ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ July 9 , 2025

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Troy Excavations Resume to Uncover Trojan War Secrets – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/09/excavations-troy-trojan-war/

Ancient Roman Bridge Discovered at Elefsina, Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/09/ancient-roman-bridge-discovered-elefsina-greece/

Archaeologists Unearth Traces of an Iron Age Settlement and Roman Villa in England
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-traces-of-an-iron-age-settlement-and-roman-villa-in-england-180986943/

Archaeologists Recover Remnants of a Long-Lost Ancient Wonder
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lighthouse-of-alexandria-blocks-recovered-2665823

Divers exploring ancient Greek shipwreck find statue fragments, retrieve pieces of wreckage – CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/antikythera-shipwreck-exploration-greece-ancient-discoveries-artifacts/

Remnants of Archaic Hebrew Poetry Embedded in the Torah – TheTorah.com
https://www.thetorah.com/article/remnants-of-archaic-hebrew-poetry-embedded-in-the-torah

Israel’s Wilderness Camp Modeled on the Persian Military Formation – TheTorah.com
https://www.thetorah.com/article/israels-wilderness-camp-modeled-on-the-persian-military-formation

Renovation reveals hidden tunnel at Roman palace in Croatia | Miami Herald
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article310238705.html

1,500-Year-Old Byzantine Mosaic Uncovered in Ancient City of Dara in Turkey – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/08/byzantine-mosaic-ancient-city-dara-turkey/

[AI?]Roman-era 50-square-meter mosaic found almost untouched in Dara, Turkey | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-860424

63 St Mary Axe: Ancient Roman wall to be revealed as massive 46-storey skyscraper is built near Gherkin
https://www.londonworld.com/news/63-st-mary-axe-ancient-roman-wall-to-be-revealed-as-massive-46-storey-skyscraper-is-built-near-gherkin-5215453

Two Athens archaeological sites slated for facelift | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1274587/two-ancient-athens-slated-for-facelift/

Alone Against Time: The 3,000-Year-Old Last Hittite Monument of Western Anatolia Awaits Rescue – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/alone-against-time-the-3000-year-old-last-hittite-monument-of-western-anatolia-awaits-rescue/

[AI?]AI cracks Hammurabi’s ancient script with near-perfect accuracy | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-860320

Police rescue stolen second century Roman relief listed for sale in Spain on auction site – Olive Press News Spain

Police rescue stolen second century Roman relief listed for sale in Spain on auction site

1,600-Year-Old Rare Greek Letter-Shaped Weights and Scale Found in Türkiye’s Uzuncaburç – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/1600-year-old-rare-greek-letter-shaped-weights-and-scale-found-in-turkiyes-uzuncaburc/

Jewish priests wrestling naked: How sports shook ancient Judean society
https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/bk3e9otbgg

Ancient Greek drama coming to the stage in English | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2025/07/09/ancient-greek-drama-coming-to-the-stage-in-english

Classics Scholar Barbara Weiden Boyd in Conversation with Renowned Translator Emily Wilson | Bowdoin College
https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2025/07/classics-scholar-barbara-weiden-boyd-in-conversation-with-renowned-translator-emily-wilson.html

Exploring Jesus’s Hometown – Biblical Archaeology Society

Exploring Jesus’s Hometown

‘The Odyssey’ Story Told Through Artwork: Visualizing Homer for Nolan
https://deadline.com/gallery/story-behind-odyssey-photos-artwork/

ANSA – Vasari Corridor ‘populated’ with Roman busts
https://www.aman-alliance.org/Home/ContentDetail/92136

“Bridging Cultures” – 100 Years of German-Greek Archaeology on Samos

“Bridging Cultures” – connecting cultures

News – Rome: Hands-on Greek Vases – Archaeological Institute of America

Rome: Hands-on Greek Vases

Every Loser Wins | Sphinx

Every Loser Wins

Looting Matters: Lydian Hoard: More Returns to Türkiye
https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/07/lydian-hoard-more-returns-to-turkiye.html

II Parthica, Romes strategische reserve – Mainzer Beobachter

II Parthica, Romes strategische reserve

Reading the Roman Revolution 27: The Cabinet | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Reading the Roman Revolution 27: The Cabinet

(6) Aeneid V.816-871 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-v816-871-6b3?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=167019361&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

