@NevilleMorley Just finished the procrustean project of squeezing Thucydides into 5 15-minute episodes. Not easy!

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 7, 2015

Looking for Virgil; Finding Tony Soprano! #Naples #Travel #Bacoli http://t.co/qmkuIwplNI @dndnapoli @NapoliHotel pic.twitter.com/pMegin3peF

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) April 7, 2015

April 21 is founder's day over here – not sure if hugs were part of Romulus' program @rogueclassicist @minimus_latin 🙂

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) April 8, 2015

@SaveRome @minimus_latin well I thought of having it when the sabine women stepped in to stop the fighting., but can't figure out the date

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 8, 2015

@SaveRome @minimus_latin… But I'm sure there were lots of hugs during the secular games…

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 8, 2015

The ultimate root of the English word ‘ferment’ is Latin fervēre ‘to boil’. Happy #NationalBeerDay!

— The OED (@OED) April 7, 2015

Bronze artefacts at @ROMtoronto are beautiful thanks to #UofT alum @Metals4Evr and her very #cooljob http://t.co/CaJKKogZYm @uoftalumni

— University of Toronto Magazine (@uoftmagazine) April 7, 2015

Come join us for the Classics Club's Symposium on Symposia! Thursday, April 9, 4pm (Hum L4). All Welcome! #UAlberta pic.twitter.com/U3m8O7QfWW

— Classics at UAlberta (@ClassicsAlberta) April 7, 2015

The Court of Caligula, by Virgilio Mattoni de la Fuente. It's very much like my own home life… pic.twitter.com/HnITMLemoD

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 7, 2015

DC-area lecture THIS SUNDAY: Dr. Marden Nichols, “Theatrical Scenes in Roman Houses” http://t.co/hDUTQsDKAl pic.twitter.com/VtZyjjmKS0

— Biblical Archaeology Review (@BibArch) April 7, 2015

Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: April 8 http://t.co/l40wL1Sg1S

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 8, 2015

British Museum chief Neil MacGregor to step down – BBC News http://t.co/WM2entUf3y

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 8, 2015

MacGregor stepping down … connected to Elgin/Parthenon Marbles????

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 8, 2015

British Museum’s Neil MacGregor will retire on a high – The Art Newspaper http://t.co/Cduyfzs8CJ

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 8, 2015

British Museum director to step down and head to Berlin – Yahoo News http://t.co/XjeLEWce00

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 8, 2015

@Curculiunculus @ClassicsAlberta Probably … but considering Classicist numbers in Canada, it might work out that way!

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 8, 2015

Dorothy King's PhDiva: Today In 217: Macrinus Became Emperor http://t.co/BvrD6MrnOS

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 8, 2015

The #roman villa at Walesby #Lincolnshire being unearthed in 1861, according to the Illustrated London News pic.twitter.com/SleEIn2ia0

— Antony Lee (@lidongni) April 7, 2015

Excellent site on the Temple of Athene Nike on the Acropolis: 3D reconstructions and more http://t.co/2L2v8WS8A7 pic.twitter.com/Q4UvfLIoZG

— Pythika (@Pythika) March 17, 2015

Erma di #Pitagora nei Musei Capitolini: http://t.co/08L3U6ybVY pic.twitter.com/d6mY7GFNdL

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) April 7, 2015

Don't forget that HISTORIA magazine is out – the best of the best of historical writing: #amwriting #history #HWA: http://t.co/QEaQwCayKY

— Manda Scott (@MandaScott) April 7, 2015

Roman marble copy of a Greek statue of Hercules slaying the Hydra, dated to the 2nd century AD pic.twitter.com/SqMuLQd3fU

— Europe's History (@EuropesHistory) April 7, 2015

The greatest mystery of the medieval Forum Romanum: Equus Constantini! Read all about it in my new blog-post. http://t.co/hVU5q0Vrlz

— Anna Blennow (@AnnaBlennow) April 7, 2015

@VindolandaTrust latest following #OperationNightingale during their time at the excavations on the Roman site.http://t.co/WN4NBLdvhE

— Hexham Courant (@hexhamcourant) April 7, 2015

The world's first game of Twister. Mosaic covering the floor of the palaestra in the Baths of Caracalla. pic.twitter.com/bmi72T49ZK

