• Ludi Palatini (day 1)
• 86 B.C. — death of Marius (or possibly on the 13th)
• 38 B.C. — Octavian marries Livia
• 6 B.C. — dedication of the ara Numinis Augusti in Rome
• 42 A.D. — consecration of Livia as divine

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Is Social Media a Digital Version of the Ancient Greek Agora? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/16/social-media-digital-version-ancient-greek-agora/

Scholars Reconstruct Linear A Meanings Without Cracking the Language – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/15/reconstruct-linear-a-crack-language/

Roman Marching Camps Discovered in Saxony-Anhalt for the First Time – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/roman-marching-camps-discovered-in-saxony-anhalt-for-the-first-time/

Appia Antica Park, marble tympanum with marine frieze will be restored with open construction site
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/appia-antica-park-marble-tympanum-with-marine-frieze-will-be-restored-with-open-construction-site

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/#google_vignette

The British Museum Is Hiring a Treasure Hunter— But Not the Kind You See in Movies
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/the-british-museum-is-hiring-a-treasure-hunter-but-not-the-kind-you-see-in-movies/

Fragments of an Empire: Sasanian Stucco from Ctesiphon Found in University Collection | Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

Fragments of an Empire: Sasanian Stucco from Ctesiphon Found in University Collection

Plato and Morality Tales
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/confessions-community-college-dean/2026/01/16/plato-and-morality-tales

De polybolos – Mainzer Beobachter

De polybolos

Laudator Temporis Acti: Desire for Success
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/01/desire-for-success.html

Teaching Thursday: New Semester, New Goals | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Teaching Thursday: New Semester, New Goals

PaleoJudaica.com: Darby, Shaping Text Through Song (Brill)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/darby-shaping-text-through-song-brill.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Galoppin & Lebreton (eds.), Divine Names on the Spot III (Peeters)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/galoppin-lebreton-eds-divine-names-on.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Heritage Gazetteer of Cyprus
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2015/06/heritage-gazetteer-of-cyprus.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Kima Historical Gazetteer: Place Names in the Hebrew Script
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2017/12/kima-historical-gazetteer-place-names.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Archaeological Gazetteer of Iran: An Online Encyclopedia of Iranian Archaeological Site
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-archaeological-gazetteer-of-iran.html

Village du Bosphore de l’époque post-Mithridate. Pratiques de construction et reconstitutions historiques de l’habitat de Polyanka dans la région d’Azov en Crimée. | Spartokos a lu

Village du Bosphore de l’époque post-Mithridate. Pratiques de construction et reconstitutions historiques de l’habitat de Polyanka dans la région d’Azov en Crimée.

Selections from Petronius, The Satyrica: The Tales of Eumolpus – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.13/

Hannibal and Scipio: parallel lives – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.12/
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Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW392 – Crossing the Rubicon
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/aw392-crossing-the-rubicon

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(674) Professor Edward Harris (Durham University), “A New Approach to the Attic Countryside” – YouTube

(674) Dr Lorenzo Calvelli, “A View from Athens. Reassessing Cyriac of Ancona’s Vita and Commentaria” – YouTube

(674) Professor Lin Foxhall (University of Liverpool), “Re-imagining ancient Greek landscapes“ – YouTube

(674) Ben Cassell, “The Aiora and Thesmophoria: Cognitve, embodied and psychological approaches” – YouTube

(674) Lava up: New mineral study reveals buried ‘dirt’ about bath time in ancient Pompeii – YouTube

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The Birth of the Sitcom in Ancient Greece, Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 6:30 – 7:45 PM EST – Smithsonian Event | Smithsonian Institution
https://www.si.edu/events/detail?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D192383822

CfP: Teaching with Ovid: An Online Pedagogy Symposium (Friday 12th – Saturday 13th June 2026) – CRSN
https://i0.wp.com/classicalreception.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/download.jpg?w=336&ssl=1

TWO CONJECTURES IN XENOPHON | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/two-conjectures-in-xenophon/B2E8CE4ED527775A3A83BCF21EFEE4FF?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Dabis Lecture 2026

Dabis Lecture 2026

VIEWS events, January-April 2026 – The VIEWS project

VIEWS events, January-April 2026

• 27 B.C. — Octavian is given the title “Augustus“, the clupeus virtutis and duo laurae
• 9 B.C. (?) — the future emperor Tiberius celebrates an ovatio for his victories in Pannonia
• 10 A.D. — dedication of a Temple of Concordia
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Fusca and Maura
• 1794 — death of Edward Gibbon (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire)
• 1907 — birth of Philip Vellacott (translator of the Oresteia and various other works)

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Ancient Midas’ family tomb sheds light on ancient kingdom | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-883361

Many works of art from antiquity are terrible. And we shouldn’t be afraid of saying so
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/15/many-works-of-art-from-antiquity-are-terrible-fear/

[paywalled] Roman pools found beneath scrapyard baffle historians
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/roman-pools-scrapyard-baffle-historians-3hdcldxh6

Massive 1,500-Pound Amphora Find Reveals Roman Trade in Cyprus – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/15/amphora-roman-trade-cyprus/