PaleoJudaica.com: Sofer, Solomonic Magic (Brill)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/sofer-solomonic-magic-brill.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Rostovtzeff Lectures: Recordings Online
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-rostovtzeff-lectures-recordings.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Der schreibende Architekt: Programm, Form und Theorie von Vitruvs De architectura
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/der-schreibende-architekt-programm-form.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Yale Babylonian Collection
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2015/01/yale-babylonian-collection.html

Social inequality and difference in the ancient Greek world: bioarchaeological perspectives – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Social inequality and difference in the ancient Greek world: bioarchaeological perspectives

La Germania di Tacito: da Engels al nazismo – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

La Germania di Tacito: da Engels al nazismo

Flavius Josephus and artwork of Roman antiquity and the early Middle Ages – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Flavius Josephus and artwork of Roman antiquity and the early Middle Ages

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Why Do Empires Fall? – Dan Snow’s History Hit | Acast

Ancient History Podcast – The House of the Satrap
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/ancient-history-podcast-the-house-of-the-satrap

Nothing lasts forever, except maybe Stoicism | Connecticut Public
https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-07-09/nothing-lasts-forever-except-maybe-stoicism

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(67) Angelica Kauffman, Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures – YouTube

(67) Spotlight Lecture: What is the future for Amarna’s mudbrick heritage – YouTube

(67) Vesuvius volcano turned this brain to glass – YouTube

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Fakes, Mistakes and Media Misrepresentations in Biblical Archaeology

BAS Summer Seminar 2025

Full Professor, Greek History, Antiquity and Epigraphy, University of Vienna, Austria (Deadline September 17) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/07/viennagkhist/

War in the Ancient World

War in the Ancient World

Petition for the Preservation and Protection of Papoura Hill

Petition for the Preservation and Protection of Papoura Hill

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ July 8, 2025

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Acropolis Closes Temporarily Due to Extreme Heatwave in Athens – tovima.com

Acropolis Closes Temporarily Due to Extreme Heatwave in Athens

Iron Age kohl in Iran: Kani Koter cemetery reveals a previously unknown recipe
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-iron-age-kohl-iran-kani.html

Archaeologists Discover Roman Army Camp in the Netherlands—15 Miles Beyond the Empire’s Northern Border
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-roman-army-camp-in-the-netherlands-15-miles-beyond-the-empires-northern-border-180986910/

[AI?]‘This is from Moses’: Newly imaged Sinai inscriptions revive Exodus-era | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-860213

Archaic period artefact returned to Cyprus from Germany | in-cyprus.com
https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/cyprus-recovers-ancient-seal-germany-international-cooperation/

Goodbye to a popular theory: Archaeologists discover who really built Egypt’s Great Pyramids – AS USA
https://en.as.com/latest_news/goodbye-to-a-popular-theory-archaeologists-discover-who-really-built-egypts-great-pyramids-n/

Greek and Roman Rock-Cut Tombs Unearthed in Aswan, Egypt – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/08/greek-roman-rock-cut-tombs-aswan-egypt/

Dodecahedron and the story of how India stood at the heart of a truly connected ancient world
https://thefederal.com/category/the-eighth-column/roman-dodecahedron-from-keralas-pattanam-rewrites-the-mystery-of-ancient-global-exchange-networks-195781

Do the Minoans Appear in Homer’s Odyssey? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/07/minoans-homer-odyssey/

Excavating History in Pompeii’s Ancients Gardens | Art & Object
https://www.artandobject.com/news/excavating-history-pompeiis-ancients-gardens

Archaeological discoveries in southeastern Romania reveal ancient funerary wreaths, painted sarcophagi | Romania Insider
https://www.romania-insider.com/ancient-funerary-wreaths-archeological-discovery-romania-2025

Archaeologists amazed by ancient shipwreck off island of Vis | Croatia Week

Archaeologists amazed by ancient shipwreck off island of Vis

Leaders rally to protect Colchester site of Roman chariot track
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyrxnkpkn4o

Two Athens archaeological sites slated for facelift | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1274587/two-ancient-athens-slated-for-facelift/

Türkiye’s Mersin uncovers unique Hellenistic weights, balance scale | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/turkiyes-mersin-uncovers-unique-hellenistic-weights-balance-scale

Hellenistic noble house unearthed in North Macedonia

Hellenistic noble house unearthed in North Macedonia

Archaeologists dig into possible traces of Trojan War in Türkiye’s legendary city – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/archaeologists-dig-deeper-into-possible-traces-of-trojan-war-in-turkiyes-legendary-ci-3203948