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) April 7, 2015

Keep Calm And Love Theatre #LoveTheatre #LoveLTD pic.twitter.com/I73fY9MTH2

— LondonTheatreDirect (@theatre_direct) April 6, 2015

Effect of this mosaic pattern is almost hypnotic. Like splayed out leaves in the changing room of Baths of Caracalla pic.twitter.com/dOP1hF2IYf

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) April 7, 2015

Seen from a different angle, the mosaic looks like the floor has buckled & has ridges, Baths of Caracalla #floorporn pic.twitter.com/xXvpF5gUtF

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) April 7, 2015

Winged and slightly worried looking cherub with whip. A fragment of a mosaic at the Baths of Caracalla. pic.twitter.com/1AOiXderUu

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) April 7, 2015

On 4/13, the Met turns 145 years old! Use #Met145 and tag @metmuseum to share your Met story: http://t.co/TXFHKxVBS8 pic.twitter.com/n4vwszwvnE

— The Met (@metmuseum) April 7, 2015

Two-day conference @UCLA and the Getty Research Institute explores the Florentine Codex http://t.co/HbRk5MI308 pic.twitter.com/58XC8iChm7

— Getty Hub (@GettyHub) April 7, 2015

Learn about papyrus-making in ancient Egypt and view a slideshow of works: http://t.co/7K9sWXZVqt pic.twitter.com/aJnjL575cA

— The Met (@metmuseum) April 8, 2015

I'm always amazed at the constant representation of Jesus as wearing his hair long, in view of 1 Corinthians 11:14. Who got it wrong?

— Bill Thayer 🎗️ LacusCurtius (@LacusCurtius) April 8, 2015

See the “Brazen Bull,” the Ancient Greek Torture Machine That Doubled as a Musical Instrument http://t.co/Qfp2OiOxvs pic.twitter.com/ri3cGEeyx2

— Open Culture (@openculture) April 8, 2015

True-crime account of Julius Caesar's death combines forensics & politics http://t.co/EiIlSoyoLB via @LAReviewofBooks pic.twitter.com/jtA34MqmVV

— Getty Hub (@GettyHub) April 8, 2015

OCTIPES

Peto, Octope, me narra,
est illa bracchia an crura?
Admiror te, tu Octope;
Si ego tu, Nos vocarem me.#WhanThatAprilleDay15 #Nash

— Jonathan Hsy (@JonathanHsy) April 1, 2015

Museo Pietro Canonica a villa Borghese #Roma @museiincomune pic.twitter.com/GqgYaad1mf

— Mizio 🇮🇹 (@mauriziosgh) April 8, 2015

In 217 today the Emperor Caracalla was killed as he lowered his breeches to relieve himself as he had a stomach upset. What a way to go!

— Roman Legion Museum (@RomanCaerleon) April 8, 2015

Beyond the Colosseum: Roman Amphitheaters Outside of Rome.http://t.co/5thoBe5bAk

— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) April 8, 2015

C'est l'anniversaire du plus poilu de tous nos Gaulois ! Un petit message à transmettre à notre cher Idéfix ?!!! pic.twitter.com/LJjg1v2fmJ

— Astérix (@asterixofficiel) April 8, 2015

"La bellezza ci può trafiggere come un dolore": buona giornata dai #MuseiCapitolini​!#GoodMorningRome pic.twitter.com/St5My49srG

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

Rotten news: 14th May Amphipolis lecture at the Hellenic Centre cancelled cc. @DorothyKing pic.twitter.com/nwXz3OebIc

— M J Mann (@secondachilles) April 8, 2015

Year 11 & 12 Classics and English Day at the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford.http://t.co/ELQRzHe7Rl

— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) April 8, 2015

Balbus statue from Herculaneum in Naples museum pic.twitter.com/RlhNPjhfe4

— Adrian Murdoch (@adrianmurdoch) April 8, 2015

Fourth century Greek walls of Naples pic.twitter.com/MBHFqwC3xW

— Adrian Murdoch (@adrianmurdoch) April 8, 2015

Off to London for BBC In Our Time on Sappho tomorrow radio 4 at 0900. "Deathless Aphrodite on your spangled throne!"

— Edith Hall (@edithmayhall) April 8, 2015

‘It's a very difficult thing to leave the British Museum’ Director Neil MacGregor to step down http://t.co/1XSE3a3z6Q pic.twitter.com/KNvq3yUCGC

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) April 8, 2015

Beware of the dog pic.twitter.com/2KVql28rFm

— Adrian Murdoch (@adrianmurdoch) April 8, 2015

Sad Neil McGregor is retiring as Director of @britishmuseum. The only person who's done more for a famous British institution is the Queen.

