@rogueclassicist

Curating, amplifying, and contributing to #ClassiXTwitter ; sharing #ClassicalReception in the real world (for better or worse). Capitals and apostrophes vary.

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Palmyra - Regina: The Forgotten Woman of Roman Britain youtu.be/tZcCdAJ1IWo @rogueclassicist

Regina: The Forgotten Woman of Roman Britain

What can a 2,000-year-old tombstone reveal about a woman who was on...

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Mapped: Every known (and suspected) road in the Roman Empire - Big Think bigthink.com/strange-maps/ro…

Mapped: Every known (and suspected) road in the Roman Empire

A new digital atlas increases the Roman road network by 60% — and it changes how we think of the Empire.

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4 hilarious ancient Greek comedies — that still hold up today - Big Think bigthink.com/books/4-hilario…

4 hilarious ancient Greek comedies — that still hold up today

Two thousand years before the sitcom, ancient Greek playwrights were mining sex, politics, and family drama for laughs.

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Death & The Odyssey: What Can … - Classical Wisdom Speaks - Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Death & The Odyssey: What Can the Ancient Epics Teach Us About Death?

Podcast Episode · Classical Wisdom Speaks · October 22 · 1h 2m

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Pompeii's most magnificent mansion being restored thanks to private donor - Arts Culture and Style - Ansa.it ansa.it/english/news/lifesty…
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From Botticelli to Beyoncé: the Ashmolean Museum’s 'Aphrodite: The Making of a Goddess' – The Oxford Student oxfordstudent.com/2026/10/21…

From Botticelli to Beyoncé: the Ashmolean Museum’s 'Aphrodite: The Making of a Goddess' – The...

Phoebe Payne reviews the Ashmolean Museum's exhibition this season themed around the goddess Aphrodite, noting her favourites along the way.

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A Gold Leaf Left for a Foreign God Points to a Greek Merchant Who May Have Supplied the Roman Army labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/1…

A Gold Leaf Left for a Foreign God Points to a Greek Merchant Who May Have Supplied the Roman Army

Some 1,900 years ago, a man named Thrasymedes gave a thin sheet of gold to a god who was neither Greek nor Roman. The deity came from the borderlands of what is now southeastern Turkey. The offering...

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(361) ⚔️​ The Curse of the House of Atreus : Tantalus's Ultimate Test: Serving His Son to the Gods! - YouTube youtube.com/shorts/TuRcATIor…

⚔️​ The Curse of the House of Atreus : Tantalus's Ultimate Test: Serving His Son to the Gods!

⚔️​ The Curse of the House of Atreus : Tantalus's Ultimate Test: Se...

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! A Roman inscription hidden in a wall holds new clues to Fortuna’s ancient past murciatoday.com/a_roman_insc…

A Roman inscription hidden in a wall holds new clues to Fortuna’s ancient past

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Archaeologists Found a 2,100-Year-Old Warrior Buried With a Gold Coin to Pay His Way Into the Afterlife zmescience.com/science/news-…

Archaeologists Found a 2,100-Year-Old Warrior Buried With a Gold Coin to Pay His Way Into the...

The burial site also held three horse skeletons, a young bull, and a possible human sacrifice, hinting at some bizarre funerary rituals.

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Video. Restorers work to preserve frescoes in one of Pompeii’s grandest homes | Euronews euronews.com/video/2026/10/2…

Video. Restorers work to preserve frescoes in one of Pompeii’s grandest homes

Video. Nearly 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii in volcanic ash, one of the ancient Roman city's grandest homes is getting a new lease of life.

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Parthenon marbles loan to Greece is not a simple solution – who gets control over objects? theconversation.com/partheno…

Parthenon marbles loan to Greece is not a simple solution – who gets control over objects?

Who should have control over not only how artefacts move but are understood?

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Philosophy Begins in the Gym – Antigone antigonejournal.com/2026/10/…

Philosophy Begins in the Gym

CONNOR LIVINGSTON Why we must wrestle with ideas

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National Archaeological Museum Extends Mycenaean Kingdom Exhibition greekcitytimes.com/2026/10/2…

National Archaeological Museum Extends Mycenaean Kingdom Exhibition

Greece’s National Archaeological Museum extends its exhibition on the Mycenaean kingdom of Nestor at Pylos until 31 January 2027.

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(358) ἡ διάλεξις 6α: Ο ΜΥΘΟΣ - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=-QiTLKM9…

ἡ διάλεξις 6α: Ο ΜΥΘΟΣ

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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(358) How Did Romans Heat Their baths? The Hypocaust - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=TNYvOebS…

How Did Romans Heat Their baths? The Hypocaust

How did the ancient Romans keep warm during the winter, without rad...

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“Bound by the book,” by David Butterfield. newcriterion.com/article/bou…

“Bound by the book,” by David Butterfield.

David Buttefield on ancient Greek & Roman literature.

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Ancient Greeks Described Pest-Repelling Plants 2,300 Years Ago - GreekReporter.com greekreporter.com/2026/10/22…

GreekReporter.com - Greek News from Greece and the World

Greek news from Greece and the world, get the latest updates on business, economy, Greek travel, recipes, Ancient Greek culture and more.

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Origins of Constantinople–The Ancients – Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…

Origins of Constantinople

Podcast Episode · The Ancients · October 22 · 58m

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