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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows
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ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ November 26, 2025 – rogueclassicism
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ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ November 26, 2025
=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Major Bronze Age workshop space revealed at Kissonerga-Skalia in Cypr…
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November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Project MUSE - Timaeus in Paradise
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Project MUSE - Timaeus in Paradise
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November 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Project MUSE - Stealing from the Gods
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Project MUSE - Stealing from the Gods
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November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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4,000-Year-Old Minoan Houses, Built Centuries Before Palaces, Hid Clever Designs - GreekReporter.com
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November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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An organised cemetery around a basilica in 6th-7th c. Cyprus
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An organised cemetery around a basilica in 6th-7th c. Cyprus
Main results of the 2025 excavation at the site of Kofinou–Agios Herakleios and Menogeia–Limnes in Cyprus.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Ancient Greek Cultures Produced A Royal Color Before It Was "Tyrian Purple"
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Ancient Greek Cultures Produced A Royal Color Before It Was "Tyrian Purple"
Purple has an older history than a brand-named dye from antiquity would have us believe
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November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Virgil's Aeneid: Ep. 11 - The … - The Classics Podcast - Apple Podcasts
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Virgil's Aeneid: Ep. 11 - The Colour Purple
Podcast Episode · The Classics Podcast · 11/26/2025 · 43m
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November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Church of St. Stephen's Mosaic Masterpiece - Biblical Archaeology Society
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Church of St. Stephen's Mosaic Masterpiece
Discover the restored sixth-century St. Stephen’s Church mosaic from Beer Shema—an extraordinary Byzantine masterpiece now on public display in Southern Israel.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Divided power in ancient Greece: decision-making and institutions in the Classical and Hellenistic polis – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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Divided power in ancient Greece: decision-making and institutions in the Classical and Hellenistic polis – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Struggling with Civilizations | Blog post | Mary Beard
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Struggling with Civilizations
I have just watched the first part of the BBC’s new Civilisations: Rise and Fall. I confess at the outset that I am compromised here. I was part of the
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November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Archaeologists stunned by treasure-laden Roman pyre burial
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Archaeologists stunned by treasure-laden Roman pyre burial
Archaeologists in southwestern France have uncovered a Roman pyre burial containing an assemblage of high-status grave goods, offering rare insights on the region’s Imperial-era elite. - HeritageDaily...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Major Bronze Age workshop space revealed at Kissonerga-Skalia in Cyprus | Archaeology News Online Magazine
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Major Bronze Age workshop space revealed at Kissonerga-Skalia in Cyprus
Excavations at Bronze Age Kissonerga-Skalia reveal a large industrial complex with rare ovens, offering new insight into early Cypriot technology
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November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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(667) The Rage of Achilles: The Climax of Homer's Iliad - YouTube
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The Rage of Achilles: The Climax of Homer's Iliad
YouTube video by Kings and Generals
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November 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Greco-Roman Life and Leisure
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Greco-Roman Life and Leisure
These objects from daily life in ancient Greece and Rome reveal how material culture mediated social order, identity, and communal experiences. Dining played a central role in reinforcing social hiera...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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16 NOCTVRNALIS: Richard Rush | TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis
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16 NOCTVRNALIS: Richard Rush | TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis
Richard Rush (SCS Fellow at the TLL) discusses the coinage of the word nocturnalis, its relationship to nocturnus, and popularity among a group of late antique Gallic authors. The article nocturnus wi...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Seeing (and Wounding) the Gods: Reading Iliad 5 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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Seeing (and Wounding) the Gods: Reading Iliad 5
Book 5 presents the first full aristeia of the Iliad as Athena supports Diomedes’ destruction of the Trojan lines and opposition to the gods. Athena provides Diomedes the ability to see the gods an…
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November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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(667) Vittorio Cisnetti on Cambyses' fleet and the first naval endeavour of the Persians - YouTube
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Vittorio Cisnetti on Cambyses' fleet and the first naval endeavour of the Persians
YouTube video by Herodotus Helpline
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November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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News - University of Nottingham secures funding grant for groundbreaking research on early British voices and identities - University of Nottingham
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News - University of Nottingham secures funding grant for groundbreaking research on early British voices and identities - University of Nottingham
What did the voices of Britain sound like during and after the Roman period? How did early British communities construct and represent their identities, and how did they interact with their neighbours...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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A Disturbing Forgotten Roman Satire Written by a Female Poet Warns: Prolonged Peace Can Be More Dangerous Than War
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A Disturbing Forgotten Roman Satire Written by a Female Poet Warns: Prolonged Peace Can Be More Dangerous Than War
A recent philological study of an ancient Roman satirical poem, the Sulpiciae Conquestio (The Complaint of Sulpicia), reveals it to be a biting and sophisticated commentary on the work of Virgil and t...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Was Rome the Facebook of ancient history?
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Was Rome the Facebook of ancient history?
Rome’s grand Republic, with its invincible legions and violent politics, still holds sway in film, television and theatre 2000 years after men like Julius Caesar and Augustus lived and breathed. Popul...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Egypt During the Bronze Age Collapse, an Interview With Dr Kara Cooney | TheCollector
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Egypt During the Bronze Age Collapse, an Interview With Dr Kara Cooney | TheCollector
Richard Marranca talks to Dr Kara Cooney about the Bronze Age Collapse in ancient Egypt, including organized grave robbing and reuse of burial goods.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Did the Trojan War actually happen? | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
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Did the Trojan War actually happen?
Did the Trojan War really happen? This ancient Greek conflict was once considered fact and later myth, but Sky HISTORY’s Troy Story sheds some new light.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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UC experts showcase their ancient Greek discoveries at Met | University of Cincinnati
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UC Classics experts showcase their discoveries at Met
UC Classics Professor Jack Davis and Senior Research Associate Sharon Stocker shared their archaeological discoveries of the Griffin Warrior during a talk at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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The Complex System Behind Slave Freedom in Ancient Greece - GreekReporter.com
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November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Happy Wednesday classics peeps!
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM