2016-01-17

wow … the Roman latrine thing seems to have received almost as much coverage as Bieber's site expulsion …

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 10, 2016

yes … Explorator is taking forever today …

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 10, 2016

[finally] Explorator 18.36-37 ~ January 10, 2016 | Explorator
https://t.co/v7ZvhYD1J7

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 10, 2016

Badges?!? #aiascs @PleiadesProject @OpenContext pic.twitter.com/p9IQjYbmGG

— Tom Elliott (@paregorios) January 10, 2016

@paregorios @PleiadesProject @OpenContext We DO need those stinkin' badges!

— Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) January 10, 2016

told my students, looters lack safety equipment; risk getting hit by machines/tools, struck by falling stones, trapped in trench collapse…

— Conflict Antiquities (@conflictantiq) January 10, 2016

https://t.co/nkvT9nAD7y Now I can show lack of hard hats&hi-vis, heavy stuff on trench edge, machine by unshored trench #BattlefieldRecovery

— Conflict Antiquities (@conflictantiq) January 10, 2016

'Aren't you putting people like Indiana Jones out of business?' Colbert asks Alabama archaeologist https://t.co/33UvcSk66E

— Glenn Meyer (@ARCENCPostings) January 10, 2016

@hashtagoras What? No Spiderman? (To be fair, he's not in Herculaneum). pic.twitter.com/UYm2qwOOkM

— Virginia L. Campbell (@campbell798) January 10, 2016

Quintessential Roman stone. many travertine precedents for the Colosseum. T of Marcellus https://t.co/hOAOM6e94y pic.twitter.com/VM2T6GniTm

— Darius Arya (@SaveRome) January 10, 2016

Ofcom Complaints about "Battlefield Recovery" https://t.co/9tIHQT4vRt

— Dorothy Lobel King (@DorothyKing) January 10, 2016

Cerberus Beach House #classicseverywhere #evenBlackRock #layersofreception pic.twitter.com/MmrFSSwV6E

— Ellie Mackin (@EllieMackin) January 9, 2016

Sarah Parcak on Colbert, plugs her work & others' + highlights antiquities theft–fantastic public #archaeology: https://t.co/QwXX5sapNo

— Colleen Morgan (@clmorgan) January 10, 2016

@campbell798 @hashtagoras Excellent stuff! It's more #ancientgraffito as #graffitiporn is more… pic.twitter.com/kyltSdkN6p

— Sophie Hay (@pompei79) January 10, 2016

.@sauterne as @AnthroPaulicy detailed at #AIASCS, dozens of deaths in5yrs in Egypt, most from trench/tunnel collapse https://t.co/7TIBnvqx8i

— Conflict Antiquities (@conflictantiq) January 10, 2016

Alea iacta est. The die is cast
– Suetonius
Today in 49BC Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon. pic.twitter.com/xJnJepweFp

— Sophie Hay (@pompei79) January 10, 2016

Blogged: Crossing the Rubicon https://t.co/aPZKu7EIij pic.twitter.com/9vesb8zo9n

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 10, 2016

If you want to make a case for why #BattlefieldRecovery was unethical TV, this might help: https://t.co/BPsryQLcei #NaziWarDiggers

— Karen Martin-Stone (@KMartinStone) January 10, 2016

#Reconstitution : le temple de Neptune en couleurs à #Paestum #art #archeology @APHG_National @ArreteTonChar1 pic.twitter.com/4SU5M5naVS

— Roma Aeterna (@ValeriaAugusta8) January 10, 2016

Altar for a slave of the slave of Nymphidius Sabinus Praetorian Prefect. Presumably from before Sabinus' ignoble end pic.twitter.com/mEMmTvi7rY

— Lj Trafford (@TraffordLj) January 10, 2016

#OnThisDay in 49BC, the die was cast as Julius Caesar leads XIII Gemina across the Rubicon to civil war pic.twitter.com/rkb0WczkCH

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) January 10, 2016

#OnThisDay in 69, Galba chooses Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus as his heir. This leads to the revolt of Otho pic.twitter.com/SO7I9xPFRD

