ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ June 15, 2025

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Sanctuary of Odysseus Unearthed on Ithaca in Major Archaeological Discovery – tovima.com

Sanctuary of Odysseus Unearthed on Ithaca in Major Archaeological Discovery

Archaeologists Unveil Sanctuary of Odysseus on Ithaca: A Monumental Discovery Rooted in Myth and History – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-unveil-sanctuary-of-odysseus-on-ithaca-a-monumental-discovery-rooted-in-myth-and-history/

Ancient Roman Street Food Vendors Had Songbirds on the Menu

Ancient Roman Street Food Vendors Had Songbirds on the Menu

PHOTOS: Significant archaeological discovery made in cave in southern Croatia | Croatia Week

PHOTOS: Significant archaeological discovery made in cave in southern Croatia

Downham Market coin hoard ‘probably lost by a Roman invader’
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62vmv58g3ro

Ancient Greek City of Finziade in Italy Yields New Fascinating Discoveries – GreekReporter.com

Ancient Greek City of Finziade in Italy Yields New Fascinating Discoveries

1800-Year-Old Rare Roman Glass Diatreta with Gladiator Scene Unearthed in Doclea, Montenegro – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/1800-year-old-rare-roman-glass-diatreta-with-gladiator-scene-unearthed-in-doclea-montenegro/

Restoration of the Hellenistic Roman Theatre in Pareti
https://www.ilmattino.it/en/restoration_of_the_hellenistic_roman_theatre_in_pareti-8898376.html

Cleopatra at the IMA: an exhibition between fantasized legend and historical truth – Interview
https://entrevue.fr/en/cleopatre-a-lima-une-exposition-entre-legende-fantasmee-et-verite-historique/

Ancient Roman Villa—One of the Largest in Gaul—Turns Up in France

Ancient Roman Villa—One of the Largest in Gaul—Turns Up in France

Archaeologists Stumble Onto Sprawling Ancient Roman Villa During Construction of a Road in France
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-stumble-onto-sprawling-ancient-roman-villa-during-construction-road-in-france-180986800/

All-Egyptian Team Unearths 3,000-Year-Old Tombs in Luxor

Archaeological Team Unearths 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Tombs Honoring Prominent Statesmen

[AI?]Ancient sarcophagus with mythological scene found in Caesarea, Israel | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-857056

Mysterious 1,600-Year-Old Roman-Era Burial Unearthed in Delbrück-Bentfeld, Germany – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/mysterious-1600-year-old-roman-era-burial-unearthed-in-delbruck-bentfeld-germany/

Roman-era settlement and mysterious burial unearthed in Delbrück-Bentfeld | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Roman-era settlement and mysterious burial unearthed in Delbrück-Bentfeld

General Authority for Antiquities confirms Bronze Statues remain in National Museum in Sana’a – SabaNet
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3499831.htm

Hundreds of statues found at 2,700-year-old Greek temple in Cyprus | – Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/hundreds-of-statues-found-at-2700-year-old-greek-temple-in-cyprus/articleshow/121860857.cms

What Greek Mythology Teaches Us About Women’s Rebellion – GreekReporter.com

What Greek Mythology Teaches Us About Women’s Rebellion

Aspasia of Miletus – the power behind Pericles | Turkish Archaeological News
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/aspasia-miletus-power-behind-pericles

Resisting Tyranny – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Resisting Tyranny

(2) Aeneid II.506-623 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-ii506-623-026?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=164268196&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(2) Aeneid II.624-705 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-ii624-705-46e?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=164268256&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

PaleoJudaica.com: Festschrift for Arie van der Kooij (Peeters, open access)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/festschrift-for-arie-van-der-kooij.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Schaser, … Jesus and Jewish Salvation in Matthew (SBL)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/schaser-jesus-and-jewish-salvation-in.html

The Allegory of the Ship of State – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

The Allegory of the Ship of State

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ConEyst. Eichstätter Konkordanzprogramm zur griechischen und lateinischen Epigraphik
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/coneyst-eichstatter-konkordanzprogramm.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Spaces and Meaning: Multimodal Communication in Ancient Egypt
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/spaces-and-meaning-multimodal.html

