2015-04-25

Terracotta relief of a warrior dragging a captive, c. 540-520 B.C. Archaic Greek (Cretan), Metropolitan Museum pic.twitter.com/TwBlxyEVBW

— MARTIN O. ROCCA (@M65SANCHEZ) April 15, 2015

More on tonight's @ROMtoronto #ROMSpeaks discussion: ISIS smashes history; curators battle to save antiquities http://t.co/hLq5NIofOO

— Marilynne Friedman (@marilynnefriedm) April 15, 2015

Decorative #paintings in Female Cubiculum. The House of the "Golden Cupids" at #Pompeii #archaeology #history #Italy pic.twitter.com/Nai5tqTZOS

— Pompeii – The APP (@PompeiiApp) April 15, 2015

#OnThisDay in 1755, Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language was published. pic.twitter.com/wS3yKjllPw

— ✍ Bibliophilia (@Libroantiguo) April 15, 2015

ICYMI My video diary from days 1 & 2 of the Classical Association conference https://t.co/EJdFu8YA8k #vlog #PhDLife #classics #CA15 #PhDChat

— Emma Cole (@Emma_Cole1) April 15, 2015

Today is Fordicidia. A pregnant cow was sacrificed to Tellus, the unborn calves burnt & ashes used by the Vestal Virgins. All for fertility!

— Roman Legion Museum (@RomanCaerleon) April 15, 2015

In a quest to fix a toilet, a man inadvertently unearthed centuries of Italian history. http://t.co/aHG9jZSgQq pic.twitter.com/c7befg2uPz

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) April 15, 2015

In the series on Cyrene on the blog of @AncientHistMag, today the most famous citizen of all: Simon. http://t.co/cNde4Ovciv

— Jona Lendering (@JonaLendering) April 15, 2015

Buongiorno dalla #CentraleMontemartini​!

#GoodMorningRome pic.twitter.com/eD2J8slIeS

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) April 15, 2015

Hall of Seasons in the Louvre by Hubert Robert c. 1802-3 (@MuseeLouvre). pic.twitter.com/zVhAm67GAi

— Dr Liv Gibbs (@DrLivGibbs) April 15, 2015

#MadeInMtOlympus Episode 2: Leda is Pregnant https://t.co/6l1RSmyxAw Reality show meets mythology #MiMO

— Ashmolean Museum (@AshmoleanMuseum) April 15, 2015

Reports of Latin’s death have been greatly exaggerated – Latin still matters #definitelypossible http://t.co/j2yL8jNFXO

— Warwick University (@warwickuni) April 15, 2015

A new way 2 learn about the past: #ANCIENTROMELIVE https://t.co/PYOGZWv3VB launches April 21 @AIRomanCulture video, animation, live streamin

— Darius Arya (@SaveRome) April 15, 2015

Get ready 4 #AncientRomeLive learning platform! April 21 https://t.co/PYOGZWv3VB pic.twitter.com/HQQQuO3I7j

— Darius Arya (@SaveRome) April 15, 2015

eisodos 2015 (1) Frühling | eisodos
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— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

Nimrud under attack: an analysis of destruction by Simone Mühl | conflict antiquities
https://t.co/tQJ5ojO3wQ

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

James Caldwell High School Inducts Nineteen Members into Latin Honor Society | Caldwells, NJ Patch
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— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

Academy scores big with The Odyssey | The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper
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— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

The top sci five classical receptions on screen | OUPblog
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— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

Classical Archaeology News — You know you’re an archaeology nerd when you…
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— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

Scots expert helps bust organised crime ring that smuggled over £1m worth of ancient artefacts – Daily Record
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— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

A digital reboot of humanities at U of Penn — NewsWorks
http://t.co/0QVKIqdRox

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

Aeneas and the Founding of Rome || Dael Kingsmill – YouTube
https://t.co/xuN052ICD0

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

Hades and Persephone || Dael Kingsmill – YouTube
https://t.co/aDPo04Eols

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

Aeneas and the Founding of Rome || Dael Kingsmill – YouTube
https://t.co/3WbKRYqm7s

