.@AcademiaObscura Don't forget to share my blog post explaining what #ScholarSunday is, please 🙂 http://t.co/Yqd8DUSXk3

— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) March 8, 2015

#DonneInArte Testimonial d’eccezione del viaggio nel mondo dell’arte femminile è GIULIA DOMNA http://t.co/tZKmOmjQwD pic.twitter.com/Pzb9UCZKsZ

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) March 8, 2015

New research indicates homosexuality prevalent in early Christian Rome http://t.co/owYHPfMwTt

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

New Archaeological Findings in Vergina, Northern Greece | http://t.co/eGiuSzZWBU http://t.co/4heM2ApgSL

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

[a good Don's Life for International Women's Day] Sorting out the Agrippinas http://t.co/vKLfZa2Coi

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

[the report 'template' again] Iraqi Minister: Concerns Over IS Looting Third Ancient Site – http://t.co/LUiNM63uk3 http://t.co/dBEAgHDT0s

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

US tourists caught carving names into Rome’s Colosseum | World news | The Guardian http://t.co/K82aIsVbqR

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

http://t.co/Kq6ROMQrcq | Mystery deepens over ancient Greek tomb at Amphipolis http://t.co/8bAoPKKGWQ

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Book review: The most famous assassination ever http://t.co/WYxnMQNOK8

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Homer and the Art of Storytelling http://t.co/Q1tQA18EDd

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Poor reporting of the destruction of heritage threatens our ability to protect the past. | Anonymous… http://t.co/8q9oiFc3JO

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Blogging PompeiiAnother comparison from the Jashemski archive.http://t.co/480TrZgpht

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

[aah … now we see] Iraq calls for air power to protect antiquities | Reuters http://t.co/jl9Xl4UiUB

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Zenobia: Empress of the East: ELEGY FOR HATRA http://t.co/htowu3O2sR)

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

UK reluctant to enter Parthenon Marbles mediation process http://t.co/SsMLoUcHwX

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

FORUM Storage Wars: Solving the Archaeological Curation Crisis? | Morag Kersel – http://t.co/EhcoPppDCd https://t.co/dlFjFphIS6

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Κατολισθήσεις και «ρωγμές» στην Αμφίπολη | πολιτισμοσ | ethnos.gr http://t.co/erjSp8VCPv

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

#DefiningBeauty will reveal varied portrayals of the female form in ancient Greek art #IWD2015 http://t.co/4jzQJ21vWY pic.twitter.com/t58rpaQ0OO

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) March 8, 2015

Word of the Day: FATIDIC – See the full definition here: http://t.co/DjAmeWugF8 pic.twitter.com/r6SDbkTseR

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) March 8, 2015

IWD

I have a daughter, and I pray she may outlive me;
I shall always be happy while she breathes.

Ovid, Fasti vi pic.twitter.com/4se4noU5eJ

— Lissadell House (@LissadellHouse) March 8, 2015

@metmuseum: essay about women in Greece/slideshow of works http://t.co/Rjfoeecqgy #WomensHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/XBvvp1kOMI @MariolaRub

— Hadrian Bagration (@HBagration) March 8, 2015

Adesso in spiaggia, going to the beach now… #Ostia
“Bikini Girls”, Villa Rumana dû Casali, Sicilia, IV secolo d.C. pic.twitter.com/sHABGe33BB

— Ostia Antica (@Ostia_Antica) March 8, 2015

3rd c. AD statuette of Aphrodite holding a mirror.
The female sign ♀ is believed to represent Venus' mirror #IWD2015 pic.twitter.com/cEWUzDypvV

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 8, 2015

Roman bust of Sappho, Greek lyric poet from Lesbos, copied from a Hellenistic original#IWD2015 #WomenInAntiquity pic.twitter.com/EMGl5GZzqf

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 8, 2015

Mummy portrait of Lady Aline, from Hawara (Egypt), 1st – 2nd century AD.#IWD2015 #WomenInAntiquity pic.twitter.com/LuAc9lXLCV

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 8, 2015

@OptimoPrincipi: #Antinous/#Apollo/#Dionysus statue under threat from #ISIS in Tripoli. Read: http://t.co/aS7v3yJ5Kk pic.twitter.com/qoO7SEFE8m

