The motto of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, the oldest provincial antiquarian society in England founded in 1813. Their journal “Archaeologia Aeliana” was evaluated in August along with 1207 other titles.

“Building the Roman Wall” by William Bell Scott, at Wallington Hall in Northumberland. The face of the centurion is that of the antiquarian John Clayton of Newcastle. Foto: wikipedia
You want to know what’s new in Classical Archaeology? Below you will find the list of new monographs and periodicals which were referenced during the last month. We offer the list of monographs as pdf to simplify the printout. The list of new periodicals has been supplemented with links to the online editions of the respective journals – in addition to the links to the online resources. We have marked – to simplify your research – the open access journals. You may examine the contents of the respective monographs and periodicals within the database by using the search option “title” or “periodicals” and by navigating to the “children” of the chosen title.
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New monographs (New monographs August 2025/pdf):
Allison, D.C.: Interpreting Jesus. (Grand Rapids Mich., Eerdmans, 2025)
Alusik, T.; Alusiková Dostaliková, P.: Otto Rubensohn's excavations on Paros I. The sanctuaries on Kounados Hill. (Bicester, Archaeopress, 2025)
Ambrogio e la politica. (Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, 2024), ed. Ghelfi, E., (Studia Ambrosiana, 14)
Anchoring science and technology in Greco-Roman antiquity. (Leiden, Brill, 2025), ed. Flohr, M.; Mols, S.T.A.M.; Tieleman, T., (Euhormos. Greco-Roman studies in anchoring innovation, 7)
Antonaras, A.C.; Budrovich, N.; Ganio, M.: Ancient glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum. (Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2025)
Baker, J.L.: Culinary technology of the ancient Near East. From the Neolithic to the early Roman period. (London, Taylor and Francis, 2025)
Baumgärtner, M.; Classen, E.; Müller, M. u.a.:UNESCO-Welterbe Niedergermanischer Limes. Präsentation, Vermittlung und Tourismus. (Oppenheim, Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag, 2025), (MiQua, 2)
Bernstein, N.W.: Poppaea Sabina. The life and afterlife of a Roman empress. (New York, New York University Press, 2025)
Bufacchi, V.: Why Cicero matters. Why philosophy matters. (London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2023)
Carson, A.: The gender of sound. (London, London Spiral House, 2025) 37 S.
Casi, C.: Sfingi, leoni e mani d'argento. Lo splendore immortale delle famiglie etrusche di Vulci. [Mostra Viterbo, 25.2.2023 – 15.6.2023 ](Acquapendente, Antiqua Res edizioni, 2023)
Casi, C.; Emiliozzi, A.: Il ritorno della Biga. Carri etruschi da Castro, Vulci e Tarquinia. (Acquapendente, Antiqua Res edizioni, 2023)
Claeys, T.; Dautais, L.; Dubois, R.: ScapeCon 2022. Towards an archaeology of fragmentation in the Aegean bronze age. (Louvain-la-Neuve, Presses universitaires de Louvain, 2024)
Clément, J.: Guerre et culture équestre dans le monde grec. De Xénophon à Polybe. (Aix-en-Provence, Presses universitaires de Provence, 2025), (Bibliothèque d'archéologie méditerranéenne et africaine, 36)
Codacci-Terlevic, G.: Hram Rome i Augusta u Puli. Geodetski i matematicki pristup. Il tempio di Roma ed Augusto di Pola. Approccio geodetico e matematico. (Pula, Arheoloski muzej Istre, 2021), (Katalozi edukacjskog Odjela, 19)
Codacci-Terlevic, G.; Forlati Tamaro, B.: Colonia Pola, qvae nvnc Pietas Ivlia … Posveceno velikoj znanstvenici i arheologinji Bruni Forlati Tamaro. Alla grande studiosa e archeologa Bruna Forlati Tamaro in doveroso omaggio. (Pula, Arheoloski muzej Istre, 2023), (Katalozi edukacjskog Odjela, 20)
Collins, R.; Kille, I.; O'Donnell, K.: Fabric of the fronier. Prospection, use and re-use of stone from Hadrian's Wall. (Oxford, Oxbow, 2023)
Conti, A.: Gli scavi Ferraguti-Mengarelli nella necropoli settentrionale di Vulci (1929-1931), 1. (Acquapendente, Antiqua Res edizioni, 2024), (Quaderni vulcenti, 3)
Conti, S.: L'Apostata tra realtà e leggenda. Il Medioevo cristiano contro Giuliano il pagano (con vita e opere dell'imperatore filosofo). (Ancona, Affinità elettive, 2025), (Storia, storie, 318)
Dayan, A.: Christian settlements and monasteries in the northern Judaean Shephelah and the western Samaria hills during the Byzantine period. (Oxford, Archaeopress, 2025) Diss. Bar-Ilan 2015,
Death and the city in premodern Europe. (London, Routledge, 2024), ed. Christ, M.; González Gutiérrez, C.