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) January 10, 2016

#OnThisDay in 236, Fabian is elected pope reputedly due to the miraculous descent of a dove onto his head pic.twitter.com/dKfSTu5eRp

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) January 10, 2016

Today, I'll mainly be doing this… #DrHay #Pompeii pic.twitter.com/mXQ9iPNqNk

— Sophie Hay (@pompei79) January 10, 2016

10 years after #clytemnestra, #FionaShaw played #Medea @AbbeyTheatre, dir. #DeborahWarner: https://t.co/BTxeGz8G4O pic.twitter.com/At6cRxBHYp

— TVTragedyScreenings (@tv_tragedy) January 10, 2016

The lost voice of ancient Britain https://t.co/aQ9r48c9WW pic.twitter.com/W2TNjdvzrK

— BBC History Magazine (@HistoryExtra) January 10, 2016

January 10, 532: The Nika riots begin in the hippodrome of Constantinople during the reign of the emperor Justinian. pic.twitter.com/atHRNXhnU8

— SCS (@scsclassics) January 10, 2016

Onofrio Panvinio's De Ludis Circensibus (1600) transmits gorgeous ancient circus drawings. https://t.co/ie59NKdGec pic.twitter.com/E4xX9Ix08D

— Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) January 10, 2016

Roman Empire, Silver Denarius of Vibia Sabina, Empress AD 117-136, wife of Hadrian. Link: https://t.co/ecW9MAYUAX pic.twitter.com/fFgYO2qaps

— Clio Ancient Art (@ClioAncient) January 10, 2016

Il est encore temps de dire : "Je te #voeux !"… https://t.co/RpslwFOPAu #célibataire @Toulouse #speeddating #love pic.twitter.com/N0wLec5z44

— Musée Saint-Raymond (@MSR_Tlse) January 9, 2016

#Vénus vole à votre secours pour ne pas finir la #StValentin devant #TopChef ! https://t.co/p6jLB7y2Xn #speeddating pic.twitter.com/FjHI4c6UjK

— Musée Saint-Raymond (@MSR_Tlse) January 7, 2016

'Alea iacta est'. Esta noche (49 a.C.) Julio César cruza el Rubicón. Denario con su efigie https://t.co/hIdV4jr3sn pic.twitter.com/CQewFajcF8

— MAN Arqueológico Nac (@MANArqueologico) January 10, 2016

Lol!! pic.twitter.com/jjpn77lL9U

— Mags (@MforMags) January 10, 2016

@hashtagoras @pompei79 What happened to the last Classics tattoo you were planning? Wasn't there supposed to be an #aiascs show & tell?

— Virginia L. Campbell (@campbell798) January 10, 2016

From cautious ruler to cruel monster: The development of the image of Nero as murderer… https://t.co/J6qeG9qD6z pic.twitter.com/qMICdQMp9O

— HistoryoftheAncient (@historyancient) January 10, 2016

Excellent review of #battlefield recovery. #archaeology #NaziWarDiggers https://t.co/VpGpeqSSt1

— Ⓐndrew ®einhard (@adreinhard) January 10, 2016

Berenike II: Indian garnet, mid 3rd century BC @carlosmuseum Atlanta
https://t.co/ncL7ZGajIr pic.twitter.com/nkBq4VeJeg

— QueensClassics (@QueensClassics) January 10, 2016

A few more ancient dogs added to our album, although work is needed on identifying them…

https://t.co/0E4Bm7I2Yr pic.twitter.com/qD8xQExpF3

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) January 10, 2016

#otd in 49 BC: Julius Caesar and his army cross the Rubicon into Italy on their way to Rome https://t.co/IifBlbJCtr pic.twitter.com/MXthx141dG

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) January 10, 2016

The circular Temple of Venus at #Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli. pic.twitter.com/hWUY79y3f3

— Paula Lock (@PaulaLock5) January 10, 2016

Mosaic with hunting scenes, from the Horti Liciniani, early 4th century AD #CentraleMontemartini @museiincomune pic.twitter.com/viSVvQMBEa