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 8, 2015

Roman and Byzantine artifacts recovered by Turkish authorities http://t.co/AA7vImsvjv #Roman #MiddleEast #Turkey pic.twitter.com/lNYQRw24Wk

— Roman Middle East (@RomanMiddleEast) April 8, 2015

Trying to figure out how I fell so far behind with my social media and email

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 9, 2015

#OnThisDay in 217, the emperor Caracalla is murdered near Harran by Julius Martialis, one of his personal bodyguard. pic.twitter.com/vXyJ0W30Nh

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) April 8, 2015

Dopo il successo del @ForoAugusto2K dal 24 raccontiamo Cesare. Un grande viaggio nella storia #viaggioneifori pic.twitter.com/KP6i8nDKsN

— Giovanna Marinelli (@giovamarinelli) April 8, 2015

RT @aclclassics: ACL Institute 2015 at UConn http://t.co/4UnTwny4lo #vr4smallbiz
Preliminary Program available

— etclassics (@etclassics) April 8, 2015

Treasure trove of Roman coins to go on display at Malmesbury's Athelstan Museum http://t.co/4ZIsYmeJsk #RomanBritain pic.twitter.com/Mn5XZbqU3q

— Roman Britain News (@Roman_Britain) April 8, 2015

Tomorrow's IOT on R4 feat @edithmayhall and is on Sappho. Here's a bit from me on her Hymn to Aphrodite http://t.co/vSWZP537JK

— AncientBlogger (@ancientblogger) April 8, 2015

Accidental rediscovery of offprint given to me c2002 by @edithmayhall. Relates to conf paper am writing! #serendipity pic.twitter.com/9cbucDp7fs

— Dr Emma Bridges (@emmabridges) April 8, 2015

Interested in Scholarly Communication and Open Access? @bodleianlibs have a Senior Library Assistant vacancy @SSLBod http://t.co/S1PUuXz2wZ

— Michael Williams (@old_light) April 3, 2015

Damn you, Claudius, for marrying so many women who are inconveniently situated on my family tree… #JulioClaudianFamilyTreeHell

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 8, 2015

#April8 217: Assassination of the notorious Roman Emperor Caracalla​. http://t.co/kBfIq4TFZY pic.twitter.com/e2MykiVTgC

— Penguin Classics (@PenguinClassics) April 8, 2015

Nemeth on the security threat of antiquities trafficking http://t.co/6X6YWSDKtw

— Morag M. Kersel (@mokersel) April 8, 2015

RT @danpv73: English has so many words from Latin that we can barely utter a sentence without giving a nod, etymologically, to the Romans.

— Latin Language (@latinlanguage) April 8, 2015

Il “Foro di Augusto” torna e si amplia con una nuova emozionante tappa nel “Foro di Cesare” http://t.co/d2pcE4zB7B pic.twitter.com/WGimGGix5w

— Viaggio nei Fori (@viaggioneifori) April 8, 2015

Vote for our Instagram account in @TheWebbyAwards Social: Best Photography & Graphics category http://t.co/rfQeEkMD79 pic.twitter.com/dAa1zLcTTj

— The Met (@metmuseum) April 8, 2015

This tombstone depicts the deceased Martialis as a retiarius—a #gladiator who fights with a net & trident #Ashmolean pic.twitter.com/eiA2IZH9gn

— Paula Lock (@PaulaLock5) April 8, 2015

Claudius' wife Messalina reportedly made statues of her lover Mnester from the melted-down metal of Caligula's bronze coinage. Dio 60.22.3

— Jake Nabel (@JakeNabel) April 8, 2015

Can you guess where I went today? 😉 pic.twitter.com/PmARl1mo36

— Following Hadrian 🧔🏻 (@carolemadge) April 8, 2015

Blogi: Pontius Pilatus – Roomalainen Maaherra Juudeassa http://t.co/SJZAImdW3q pic.twitter.com/GOaZFK0znB

— Maarit J. Hellsten (@MaaritJohanna) April 8, 2015

Hadrian's Tomb, Cicero's Afterlife and Brontoscopy among May treats at #ICS See full list at http://t.co/7wBmMpiJau pic.twitter.com/RlUDgX8UO1