D'Ercole, V.: I popoli italici d'Abruzzo. Dall'età del Bronzo alla romanizzazione. (Acquapendente, Antiqua Res edizioni, 2023), (Italica, 1)
DeSilva, D.A.: Judea under Greek and Roman rule. (New York, Oxford University Press, 2024)
Duncan, A.: Tyranny and theater in the ancient world. Command performances. (London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2025)
Fiederling, M.: Hin und wieder zurück. Das Wrack Portitei A. Ein kaiserzeitlicher Leerguttransporter im Schwarzen Meer. (Bonn, Habelt, 2025), (Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie, 409)
Fulford, M.; Barnett, C.; Pankhurst, N. u.a.:Silchester. the landscape setting of the iron age "oppidum" and Roman city. From the neolithic to the middle ages. (Oxford, Oxbow, 2025)
Giradet, K.M.: Aufsätze und Vorträge zur Alten Geschichte der Europäer. (Bonn, Habelt, 2025)
Glas, E.: Flavius Josephus' self-characterisation in first-century Rome. A historiographical analysis of autobiographical discourse in the Judaean War. (Leiden, Brill, 2024), (Historiography of Rome and its Empire, 19)
Groslambert, A.: Marc Antoine. (Paris, Ellipses, 2025)
Hellenistic monarchies in the Mediterranean world. Building a new world order?(Wiesbaden, Springer, 2024), ed. Munn, M.
Helvètes migrants. Paysages de la migration des Helvètes en 58 avant notre ère. [Exposition, 16 mai 2025 – 25 janvier 2026](Avenches, Musée romain d'Avenches, 2025), ed. Genequand, D.; André, Y.
Hercules performed. The hero on stage from the Enlightenment to the early twenty-first century. (Leiden, Brill, 2024), ed. Stafford, E., (Metaforms, 25)
Hullmeine, P.: Ptolemy's cosmology in Greek and Arabic. The background and legacy of the planetary hypotheses. (Turnhout, Brepols, 2024), (Ptolemaeus Arabs et Latinus, 4)
Il sangue e la virtù. Politica ed emozioni alle origini della repubblica in Roma antica. (Roma, Carocci, 2025), ed. Lentano, M.; Rizzelli, G.; De Sanctis, G., (Biblioteca di testi e studi, 1708)
Irby, G.: Greco-Roman waters. A sourcebook. (London, Routledge, 2025)
Jacob, C.: Denys le Périégète. La Description de la terre habitée. (Paris, Les belles lettres, 2024), (La roue à livres, 101)
Kolonas, L.: Vounteni I. An important Mycenaean centre of Achaea. Volume A. (Athens, Hellenic organization of cultural resources, 2024)
Lenk, S.: Roman identity and lived religion. Baptismal art in late antiquity. (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2025)
Leunissen, M.: Aristotle's gynecology. Facts, evidence, and early medicine. (New York, Oxford University Press, 2025)
Loewe, M.; Brennan, T.C.; Nylan, M.: Imperial institutions in ancient Rome and early China. A comparative analysis. (London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2025)
Mancuso, S.: Musei, aree e parchi archeologici. Normativa, definizioni, valori. La Calabria. (Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2024)
Marble in the early Byzantine Eastern Mediterranean. Use, aesthetics, and social significance. (Warszawa, WUW, 2023), ed. Gwiazda, M.; Poggio, A.; Wielgosz-Rondolino, D., (Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean. Monograpph series volume, 32,1)
Marc Aurel. Kaiser, Feldherr, Philosoph. Landesausstellung in Trier. 15. Juni-23. November 2025. (Trier, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, 2025), ed. Henrich, P.; Waldmann, S.; Spiecker, N.