(2) People-Eating Kings – by Joel Christensen
https://joelchristensen.substack.com/p/people-eating-kings?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1870284&post_id=165937403&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

De Korè van Lyon – Mainzer Beobachter

De Korè van Lyon

Greek Soprano and Caryatid Ensemble Stage Emotional Protest at British Museum •

Greek Soprano and Caryatid Ensemble Stage Emotional Protest at British Museum

Finding Briseis: On Resurrecting a Forgotten Woman from Homer’s Iliad ‹ Literary Hub

Finding Briseis: On Resurrecting a Forgotten Woman from Homer’s Iliad

(2) A guide to self-studying classics – cosi’s odyssey
https://cosisodyssey.substack.com/p/a-guide-to-self-studying-classics?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=991656&post_id=165870252&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

In Verona, a guided tour makes people rediscover the Roman city through Augmented Reality
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/in-verona-a-guided-tour-makes-people-rediscover-the-roman-city-through-augmented-reality

The Elgin Marbles should stay in Britain | John Hayes | The Critic Magazine
https://thecritic.co.uk/the-elgin-marbles-should-stay-in-britain/

Sir Stephen Fry on Return of Parthenon Marbles: ‘It’s so easy if there’s political will’ – tovima.com

Sir Stephen Fry on Return of Parthenon Marbles: ‘It’s so easy if there’s political will’

Ancient Rome meets fast food—what experts say about McDonald’s mosaic in Rome – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/ancient-rome-meets-fast-foodwhat-experts-say-about-mcdonalds-mosaic-in-rome-3202840

What’s Going On With All the Cleopatra Movies? – UrbanMatter

What’s Going On With All the Cleopatra Movies?

Samuel B. Seigle Obituary (1932 – 2025) – Legacy Remembers
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/samuel-b-seigle-obituary?id=58636012

(2) Science Without Belief – by Doug Bates – Ataraxia or Bust!

New Documentary Uncovers the Story of Ancient Greece’s ‘Army of Lovers’ | GTP Headlines
https://news.gtp.gr/2025/06/12/new-documentary-uncovers-the-story-of-ancient-greeces-army-of-lovers/

IJDOD IV: Indiana Jones and the Polybius Square « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland

IJDOD IV: Indiana Jones and the Polybius Square

New Perspectives on Ancient Nubia – The Past

New Perspectives on Ancient Nubia

Yearning For Immortality: The European Invention of the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife – The Past

Yearning For Immortality: The European Invention of the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife

Cimetière de Fars / Klady. Un monument de la transition entre l’âge du bronze tardif et l’âge du fer précoce dans le Caucase du Nord-Ouest | Spartokos a lu

Cimetière de Fars / Klady. Un monument de la transition entre l’âge du bronze tardif et l’âge du fer précoce dans le Caucase du Nord-Ouest


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Stream Interview: “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World” with William Dalrymple by The Hellenistic Age Podcast | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

The Amazons – The Ancients | Acast

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 14.06.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/06/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-14-06-2025.html

Anima Latina 15.06.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/06/anima-latina-15-06-2025.html
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(929) Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC – 300, Truth, Propaganda – YouTube

(929) Orientarsi nell’Orientalizzante: appunti per una navigazione tra tipi, riti e miti. Orvieto 13-12-24 – YouTube

(931) What Was Roman London Really Like? – YouTube

(931) Roman Cavalry In Britain: The Horsemen Of Hadrian’s Wall – YouTube

(931) What Can These Writing Tablets Tell Us About Roman Britain? – YouTube

(931) Milo Rossi ‪@miniminuteman773‬ on the best way to fight pseudoscience through Social Media – YouTube

(931) Fight for the Roman Empire begins – Battle of Bedriacum, 69 AD – YouTube

(931) The Real Labyrinth Of The Minotaur – YouTube

(933) Lysistrata is a fan favourite for a reason – YouTube

(933) Intervista doppia con ‪@danielemichienzi‬ (in italiano!) – YouTube

(933) Has the REAL Biggus Dickus Been Found? Archaeoscoop no.4 – YouTube

(933) LIVING LATIN Webinar | A New Latin Curriculum | Paideia Institute – YouTube

