@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 đ
— 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 âfermentâ is Latin fervÄre âto boilâ. 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
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DC-area lecture THIS SUNDAY: Dr. Marden Nichols, âTheatrical Scenes in Roman Housesâ 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 Museumâs 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum) April 7, 2015
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Learn about papyrus-making in ancient Egypt and view a slideshow of works: http://t.co/7K9sWXZVqt pic.twitter.com/aJnjL575cA
— The Metropolitan Museum of Art (@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 đď¸ LacusCurtius (@LacusCurtius) April 8, 2015
See the âBrazen Bull,â 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
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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
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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 Ă transmettre Ă notre cher IdĂŠfix ?!!! pic.twitter.com/LJjg1v2fmJ
— @asterixofficiel (@asterixofficiel) April 8, 2015
"La bellezza ci può trafiggere come un dolore": buona giornata dai #MuseiCapitoliniâ!#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!"
— @edithmayhall (@edithmayhall) April 8, 2015
âIt's a very difficult thing to leave the British Museumâ 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
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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
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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
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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 Caracallaâ. 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
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Il âForo di Augustoâ torna e si amplia con una nuova emozionante tappa nel âForo di Cesareâ 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum) April 8, 2015
This tombstone depicts the deceased Martialis as a retiariusâa #gladiator who fights with a net & trident #Ashmolean pic.twitter.com/eiA2IZH9gn
— Dr 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? đ pic.twitter.com/PmARl1mo36
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) April 8, 2015
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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
Donât 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 ÂŁ200K 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 #Caracallaâ: 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
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#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 đ http://t.co/PP1TEopA89 pic.twitter.com/Lak34zWqw1
— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) April 8, 2015
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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
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. @PenguinClassics @rogueclassicist I wonder: are historians of Imperial Rome already planning conferences for the 1800th anniversary?
— Michael Hendry (@Curculiunculus) April 9, 2015