January 11, 2026 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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Roman soldier’s tomb accidentally unearthed after 2,000 years – Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/news/roman-soldiers-flaccus-tomb-accidentally-unearthed-after-2000-years/

Ancient Greek Temple Discovered Filled with Gold Jewels
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a69967371/ancient-greek-temple-gold-and-jewels-discovery/

Unique 1,850-Year-Old Roman Thermal Structure Unearthed in Antalya’s Ancient City of Myra – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/unique-1850-year-old-roman-thermal-structure-unearthed-in-antalyas-ancient-city-of-myra/

Monumental tomb discovered in Turkey might be of royal from King Midas’ kingdom | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/monumental-tomb-discovered-in-turkey-might-be-of-royal-from-king-midas-kingdom

Gold Roman Fidelity Ring: A 2,000-Year-Old Symbol of Love Discovered in Bulgaria – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/gold-roman-fidelity-ring-a-2000-year-old-symbol-of-love-discovered-in-bulgaria/

Children in the Ancient (and Present-day) Near East – The Ancient Near East Today

Children in the Ancient (and Present-day) Near East

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An Update on the Supposed Discovery of Nefertiti’s Tomb » Explorersweb

An Update on the Supposed Discovery of Nefertiti’s Tomb

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U.S. University Against Plato – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/u-s-university-against-plato/

David Pollio Obituary | December 26, 2025 | The Virginian-Pilot

David Michael John Pollio

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‘What Does Wrath Mean?’: Victor Davis Hanson Reveals The Moment He Knew He Had To Quit Teaching
https://www.tampafp.com/what-does-wrath-mean-victor-davis-hanson-reveals-the-moment-he-knew-he-had-to-quit-teaching/

Did Nolan Use a Feminist ‘Woke’ Translation for Odyssey Movie?
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/01/10/did-nolan-use-a-feminist-woke-translation-for-odyssey-movie/?amp

Archaeologists Recreate the Taste of Ancient Roman Wine – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/10/ancient-roman-wine-taste/

Twilight of Gods or Idols: The Bacchae Review – The Boar

Twilight of Gods or Idols: The Bacchae Review

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How Ancient Greek Became the World’s Lingua Franca | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/how-ancient-greek-became-worlds-lingua-franca/

Dolon and Achilles | Dolon AS Achilles: Politics and Iliad 10 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Dolon and Achilles | Dolon AS Achilles: Politics and Iliad 10

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Looting Matters: Authenticity and Cycladic figures
https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/01/authenticity-and-cycladic-figures.html

Looting Matters: Looking Ahead: 2026
https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/01/looking-ahead-2026.html

Fronto on Coins and Portraiture – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Fronto on Coins and Portraiture

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Battle on Horseback – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Battle on Horseback

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The Despot and The Emperor’s Image – Liv Mariah Yarrow

The Despot and The Emperor’s Image

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A Little Friday Pedagogy Talk – Noodlings

A Little Friday Pedagogy Talk

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Collections: Hoplite Wars: Part IVa, The Status of Hoplites – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Hoplite Wars: Part IVa, The Status of Hoplites

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Laudator Temporis Acti: Charity
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/01/charity.html

Ephemeris ~ PERSIA POPULI MOTU INFLAMMATUR
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2457

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: “It’s incredibly sad and disappointing that anyone would choose to exploit Lincolnshire’s rich heritage in this way.”
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/01/its-incredibly-sad-and-disappointing.html

Het joodse tweegodendom – Mainzer Beobachter

Het joodse tweegodendom

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Viatorinus – Mainzer Beobachter

Viatorinus

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PaleoJudaica.com: Muraoka, The Psalms of Solomon (Peeters)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/muraoka-psalms-of-solomon-peeters.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Dhont (ed.), T&T Clark Handbook of Hellenistic Jewish Literature in Greek
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/dhont-ed-t-clark-handbook-of.html

Carthage: A New History by Eve MacDonald — Open Letters Review
https://openlettersreview.com/posts/carthage-a-new-history-by-eve-macdonald

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Anima Latina 11.01.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2026/01/anima-latina-11-01-2026.html

Medea – The Ancients | Acast
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Aftermyth: An Interview with Tracy Wolff

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 10.01.2026 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2026/01/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-10-01-2026.html

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(508) How Rome Finally Defeated Hannibal – YouTube

(508) Coins Found in a Cave? Why The Huckabee Story Isn’t Archaeology News – YouTube

