaat in Mesopotamië

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of McGrath, The Quest for John the Baptist
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/review-of-mcgrath-quest-for-john-baptist.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Schmidt, Josephus and Jesus
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/review-of-schmidt-josephus-and-jesus.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Materials from Karkemish I. The Numismatic Finds from the 2011-2024 Excavations
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/materials-from-karkemish-i-numismatic.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: I miei scritti su Plutarco: Raccolti, riveduti e corretti con bibliografia unificata
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-miei-scritti-su-plutarco-raccolti.html

Slavery and honour in the ancient Greek world – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.33/

Belief and unbelief in the ancient world – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.32/

Callimachus: select longer fragments and epigrams – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.31/

Thomas Jones · Lords of the World: Keeping Up with the Caesars
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n02/thomas-jones/lords-of-the-world
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Villain, Victim… Double Agen…–Instant Classics – Apple Podcasts

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(1000) Roberta Mazza: Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, & the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts – YouTube

(1000) How Germania Broke Roman Expansion – YouTube

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Call for Papers – Thematic Panel: “The Vortex” in Graeco-Roman Thought (EASR/IAHR 2026) (Deadline February 25) | Call for Papers – Thematic Panel: “The Vortex” in Graeco-Roman Thought (EASR/IAHR 2026) (Deadline February 25) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/easrvortexpanel/

University of Victoria Department of Greek and Roman Studies – Sessional Lecturer 2026-2027 (Deadline March 1) – The Classical Association of Canada

University of Victoria Department of Greek and Roman Studies – Sessional Lecturer 2026-2027 (Deadline March 1)

• 164 B.C. — death of Antiochus Epiphanes (according to one reckoning)
• 1 B.C. — departure of Gaius Caesar to the east (?)
• 275 A.D. — death of Aurelian (according to one reckoning, which doesn’t seem right)