ante diem v idus novembres
- ludi Plebeii (day 6) — the Jupiterfest continues
- 2348 B.C. — the Great Flood began (according to Polyhistor)
- 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Orestes in Cappadocia
quidquid bene dictum est ab ullo, meum est
arrrrrgh … firefox update just broke the addon which is the only reason I keep firefox around …
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) November 8, 2015
@pageman i'm sure it will get fixed … this is final straw territory, though … i can't be bothered any more
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) November 8, 2015
Explorator 18.29 ~ November 8, 2015 | Explorator
https://t.co/i8BcGeGnXO— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) November 8, 2015
Repititiationes ~ 11/07/15 … part i https://t.co/L8lCNDMLDK
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) November 8, 2015
Repititationes 11/07/15 … part ii https://t.co/roOYAnWBjV
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) November 8, 2015
This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem vi idus novembres https://t.co/Z680xuIbx9
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) November 8, 2015
@Dhanesh95 looks like it did it on its own … just took a while to do it (mutter mutter)
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) November 8, 2015
hey hey #rompeii … any attendance figures yet? I know the exhibition is ongoing …
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) November 8, 2015
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/663438595286528000
To readers of CJ, 111.1: Apologies for tech delays that have held up pieces on NEH Summer Inst on Roman Comedy. We will solve problems soon.
— Didaskalia (@DidaskaliaEd) November 7, 2015
Part of the final image for our new book- Atalanta! Coming very soon… Who is the hero heading into battle…? pic.twitter.com/EaX0rOncBk
— Early Myths Books (@EarlyMyths) November 7, 2015
Reading these started my love affair with Classics #itsaclassic pic.twitter.com/DuIilgVwm6
— Alex Sorgo (@AlexMSorgo) November 6, 2015
My wonderful Latin teacher @BHHSGDST who made me fall in love w/ Aeneid + Greek vases and encouraged me to apply @CamClassics #itsaclassic
— Dr Ruth Allen (@RuthMAllen) November 6, 2015
Preview rarely seen TV productions of Greek tragedy @LakesideArts next spring in association with CADRE https://t.co/Rb2Gve9lVX #itsaclassic
— UoN Humanities (@UoNHumanities) November 6, 2015
Prof Judith Mossman on ladybird book of Alexander and Plutarch #itsaclassic https://t.co/JS7hgTawPZ
— Classics Nottingham (@UoNClassics) November 7, 2015
Delphi Charioteer was once part of a much larger monument at sanctuary @brockuclassics #2p34 pic.twitter.com/QmY200zK0R
— Nadine Brundrett (@BrundrettNadine) November 8, 2015
Classical Greek artists created artworks that convey permanence, clarity, and harmony. https://t.co/LbyFCr7q0Z pic.twitter.com/Nc1XGDwW4P
— The Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum) November 8, 2015
Rutgers Classics was in full force this weekend at the film and history conference! pic.twitter.com/B4DPTPaEG0
— Rutgers Classics (@RUClassics) November 8, 2015
Two shakes of a satyr's tail. https://t.co/o25CZRFHnI pic.twitter.com/kMYrixpLbp
— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) November 8, 2015
"Palmyre, l'irremplaçable trésor"
Paul Veyne @AlbinMichel
Dédicace à Khaled al-Assaad pic.twitter.com/vDGQlGQA92— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) November 8, 2015
Greek Gods:really as good as they seem?Year 10 smear campaigns @WLFSclassics @ClassColl @classicsforall pic.twitter.com/rJcsX2Ko2E
— Laura Mathews (@MissLMathews) November 4, 2015
What did I think of Stoic Week? @StoicWeek #stoicweek https://t.co/lzg3ro1MMW
— Sande Ramage (@spiritedcrone) November 8, 2015
Pourquoi les empereurs romains s'appellent #César – Questions Histoire adulte #2@NotaBeneMovies https://t.co/5eL8ft4VYi via @youtube
— Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) November 8, 2015
'Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori' – Wilfred Owen answers Horace. https://t.co/moGFL9EEo8 #Latin #remember pic.twitter.com/HRS0fVizGZ
— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) November 8, 2015
#ancientas. Balanced review- final bit of Cicero trilogy (rise of Augustus) Can u handle ancient sources better? https://t.co/HE8lqeygzO
— QMC History (@QMCHistory) November 7, 2015
Happy 1985th Birthday to Nerva, who was born in Narni #OnThisDay in 30! pic.twitter.com/jis9AmcSgC
— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) November 8, 2015
On this day in 30AD the emperor Nerva was born in Narnia https://t.co/MclFNYJ0PH pic.twitter.com/GNvQnATnld
— Mint Imperials (@Mint_Imperials) November 8, 2015
#OnThisDay in 1977, Manolis Andronikos rediscovered the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina pic.twitter.com/iBNH6xRbUJ
— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) November 8, 2015
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/663447125200666624
#OnThisDay in AD 30, The Roman Emperor Nerva was Born. Read Below to find out more about his life. #ancient #historyhttps://t.co/VNd3ykkHvv
— Mint Imperials (@Mint_Imperials) November 8, 2015
Born #onthisday in AD 30: the Roman emperor Nerva, shown here on an elephant-drawn chariot! https://t.co/TVngXVy6yr pic.twitter.com/qA4HeQhvQk
— British Museum (@britishmuseum) November 8, 2015
Blog post on Movember and philosophical beards drafted. Not the best thing I've written, but I'm vaguely amused.