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BELFAST SUMMER SCHOOL 2025 Progamme of Talks and Workshops « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland

BELFAST SUMMER SCHOOL 2025 Progamme of Talks and Workshops

Latin Immersion: Master Latin Fast in Oxford | Oxford Latinitas

Latin immersion trip – Oxford

Study Greek in Greece: Master Ancient Greek with Our Immersive Trips

Ancient Greek immersion trip – Euboea

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ June 13, 2025

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‘Eldest sons held the power in ancient Egypt,’ says researcher
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-eldest-sons-held-power-ancient.html

Enslaved Africans led a decade-long rebellion 1,200 years ago in Iraq, new evidence suggests | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/enslaved-africans-led-a-decade-long-rebellion-1-200-years-ago-in-iraq-new-evidence-suggests

Carlisle archaeological dig discovers Roman column at cricket club
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93y0ll0n9eo

Cesspit shows songbirds served hot and flat as first-century street-food
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-cesspit-songbirds-hot-flat-century.html

Ancient Romans frequently snacked on fried songbird, bone remains reveal | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ancient-romans-fast-food-songbird-bones-mallorca-b2768522.html

Footius Maximus! Scientists discover a 2,000-year-old leather shoe belonging to a Roman soldier with absolutely ENORMOUS feet | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14806713/Scientists-discover-roman-giant-shoe.html

From Syrian tombs to Western museums: trafficking in antiquities after the fall of Assad
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/news/from-syrian-tombs-to-western-museums-trafficking-in-antiquities-after-the-fall-of-assad

Cerveteri, special openings of the Tomb of Reliefs: you can enter the masterpiece of Etruscan funerary art
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/cerveteri-special-openings-of-the-tomb-of-reliefs-you-can-enter-the-masterpiece-of-etruscan-funerary-art

Heracles and Dionysus in Caesarea Maritima – Biblical Archaeology Society

Heracles and Dionysus in Caesarea Maritima

This Roman General Held a Military Parade on His Birthday
https://www.history.com/articles/ancient-rome-triumphs-military-parades-pompey

(2) Cicero vs. Mark Antony: a very Roman character assassination
https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/cicero-vs-mark-antony-a-very-roman?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1000549&post_id=164545044&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(2) 13 June 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Thessalonica) to Atticus (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/13-june-58-bce-from-cicero-at-thessalonica-36e?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=944078&post_id=165832193&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(2) 13 June 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Thessalonica) to Quintus (returning to Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/13-june-58-bce-from-cicero-at-thessalonica?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=944078&post_id=165829198&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(2) Aeneid II.402-505 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-ii402-505-65c?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=164268127&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Finding Briseis: On Resurrecting a Forgotten Woman from Homer’s Iliad ‹ Literary Hub

Finding Briseis: On Resurrecting a Forgotten Woman from Homer’s Iliad

Laudator Temporis Acti: Irrigation
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/06/irrigation.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Injury and Insult
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/06/injury-and-insult.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Galen on Ethics and Human Nature
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/galen-on-ethics-and-human-nature.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Hebrew from Hebrew to Aramaic script
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/hebrew-from-hebrew-to-aramaic-script.html

NT Blog: The Latest NT Pod News on Its 16th Birthday
https://ntweblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-latest-nt-pod-news-on-its-16th.html

Germans: Josephos on the accuracy of German divination (late first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland

Germans: Josephos on the accuracy of German divination (late first century CE)

A New Project on Gospel Harmonies | Variant Readings

A New Project on Gospel Harmonies

Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator’s Iconic Opening Battle, Part II – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator’s Iconic Opening Battle, Part II

Exploring the sacred landscape of the ancient Peloponnese: cults and sacred places – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Exploring the sacred landscape of the ancient Peloponnese: cults and sacred places

Dionysius and the city of Rome: portraits of founders in the Roman Antiquities – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Dionysius and the city of Rome: portraits of founders in the Roman Antiquities

