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Infrastructure during the period of imperial Rome | Britannica
Learn about the infrastructure of imperial Rome, particularly Roman masonry.
https://www.britannica.com/video/infrastructure-masonry-Rome-Roman/-207919
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"Rome’s territorial reach necessitated outsourcing governance and defense, paving the way for ambitious generals and barbarian leaders to carve out their own spheres of influence."
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Why The Roman Empire’s Greatest Strength Became A Weakness
Rome’s territorial reach paved the way for ambitious generals and barbarian leaders to carve out their own spheres of influence.
https://www.worldatlas.com/ancient-world/why-the-roman-empire-s-greatest-strength-became-a-weakness.html
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"The slab turned out to be the grave marker of a Roman military sailor from the second century C.E., originally connected to the museum in Civitavecchia, Italy. How it ended up 5,250 miles away is still partly a mystery."
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They Found a 2,000-Year-Old Roman Tombstone in Their Backyard. Then the FBI Showed Up.
The discovery prompted an international search to figure out how the ancient headstone made it to New Orleans.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a71743235/roman-tombstone-new-orleans-found-fbi/
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"What appears to be little more than a big hunk of charcoal... turns out to be “a philosophical treatise on ethics, and the evidence points to a Stoic work: it turns on human nature, impulse, and the moral progress of human beings.”
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An Entire Ancient Greek Philosophical Treatise Burned by Mount Vesuvius Has Been Deciphered with X‑Ray and AI Technologies
Most of our conception of Stoicism, an ancient school of thought much featured here on Open Culture, derives from the writings of just three figures: Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and Seneca the Younger. But there were other Stoics, and despite their antiquity, we may yet learn more about them.
https://www.openculture.com/2026/06/an-entire-ancient-greek-philosophical-treatise-burned-by-mount-vesuvius-has-been-deciphered-with-x-ray-and-ai-technologies.html
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"The Italian government has been trying for more than a century to acquire these frescoes from the Torlonia family, “one of Italy’s ancient noble families whose vast collection of antiquity has long been kept out of the public domain,” the AP reports."
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See These Ancient Etruscan Frescoes That Italy Bought for Millions and Put on Public Display in Rome
Found in a burial chamber, the artworks depict battles between ancient heroes in the Mediterranean world
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-these-ancient-etruscan-frescoes-that-italy-bought-for-millions-and-put-on-public-display-in-rome-180989046/
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BOOK LAUNCH: The Classical Reception and Impact of Wonder Woman in Comics and Film July 22nd @4pm EST Register for link:
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There's a Volcano in Antarctica Spewing Gold Crystals Into The Atmosphere
Scientists don’t know why.
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-southernmost-active-volcano-is-spewing-out-gold-every-day?fbclid=IwY2xjawSyLvdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe6srlLJKIdMeLbHpXUWXpEdwt1fS_pSMkmwiBao04sP8ehniAMF_5G5HwhsM_aem_RKWgmVRgsoiV8YMpGLw0dA
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"Hear Wilson and Ruhl discuss The Odyssey’s circuitous path through the waters of Western culture — from ancient song to modern verse to Hollywood."
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Emily Wilson with Sarah Ruhl: The Odyssey Onscreen | 92NY
Emily Wilson discusses her translation of The Odyssey, and Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film, with Sarah Ruhl.
https://www.92ny.org/event/emily-wilson-the-odyssey-onscreen
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"Using tools and ingredients that would have been available in ancient Greece, the researchers confirmed the priestesses could have brewed the kykeon from..."
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Did ancient Greek priestesses brew a mind-bending potion drunk by Cicero and Marcus Aurelius?
Researchers found the psychedelic elixir would have been possible to make using ingredients and techniques available in ancient Greece
https://www.science.org/content/article/did-ancient-greek-priestesses-brew-mind-bending-potion-drunk-cicero-and-marcus-aurelius
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"Enhancing our knowledge of ancient cultures is an essential foundation for humanistic understanding and can illuminate many of the challenges of today and the future. That vision is behind the new UCLA Jeffrey P. Cunard Center for Global Antiquity..."
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‘A new, higher form of humanism’: Major expansion of ancient studies with new center in UCLA Humanities
An $11 million gift from alumnus Jeffrey Cunard will establish the UCLA Jeffrey P. Cunard Center for Global Antiquity.
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ancient-studies-expansion-new-center-humanities-division
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"The sixth block in the Parthenon’s tympanum—or recessed space—was restored by combining a pair of archaic fragments with new pieces of marble, while the seventh block has been completed using only fresh marble."
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Restoration of Parthenon’s Western Facade Is Unveiled
For the first time in years, visitors will have an unobstructed view of a partially repaired facade of the Parthenon at the Acropolis in Athens
https://www.artforum.com/news/western-facade-of-the-parthenon-restored-and-unobstructed-1234752681/
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Kevin Nobel's students in his course 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 enjoyed playing 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗢𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘀 this semester at Brooklyn College! #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics
CUNY Graduate Center
Brooklyn College
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"The production relied heavily on surviving records from director Alexis Minotis and artist Yannis Tsarouchis, who designed the original costumes and sets."