Unearthing the Epic: New Finds Bolster Links to Legendary Trojan War – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/unearthing-the-epic-new-finds-bolster-links-to-legendary-trojan-war/

The Importance of the Battle of Cannae – War on the Rocks

The Importance of the Battle of Cannae

Massive blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, an ancient wonder, hauled up from the Mediterranean | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/massive-blocks-from-the-lighthouse-of-alexandria-an-ancient-wonder-hauled-up-from-the-mediterranean

“Promitheia”: The Modern Greeks Who Rekindle Faith in the Gods of Olympus – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/08/modern-greeks-embrace-ancient-gods/

Teaching of Stoicism Reduces Violence in British Prison – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/07/teaching-ancient-greek-philosophy-stoicism-reduction-violence-british-prison/

Mad Cave Studios Announce ‘Socrates: The Trial of a Philosopher’, Coming Later in 2025 – Broken Frontier

Mad Cave Studios Announce ‘Socrates: The Trial of a Philosopher’, Coming Later in 2025

Sacred Chamber Found in Oldest Temple of Ancient Greek City Selinunte in Italy – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/08/sacred-chamber-temple-ancient-greek-city-selinunte/

Review: The Aeneid by Vergil | HS Insider
https://highschool.latimes.com/opinion/review-the-aeneid-by-vergil/

(6) Tad Brennan on Pyrrhonism: A Reply – by Doug Bates
https://ataraxiaorbust.substack.com/p/tad-brennan-on-pyrrhonism-a-reply?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2723270&post_id=167801983&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Ancient Greek Military Strategies Still Used Today – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/08/ancient-greek-military-strategy-used-today/

Lucan – The Historian’s Hut

Lucan

Calliope, by Léon Davent (c. 16th century) – The Historian’s Hut

Calliope, by Léon Davent (c. 16th century)

Translate into Latin | Blog post | Mary Beard

Translate into Latin

Reflections on a sabbatical year | Classically Inclined

Reflections on a sabbatical year

(6) Aeneid V.700-815 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-v700-815-fd4?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=167019334&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

PaleoJudaica.com: Is Israel’s wilderness camp based on mobile Persian camps?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/is-israels-wilderness-camp-based-on.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Prof. Neil Danzig (1950-2025)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/prof-neil-danzig-1950-2025.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Tenured post in ancient Jewish Studies at Harvard NELC
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/tenured-post-in-ancient-jewish-studies.html

Hesiodos en het Lied van Kumarbi – Mainzer Beobachter

Hesiodos en het Lied van Kumarbi

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Texts Added to the TLG Since 1 January 2025
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/texts-added-to-tlg-since-1-january-2025.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Classical Text Editor
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/classical-text-editor.html

The Kharkiv review Древности/Давнина | Spartokos read

La revue de Kharkiv Древности/Давнина

Milton, Longinus, and the sublime in the seventeenth century – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Milton, Longinus, and the sublime in the seventeenth century

Claudio Claudiano. El consulado de Estilicón. Estudio preliminar, traducción, notas y comentario lemático – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Claudio Claudiano. El consulado de Estilicón. Estudio preliminar, traducción, notas y comentario lemático

Discourse pragmatics and prosodic reconstruction: a new approach to prosodic structure in Herodotus’ Histories and beyond – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Discourse pragmatics and prosodic reconstruction: a new approach to prosodic structure in Herodotus’ Histories and beyond

Meet Augustus, the Reigning Cat-Emperor of Rome’s Colosseum | TravelAwaits
https://www.travelawaits.com/3012283/cats-of-the-colosseum-and-the-cat-emperor-augustus-of-rome/
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The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part VII (Ad Navseam, Episode 186) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/the-golden-age-of-the-classics-in-america-by-carl-richard-part-vii-ad-navseam-episode-183/

Podcast Season 4, Episode 10: Between the Tigris and the Thames: Heritage Practice with Zena Kamash – Peopling the Past

Podcast Season 4, Episode 10: Between the Tigris and the Thames: Heritage Practice with Zena Kamash


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(43) The Seven Wonders with Bettany Hughes – YouTube

(43) Anything but celibacy, apparently – YouTube

(43) Sex in ancient Greece: lights on, or off? – YouTube

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The Anthropology of Death and Afterlife