[paywalled] James Romm’s ‘Plato and the Tyrant’ humanizes the famous philosopher – The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/06/13/plato-tyrant-james-romm-review/
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Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW361 – Helmets in the Ancient World
https://sites.libsyn.com/91136/aw361-helmets-in-the-ancient-world

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(888) Ai Khanoum A Greek City in Afghanistan #shorts #documentary #afghanistan #fyp #history #greek #war – YouTube

(889) Explore PORTUS the port of Ostia Antica! – YouTube

(889) Pompei e il Suo Territorio: gli Scavi, il Santuario, la Città – YouTube

(889) Aeide Mousa, Crete, Greece. 2nd c A.D. Hymn to the Muse, Mesomedes of Crete! Bettina Joy de Guzman. – YouTube

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Memory, Violence and Landscape

Memory, Violence and Landscape

Bologna 2027 – XVII Congressus Internationalis Epigraphiae Graecae et Latinae (I) – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy

Bologna 2027 – XVII Congressus Internationalis Epigraphiae Graecae et Latinae (I)

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ June 12, 2025

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One Roman soldier had enormous feet, 2,000-year-old waterlogged leather shoe reveals | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/one-roman-soldier-had-enormous-feet-2-000-year-old-waterlogged-leather-shoe-reveals

Slave labor fueled Pompeii’s wealth, new study reveals – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/slave-labor-drove-pompeiis-wealth-new-study-reveals-3202741

Ancient Romans frequently snacked on fried songbird, bone remains reveal | The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/news/science/archaeology/ancient-romans-fast-food-songbird-bones-mallorca-b2768522.html

Ancient Sarcophagus Unearthed in Israel Portrays an Epic Drinking Contest Between the God Dionysus and the Mythical Hero Hercules
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-sarcophagus-unearthed-in-israel-portrays-an-epic-drinking-contest-between-the-god-dionysus-and-the-mythical-hero-hercules-180986785/

Massive Ancient Roman Villa Unearthed in France Opens to the Public
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-villa-sainte-nitasse-france-1234744910/

[old news]Church of the Holy Fathers Possibly Found Under Lake in Turkey | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-857443

In Pompeii essences of House of Perfumer come back to life | ANSA.it
https://www.ansa.it/amp/english/news/2025/06/11/in-pompeii-essences-of-house-of-perfumer-come-back-to-life_a2d0617d-2bf2-4c2c-b24a-9224d0d18e5f.html

The Purple Dye That Powered the Ancient Phoenician Empire
https://www.history.com/articles/purple-ancient-phoenicians

Did Ancient Greeks in Crete “Cheat” the Romans with Knock-Off Wine? – GreekReporter.com

Did Ancient Greeks in Crete “Cheat” the Romans with Knock-Off Wine?

Was Greek Philosopher Socrates Truly a Danger to Athens or Just a Scapegoat? – GreekReporter.com

Was Greek Philosopher Socrates Truly a Danger to Athens or Just a Scapegoat?

How Ancient Greek Mythology Continues to Shape Pop Culture – GreekReporter.com

How Ancient Greek Mythology Continues to Shape Pop Culture

Archaeologists Are Recreating the Long-Lost Recipe for Egyptian Blue, the World’s Oldest Known Synthetic Pigment
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-are-recreating-the-long-lost-recipe-for-egyptian-blue-the-worlds-oldest-known-synthetic-pigment-180986778/

What Submersibles Reveal About the Violent Underbelly of the Human Psyche ‹ Literary Hub

What Submersibles Reveal About the Violent Underbelly of the Human Psyche

Legacy Academy students excel on Universal Latin Exam | Cape Gazette
https://www.capegazette.com/article/legacy-academy-students-excel-universal-latin-exam/291936

The Odyssey: The full cast for Christopher Nolan’s Greek epic
https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-full-cast-list-5174098

Dario D’Ambrosi’s Pathological Theatre in Athens with Medea | ANSA.it
https://www.ansa.it/amp/english/news/news_from_embassies/2025/06/12/dario-dambrosis-pathological-theatre-in-athens-with-medea_01c7040f-c63d-4571-89e4-e9a084219aec.html