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

Aristaeus the Apiarian || Dael Kingsmill – YouTube
https://t.co/x6ZafYms8N

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

Nestor … April 2015
http://t.co/OZJzQCIlyf

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

5 Amazing Libraries of the Ancient World | Latin Language Blog
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— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

Roman Society Research Center | Capital, Investment, and Innovation in the Roman World
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— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

Julius Caesar may have suffered mini-strokes, say doctors | Science | The Guardian
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— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

CANE Scholarship Winners 2015 | Classical Association of New England
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— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

Cyrenaica, part 5: Simon of Cyrene | New at LacusCurtius & Livius
https://t.co/VdS4TKzHAf

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

Theatre department’s ‘Medea’ is a modern adaptation of ancient Greek original – Daily Nebraskan:
http://t.co/LmP64v0DFB

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

Russian tycoon to fund restoration of ancient Roman basilica | Reuters
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— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

In honor of tax day, here is a tax ostrakon in Coptic from the @FitzMuseum_UK. #KeeptheReceipt http://t.co/3WQhr9djTW pic.twitter.com/cxJWwslwlQ

— Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) April 15, 2015

Unfortunately prohibitively expensive for most academics. https://t.co/3QDlfQOWHz

— Francesca Tronchin (@tronchin) April 15, 2015

RT @AlastairBlan: Wonder Woman meets #Caesar – "Venus with thee!" pic.twitter.com/K4hXAoftbu

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) April 15, 2015

Heroic child portrait of Caracalla, ca. 198: MINER[VA] VICTRIX holding Victoria extending a globe … pic.twitter.com/5lhDb9wZR8

— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) April 15, 2015

Congratulations to @lizgloyn on the birth of her son Rufus William :)

— Classics@RHUL (@ClassicsRHUL) April 15, 2015

semper ad meliora

always towards better things

#Latin pic.twitter.com/LMiWoo2Upo

— The Latin Programme (@LatinProgramme) April 15, 2015

Exploding the Mithras Myth: Christianity did not borrow its beliefs from a Roman mystery religion

http://t.co/jzEbqMQ93w

— Right Wing Tonya (@TonyaShrigley) April 15, 2015

Constantinople's Chariot Races come to Life in great animation

#Byzantium #Constantinople #Hippodrome

https://t.co/np1P0Q4nHo via @YouTube

— Zito E (@Zito__77) April 15, 2015

"Amazon" versus "Achillea" – Rare representation of female gladiators, 1st-2nd c. AD, via @britishmuseum pic.twitter.com/wo9oeaKxkA

— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) April 15, 2015

ἑδροδιαστολεύς, έως, ὁ (hedrodiastoleus)
—"seat-expander," i.e. instrument for widening the passage of the anus

— Henry George Liddell (@LiddellAndScott) April 15, 2015

#wordoftheday stentorian: extremely loud @merriamwebster #illustration #drawing #vocabulary #sketch #vocab #editorial pic.twitter.com/IUWC6eSGeS

— Kate Glasheen (@katiecrimespree) April 15, 2015

@DrDonnaYates @mokersel @ANI_news what's interesting is how little coverage there has been in the Canadian press

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 15, 2015

See you in Rome on April 21- Rome's founding date! https://t.co/WMtcJe2QMQ

— Darius Arya (@SaveRome) April 15, 2015

Today in ancient history: Empress Julia Domna is made 'mater castrorum' (Mother of the camp) (195 CE). #AncientRome pic.twitter.com/9xDurcHhkb

— Ancient History (@ahencyclopedia) April 15, 2015

#Rome: the #Colosseum in February-May 1846, salted paper print by Calvert R. Jones http://t.co/nZjERKqwZk #NGC pic.twitter.com/uTRF3EFOOE

— Ste. Trombetti (@ste_trombetti) April 15, 2015

#Rome: the "Temple of #Vesta" (& #Rienzi's House) in Feb.-May 1846, by Calvert R. Jones http://t.co/2qyFLZctfv #NGC pic.twitter.com/ge45d6QijZ

— Ste. Trombetti (@ste_trombetti) April 15, 2015

#Rome: the #Capitoline Museum & the Hall of the Emperors in 1890ca., by Alinari & Cook http://t.co/pUzjVraHMS #NGC pic.twitter.com/yEStsOXdcD