(509) Fear Factor: Battle of Faventia 82 BC – Sulla’s Civil War (Part 2) – YouTube

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explorator 28.02 ~ January 11, 2026 – Explorator

explorator 28.02 ~ January 11, 2026

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Reading the Odyssey – Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/courses/new-york/reading-the-odyssey-6/?utm_campaign=wp_book_club&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter

Investigating the manufacture, trade, and economy of Roman leather via multi-analytical approaches | UCL Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/social-historical-sciences/archaeology/research/research-directory/material-worlds/investigating-manufacture-trade-and-economy-roman-leather-multi-analytical-approaches

January 10, 2026January 9, 2026 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

• 49 B.C. — Caesar crosses the Rubicon (according to some sources)
• 69 A.D. — emperor-for-a-little-while-and-not-much-longer Galba adopts Lucius Calpurnius Piso

January 9, 2026 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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La scoperta dell’acquedotto romano di Padova

A caccia dell’acquedotto romano perduto: il ritrovamento a Padova all’Arzeron della Regina

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Rare ‘Smiling Medusa’ Unearthed in Ancient City Founded by Greek Queen Amastris
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/01/09/rare-smiling-medusa-unearthed-in-ancient-city-founded-by-greek-queen-amastris

An exceptional ceramic stylus from the 5th century BC discovered intact in the ancient Greek city of Gela in Sicily

An exceptional ceramic stylus from the 5th century BC discovered intact in the ancient Greek city of Gela in Sicily

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Massive Roman Military-Industrial Complex Discovered in Northern England on the River Wear – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/massive-roman-military-industrial-complex-discovered-in-northern-england-on-the-river-wear/

Temple of the Sun Discovered at Abusir – Biblical Archaeology Society

Temple of the Sun Discovered at Abusir

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A Mystical Healing Complex from the Archaic Period Later Transformed into a Roman Necropolis Discovered in Ancient Tenea in Greece

A Mystical Healing Complex from the Archaic Period Later Transformed into a Roman Necropolis Discovered in Ancient Tenea in Greece

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Greek Archeologists Discover Amazing 3,000-Year-Old Burial Pit
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/01/09/greek-archeologists-discover-amazing-3000-year-old-burial-pit

Rare Roman coin reveals historical details about the third century AD in Libya

Rare Roman coin reveals historical details about the third century AD in Libya

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Detectorist who ‘dug up Roman brooch’ actually bought it on eBay
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly544d1eg1o

The U.S. Repatriated Seven Ancient Artifacts to Egypt
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/united-state-returned-7-ancient-artifacts-egypt-mummified-fish-falcon-head-1234769242/

Ancient Greeks and Their Reciprocal Relationship with Animals – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/09/ancient-greek-relationship-animals/

War Music | Blog post | Mary Beard

War Music

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Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Varia and Quick Hits

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Human Sacrifice and the Death of Antinous – JASON COLAVITO
https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/human-sacrifice-and-the-death-of-antinous

Selvans? – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Selvans?

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Sling bullets got me out of bed – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Sling bullets got me out of bed

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ADKIKA, DIKE and BIA | Greek Myth Comix
https://greekmythcomix.com/comic/adkika-dike-and-bia/

Romeinse ogen – Mainzer Beobachter

Romeinse ogen

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PaleoJudaica.com: Day Festschrift (T&T Clark)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/day-festschrift-t-clark.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Paul the “Prancer?”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/paul-prancer.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Bar-Asher & Brown, Light is Sown (OUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/bar-asher-brown-light-is-sown-oup.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Stealing from the Gods: Temple Robbery in the Roman Imagination
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/stealing-from-gods-temple-robbery-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die ägyptische Schriftkultur in Nubien im Neuen Reich
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/die-agyptische-schriftkultur-in-nubien.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Amphores des VIe-IIIe siècles avant J.-C. provenant des collections du Musée central de Tauride et du Musée des antiquités de Théodosia
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/amphores-des-vie-iiie-siecles-avant-j-c.html

Amphorae from the 6th-3rd centuries BC from the collections of the Central Museum of Tauris and the Museum of Antiquities of Theodosia | Spartokos read

Amphores des VIe-IIIe siècles avant J.-C. provenant des collections du Musée central de Tauride et du Musée des antiquités de Théodosia

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Forgers and Critics: Anthony Grafton and the History of Faking It (Ad Navseam, Episode 206) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/forgers-and-critics-anthony-grafton-and-the-history-of-faking-it-ad-navseam-episode-207/

(480) The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert | John Lee – YouTube

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA391 – Bridging the Hellespont
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa391-bridging-the-hellespont

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(480) King Tut’s Tomb: The Discovery That Sparked a Global Power Struggle | HISTORY This Week – YouTube

(480) Eric H. Cline | Love, War, and Diplomacy in Canaan during the Amarna Age – YouTube

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Roman Fake News?