Huge Greek ships spotted at Scots harbour as filming for Hollywood blockbuster takes over town | The Scottish Sun
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tv/14928405/huge-ships-scots-harbour-filming-hollywood/

Germans: Josephos characterizes Caligula’s bodyguard (late first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland

Germans: Josephos characterizes Caligula’s bodyguard (late first century CE)

Write This Down: You are the City. You Are the people – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Write This Down: You are the City. You Are the people

NT Blog: The Aseneth Home Page: Revised and Relaunched
https://ntweblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-aseneth-home-page-revised-and.html

NT Blog: What, Exactly, Did Josephus Write About Jesus? Guest Post by Stephen Goranson
https://ntweblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/what-exactly-did-josephus-write-about.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New from ISAC: Outward Appearance versus Inward Significance: Addressing Identities through Attire in the Ancient World
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/new-from-isac-outward-appearance-versus.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Theater-Terrasse
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/die-theater-terrasse.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Das Traianeum
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/das-traianeum.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Inschriften von Pergamon: 2. Römische Zeit – Inschriften auf Thon
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/die-inschriften-von-pergamon-2-romische.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Social Psychology and the Ancient World: Methods and Applications
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/social-psychology-and-ancient-world.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Contacts of Languages and Peoples in the Hittite and Post-Hittite World: Volume 2, The 1st Millennium and the Eastern Mediterranean Interface
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/contacts-of-languages-and-peoples-in.html

Het graf van Filippos II – Mainzer Beobachter

Het graf van Filippos II

(1) ANE Today, 12 June 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-12-june-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=165708140&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(1) Aeneid II.298-401 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-ii298-401-83d?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=164268012&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

How the Scythian Empire Ruled the Near East for Just 28 Years | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/scythians-nomadic-empire-rise-fall/

(1) The Trojan War: A Brief Explainer – CSMFHT Writes
https://csmfht.substack.com/p/the-trojan-war-a-brief-explainer?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1211085&post_id=165779545&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Antony and Cleopatra opera critiques

The Met’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ Reframes Ancient Tragedy Through the Lens of Propaganda

Project MUSE – Ugly Productions
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/132640

The epic world – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The epic world

Materialising the Roman Empire – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Materialising the Roman Empire

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Episode 162 – Shirts Off for Virtus! – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies

Episode 162 – Shirts Off for Virtus!

The Kushan Empire – The Ancients | Acast

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(862) Lecture: You Look Divine—Deifying Women in the Roman Empire – YouTube

(862) Monarchy or Republic: The Last Kings of Rome – YouTube

(862) Great Illyrian Revolt – Roman Empire of Augustus – YouTube

(862) Pompei – Inaugurazione della casa del Giardino di Ercole – YouTube

(862) The significance of shipwrecks in understanding Bronze Age trade – YouTube

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ June 11, 2025

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Archaeology in the age of big data: User-friendly software streamlines analysis of past collections
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-archaeology-age-big-user-friendly.html

How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-wheel-simulations-reveal-birth-world.html

Ancient Pharaonic Wall, Bronze Workshops Among New Finds in Luxor, Egypt – GreekReporter.com

Ancient Pharaonic Wall, Bronze Workshops Among New Finds in Luxor, Egypt

How I uncovered a potential ancient Rome wine scam
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-uncovered-potential-ancient-rome-wine.html

How I uncovered a potential ancient Rome wine scam
https://theconversation.com/how-i-uncovered-a-potential-ancient-rome-wine-scam-258215

2,700-year-old kohl from Iran reveals first known use of graphite in ancient eye makeup | Archaeology News Online Magazine

2,700-year-old kohl from Iran reveals first known use of graphite in ancient eye makeup

Archaeologists unearth Roman-era sarcophagus showing Greek gods in drinking contest | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/sarcophagus-greek-gods-drinking-israel-b2767866.html

Romans traded exotic animals across empire | University of Cincinnati
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2025/06/romans-traded-exotic-animals-across-empire.html

Mysterious grave of woman and girl from 400 B.C. discovered in idyllic German town | Fox News
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The Conversation: How I uncovered a potential ancient Rome wine scam

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Conor Trainor, University College Dublin

Before artificial sweeteners, people satisfied their cravings for sweetness with natural products, including honey or dried fruit. Raisin wines, made by drying grapes before fermentation, were particularly popular. Historical records show these wines, some known as passum, were enjoyed in the Roman Empire and throughout medieval Europe. The most famous of raisin wine of the period was Malmsey, with varities of this type produced across the Mediterranean.

Today, the popularity of raisin wines has declined, although some still are held in very high esteem. The best-known of these are Italy’s appassimento (literally “withering”) wines, such as Amarone. High-quality modern raisin wines from the Veneto region of Italy are left to dry for three months before being pressed and undergoing fermentation, a time-consuming process.

Ancient sources describe similar techniques for producing raisin wines. Columella, a Roman agricultural writer, noted that drying and fermentation together took at least a month. The Roman author, Pliny the Elder, mentioned a process in which grapes were partially dried on the vine, then further dried on racks before being pressed eight days later.

For the past ten years, I have been studying the process of how this wine was created at the archaeological site of Knossos in Crete. While famous for its earlier, Minoan, remains, Crete was renowned throughout the Roman empire for producing high-end sweet raisin wine, which was traded far and wide.


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High-quality raisin wines required patience and time but it seems as if Knossos’s wine producers might not have been following these traditional methods.

What my archaeological investigations of a wine production site, as well as at wine shipping container (amphora) production sites at Knossos, is that Cretan wine-producers may have been deceiving their Roman-era customers with a knock-off version of passum.

Crete’s winemaking legacy

Remains of a wine production facility in Knossos present a picture of winemaking practices a generation or so before the Romans conquered Crete. More intriguingly, ongoing studies of excavated Roman-era pottery kilns revealed a repeated pattern of four key artefacts being produced in one region of Knossos: amphorae for transporting wine, amphora stands for filling them, large ceramic mixing bowls, and ceramic beehives.

Crete, the largest Greek island, has been producing wine for thousands of years. Archaeological evidence from Myrtos suggests winemaking as early as 2170 BCE. Its strategic location between Greece and North Africa made it a valuable asset and in 67 BCE, after a brutal three-year campaign, the Romans conquered the island.

Following the conquest, Crete’s economy underwent major changes. The Romans established a colony at Knossos, transformed the governance system, and significantly expanded wine production. Rural activity surged, and archaeologists have found large numbers of amphorae (clay jars used for transporting wine) suggesting that Cretan wine was exported in huge quantities.

Romans bought so much Cretan wine partly because of shipping routes. Grain shipments that helped feed the people of Rome frequently stopped at Crete en route from Alexandria to Italy, allowing merchants to load additional cargo. But demand was also driven by the reputation of Cretan raisin wine, which was considered a luxury product, much like Italy’s appassimento wines today. Beyond taste, it was also valued for supposed medicinal properties. The Roman army physician Pedanius Dioscorides wrote in his famous five-volume medical work Materia Medica that the wine cured headaches, expelled worms and even promoted fertility.

The sudden rise in demand for sweet Cretan wine in Rome and on the Bay of Naples in the early days of empire may have encouraged winemakers to speed up production.

Pliny the Elder described one shortcut for making raisin wine – boiling grape juice in large pots. However, the mixing basins found at Knossos show no evidence of heating. This suggests another possibility: adding honey to wine before packaging. The beehives, excavated from Roman-era pottery kilns and identifiable by their rough interior surfaces designed for honeycomb attachment, hint at a connection between winemaking and honey. Similar discoveries at other Greek sites suggest that honey and wine may have been mixed before shipping.

This method would have been quicker and cheaper than drying grapes for weeks. But if Cretan producers were substituting honey for traditional drying techniques, was this truly raisin wine? And, were Roman consumers aware? The vast quantities of Cretan wine imported into Rome suggest that buyers weren’t too concerned either way. Based on the sheer volume of now-empty wine amphoras from Crete that have been found in archaeological sites in Rome, I suspect that the populous of Rome likely cared less about authenticity than we do today.The Conversation

Conor Trainor, Ad Astra Research Fellow / Assistant Professor, University College Dublin

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