The Anthropology of Death and Afterlife

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ July 7, 2025

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Ancient Greek Tomb Unearthed near Mangalia
https://www.romaniajournal.ro/society-people/2300yo-golden-wreaths-found-in-ancient-greek-tomb-near-mangalia/

Tombs with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions and a 2-Meter Sarcophagus Discovered in the Necropolis of the Aga Khan Mausoleum in Aswan

Tombs with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions and a 2-Meter Sarcophagus Discovered in the Necropolis of the Aga Khan Mausoleum in Aswan

Ancient Egyptian City Unearthed – Biblical Archaeology Society

Ancient Egyptian City Unearthed

Ancient Lighthouse stones recovered in Alexandria

Ancient Lighthouse stones recovered in Alexandria

Magna Shoes

Magna Shoes

Roman settlement unearthed near Willersey, Cotswolds | Evesham Journal
https://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/25290574.roman-settlement-unearthed-near-willersey-cotswolds/

2,000-year-old pool in Tralleis ancient city to be refilled
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/2-000-year-old-pool-in-tralleis-ancient-city-to-be-refilled-211163

‘Classic’ Hymn Deciphered From Ancient Babylonian Library : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/classic-hymn-deciphered-from-ancient-babylonian-library

“Adyton” of the Oldest Temple in Selinunte Discovered, Alongside Over 300 Objects Linked to Foundational Female Cults

“Adyton” of the Oldest Temple in Selinunte Discovered, Alongside Over 300 Objects Linked to Foundational Female Cults

Historic bronze statue from Roman era revealed in Türkiye | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/historic-bronze-statue-from-roman-era-revealed-in-turkiye/news

Over 13,000 ‘bags of treasure’ found at ancient Celtic settlement
https://tvpworld.com/87685356/over-13000-bags-of-treasure-found-at-ancient-celtic-settlement

Archaeologists Discover Roman Army Camp in the Netherlands—15 Miles Beyond the Empire’s Northern Border
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-roman-army-camp-in-the-netherlands-15-miles-beyond-the-empires-northern-border-180986910/

Guilty Brit returns Pompeii relics stolen by his ‘Uncle Bob’ more than 50 years ago in latest example of tourists returning artefacts illegally taken from the ancient site | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14882313/Guilty-Brit-returns-Pompeii-relics-stolen-Uncle-Bob-50-years-ago-latest-example-tourists-returning-artefacts-illegally-taken-ancient-site.html

What did ancient Rome smell like? BO, rotting corpses and raw sewage for starters … | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/what-did-ancient-rome-smell-like-bo-rotting-corpses-and-raw-sewage-for-starters

World’s Oldest Architectural House Model from 12,000-Year-Old Çayönü Hill Now on Display in Türkiye – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/worlds-oldest-architectural-house-model-from-12000-year-old-cayonu-hill-now-on-display-in-turkiye/

Archaeologists Uncover Oldest Greek Marble Altar in Western Mediterranean at Tartessian Site in Spain – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-uncover-oldest-greek-marble-altar-in-western-mediterranean-at-tartessian-site-in-spain/

Vasari Corridor, the new display with Roman busts
https://www.firenzemadeintuscany.com/en/article/vasari-corridor-the-new-display-with-roman-busts/

Minister Giuli wants to support Ostia Antica’s Unesco bid: “It is our Pompeii.”
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/news/minister-giuli-wants-to-support-ostia-antica-s-unesco-bid-it-is-our-pompeii

The Justinianic Plague Originated in the White Huns’ Empire in Central Asia, Not in Africa, Study Reveals

The Justinianic Plague Originated in the White Huns’ Empire in Central Asia, Not in Africa, Study Reveals

Victory at Vindolanda – Bardon Mill, Northumberland – The Past

Victory at Vindolanda – Bardon Mill, Northumberland

Latin Mottoes in State Flags Sanitize Colonial Violence – Pharos

Latin Mottoes in State Flags Sanitize Colonial Violence

Jo Bogart ’26 reimagines the classics from the city in which they were born | Today at Elon | Elon University

Jo Bogart ’26 reimagines the classics from the city in which they were born

‘Latin Epigraphy. An introduction’ (in German) available again – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy

‘Latin Epigraphy. An introduction’ (in German) available again

What Was the First Conlang? – Tales of Times Forgotten

What Was the First Conlang?