— Ste. Trombetti (@ste_trombetti) April 15, 2015

Seated statue of Homer who, according to ancient writers, either came from Colophon or Smyrna. From Klaros, 4th c. BC pic.twitter.com/PujiH3tfnz

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) April 15, 2015

Hadrian, grandson of the divine Nerva: DIVI NER[VAE] NEP[OS] / Sol wearing radiate crown ORIENS #favorites pic.twitter.com/x12RWz1566

— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) April 15, 2015

Ancient ruin of the day: The Pont Flavien, a late 1st c. BC Roman bridge over the River Touloubre in Southern #France pic.twitter.com/okXHXa3Lr3

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) April 15, 2015

@carolemadge the Homeric hymn to Apollo (3.172) suggests that the poet is from Chios … τυφλὸς ἀνήρ, οἰκεῖ δὲ Χίῳ ἔνι παιπαλοέσσῃ

— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) April 15, 2015

Lecture May 18, 2.15 – 3.45 @oxfordclassics on links between the classics, #WW1, & the Rise of Flemish Culture. https://t.co/dbiaY62nUr

— Humanities Division (@OxHumanities) April 15, 2015

15 Apr 44 BC “In these times there’s no way to be certain what is honorable for me or feasible or expedient.” Cicero pic.twitter.com/IgjBxl9F9p

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) April 15, 2015

Read: Storify – "#CA15 Classical Association Conference 2015" by @MairLloyd.
Storify: http://t.co/8eig4h6akk

— Classics Collective (@ClassColl) April 15, 2015

Treasures of Ancient Greece back on BBC4!

— Classics Department (@ClassicsNHHS) April 15, 2015

@portableant @adreinhard divebam? Divebas divebat …#ClassicistProblems

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 16, 2015

'Someone merged Comic Sans and Papyrus to create the world's best worst font': http://t.co/O6rxFmOT94 pic.twitter.com/qYRLVNsOgb

— Margaret Maitland (@eloquentpeasant) April 15, 2015

“The Christians” Party in Rome By @douglasboin http://t.co/BewkMCbmlp

— Ian Spoor (@iaspo) April 15, 2015

Where's my pen. Who stole my pen. This is why I don't lend my pens out.

— Shit Academics Say (@AcademicsSay) April 15, 2015

19th century depiction of Alexander's funeral procession based on the description of Diodorus. pic.twitter.com/uFY1apjbLc

— Maarit-Johanna (@MaaritJohanna) April 15, 2015

Reconstruction of The Forum of Augustus And Temple of mars ultore pic.twitter.com/vlIvWv86jN

— Roman History (@romanhistory1) April 15, 2015

Coming soon to @isawnyu and (hopefully) a library near you from the University of Michigan Press! pic.twitter.com/AB2jJGidQ0

— David M. Ratzan (@papyrologus) April 15, 2015

The oldest surviving Ptolemaic world map, redrawn according to his 1st projection by monks at Constantinople, c. 1300 pic.twitter.com/hqXXPgmHp1

— ✍ Bibliophilia (@Libroantiguo) April 15, 2015

Emperor Constantine and the Council of Nicaea (burning Arian books). MS CLXV, Biblioteca Capitolare, 9th century pic.twitter.com/gMf6B6qAhm

— ✍ Bibliophilia (@Libroantiguo) April 15, 2015

Watching #SecretBritain and @Pottedhistory reminds me of this finger printed clay tile at Rockbourne Roman Villa. pic.twitter.com/vKaYaJM0GT

— Laura Bullivant (@LauraBullivant) April 15, 2015

The bread of Pompeii pic.twitter.com/HArrv3xxFw

— Roman History (@romanhistory1) April 15, 2015

British #warrior god in #Roman armour from #Roman Lincs trots off through Tuesday on his parade horse @britishmuseum pic.twitter.com/hzdH4Y7P48

— Susan Oosthuizen (@DrSueOosthuizen) April 14, 2015

Amazing picture of three lusitanian warriors and four wild boars Lisbon arch Museum. 3 guerreros lusitanos y4 jabalis pic.twitter.com/9sdCZxpFaB

— Roman Heritage (@RomanHeritage) April 15, 2015

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