— Dr. Liz Gloyn (@lizgloyn) November 8, 2015
On my way to the Egypt: faith after the Pharaohs exhibit 🙂 (at @BritishMuseum) https://t.co/pB4u9bRIAp pic.twitter.com/9MW6PAn4bJ
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 8, 2015
The OU's Janet Huskinson celebrates the publication of her book about Roman strigillated sarcophagi: https://t.co/jVuv41KuZS #Classics
— OU_Classics (@OU_Classics) November 8, 2015
You might be a Classicist if…
you find fault with every translation of an admittedly difficult text, although you provide no alternative.— 𝖠𝗍𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗌𝗍 (@Atticist) November 8, 2015
Within the Aurelian walls, #Rome's war cemetery includes stone from Hadrian's wall https://t.co/HSjRoCgD7Y #remember pic.twitter.com/uiY83nn4wr
— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) November 8, 2015
Can't wait for the Nov 10th release in Canada! https://t.co/DTgmJDFA8c
— Meggie Macdonald (@gladiatorgirl) November 8, 2015
Greece's Enchanting Landscape: Dodwell & Pomardi @GettyMuseum
Slideshow & Dodwell's text: https://t.co/91nDRaVyO4 pic.twitter.com/TZMHKsBL8Z— Pythika (@Pythika) November 8, 2015
@RomArchGal tree style tabs and clean url
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) November 8, 2015
Does anyone have a high-res photo of the Rudston Venus? I want to animate her and can't find a decent size image! pic.twitter.com/NAMibaN2QD
— Helen Forte (@minimus_latin) November 8, 2015
What is your most frangible object?
Read the full definition here: https://t.co/JOO0fkBpbu pic.twitter.com/UuFq6rVCsj— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) November 8, 2015
Augustan Altar of Peace, over 2000 years old. Italic marble was originally painted. https://t.co/xaPorHkrqM pic.twitter.com/YXaXqVX6WL
— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) November 8, 2015
Reconstruction of Diocletian's Palace at Split https://t.co/1Ywgf0OQJh Roman Architecture #archaeology Croatia pic.twitter.com/vOB4nyiss4
— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) November 8, 2015
I love the idea of Ovid as a chic metrosexual @holland_tom #Dynasty
— Dame Averil Cameron (@19Averil) November 8, 2015
#Athens at dusk #Greece pic.twitter.com/gTGGAziZGN
— Amazing Greece (@Amazing_Greece) November 8, 2015
It's not everyday a snake visits your Latin lesson. Always a learning experience, however. Latin for snake = serpens pic.twitter.com/jvNAVFw657
— Mike Lambert (@DCol_Head) November 4, 2015
Roman emperor Nerva, the 1st of the "Five Good Emperors," was born #onthisday in 30 AD https://t.co/A7aJYo1361 pic.twitter.com/FnfqqSbJcQ
— Getty (@GettyMuseum) November 8, 2015
this albumen silver print (from glass negative) of head of Laocoön is truly exquisite – @metmuseum published 1862 pic.twitter.com/LwrQnI1VVo
— flissina 🦌 (@flissina) November 8, 2015
New coin: Denarius of Nerva with Justitia, goddess of Justice, holding sceptre and branch. 96 CE #roman #numismatics pic.twitter.com/OqqrWfXWjZ
— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) November 8, 2015
@OptimoPrincipi she looks like she has a dog in her lap (I know she doesn't)
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) November 9, 2015
The little refugee: boy & his dog, 1st BC, brought from Turkey to Athens by refugees in 1922https://t.co/g1mxTUOurq pic.twitter.com/KjbSoPhLEt
— Pythika (@Pythika) November 6, 2015
New Coin: Hadrian seated on platform, with an embodied Liberalitas and attendant offering money to a togate citizen. pic.twitter.com/Xmh8hXHNUK
— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) November 8, 2015
— Rafaël Newman (@raf_newman) November 8, 2015
Review of Death in Ancient Rome by Catharine Edwards https://t.co/d4pAoVssnY @king_brenda @CatharineEdwa @YaleBooks @yalepress
— Unrv.com (@UNRV) November 8, 2015
Nadia Bartolini speaks about Fellini's ROMA @ihr_history on Wed https://t.co/19VPWyDPbO pic.twitter.com/aW5HIFIU2D
— ICS (@IcsDirector) November 8, 2015
#culture
Louis J.F Lagrenée
Abduction of Deianeira@NienteDaVedere @GiuseppeTurrisi @comemusica @ferrarisergio4 pic.twitter.com/xko7itP9ee— Rita Cóbix (@RitaCobix) November 8, 2015
Shakespeare and the classics https://t.co/0iBIKIoN2V pic.twitter.com/ligFifMh1W
— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) November 8, 2015
Danae de Milo1945Arte Manara. @ChinesAnton @Amyperuana @LuciaTassan @VaniaDelli @CerisesMacaron @alecoscino @lovalh pic.twitter.com/WXb9upCBW5
— Amparo (@amparofashion) November 8, 2015
Tiepolo1696Danae @mariagonzalezf5 @joselechiguero @salbasantacroce @JuanGMartinezJ @elkteamasiempre @Alexeizayak pic.twitter.com/FF65SHtryD
— Amparo (@amparofashion) November 8, 2015
Most elaborate treasury at Delphi funded by tiny cycladic Island of Siphnos: 74 sq. km! #2p34 @brockuclassics pic.twitter.com/vJu2qrVBLD
— Nadine Brundrett (@BrundrettNadine) November 8, 2015
#AccaddeOggi l'8 novembre 30 nasceva a Narni l'imperatore #Nerva. Il ritratto nei #MuseiCapitolini.#OnThisDay pic.twitter.com/60MUsNwCRw
— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) November 8, 2015
Venus, Marte y Cupido,1505. Piero di Cosimo #painting #ArtLovers pic.twitter.com/8xklcH5qhJ
— Mencía. (@menkareh) November 8, 2015
Cleopatra. Andrea Solario #painting #ArtLovers pic.twitter.com/4kXkWi3Wzo
— Mencía. (@menkareh) November 8, 2015
Jupiter, Mercurio y la Virtud,1524. Dosso Dossi #painting #ArtLovers pic.twitter.com/betmFID98n
— Mencía. (@menkareh) November 8, 2015
Aeneas and Achates on the Libyan Coast,1520. Dosso Dossi #painting #ArtLovers pic.twitter.com/V9H5o4HLi9
— Mencía. (@menkareh) November 8, 2015
Circe and her lovers in a landscape,1516. Dosso Dossi #painting #ArtLovers pic.twitter.com/bwADVHfq8g
— Mencía. (@menkareh) November 8, 2015
El triunfo de Baco,1514. Dosso Dossi #painting #ArtLovers pic.twitter.com/Mb5SU5CvQl
— Mencía. (@menkareh) November 8, 2015
Siphnian treasury is earliest all marble building on Greek mainland
w beautiful Ionic frieze #2p34 @brockuclassics pic.twitter.com/VGsu0Woh3J— Nadine Brundrett (@BrundrettNadine) November 8, 2015
East side of Siphnian treasury shows scenes from Trojan war – some paint survives! #2p34 @brockuclassics pic.twitter.com/qQdby42tfq
— Nadine Brundrett (@BrundrettNadine) November 8, 2015
Tetradrachm found by ANZAC soldier W Adamson digging trenches, Long Pine Gallipoli, Aug 1915https://t.co/23l5J2ci2G pic.twitter.com/cjXnBWGdq0
— Pythika (@Pythika) November 8, 2015
On my walk home from the Bond film – Rome looking like a film set… @holland_tom #Spectre pic.twitter.com/WEEVwoIKra
— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) November 8, 2015
@ChasingAphrodit @conflictantiq @indyfromspace you guys should storify this convo… Very interesting and worth saving
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) November 9, 2015
Ruin of the day: House of Theseus in Paphos #Cyprus, named after its principal mosaic with Theseus and the Minotaur. pic.twitter.com/Yv85MywtbG
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 8, 2015