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Ancient Greek theatre revives legendary Callas opera Medea
Sixty-five years after it last hosted an opera performance, Greece’s ancient theatre of Epidaurus is revisiting the landmark 1961 production of...
https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1191758/features/arts/ancient-greek-theatre-revives-legendary-callas-opera-medea
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"The Great Cistern ranks among the largest known Roman hydraulic structures in the region."
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Ancient Roman cistern in Spain held more than 2 million liters of water, study finds | Archaeology News Online Magazine
A 3D study of a Roman cistern in Spain found it once stored more than 2 million liters of water within a vast hydraulic system.
https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/roman-cistern-in-spain-held-2-million-liters/
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"Based on their examinations, the team identified an invocation featuring a pair of men with Latin names as well as women with Greek names, all referred to as enslaved individuals. Examiners also spotted three magical runes..."
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Ancient Roman curse tablet conjures Egyptian demon magic
Four enslaved people may have crafted the newly discovered artifact.
https://www.popsci.com/science/ancient-roman-curse-tablet/
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One of our CUNY Consortium friends Greta Gualdi is teaching this course coming up! _____________________________________________________________________ You can find the full summer schedule and registration information here:
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Part II of Ivan Maiorov's latest project: a Late Bronze Age Naue Sword. #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics
CUNY Graduate Center
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PhD Candidate Kevin Nobel shared 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 pictures from his course 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁 at Brooklyn College! These are from a the game Concordia. #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics
CUNY Graduate Center
Brooklyn College
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PhD Candidate Ivan Maiorov has shared photos of his recent project: a Late Bronze Age Naue Sword. Please take in the glory that is his boar tusk helmet! #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics
CUNY Graduate Center
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Thoughts? "Six legendary gladiators. One epic tale of blood and glory in ancient Rome."
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See the 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Roman Cargo From an Accidental Shipwreck Discovered at the Bottom of a Lake in Switzerland
Divers recovered weapons, tools, pieces of horse-drawn chariots, ceramic plates, platters and goblets. One archaeologist surmises that the loss would have been "immense" at the time
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-cargo-from-roman-ship-discovered-at-the-bottom-of-swiss-lake-180988492/
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"Dating back to the 2nd-1st century BC, it is one of the oldest homes from Rome's Republican era. It was partly destroyed by the foundations of a palace built above it, but two floors have survived."
www.reuters.com/life...
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"...in May 2026, [...] San Francisco’s Legion of Honor museum unveils “The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy,” a sprawling show of 180 Etruscan antiquities from 30 international museums..."
news.artnet.com/art-...
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Who Were the Etruscans? A New Show Uncovers Secrets Rome Buried
The San Francisco institution has been amassing a rare encyclopedic exhibition around the oft-overlooked Etruscan culture for ten years.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/estruscan-exhibition-legion-honor-san-francisco-2712304
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The more things change... " Lead emissions in the vicinity of mines and smelting sites by themselves could certainly have had an impact on the cognition and health of surrounding populations, and potentially wider rural populations.”
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"In a new study, researchers report that a sophisticated plaster-making technique long credited to the Romans was also used by Neolithic people about 8,000 years earlier."
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Ancient Roman Technique Discovered 8,000 Years Earlier, Study Says
"A technology lost to history."
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-roman-technique-discovered-8000-years-earlier-study-says
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PhD Candidate Kevin Nobel shared some pictures from his Classics course 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁, taught at Brooklyn College this spring! #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics
CUNY Graduate Center
Brooklyn College
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"Matera is home to the world’s first inhabited museum, a project that seeks to “reactivate” the heritage of ancient Magna Graecia."
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This Inhabited Museum in Matera Lets You Live in the Ancient World | TheCollector
Matera's inhabited museum uses poetic archaeology to dissolve time. Can history truly be lived instead of just observed?
https://www.thecollector.com/first-inhabited-museum-ancient-city-matera/
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"A stone sarcophagus held a baby wrapped in Tyrian purple cloth in between two adults. A tiny lead coffin held an infant only a few months old who was “covered in two layers of textiles, a tasseled shawl and over that a fine textile of Tyrian purple-and-gold embroidery...”
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In the Ancient World, This Pigment Was Worth More Than Gold. Archaeologists Discovered It Buried With Babies in Roman Coffins
A funerary custom in Roman Yorkshire of pouring liquid gypsum over bodies before burial preserved traces of Tyrian purple
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-the-ancient-world-this-pigment-was-worth-more-than-gold-archaeologists-discovered-it-buried-with-babies-in-roman-coffins-180988678/
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"Considerable scientific attention is also being concentrated on a sprawling, multi-room Roman villa that measures approximately 47 by 35 metres."
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"The tomb contains a sarcophagus that survived in a damaged state. Archaeologists have begun restoring it after identifying around 50 broken fragments."