(6) Aeneid V.604-699 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-v604-699-30e?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=167019296&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

De persoonlijke faits divers (39) – Mainzer Beobachter

De persoonlijke faits divers (39)

OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: Verse Numbering in Hebrew
http://oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2025/07/verse-numbering-in-hebrew.html

NT Blog: Luke’s Arrangements and Luke’s Special Material
https://ntweblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/lukes-arrangements-and-lukes-special.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A Mishnah/Sifra palimpsest from the Cairo Geniza
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-mishnahsifra-palimpsest-from-cairo.html

Sam Kean’s new book explores the life of ancient Egyptian kings… by living like one : NPR
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5316884

Tekmeria 1. Greci in eta’ arcaica: istituzioni, interazioni, tradizioni – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Tekmeria 1. Greci in eta’ arcaica: istituzioni, interazioni, tradizioni

Mischungen beim antiken Gelage. Reflexionen des frühgriechischen Symposions – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Mischungen beim antiken Gelage. Reflexionen des frühgriechischen Symposions

Early Christianity in Alexandria: from its beginnings to the late second century – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Early Christianity in Alexandria: from its beginnings to the late second century


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Bronze Age Tin From Cornwall to the Carmel, or How Tinny was My Valley | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/bronze-age-tin-from-cornwall-to-the-carmel-or-how-tinny-was-my-valley/

Stephen Fry says Odysseus is a hero for our times | The Sunday Magazine | On Demand | CBC Listen
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-57-the-sunday-magazine/clip/16156358-stephen-fry-says-odysseus-hero-times

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Unearthing early Roman London under an office basement
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0lnmvv1/unearthing-early-roman-london-under-an-office-basement

(19) The Evolution of Ancient Greek Mythology from oral poetry to written text – YouTube

(20) How Ancient Romans Built Their Theaters – YouTube

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War in the Ancient World International Conference (WAWIC) | College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences | UMN Duluth
https://cahss.d.umn.edu/departments/history/wawic

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Classics (2026-2028) job with Dartmouth College | 3366394
https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/3366394/mellon-postdoctoral-fellow-in-the-department-of-classics-2026-2028-/

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ July 6, 2025

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1,800-year-old Roman watchtower discovered along Croatian Danube | Croatia Week

1,800-year-old Roman watchtower discovered along Croatian Danube

Montepulciano celebrates the figure of Etruscan lucumon Porsenna. And his Head is back on display after 500 years
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/exhibitions/montepulciano-celebrates-the-figure-of-etruscan-lucumon-porsenna-and-his-head-is-back-on-display-after-500-years

Archaeological excavations return to the heart of Brescia: Roman theater prepares for new life
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/archaeological-excavations-return-to-the-heart-of-brescia-roman-theater-prepares-for-new-life

Blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria recovered from seabed
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/07/blocks-from-the-lighthouse-of-alexandria-recovered-from-seabed/155568

Great Ellingham hoard find worth Roman legionary’s monthly wage
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0q88yjd97lo

Archaeologists Unearth Exceptionally Preserved Roman Wicker Well in Norfolk, England – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-unearth-exceptionally-preserved-roman-wicker-well-in-norfolk-england/

Scientists Unravel 2,000-Year-Old Roman Aqueduct Mystery
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-unravel-2000-year-old-roman-aqueduct-mystery/

Ancient Roman Bigfoot? ‘Unusually Large’ Shoes Puzzle Archaeologists : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-roman-bigfoot-unusually-large-shoes-puzzle-archaeologists

New Discovery in Bulgaria: Sculpted Face Emerges from Roman-Era Tomb – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency
https://www.novinite.com/articles/233238/New+Discovery+in+Bulgaria%3A+Sculpted+Face+Emerges+from+Roman-Era+Tomb

Spectacular Marble Portrait and Untouched Grave Found at Bulgaria’s Heraclea Sintica – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/spectacular-marble-portrait-and-untouched-grave-found-at-bulgarias-heraclea-sintica/

Who was buried in Salome’s cave: A disciple of Jesus, a midwife or a Jewish queen? | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/who-was-buried-in-salomes-cave-a-disciple-of-jesus-a-midwife-or-a-jewish-queen/

Archaeologists unearth Greek, Roman rock-cut tombs in Aswan – Egyptian Gazette

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The Conversation: Avoid bad breath, don’t pick partners when drunk: ancient dating tips to find modern love

Henryk Siemiradzki via Wikimedia Commons

Konstantine Panegyres, The University of Western Australia

To love and be loved is something most people want in their lives.

