Repititiationes ~ 12/05/15

Boris was on top form. Asked which city he was the best place to live, ancient Athens or Rome, he said "London!" https://t.co/gTYX2GXhm1

— Jane Mason (@classicalanthol) December 2, 2015

Learn more about @Pelagiosproject here https://t.co/pNSJmT3XE5. It's more than a map. https://t.co/pszNSn6VAH

— Elton Barker (@eltonteb) December 5, 2015

@keftiugal @JanetCannady I've been looking at them & retract my obsidian comment. The patena on the surface, brown colour, fractures= glass?

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) December 5, 2015

@pompei79 @keftiugal @JanetCannady I was going to to ask if there's evidence they were silver or gold backed

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@SaveRome I and writing on walls has a different meaning for classicists!

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

Shooting the gladiator fight scene with Hollywood stunt men & lots of blood in Bulgaria. It was like a big play-day pic.twitter.com/VIVxSqydSa

— Michael Wadding (@waddo100) December 5, 2015

@pompei79 @carolemadge @rogueclassicist And the sirens' braids nearly always fall in pairs, one over each shoulder. pic.twitter.com/TioOobRge0

— Frederick Kettering (@FTKettering) December 5, 2015

Liked the Fayum-inspired portraits? Here's some ancient ones! https://t.co/pWG5sfzB5a @stephenjenkin pic.twitter.com/LWj47zlsKO

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) December 5, 2015

Dr Icks' Emperors on Display https://t.co/ATrB2LHqMx via @wordpressdotcom

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) December 5, 2015

Bee, 1.5cm long, 3rd-2nd centuries BC @YaleArtGalleryhttps://t.co/Y5MxQRsiG4 pic.twitter.com/LzGghCgdOA

— Pythika (@Pythika) December 5, 2015

Key Stage 2 teachers! Check out @OTooleyAuthor's book about #RomanBritain; it's good fun. https://t.co/cHIpMx0IzV pic.twitter.com/TzN6fnU0Y6

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) December 5, 2015

Considerable assemblage of #Roman material from the foreshore at #Rotherhithe #sevenyearsofTDP pic.twitter.com/GfTgR9oCDp

— Thames Discovery Programme (@ThamesDiscovery) December 5, 2015

My tweet of the week: Zeus/Jupiter, identified by eagle & thunderbolt symbolic attributes https://t.co/h6KbBIhd1D pic.twitter.com/W0NgnARqA3

— Clare Gibson (@MrsSymbols) December 5, 2015

#OnThisDay in 63BC, Cicero gives his 4th Catiline oration, which with Cato, persuades the Senate to kill the rebels pic.twitter.com/X0yPuc9ToM

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) December 5, 2015

The remaining Cataline conspirators were killed #OnThisDay in 63BC; Lentulus Sura was strangled in the Tullianum pic.twitter.com/VSqlozbKW8

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) December 5, 2015

@SaveRome IG that is… Stupid autocorrect

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

It's interesting though as soon as I type stupid the next word suggested is autocorrect…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@dictionarycom pales in comparison to Alexander…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

Tevere (1962)

Dal film "Carmen di Trastevere” scattata sul barcone de Er Ciriola davanti a Castel Sant’Angelo. 🙂 pic.twitter.com/IwMS3qANsi

— Roma Ieri Oggi (@romaierioggi) December 5, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge might be feathers… Wings are same colour

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge sirens seem to have had distinctive feathers which…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge… The Muses plucked in their victorious contest

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge that's where the feather starts

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge but personally I think the braid makes sense

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge almost looks like it was originally a swallow and someone decided they'd prefer a siren

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@globalbabel @FTKettering @pompei79 @carolemadge no.. Different species… Don't usually have arms unless they have a Muse battle vel simm

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@globalbabel @FTKettering @pompei79 @carolemadge harpies have arms always and no musical talent

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@globalbabel @FTKettering @pompei79 @carolemadge on this logic, Nikes are the same

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@globalbabel @FTKettering @pompei79 @carolemadge harpies are winged women… Sirens are women faced birds

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@globalbabel @FTKettering @pompei79 @carolemadge more or less

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@globalbabel @FTKettering @pompei79 @carolemadge harpies are children of that as… Sirens of achelious

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@globalbabel @FTKettering @pompei79 @carolemadge salt water v fresh water

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

Could Latin be set for a comeback in Welsh classrooms? https://t.co/rPcnp71EK8

— St Andrews Classics (@StA_Classics) December 5, 2015

The Romans didn't find algebra very challenging… because X was always 10.
By @SciencePorn@stephenjenkin @Popinga1 https://t.co/g53bbYkgZ8

— 📚📚📚 (@Many_Many_Books) December 5, 2015

The iron chest in the house of Obellius Firmus. House shortly to undergo restoration #GPP #Pompeii @PompeiNecropoli pic.twitter.com/YiaDKKoiju

— Stephen Kay (@stephenjohnkay) December 5, 2015

Passed by on Thursday and not open yet….Pompei, cinque Domus riaperte per Natale: ecco quali sono https://t.co/dgugHjv8pc

— Stephen Kay (@stephenjohnkay) December 5, 2015

Nice that Tottenham promotes archaeology

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

“We can use sniffer dogs to find drugs or explosives, not small sculptures or statuettes.” https://t.co/seZSUdYj4i pic.twitter.com/DX7KKLgd1c