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Monumental Tomb of an Aristocratic Woman Unearthed in Ancient Olympos
Archaeologists working in the ancient city of Olympos in Antalya have uncovered a monumental tomb believed to have belonged to...
https://arkeonews.net/monumental-tomb-of-an-aristocratic-woman-unearthed-in-ancient-olympos/
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PhD Candidate Ivan Maiorov sent in pictures earlier this semester of his undergrad students wearing Bronze Age armor. They look ready for battle! #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics
CUNY Graduate Center
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The New York Classical Club invites you to their 2026 Spring Lecture, featuring the Graduate Center's own Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay! Friday, May 8th 4 – 6pm EST CUNT Graduate Center #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics
CUNY Graduate Center
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REPOSTING: 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 𝟐 "Pleased to announce Gudama Gudama and I’s [ Jordon Houston ] co-edited special issue for New Classicists:"
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Ancient Roman bone penis discovered in forgotten museum box
Phallic sculptures often guarded against the 'Evil Eye.'
https://www.popsci.com/science/bone-penis-sculpture-roman/
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The Huns terrorised Rome's frontiers – but wanted to keep the ancient empire alive
Feared as savage invaders, the Huns posed a serious threat to Rome – but their goal wasn’t conquest, or Roman annihilation
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/the-huns-ancient-roman-empires-worst-nightmare/
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This metro stop is Ancient Rome's new attraction
Construction on Rome's Metro C has uncovered spectacular Roman ruins, and its new "archaeo-stations" are giving visitors a whole new way to experience the city's ancient past.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260408-a-150-metro-ticket-to-ancient-rome
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Forgotten for 1,700 Years: Thousands of Roman Coins Unearthed in French Cave - Futura-Sciences
Unearthing a Window into Antiquity In November 2025, archaeologists from France’s Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (INRAP) announced an extraordinary find in Senon, a village not far from Metz in the Grand Est region. What started as a run-of-the-mill house extension quickly became an invitation to time travel: three...
https://futura-sciences.com/en/forgotten-for-1700-years-thousands-of-roman-coins-unearthed-in-french-cave_30570/
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‘Doors to Death’ reveal how Romans upgraded a stadium for bloodsport
The ruins in present-day Turkey tell a grisly tale of wild animals eating prisoners.
https://www.popsci.com/science/doors-to-death-ancient-roman-stadium/
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The fifth year anniversary celebration of the New Alexandria Foundation is at the Chilton Club of Boston on 5/15 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. For more information about this fascinating group, see:
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The New Alexandria Foundation - Expanding access to the ancient world
Expanding access to the ancient world
https://newalexandriafoundation.org/
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Who knew that the NY Post was into Classics?
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Rare Roman mosaic shows woman battling wild animals in the arena, researcher says
An ancient Roman mosaic shows a woman fighting a wild beast in the arena — the first known visual representation of a woman battling animals, according to a researcher.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/21/science/rare-roman-mosaic-shows-woman-battling-wild-animals-in-the-arena-researcher-says/
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A Teenager Was Walking Down the Street—and Found an Ancient Greek Coin Where It Didn’t Belong
It’s the first time an ancient coin of its kind has been found in the area.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a71086073/teenager-found-greek-coin/
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Provost and Classics prof Joel Christensen talks Nolan and Homer's Odyssey in this short video:
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CUNY Graduate Center
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TOMORROW! The annual Grad Student Conference in Classics Free to attend at the GC: 9:30-6pm EST For more info, see the site linked:
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CUNY Graduate Center
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HUZZAH TO PROF. KAREN STERN!! She's one of our Classics Profs and we couldn't be prouder of the work she is doing!!!
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"This discovery further confirms the presence of the Phoenicians on the island during the Iron Age (c. 950-500 b.c.e.)."
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Phoenician Scarab Found in Sardinia
New excavations reveal the island played a much more extensive role in Phoenician trade than initially thought.
https://armstronginstitute.org/1430-phoenician-scarab-found-in-sardinia
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Archaeologists Discovered an Ancient Projectile Inscribed With a Threatening Message
Ancient Greeks often inscribed messages on the objects they shot at their adversaries—in this case, doing so with a warning.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a70827419/learn-your-lesson-slingshot/
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"An obscure 19th century sketch holds the only known visual proof of women fighting wild beasts in ancient Roman arenas."
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The Lost Huntress: Uncovering the First Image of a Female Beast Fighter in Ancient Rome
An obscure 19th century sketch holds the only known visual proof of women fighting wild beasts in ancient Roman arenas.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/the-lost-huntress-uncovering-the-first-image-of-a-female-beast-fighter-in-ancient-rome/
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Pompeii Study Confirms Roman 'Wine' Ritual Previously Known Only From Texts
A new chemical and microscopic analysis of Pompeii residues documents a sacrificial rite that had only been previously described by ancient Roman writers and artists.
https://gizmodo.com/pompeii-study-confirms-roman-wine-ritual-previously-known-only-from-texts-2000739384
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Congratulations to Professor Emerita Ronnie Ancona on her new book about Martha Graham's Greek dance work!! Check it out here:
www.bloomsbury.com/u...
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CUNY Graduate Center
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