Siphnian treasury East pediment, Apollo & Herakles struggle for tripod – in high relief #2p34 @brockuclassics pic.twitter.com/qXH04SrzNN
— Nadine Brundrett (@BrundrettNadine) November 8, 2015
@DorothyKing @noah_nonsense I disagree.. Long been my fave photo of do… Note selfie taken with camera, not phone… a pioneering shot
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) November 9, 2015
YES! @TEDTalks Grant Goes to @indyfromspace Who Combats Looting With Satellite Technology https://t.co/8lgtLbxCR4 pic.twitter.com/I5BFCtfNwd
— Dr Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) November 8, 2015
Not the best picture but this is a Claudius II GENIVS AVG Antoninianus from Rome, 268-270 (RIC Va.215 n.45/46) pic.twitter.com/8OebviJzcH
— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) November 8, 2015
@UoNClassics Henry Treece's Electra & Clash of the Titans started my love affair with Ancient Greece #itsaclassic pic.twitter.com/KuxvAV1uCl
— Margaret Clift (@CollectiveMarg) November 8, 2015
🙂 Can you be a classicist if it is all about one man? Well, I'll push the boat out #itsaclassic pic.twitter.com/TZQZjybNRu
— M J Mann (@secondachilles) November 8, 2015
Dr Oliver Thomas: Aeschylus’ plays hooked me on classical literature now I’ve written a book about one #itsaclassic pic.twitter.com/ZJ7sXPHZlz
— UoN Humanities (@UoNHumanities) November 8, 2015
Classicists: keep the inspirational pics coming! #itsaclassic What got you into Classics? Tweet a pic of you and site/book/pot/person!
— Classics Nottingham (@UoNClassics) November 8, 2015
Perseus at Villa San Marco @fond_ras, a small and beautiful fresco that is often overlooked! pic.twitter.com/hmxBJju97i
— Taylor Layton (@Pompeii1748) November 7, 2015
#Polychromie antique : l'Ara Pacis à #Rome @APHG_National @ArreteTonChar1 pic.twitter.com/rYtgP2NxTE
— Roma Aeterna 🏛 (@ValeriaAugusta8) November 8, 2015
Now I can share the news: https://t.co/Z1Aa8kKZ7C
— Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) November 8, 2015
Here comes @Pompeiana79 to great week @UniKent looking forward to gk@JDVeitch @BenjaminNVis @Paula
Lock5 h— ray laurence (@raylaurence1) November 8, 2015
Apollo (from The Planets) https://t.co/WnjyrM1ISk pic.twitter.com/oqu8Gii1cm
— Museum Bot (@MuseumBot) November 8, 2015
Saw the Pompeii exhibit @ROMtoronto but I didn't know Jean Luc Picard was in it! #StarTrekTNG #trekker pic.twitter.com/63e3HVn0mD
— Grownup Travels (@GrownupTravels) November 8, 2015
My old 2 vol. copy has fallen apart, but reading it at age 7 set me on the path to Classics. #itsaclassic pic.twitter.com/Fa5JKFyL5O
— Aven (@AvenSarah) November 8, 2015
(Though I can’t rule out the influence of the old Hercules cartoon…) #itsaclassic https://t.co/ftK56TKLYl
— Aven (@AvenSarah) November 8, 2015
@VincentH112 @BrundrettNadine @brockuclassics I'm starting to wonder if it influenced the design of the tomb/heroon/whatever at Amphipolis
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) November 9, 2015
New blog post from yesterday: Was there non-Roman literature in Ancient Italy? Maybe there was more than you think. https://t.co/N3yuvJEZHV
— Katherine McDonald (@Katherine_McDon) November 7, 2015
Selinunte: Site of ancient massacre yields the secrets of a lost Greek city | Archaeology | News | The Independent – https://t.co/LIlgsf0E3K
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) November 9, 2015
2015.11.10: Felice Stama, FrC 7 Phrynichos. Fragmenta Comica, Bd 7. Heidelberg: Verlag… https://t.co/4u68BGacMn
— BMCR (@BMCReview) November 9, 2015