— Dr Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) December 5, 2015

John William Waterhouse
Thisbe@birdballet1000 @gracinhalara @DilekYagan88 @ninigirl84
Good night my dear friends pic.twitter.com/J4OY34Qege

— Maurilio Vittoria (@MaurilioVitto) November 30, 2015

Mapping the Via #Appia is an NWO-supported #archaeological project by @Radboud_Uni, @VUuniversity and @KNIRome. pic.twitter.com/r55KqNPrEC

— Fasti Online (@fastionline) December 5, 2015

A rare view of a pre-wedding cake Capitoline with Trajan's Column and Forum, Rome, Charles Lock Eastlake, 1821 pic.twitter.com/RU4Br17tsv

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) December 5, 2015

@ritchgrove AIA across their chest (and tongue in cheek)

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

Digital reconstruction of the wooden amphitheatre at Fidenae *IF* you work w/ Tacitus' & Suetonius' casualty figureshttps://t.co/rswS1YVX8u

— Guy Chamberland (@GuyChamberland) December 5, 2015

RT @EleanorGhey: Come & see how @ahrcpress research is rethinking coin hoards @britishmuseum https://t.co/8SLYYtXTU7 https://t.co/SZAbp2VHNi

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) December 5, 2015

Day 5: 'gingerbread' #24days24words pic.twitter.com/mqLcmPcPL0

— Oxford Languages (@OxLanguages) December 5, 2015

Mosaic showing #Dionysos — god of #wine — dancing with a bemused looking panther! #BritishMuseum pic.twitter.com/imgQWkNPRg

— Dr Paula Lock (@PaulaLock5) December 5, 2015

Recent Polish excavations in the agora of Paphos, the ancient capital of Cyprus https://t.co/gKJi6juSZh pic.twitter.com/D9I2Dytzis

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) December 5, 2015

When Santa Punched a Heretic in the Face: 13 Memes on St. Nicholas https://t.co/qgbOtl7rmO via @StPetersList

— Noah Nonsense (@noah_nonsense) December 5, 2015

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— Noah Nonsense (@noah_nonsense) December 5, 2015

the 'Sappho' fresco
a Lady holding a stylus to her lips,with a writing tablet in her hand#archaeology Pompeii Italy pic.twitter.com/zsBVHQHJyW

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) December 5, 2015

RT @CATRomanCircus: flash fund-raising for new project at Colchester #Roman circus centre! https://t.co/VldCnH0kqN pic.twitter.com/NTZ3ykh9YP

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) December 5, 2015

The Death of Niobe’s Children, relief of a front panel of a sarcophagus of the 2nd half of the 2nd century AD. pic.twitter.com/TtaRiGZyQg

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) December 5, 2015

@CarlyASilver and I wonder if anyone recognises it as Vespasian

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

Seriously… Has anyone else identified this graffito as Vespasian? pic.twitter.com/e9YStPc9KL

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

Confident, outspoken + enthusiastic Sagittarius (archer), as depicted in medieval calendars. #zodiac pic.twitter.com/LU5hClNmjU

— Getty (@GettyMuseum) December 5, 2015

@ritchgrove I figure if I ever go to the convention I'll get a jersey

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

Nice summary and Roman campaign map – Britannia – The Roman Conquest of England and Wales: The Birth of Britannia – https://t.co/w4ewjiHNib

— mharrsch (@mharrsch) December 5, 2015

*Love* the trireme cutaway @river_rowing Henley – hadn't really thought about the scale of Athenian warships before. pic.twitter.com/BfWK4R9PWm

— Emma Bridges (@emmabridges) December 5, 2015

We've updated our #PolonskyProject digitized items list with over 100 new Greek manuscripts from @vaticanlibrary: https://t.co/g5KlvtViHb

— Bodleian Digital Library Systems and Services (@BDLSS) December 4, 2015

Board Game Pieces Found in Roman Settlement Site https://t.co/QbUnb3HWhh #ancient #history

— LatinD.com (@LatinDiscussion) December 5, 2015

@AdrianaCioci @Amyperuana first time I've seen markino mentioned anywhere! Researched him for a prof years ago

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@CarlyASilver maybe he's saying that…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@CarlyASilver Vespasian was pals with musonius rufus

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@CarlyASilver cf e. G. This coin pic.twitter.com/wfOoBBwouN

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@CarlyASilver or something about him not getting kicked out with the other philosophers

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@CarlyASilver 'it' s okay… It's rufus '

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@CarlyASilver Vespasian was known for his sense of humour of course https://t.co/7IKqBdsdGM

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@pompei79 bless you

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

[Photos] Spectacular Etna Eruption Produces Incredible Volcanic Lightning | IFLScience – https://t.co/mdN6qdOGE7

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

@SteveLlewellyn4 check the coin portrait I posted later

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 5, 2015

Free Wi-Fi in 19 Major Greek Archaeological Sites and Museums #Greece https://t.co/DYaa0AV9xJ #archaeologytravel pic.twitter.com/609qXUftsm

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) December 5, 2015

Operation Andromeda: Case of antiquities dealer Noriyoshi Horiuchi. 20k artefacts seized! https://t.co/64nPnhobXZ pic.twitter.com/yaPgHIm1gB

— Trafficking Culture (@CultureTraffic) December 5, 2015

Romans totally bet on chariots and many other things, but it was only officially allowed during Saturnalia. @OTooleyAuthor @Classical_Assoc

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) December 5, 2015