In the modern world, we often see stories about the difficulties of finding love and the trials of dating and marriage. Sometimes, the person we love doesn’t love us. Sometimes, we don’t love the person who loves us.

Ancient Greeks and Romans also had a lot to say about this subject. In fact, most of the issues people face today in their search for love are already mentioned in ancient Greek and Roman literature.

So, what did they say? And is the advice they put forward still relevant for modern people?

Advice for finding a lover

The Roman poet Ovid (43BCE–17CE) wrote a poem called The Art of Love (Ars Amatoria). In it, he offered advice for those who are still single.

First, Ovid says, you should make an effort to find someone you’re interested in. Your lover “will not come floating down to you through the tenuous air, she must be sought”.

As suitable places to find a lover, Ovid recommends walking in porticos and gardens, attending the theatre, or (surprisingly enough) lingering near law courts.

You need to catch someone’s eye and then invent an excuse to talk with them, he says.

Seek your lover in the daytime, says Ovid. Be careful of the night. You won’t choose the right person if you’re drunk. And you can’t see their face properly if it’s too dark – they might be uglier than you think.

Second, Ovid says you need to look presentable. Make sure your clothes are clean and you have a good haircut. Moreover, keep yourself groomed properly at all times:

Do not let your nails project, and let them be free of dirt; nor let any hair be in the hollow of your nostrils. Let not the breath of your mouth be sour and unpleasing.

Ovid’s The Art of Love may be regarded as a kind of love manual. But aside from making personal efforts to find a lover, people could also use matchmakers.

However, matchmaking was a difficult process. Sometimes matchmakers didn’t tell the truth about the situations of the parties involved. So the Athenian writer Xenophon (430–353 BCE) says people were sometimes “victims of deception” in the matchmaking process.

What if you’re not in love?

The ancients recognised that not being in love can be a problem. They thought it bad for your mental and physical health, but also for society more broadly.

For example, the Roman writer Claudius Aelian (2nd–3rd century CE) in his Historical Miscellany says soldiers who are in love will fight better than soldiers who are not in love:

In the heat of battle when war brings men into combat, a man who is not in love could not match one who is. The man untouched by love avoids and runs away from the man who loves, as if he were an outsider uninitiated into the god’s rites, and his bravery depends on his character and physical strength.

According to Aelian, the Spartans had a punishment for men who did not fall in love:

Any man of good appearance and character who did not fall in love with someone well-bred was also fined, because despite his excellence he did not love anyone […] lovers’ affection for their beloved has a remarkable power of stimulating the virtues.

So, when two people are in love, they can inspire each other and bring out the best in one another. Being in love can help a person become better and achieve more.

Fighting for and keeping a lover

If we are lucky, the person we love will also love us back, and we won’t have any love rivals.

But what happens when the person we love is also loved by someone else? We may need to put in more effort to win the affection of that person, but sometimes this brings us into conflicts.

For example, the Roman orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), in his On the Orator, tells how Gaius Memmius, Roman tribune of the year 111 BCE, apparently took a bite out of his love rival’s arm, “when he had a quarrel with him at Tarracina over a girlfriend”.

Some ways to keep one’s lover interested that are mentioned in ancient sources include showing off one’s wealth.

For example, in one of the plays of the poet Alexis (375–275 BCE) a young man who is in love puts on a large banquet to impress his girlfriend with a display of wealth. Engagements were at that time sometimes cancelled if it turned out the husband was too poor.

Of course, things did not always work out, and people had grievances against former lovers. One particularly famous invective was from the poet Martial (38–104 CE) to a woman called Manneia:

Manneia, your little dog licks your face and lips. Small wonder that a dog likes eating dung!

Timeless concerns

Today, we often see debates about whether it’s better to stay single or get into a relationship.

The same goes for antiquity. In the 4th-century BCE play Arrephoros or The Pipe Girl by poet Menander, one character says:

If you’ve got any sense, you won’t get married […] I’m married myself – which is why I’m advising you not to do it.

Others lamented that they missed their opportunity for love. So the poet Pindar (6th–5th century BCE) wrote a poem regretting that he could not make the much younger Theoxenus his boyfriend:

You should have picked love’s flowers at the right time, my heart, when you were young. But as for the sparkling rays from Theoxenus’ eyes, whoever looks on them and is not roiled with longing has a black heart forged with cold fire out of steel or iron.

Clearly, finding a lover was as difficult then as it is now.The Conversation

Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.