— Paola Troili (@blue_river15) January 10, 2016

Reconstruct the ancient Pompeii with https://t.co/HCZavHJSDU https://t.co/HCZavHJSDU pic.twitter.com/f96sMhTwKO

— Kelsey Museum Archae (@kelseymuseum) January 10, 2016

1500 Years old glass #Romanperiod #archaeological excavations in Yenikapi metro #Istanbul by @Maliarkeolog pic.twitter.com/BeIfOVFTQq

— Arif Özavci (@ahmetarifaltun3) January 10, 2016

@raylaurence1 I only really remember this bit #archaeology #fact https://t.co/uCTCZ5aD2F

— Sophie Hay (@pompei79) January 10, 2016

Herculaneum has furnished several figures of white marble…the draperies in a good taste, and well executed – Thomas Martyn, 1773

— Adrian Murdoch (@adrianmurdoch) January 10, 2016

ASGLE–The American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy–has a new website. Please send us comments or suggestions! https://t.co/JsbmHWgWp3

— Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) January 10, 2016

In 387BC, Sparta won the Corinthian War. 15 years later, it was losing against the Second Delian League. Why? https://t.co/W8dSEiQ1rp

— Reddit AskHistorians (@askhistorians) January 10, 2016

Barracks at Isca, Roman fort established about 75AD by the Second Augustan Legion at #Caerleon #Wales pic.twitter.com/XcfZuJwf9n

— Selga Medenieks (@ArcheoBlonde) January 10, 2016

Scent in the ancient world – lovely exhibition in Grasse @MIPGrasse https://t.co/SBoYAV6ajm pic.twitter.com/pAb82D9QqU

— QueensClassics (@QueensClassics) January 10, 2016

Scent bottle in the form of a laced (soldier's?) boot: terracotta, 1st-2nd c AD, Knidos (?)
https://t.co/US0iOJsbop pic.twitter.com/AalRI64EGo

— QueensClassics (@QueensClassics) January 10, 2016

Bust found in the Rhone River near Arles and debated as a possible portrait of Julius Caesar. In @MuseeArlantique. pic.twitter.com/mE1V92Q16A

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 10, 2016

The Green Caesar, a posthumous bust showing Caesar as a statesman dressed in a toga. Greywacke from Egypt, 1–50 AD. pic.twitter.com/gjcvKokkV5

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 10, 2016

Marble head of Julius Caesar, 1st quarter of 1st c. AD, provenance unknown. In Archaeological Museum of Corinth. pic.twitter.com/8rh1e73nho

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 10, 2016

Marble head of a statue, probably of Julius Caesar, from the sanctuary of Athena Polias at Priene, about AD 50. pic.twitter.com/68LNhqByto

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 10, 2016

Ancient Britons gloried in their Trojan ‘past’… https://t.co/aQ9r48c9WW

— BBC History Magazine (@HistoryExtra) January 10, 2016

#StarWars & Ancient Rome https://t.co/GYXeDCuFPv Was #KyloRen a gladiator?

— Latin Language (@latinlanguage) January 10, 2016

Endlessness – Homer, Ibycus, Cicero, Leopardi (Contributed by Cristina Lofaro) https://t.co/I4ssvHYABy

— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) January 10, 2016

Ideologie e rituali della vita e della morte nel Mediterraneo antico. I e II – 18-25/01/2016, Roma (Italy) https://t.co/mmCUEzT3SR

— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) January 10, 2016

#Halicarnassus Mausoleion,originally occupied only a small island near to the shore called #Zephyria pic.twitter.com/JQ3W0uokzV

— Mariadorleacu (@mariadorleacu) January 10, 2016

@CatharineEdwa Fresco is originally from Pompeii (not sure which house). Spotted it in a book called 'Pompei 79' (aptly) by various authors.