Marc Aurel. Was ist gute Herrschaft? Ausstellungskatalog, Stadtmuseum Simeonstift Trier, 15. Juni bis 23. November 2025. (Trier, Stadtmuseum Simeonstift, 2025)
Maschek, D.: The Roman civil wars. The archaeology and history of a crisis. (Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 2025)
McCarter, S.A.: Women in power. Classical myths and stories, from the Amazons to Cleopatra. (New York, Penguin, 2024)
Menini, R.; Sanchi, L.A.: L'antiquité selon Guillaume Budé. A l'école d'un humaniste érudit. (Paris, Les belles lettres, ), (Belles lettres. Essais, 51)
Mercuri, L.: La propaganda dei re. Quando i dinasti di Pergamo trasformarono Atene. (Roma, L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2025), (Studia archaeologica, 269)
Meurer, T.L.; Egetmeyer, M.: Gallia docta? Education and in-/exclusion in late antique Gaul. (Tübingen, Brill, 2023), (Studies in education and religion in ancient and pre-modern history in the Mediterranean and its environs, 19)
Musacchio, P.; Mordeglia, C.: La ricezione del "Marius" di Plutarco nelle comunità culturali dell'Impero romano. (Trento, Università degli studi di Trento, 2024), (Labirinti, 198)
Neils, J.: 54 Souidias. A history of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. (Princeton, American School of Classical Studies, 2025)
Ouellet, K.: Les défenses de la Grèce du Nord. Architecture, géographie, histoire et phénomènes régionaux aux périodes archaique, classique et hellénistique. (Athens, The Canadian Institute in Greece, 2024), (Argilos, 14)
Pasek, S.: Sparta und Ägypten. Die Beziehungen zwischen dem Nilland und Lakedaimon im 5. und 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Berlin, Dr. Köster, 2024)
Pelling, C.: Plutarch, "Alexander". (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2025)
Perdicoyianni-Paleologou, H.: La fièvre dans le "Corpus Hippocraticum". (Amsterdam, Hakkert, 2025)
Pfaff-Reydellet, M.: Le bestiaire des poètes. La mise en scène de l'animal chez Lucrèce, Virgile et Ovide. (Paris, Sorbonne Université Presses, 2025)
Pina Polo, F.: The role of ex-consuls in republican Rome, 218-31 B.C.E. (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2025)
Polytropos Ajax. Roots, evolution, and reception of a multifaceted hero. (Berlin, de Gruyter, 2024), ed. Speriani, S.; Harrison, S., (Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes, 168)
Pratt, C.E.: Economy and commodity production in the Aegean Bbronze age. (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2025)
Privitera, S.: Phaestia Tellus. Immagazzinamento, economia e società nella pianura della Messarà a Creta nell'età del Bronzo. (Roma, Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche, 2025), (Incunabula Graeca, 109)
Regoli, C.: Regisvilla. Scavi e ricerche (1968 – 1983). (Acquapendente, Antiqua Res edizioni, 2021), (Quaderni vulcenti, 1)
Religión y comunicación. Agentes, medios y contexto. (Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, 2024), ed. Marco Simon, F.; Pina Polo, F.; Remesal Rodríguez, J., (Colùlecció Instrumenta, 88)
Restoration, conservation, and enhancement of archaeological sites and monuments in Greece in the framework of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development goals. Annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago, IL, January 4-7, 2024. Proceedings. (Athens, Hellenic organization of cultural resources, 2024), ed. Blachopulos, A.; Gkadolu, A.
Romm, J.S.: Plato and the tyrant. The fall of Greece's greatest dynasty and the making of a philosophic masterpiece. (New York, Norton and company, 2025)
Sampson, G.C.: The battle of Munda (45 B.C.). Pompey, Labienus and Caesar's final battle of the third Roman civil war. (Barnsley, Pen and Sword military, 2025)
Sauron, G.: Auguste. L'emprise des signes. (Paris, Les belles lettres, 2025), (Mondes anciens, 13)
Scheibel. T.: Der Standardschmuck des 4.-8. Jh. n. Chr. aus der Nekropole von Qarara in Mittelägypten. (Heidelberg, Selbstverlag, 2024) Diss. Heidelberg 2024,
Shakeshaft, H.: Beauty and the gods. A history from Homer to Plato. (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2025)
Shapland, A.: The emergence of Aegean prehistory. (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2025)
Shawcross, T.: Wisdom's house, heaven's gate. Athens and Jerusalem in the middle ages. (Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
Smith, A.; Machin, S.; West, E. u.a.:Time travellers' tales. Essays from the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon archaeological excavations. (London, Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2024)
Soltner, Y.; Savignac, J.P.: Alésia. Entre les lignes. (Paris, Editions complicités, 2025)
South-eastern Anatolia at a crossroads. A multicultural Mediterranean area from the hellenistic to the early Byzantine period. (Bicester, Archaeopress, 2025) open access, ed. Borgia, E.