Reviving a roadway where ancient Athenians once walked | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1292238/reviving-a-roadway-where-ancient-athenians-once-walked/

Sant’Antioco, the “Tomb of the Egyptian” reveals its charm: “A unique spectacle, restoration underway.”
https://www.unionesarda.it/en/sardinia/sant39-antioco-the-quot-tomb-of-the-egyptianquot-reveals-its-charm-quot-a-unique-spectacle-restoration-underwayquot-vsbhdb3f

New archaeology project awarded grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to unearth and save a rare Roman villa in Devon – University of Exeter News

New archaeology project awarded grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to unearth and save a rare Roman villa in Devon

Significant pithos burial uncovered in Rafina

Significant pithos burial uncovered in Rafina

Major archaeological discoveries in Rome: a sacellum, republican tombs and monumental basins
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/major-archaeological-discoveries-in-rome-a-sacellum-republican-tombs-and-monumental-basins

A complex dedicated to Hercules, aristocratic tombs, and two large 2nd-century BC cisterns of unknown function, found on the eastern outskirts of Rome

A complex dedicated to Hercules, aristocratic tombs, and two large 2nd-century BC cisterns of unknown function, found on the eastern outskirts of Rome

First Roman marching camps discovered in Saxony-Anhalt prove Roman advances in the 3rd century AD
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/01/15/first-roman-marching-camps-discovered-in-saxony-anhalt-prove-roman-advances-in-the-3rd-century-ad

Archaeologists Unearth Intricately Decorated Box Carved From Deer Bone That May Have Once Held Ancient Ointments
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-intricately-decorated-box-carved-from-deer-bone-that-may-have-once-held-ancient-ointments-180988004/

The Long History of Censoring Plato Over Gender (opinion)
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/01/15/long-history-censoring-plato-over-gender-opinion

2026 Dickinson College Commentaries High School Online Internship Program | Dickinson College Commentaries

2026 Dickinson College Commentaries High School Online Internship Program

The Beginnings of Christianity as an Integral Part of Early Judaism | Bible Interp
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/beginnings-christianity-integral-part-early-judaism

Austin Peay’s Dr. Stephen Kershner wins national award for classics education – ClarksvilleNow.com

Austin Peay’s Dr. Stephen Kershner wins national award for classics education

New Year update – by Owen Rees – Our Ancient World
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/new-year-update?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2470207&post_id=184638263&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Nefertiti, I love you – by Kara Cooney – Ancient/Now
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/nefertiti-i-love-you?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=752411&post_id=184626119&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Voor-westerse geschiedenis (3): klimaat – Mainzer Beobachter

Voor-westerse geschiedenis (3): klimaat

PaleoJudaica.com: New evidence for the construction of Cartagena’s city wall.
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-evidence-for-construction-of.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Religion at Carthage 800 BCE-439 CE (Brill)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/religion-at-carthage-800-bce-439-ce.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Kaufman, Phoenicia, Carthage, and Popular Government in the Pre-Classical Mediterranean (OUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/kaufman-phoenicia-carthage-and-popular.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Monumentality, Diversity and Fragmentation in Early Cycladic Sculpture
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/monumentality-diversity-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Keros, Dhaskalio Kavos: the investigations of 1987–88
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/keros-dhaskalio-kavos-investigations-of.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Große Männer? Biographisches Erzählen in der griechischen und römischen, der frühjüdischen und der frühchristlichen Literatur
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/groe-manner-biographisches-erzahlen-in.html

Visualising glocalization: villas, architectural spaces and pavements in Hispania Baetica (2nd Century AD – 4th Century AD) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.10/

Narratives at play in Aeschylus: perspectives on genre and poetics – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.09/

Classics and race. A historical reader – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.08/

Those Who Are About to Die: a day in the life of a Roman gladiator – The Past

Those Who Are About to Die: a day in the life of a Roman gladiator

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How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall – The Ancients | Acast

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(642) Echoes in Ancient Texts: India and Ancient Greece – YouTube

(644) Professor Nicoletta Momigliano (University of Bristol), “Mal d’Archive/Archive Fever” – YouTube

(644) Dr Angela Paine, “Healing Plants of Greek Myth” – BSA Seminar – YouTube

(644) Professor Polly Low (Durham University), “Towards a new history of ancient Greek empire(s)” – YouTube

(644) Lava up: New mineral study reveals buried ‘dirt’ about bath time in ancient Pompeii – YouTube

(644) Historian Reacts To EPIC: The Musical (Troy Saga) – YouTube

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EAA2026 Home
https://www.e-a-a.org/eaa2026

Dickinson Summer Latin Workshop 2026: Apuleius, Apologia (Pro se de magia) | Dickinson College Commentaries

Dickinson Summer Latin Workshop 2026: Apuleius, Apologia (Pro se de magia)

• carmentalia (day 2) — an annual festival in honour of the nymph Carmenta (a divinity associated with prophecy and childbirth; also the mother of Evander) celebrated primarily by women on the 11th and 15th of January
• 69 A.D. — murder of Galba and his adopted son Piso; dies imperii of Otho