— ICS (@IcsDirector) April 8, 2015

Don’t miss this #BBC4 programme tonight at 22.00 featuring amazing works from #DefiningBeauty http://t.co/smp9bt7YJd pic.twitter.com/5vX0gsEiL3

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) April 8, 2015

Roman cameo glass skyphos w/ charioteers sold for over £200K ten yrs ago! https://t.co/hsGvUkrkDm h/t @Stephenphs pic.twitter.com/cLKY6Ss74o

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) April 8, 2015

Agamemnon is sacked: http://t.co/yJWbtfVIqL #KP #Nemesis H/t @MathewJLyons

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 8, 2015

There'll be a big @OpenUniversity presence at #CA15. @MairLloyd tells us what's in store: https://t.co/OJdpt3JwOz

— Dr Emma Bridges (@emmabridges) April 8, 2015

Excited to learn from the Standard that it's between me, @wmarybeard & @bettanyhughes to run the British Museum: pic.twitter.com/dm1ylVA6rM

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 8, 2015

#AccaddeOggi: l'8 aprile 217 a Carre moriva l'imperatore romano #Caracalla​: http://t.co/Xm6j8xOYRo#OnThisDay pic.twitter.com/mlz3ggLJlc

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

Explore great art work inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses http://t.co/nD6rGMwm83 #engchat #edchat #commoncore #tlchat pic.twitter.com/QZTr2w4Kh9

— EDSITEment (@EDSITEment) April 8, 2015

@caitlinrgreen @collectionlinc Two in my possession! Cat + dog prints from tileworks of XX Legion at Holt, N. Wales pic.twitter.com/Svt8T9nLRR

— Helen A. (@Helenus_) April 8, 2015

Roman silver as art, treasure, and history http://t.co/boPZKnWq6E Free talk April 16, 7:30pm pic.twitter.com/h7XCCM6ode

— Getty Hub (@GettyHub) April 8, 2015

Mosaics of ancient city of #Zeugma (Turkey ). The City was originally founded by Seleucus I Nicator, in 300 BC . pic.twitter.com/lWwcVbRQ5o

— Martin (@M65SANCHEZ) April 8, 2015

#Roman inscribed brick, found in 1992 (by me!) @DorothyKing @caitlinrgreen @QueensClassics @drzarrow @ChesterArchSoc pic.twitter.com/uZi6LpI2HB

— Helen A. (@Helenus_) April 8, 2015

Playing the bear for Artemis: https://t.co/h4Vjmn0fLH

— Laurence Totelin (@ltotelin) April 8, 2015

RT @Personal_Garden: Veduta dei Templi di Paestum by Giovanni Battista Lusieri #art #painting pic.twitter.com/npXjY6lQC0

— Paestum (@paestumcapaccio) April 8, 2015

The Temple of Augustus and Livia in Vienne, late 1st century B.C.E. pic.twitter.com/qFWgCFgpL2

— Roman History (@romanhistory1) April 8, 2015

Antandros, Turkey pic.twitter.com/4MeOplotjM

— secrets of ancient (@secretsancient) April 8, 2015

Fun interactive Roman garden fresco w/ birds & plants! #HouseGoldenBracelet #Pompeii https://t.co/JWxpWDjvPI pic.twitter.com/J1N8csYCzW

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) April 8, 2015

Good luck to my Greek & Roman Tragedy students, about to write your exam!

— Dr Aven McMaster (@AvenMcMaster) April 8, 2015

We are excited for tomorrow's guest lecture "The Work of Scholarship in the Digital Age" by Dr. @GegoryR of Tufts University

— Rutgers Classics (@RUClassics) April 8, 2015

Romans in Hungary: this Flavian inscription sits just outside the #Budapest Ramada 🙂 http://t.co/PP1TEopA89 pic.twitter.com/Lak34zWqw1

— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) April 8, 2015

Dr. Crane is the Editor in Chief of @PerseusDigLib. Feel free to thank him for his hard work that helped you get through undergrad @GegoryR

— Rutgers Classics (@RUClassics) April 9, 2015

American Classical League @aclclassics: Institute 2015 June 26-28 @UConn http://t.co/tT5050UO9R
Preliminary… http://t.co/4yOpl22H5h

— Yale Classics Lib (@YaleClassicsLib) April 9, 2015

. @PenguinClassics @rogueclassicist I wonder: are historians of Imperial Rome already planning conferences for the 1800th anniversary?

— Michael Hendry (@Curculiunculus) April 9, 2015