Stothard, P.: Horace. Poet on a volcano. (New Haven, Yale University Press, 2025)
Stowers, S.: Christian beginnings. A study in ancient Mediterranean religion. (Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2024)
Studi in onore di Andrea Cardarelli. (Napoli, Naus, 2024), ed. Pellacani, G.; Trucco, F., (Archéologie, 6)
The Black Sea. Hub of peoples and cultures (8th century B.C. – 5th, 6th century A.D.). Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities (Thessaloniki, 26 – 30 September 2022). (Bicester, Archaeopress, 2025), ed. Tsetskhladze, G.R.; Hargrave, J.; Manoledakes, M.
The kingdom of Pylos. Warrior princes of Mycenaean Greece. [Exhibition, Los Angeles, 17 june 2024 – 12 january 2026](Los Angeles, The Paul Getty Museum, 2025), ed. Stocker, S.R.; Lyons, C.L.; Davis, J. u.a.:
The Oxford handbook of the hellenistic and Roman Near East.(New York, Oxford University Press, 2025), ed. Raja, R.
The same, but different? Monarchical rule and representation in the Hellenistic world. (Stuttgart, Steiner, 2024), ed. Michels, C.; Beck, H.; Lichtenberger, A., (Studies in ancient monarchies, 11)
Too much writing, too few scribes. Extra-scribal writing in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean (1650-1100 B.C.E.)(Bicester, Archaeopress, 2025), ed. Donnelly, C.M., (Archaeopress. Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology, 13)
Trautmann, P.; Kugelmeier, C.; Junold, A.: Varus in Geschichte, Rezeption und Musik. (Berlin, Arkadien-Verlag, 2025)
Von Hyele zu Velia, 1. Die Befunde. (Wien, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2024), ed. Gassner, V.; Sokolicek, A.; Trapichler, u.a.:, (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Denkschriften, 553)
Vulci Work in Progress. Atti I Convegno (2021). (Acquapendente, Antiqua Res edizioni, 2022), ed. Carosi, S.; Regoli, C., (Quaderni vulcenti, 2)
Weisner, F.A.: Das Römische Reich. Eine kurze Geschichte des Imperiums, das Europa formte. (Aichach, Wortschein, 2025)
Wolters, R.: Die Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald. Arminius, Varus und das römische Germanien. 2., durchgesehene und aktualisierte Auflage. (München, Beck, 2025)
Zilioli, U.: Eliminativism in ancient philosophy. Greek and Buddhist philosophers on material objects. (London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2024)
New periodicals:
Anatolia antiqua. Eski Anadolu 32 (2024)
Archaeologia Aeliana 1 (2022) click on the link for contents online edition
Archaeologia Aeliana 2 (2023) online edition
Archaeologia Aeliana 3 (2024) online edition
Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg (2023)
Archiv für Orientforschung 51 (2021) Nr.2
Bayerische Vorgeschichtsblätter 89 (2024)
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2025) Nr.6 online edition
Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa. Bilanz 23 (2024) click on the link for contents
Historische Anthropologie 32 (2024) Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3 online edition
Instrumentum 59 (2024)
Instrumentum 60 (2024)
Jahrbuch Archäologie Schweiz 108 (2025) online edition open access
Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Landeskunde und Denkmalpflege Oberösterreich 169 (2024)
L’Idomeno 37 (2024) online edition open access
Mitteilungen der Anthropologischen Gesellschaft in Wien 154 (2024)
Mitteilungen der Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte 44 (2023) click on the link for contents
Offa 79 (2022)[2024]
Oriens christianus 106 (2023) click on the link for contents
Peuce 22 (2024) online edition open access
Quaderni friulani di archeologia 34 (2024) click on the link for contents
Tüba-Ar 33 (2023) online edition open access
Tüba-Ar 34 (2024) online edition open access
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