— Sophie Hay (@pompei79) January 10, 2016

It's fake. Although I like the idea of a mason waiting for Caesar to make his decision in order that he could chisel https://t.co/gq8GxIbIhz

— Sophie Hay (@pompei79) January 10, 2016

Plato's Academy #Mosaic from The Villa of T. Siminius Stephanus outside gate of #Pompeii now in the Naples Museum. pic.twitter.com/tyU39lD2QQ

— Sharon M. Wolf (@SharonMWolf) January 10, 2016

Labyrinth mosaic from the 3rd century HQ of the Roman fortress Isca, found in St Cadoc's churchyard #Caerleon #Wales pic.twitter.com/aDr4niN61x

— Selga Medenieks (@ArcheoBlonde) January 10, 2016

Evet calinip geri getirilen Orfeus mozaigiyle tanistik MO194- BC #haleplibahce #urfa #orpheus #archeology #arkeoloji pic.twitter.com/ZHp9JmsYs6

— Yonca Eldener (@YoncaEldener) January 9, 2016

A lovely (and windblown) #Herakles on this stater from Boeotia (Thebes, ca. 440-425 BC) pic.twitter.com/KSJiyOhTC3

— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) January 10, 2016

The Horti Lamiani in Rome (I bc-IV ad) by the #MuseiCapitolini. @museiincomune, more: https://t.co/iAlDP7Ann6 pic.twitter.com/dcuKrxKFgL

— Rome Garden Tours (@RomeGardentours) January 10, 2016

The "Genius" of the Roman People, looking quite buff on this aureus of #Hadrian (ca. 134-138 AD) #favorites pic.twitter.com/k63szu6vjg

— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) January 10, 2016

@Briana_Wipf @rogueclassicist my Latin is shocking but that would make sense and in fact your argument sounds familiar… @llewelyn_morgan

— Sophie Hay (@pompei79) January 10, 2016

Salle octogonale de la Domus Aurea de Néron à #Rome #art #histoire #antiquite @ArreteTonChar1 @APHG_National pic.twitter.com/Su7XkMY4yH

— Roma Aeterna (@ValeriaAugusta8) January 10, 2016

Because nothing says welcome like a wounded bear in your entranceway! VII.2.44-46 #Pompeii https://t.co/qhuiXhwaa6 pic.twitter.com/k1qikvfdTQ

— Carla Brain (@CarlaBrain1) December 17, 2015

Fun article by @Newnham_College's own Mary Beard on being an ancient author! https://t.co/zyJmE1HVwZ @nytimes pic.twitter.com/fL8cWIbuyp

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) January 10, 2016

Weds 27 Jan lecture: How to Retell #Virgil for Reluctant Teen Readers https://t.co/xJjTSsuC1j RT? @llewelyn_morgan pic.twitter.com/XZQKfu5gAf

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) January 10, 2016

@llewelyn_morgan @pompei79 @Briana_Wipf I always have to stop myself from translating it 'yahtzee'

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 10, 2016

How to Decipher a Jacoby FGrH Citation | Becoming a Classics Librarian – https://t.co/K2FUcRimzO

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 10, 2016

Spotted in @V_and_A today: this extremely bizarre #Achilles with… a cupid?! Any explanations? pic.twitter.com/oGMdshuEzY

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) January 10, 2016

@CarolineLawrenc @V_and_A an allusion to his cross dressing induced marriage on skyros perhaps?

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 11, 2016

BTW, I found the *sandaliarius* ref via @twostraws' ever-useful SPQR app! @keithamassey @wmarybeard pic.twitter.com/1OenIfFJZY

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) January 10, 2016

@VicoLudovico #buonanotte #amici @beatrice_bea2 @Asamsakti @ArRanieri1960 @BrindusaB1
Sleeping Venus Giorgione pic.twitter.com/X6xC7epvTy

— Grandekuore (@Papryka5) January 9, 2016

@MichaelMeckler I'll have to disagree and agree somewhat

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 11, 2016

@MichaelMeckler but I'll do it in a blog post

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 11, 2016

Finally escaped the hotel labyrinth! Am I too late for that panel? I am? Wait, what day is it? #aiascs

— RealTalkSCS (@RealTalkSCS) January 10, 2016

Grrrr… A certain auction house is clogging my twitterfeed with jewellery ids from the golden globes zzzz

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 11, 2016

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