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Happy Tuesday classics peeps!

November 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM

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ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ November 24, 2025 – rogueclassicism
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ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ November 24, 2025

\=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== A 1,700-Year-Old Portable Roman Steelyard Balance Found in Leptis Ma…

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November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM

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A 2,000-Year-Old Sanctuary Unearthed at Tell Abraq Reveals How Merchants Crossing the Persian Gulf Sought Divine Protection - Arkeonews
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A 2,000-Year-Old Sanctuary Unearthed at Tell Abraq Reveals How Merchants Crossing the Persian Gulf Sought Divine Protection - Arkeonews

On the western coastline of the United Arab Emirates, the windswept mound of Tell Abraq has long been known as one of the Gulf’s most

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November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM

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113: The War of the Three King…–The Hellenistic Age Podcast – Apple Podcasts
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113: The War of the Three Kings

Podcast Episode · The Hellenistic Age Podcast · 2025-11-24 · 25m

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November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM

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Mischief of the Gods [Kamigami No Asobi: Ludere Deorum / 神々の悪戯] (2014) – Animated Antiquity
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Mischief of the Gods [Kamigami No Asobi: Ludere Deorum / 神々の悪戯] (2014)

1 season: 12 episodes (23 min. each); Japanese; dir. Tomoyuki Kawamura; Brain’s Base / Sentai Filmworks This anime series (KamiAso for short) was based on a popular pair of otome games, or a …

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November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM

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Turkey basilica emerges from lake, illuminating early Church life
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Turkey basilica emerges from lake, illuminating early Church life

When it was discovered a decade ago, the 4th-century basilica of Nicaea was totally submerged, its importance to early Christian history hidden beneath a lake in northwestern Turkey.

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November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM

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Annual Open Meeting of the DAI Athens
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Annual Open Meeting of the DAI Athens

This year’s Annual Open Meeting of the DAI Athens will take place in a hybrid form on Friday, 5 December 2024.

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November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM

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Large Roman olive press found in Tunisia
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Large Roman olive press found in Tunisia

In the Kasserine region of Tunisia archaeologists brought to light the second-largest Roman olive oil mill in the Roman Empire.

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November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM

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The religious history of the Roman Empire: the Republican centuries – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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The religious history of the Roman Empire: the Republican centuries – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM

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Back in Athens | Blog post | Mary Beard
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Back in Athens

You know you’re getting a bit old when you decide that, after two thirds of the trek up the Acropolis, you decide not to make the final climb up the steps

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November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM

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Onward to Rome | | UZH
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Onward to Rome

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November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM

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A Roman Inscription Found in Cartagena Reveals the Name of an Unknown Governor and the Use of a Urn for Casting of Lots in Antiquity
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A Roman Inscription Found in Cartagena Reveals the Name of an Unknown Governor and the Use of a Urn for Casting of Lots in Antiquity

A team of Spanish researchers has presented the discovery of an extraordinary object from the Roman period that sheds light on the history of ancient Cartagena (southeastern Spain). It is a metal cont...

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November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM

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Should we act morally towards trees? Empedocles says yes | Aeon Essays
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Should we act morally towards trees? Empedocles says yes | Aeon Essays

Who belongs to our moral community? The Greek philosopher Empedocles had an answer: all life, from humans to the laurel bush

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November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM

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'Truly rare': Archaeologists uncover 1,700-year-old Roman tomb in Budapest | Euronews
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Ancient Roman sarcophagus unearthed intact in Budapest

The limestone coffin, sealed for nearly two millennia, contained a young woman's skeleton surrounded by treasures meant for her eternal journey.

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November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM

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The Hellenistic - Roman transition in glass technology: insights from Nysa-Scythopolis | npj Heritage Science
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The Hellenistic - Roman transition in glass technology: insights from Nysa-Scythopolis - npj Heritage Science

npj Heritage Science - The Hellenistic - Roman transition in glass technology: insights from Nysa-Scythopolis

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November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM

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(606) J. Kates | Swimming with Translators - YouTube
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J. Kates | Swimming with Translators

YouTube video by Paideia Media

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November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM

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Restoration of the Temple of Apollo Opilite in Karditsa, Greece, gets underway.
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Restoration of the Temple of Apollo Opilite in Karditsa, Greece, gets underway.

The Ministry of Culture initiates restoration and enhancement work on the Archaic temple of Apollo Opylla in Karditsa, Greece, one of the most important examples of Doric architecture, the same size a...

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November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM

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[paywalled] Roger Ling, archaeologist and scholar of the art and architecture of ancient Pompeii – obituary
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Roger Ling, archaeologist and scholar of the art and architecture of ancient Pompeii

Ling’s research on Pompeii set houses in their urban context, near the clatter of artisans and the stench of dung from livestock stables

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November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM

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Ancient columns in Türkiye’s Kyzikos shed light on Roman art | Daily Sabah
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Ancient columns in Türkiye’s Kyzikos shed light on Roman art

Columns unearthed during ongoing excavations at the Hadrian Temple in the ancient city of Kyzikos, located in the Erdek district of Balıkesir, western...

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November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM

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Cultural watchdog denounces Israeli land seizure to develop West Bank archaeological site | The Times of Israel
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Cultural watchdog denounces Israeli land seizure to develop West Bank archaeological site

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November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM

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Ancient Egyptian pharaoh moved another ruler's body and stole his tomb, hundreds of funerary figurines suggest | Live Science
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Ancient Egyptian pharaoh moved another ruler's body and stole his tomb, hundreds of funerary figurines suggest

Archaeologists have discovered 225 shabtis — figurines meant to work for the deceased in the afterlife — in a pharaoh's tomb.

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November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM

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A 1,700-Year-Old Portable Roman Steelyard Balance Found in Leptis Magna in Northwestern Libya
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A 1,700-Year-Old Portable Roman Steelyard Balance Found in Leptis Magna in Northwestern Libya

A recent scientific study has unraveled the mysteries of a Roman bronze steelyard balance discovered near the ancient city of Leptis Magna in northwestern Libya. The artifact, once an essential commer...

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November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM

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Call for Papers for a Panel in Honour of James (“Jim”) Russell at the 2026 CAC Meeting / Appel à communications pour une table ronde en l’honneur de James (« Jim ») Russell lors du congrès de la SCÉC de 2026 - The Classical Association of Canada
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