Roman Fake News?

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Training the Next Generation of Digital Classicists

Training the Next Generation of Digital Classicists

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Deposition in Water: A Practice and its Problems

Deposition in Water: A Practice and its Problems

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One Collective Find from around Valandovo

One Collective Find from around Valandovo

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January 9, 2026January 8, 2026 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

• Agonalia — one of four dies agonales during which the Rex Sacrorum would sacrifice a ram in the Regia; on this occasion apparently in honour of Janus.
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Felix and companions in Africa
• 302 A.D. — martyrdom of Julian and companions at Antioch
• c. 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Marciana at Caesarea (Mauretania)

January 8, 2026 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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Archaeologists find near-complete Iron Age battle trumpet in west Norfolk | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/battle-trumpet-carnyx-west-norfolk-b2895812.html

Near-complete bronze carnyx among Iron Age hoard discovery
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/01/near-complete-bronze-carnyx-among-iron-age-hoard-discovery/156712

Rare 2,000-year-old war trumpet, possibly linked to Celtic queen Boudica, discovered in England | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/rare-2-000-year-old-war-trumpet-possibly-linked-to-celtic-queen-boudica-discovered-in-england

Archaeologists discover signs of Roman industrial hub at site in Sunderland | Sunderland | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/08/archaeology-roman-whetstone-offerton-sunderland-river-wear

Toxic pigment found in 2,000-year-old women’s graves | Science in Poland
https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C110954%2Ctoxic-pigment-found-2000-year-old-womens-graves.html

Important Archaeological Finds in Rafina, Attica – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/important-archaeological-finds-in-rafina-attica/

Why Julius Caesar’s Last Words Were in Greek? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/07/julius-caesar-last-words-greek/

Justinian-era harbour uncovered at ancient Peyia | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/01/08/justinian-era-harbour-uncovered-at-ancient-peyia

A return to the classical foundations of American statecraft – Engelsberg ideas

A return to the classical foundations of American statecraft

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History Repeating | Sphinx

History Repeating

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Notes on Accettola on Nabataean epigraphy and identity – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Notes on Accettola on Nabataean epigraphy and identity

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The Joy of Correspondence – Liv Mariah Yarrow

The Joy of Correspondence

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Notes on Fajardo on Anonymous Civil War coinages of 68-69 BCE – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Notes on Fajardo on Anonymous Civil War coinages of 68-69 BCE

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Public Domain Day 2026 | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Public Domain Day 2026

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Plato Censored as Texas A&M Carries Out Course Review
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2026/01/07/plato-censored-texas-am-carries-out-course-review

What Thucydides Really Thought About Technology and War

What Thucydides Really Thought About Technology and War

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Latinum Books – longform fiction Latin and English
https://latinum.substack.com/p/latinum-books-longform-fiction-latin?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3282716&post_id=183876586&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Hugh Laurie Set to Film New Series “Dig” in Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/08/hugh-laurie-film-new-series-dig-greece/

Homeric Redshirts and Iliad 10: Introducing Dolon – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Homeric Redshirts and Iliad 10: Introducing Dolon

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Laudator Temporis Acti: Jealousy
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/01/jealousy.html

XXX Ulpia Victrix – Mainzer Beobachter

XXX Ulpia Victrix

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PaleoJudaica.com: Is AI replacing archaeologists? Nope.
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/is-ai-replacing-archaeologists-nope.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Another review of Conybeare, Augustine the African
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/another-review-of-conybeare-augustine.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Buckley, 1800 Years Of Encounters With Mandaeans
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/review-of-buckley-1800-years-of.html

Book Review: Plato Goes to China: The Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism , Shadi Bartsch

Plato Goes to China

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Fall of Sparta – The Ancients | Acast
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(459) Diversity in Early Christianity with Dr. Paula Fredriksen – YouTube

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ANE Today, 8 January 2026 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-8-january-2026?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=183809383&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Pasts Imperfect (1.8.26)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-1-8-26/?ref=pasts-imperfect-newsletter