— Antinous the Gay God (@antinousgaygod) March 8, 2015

”The Beauty from Palmyra”. Limestone funerary bust, AD 190-210.#IWD2015 #WomenInAntiquity pic.twitter.com/fxnTbNtytT

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 8, 2015

“@carolemadge: Livia Drusilla, wife of Augustus and first empress of Rome #WomenInAntiquity pic.twitter.com/naG7cGHEwL”

— GOD (@McKenrene) September 19, 2014

Still so often women's work: women drawing water at the fountain house, Attic water-jar, 510BC @metmuseum #IWD2015 pic.twitter.com/WO4p0V1fLl

— Pythika (@Pythika) March 8, 2015

'I would rather stand three times in the forefront of battle than bear one child', Euripides, Medea 250-251 #IWD2015 pic.twitter.com/8U80DL4XqJ

— Pythika (@Pythika) March 8, 2015

#OnThisDay in AD 161, Faustina the Younger, wife of #MarcusAurelius, became a #Roman Empress. #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/zTOIZkUKpo

— Dr Paula Lock (@PaulaLock5) March 8, 2015

The so-called "Mona Lisa of Galilee", part of the 3rd c. AD Dionysus mosaic in Sepphoris.#IWD2015 #WomenInAntiquity pic.twitter.com/PxXzr2Qpsl

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 8, 2015

"There was a third man in the plot to kill Caesar" – article on my DEATH OF CAESAR in today's El Pais (in Spanish) http://t.co/AN2ky1ADw3

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) March 8, 2015

#Roma #Drone Conference, 17 march 2015 #digitalarchaeology http://t.co/6LoacsOOQT pic.twitter.com/oOlm8VILsP

— Tiziana Matarazzo (@tiziana_archeo) March 8, 2015

The Roman Empress Vibia Sabina, wife of Hadrian.#IWD2015 #WomenInAntiquity pic.twitter.com/BTGTKg9sTX

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 8, 2015

@DorothyKing still not coming from ISIS though… Another kurdish democratic party person… Major manipulation potential

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Colossal portrait of the Roman Empress Plotina, wife of Trajan, 129 AD.#IWD2015 #WomenInAntiquity pic.twitter.com/qbySMG6M8n

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 8, 2015

1 of 4 poignant scenes of little Roman boy from Roman sarcophagus. Here w/ his father. http://t.co/rdnl8Bfb36 #Ostia pic.twitter.com/8RIKAHS664

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) March 8, 2015

The Roman Empress Faustina the Younger, wife of Marcus Aurelius.#IWD2015 #WomenInAntiquity pic.twitter.com/upzJb4UNk7

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 8, 2015

Cicero’s Web: How Social Media Was Born in Ancient Rome http://t.co/raoIHRCMqb

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Copy of tombstone of Tiberius Claudius Maximus, who gave Trajan severed head of Dacian king Decebalus. #Bucharest pic.twitter.com/sNh8EKhB3Q

— Paul Brummell (@PaulBrummell) March 8, 2015

Roman helmets with reinforcing iron straps as protection against the fearsome Dacian falx. #TrajansColumn pic.twitter.com/UUnFVWkAUO

— Paul Brummell (@PaulBrummell) March 8, 2015

Roman Empress Bruttia Crispina (AD 178-191), wife of Commodus.#IWD2015 #WomenInAntiquity pic.twitter.com/E43TlJ89Bc

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 8, 2015

Many rich Roman matrons used *nutrix* (wet-nurse) but Marcus's mater nurses him herself as pater looks on adoringly. pic.twitter.com/6BiUL7jHHS

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) March 8, 2015

@raylaurence1 as long as the idea of a 'private collection' exists, I don't think they can

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

@raylaurence1 I figure they do it because they can…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

@raylaurence1 the Romans struggled with that too

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

"Like a gang from the ghetto confronting the urban rich" – Adam Nicholson on the Trojan War in the Iliad.

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) March 8, 2015

Iraqi Tourism & Antiquities Minister Adel Shirshab says authorities still trying to assess extent of the damage in Hatra and Nineveh. 1 of 3

— Lynda Albertson (@sauterne) March 8, 2015

Qais Rasheed, head of the antiquities board says "We have confirmation that they bulldozed sites at Nimrud and Hatra. What we don't" 2of 3

— Lynda Albertson (@sauterne) March 8, 2015

“have is information about the size of the area which has been razed,"Qais Rasheed,head of the antiquities board 3of3 http://t.co/SSLpaS58Mt

— Lynda Albertson (@sauterne) March 8, 2015

@sauterne @conflictantiq q also questions why it wasn't monitored… That's a legit question

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

@conflictantiq @DrDonnaYates @DamienHuffer I've been trying to figure out what official means…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Helen of Troy Reloaded http://t.co/k13GnvGCGA #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/PeFHI2pv6K

— HistoryoftheAncient (@historyancient) March 8, 2015

@conflictantiq @DrDonnaYates @DamienHuffer really? Is he a politician? A business guy? Is he authorized to speak?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

My favorite woman from antiquity… Antigone (film extract with Irene Papas as Antigone) https://t.co/Mm9mTXeat3#IWD2015 #WomenInAntiquity

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 8, 2015

Portrait of Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. It was found in Italy along the Appian Way.#IWD2015 #WomenInAntiquity pic.twitter.com/Q67ErvQM93

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 8, 2015

A week from the Ides of March here are a few things about Caesar's assassination you may, or may not have known…http://t.co/ZRrOCDqtl2

— AncientBlogger (@ancientblogger) March 8, 2015

Listen: "Electra" with Kristin S Thomas. 10pm tonight BBC Radio 3, BBC iPlayer thereafter.
BBC Radio 3 – Drama on 3: http://t.co/rifHnNweco

— Classics Collective (@ClassColl) March 8, 2015

Sappho and Catullus http://t.co/nIEQuRDgif

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Swansea 'monuments man' says sction must be taken to prevent the destruction of Syria’s priceless cu… http://t.co/Zrr646SFDe

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Be Careful What you want to take out of any Count… http://t.co/o6AwAhPmkT

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Martial, 3.78 | Sententiae Antiquae http://t.co/73IKbnfiKf

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Announcements 8 March | Classical Association of New England http://t.co/9T02fM6QSQ

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Luxury Submarine Adventure To Discover Roman Shipwrecks In Sicily: Deep Sea Thrills http://t.co/dc4OulARfA

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Classics in Sarasota: ἀκτὴ: Some edges in the Philoctetes. http://t.co/R9IUpLWb3f

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Introduction: 47th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association http://t.co/Qrsphr4ygQ

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

The Daily Pennsylvanian :: From Horace to Charlie Hebdo, ancient approaches to modern satire http://t.co/o0wSwnotwS

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

"Woman teaching geometry"
Illustration of a medieval translation of Euclid's Elements (c. 1310 AD)#HappyWomensDay pic.twitter.com/35EQjjZTGS

— Bibliophilia (@Libroantiguo) March 8, 2015

Female Gladiators of the Ancient Roman World http://t.co/hbzc1DcvBu

— HistoryoftheAncient (@historyancient) March 8, 2015

"The best cook in Homer" – Adam Nicholson on Circe

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) March 8, 2015

I finish Adam Nicholson's The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters. A bit mad & in places v wrong – but then, the best writing on Homer often is.

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) March 8, 2015

Medea in Apollonius Rhodius and Euripides | David Allsop Classics https://t.co/3LXMKltZDZ

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: March 8 http://t.co/XFVJcyNGEw

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

Notes on Lucian's True Story and on Learning Greek http://t.co/EI64Z18JnO

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

@biteythechicken @HistoryTime_ it's a commentary on some orphic poem if I recall…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 8, 2015

@Hofnagel not pleasant to compile either, alas

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 9, 2015

Been meaning to ask… What is lootable at hatra and khorsabad? Are there museums there too?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 9, 2015

Anyone have a source for number 12? http://t.co/k0yQJC4wdH

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 9, 2015

If link doesn't work, it's a claim Romans used mouse brains as toothpaste

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 9, 2015

@conflictantiq so any looting would be architectural features? Hmmmm

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 9, 2015

@greg_jenner wonder why it is tied to the Romans…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 9, 2015