Augustus – putting out the fires of civil war… pic.twitter.com/3Kruk7BTwA

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 18, 2015

Ganges River, Four Rivers Fountain. 1 of the great experiences in Rome is night time stroll https://t.co/PE0IdD1thh pic.twitter.com/tkL7IdsamT

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) December 18, 2015

A slightly open-chested action. A commemoration of Rome's victory by an innings in the 5th Test against Parthia… pic.twitter.com/ALIMQmza8k

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 18, 2015

Today is the 2nd day of #Saturnalia!
How much do you know about it? Take this quiz and find out https://t.co/wn7LajZCvs by @CarolineLawrenc

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) December 18, 2015

Galba, notorious for only fancying muscle-men, next to Claudius, notorious for only fancying women… pic.twitter.com/GUa6JZXEaR

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 18, 2015

What do Santa hats, Xmas mottoes & parties have to do with Ancient Rome? Lots! https://t.co/UsDp88UiLN #Saturnalia pic.twitter.com/TvkMXEKf0S

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) December 18, 2015

Ramus' special issue on Homer is now available online! Read the introduction for free at https://t.co/SvKlHbujoC pic.twitter.com/DwC1VepH8U

— Cambridge University Press – Classics (@CambUP_Classics) December 18, 2015

Don't mess with Zeus: Atlas & Prometheus. The blood dripping from the intestines is particularly unpleasant… pic.twitter.com/qaXaFDrK25

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 18, 2015

Riddle me this, riddle me that… pic.twitter.com/zqVUXwzUBE

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 18, 2015

Well worn steps leading into the Bath house at @RomanBinchester #archaeology #RomanEmpire pic.twitter.com/4ywfSw6ypk

— Pete Savin (@pete_savin) December 18, 2015

Tweeting some of my favourite photos from 2015. A summer storm over the @RomanBinchester excavation, the toilets pic.twitter.com/PCTHhX0x7N

— Pete Savin (@pete_savin) December 18, 2015

Among the most moving things to be seen in the Vatican Museum: faces from Palmyra… pic.twitter.com/Z0jzWyrbCF

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 18, 2015

Just so long as ISIS don't capture Rome, this face from Palmyra will survive… pic.twitter.com/EFdCAbUF6f

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 18, 2015

Remembering Hannibal… #Vatican pic.twitter.com/8A3QQfjuvs

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 18, 2015

Battle of the Trebia, 218 BC – The Art of Battle
https://t.co/rvWo2ZKWfv

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Pompei: restaurate sei domus, inaugurazione il 23 dicembre 2015
https://t.co/pjsJdjzpzB

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

[just when you started thinking the Daily Mail was taking things seriously] Did the ROMANS discover America? |
https://t.co/bRsInmqUSF

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

[so where are these Roman curses now?] Are Quaker ghosts or ancient Roman curses delaying …expansion plans?
https://t.co/9kEaTFdE53

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

CANADIAN CLASSICAL BULLETIN – BULLETIN CANADIEN DES ÉTUDES ANCIENNES
https://t.co/vUIvuCKlEc

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Vol. 69, No. 1/2, Spring-Summer/printemps-été 2015 of Phoenix on JSTOR
https://t.co/mtRGfsTmtO

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Comic sets The Odyssey in Gateway to the West | Local Entertainment | Rocky Mountain Outlook
https://t.co/ImQgtfQWn4

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

An International Forum… | Archaeology and Text
https://t.co/NgGjmil1YU

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

NameExoWorlds Vote Gives Ancient Greek Names to Three Exoplanets | https://t.co/eGiuSzIldk
https://t.co/y54KXmLsE4

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Knidos wants to regain its artifacts – ARCHAEOLOGY
https://t.co/eYuZDqYY0P

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

UNC Asheville’s teacher named winner of Collegiate Teaching Award | Mountain Xpress
https://t.co/4PVlV98MAm

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Leeds nostalgia: Ancient Greek coin still has currency – Yorkshire Evening Post
https://t.co/1wpPR72hZD

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Byzantine mosaics set to return to former glory – ARCHAEOLOGY
https://t.co/nf1s9jbQxv

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Rome presents Olympic bid logo – English – ANSA.it
https://t.co/opbSP5uZBV

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

The enigma of Herculaneum and the promise of modern technology | OUPblog
https://t.co/lpjug6Uvah

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Nero and the Christians | Larry Hurtado's Blog
https://t.co/9xy59b5zvs

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Can centaurs be cuddly?
https://t.co/7nmVdQv6OO

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Photos: Rubbish Piles & Roman Mosaics Unearthed in Historical English City
https://t.co/4znEKz6Osa

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

What's New in Papyrology: https://t.co/LYPsatwHUe updates
https://t.co/iEJfzvVVD0

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Ancient Greek dishes recreated in pop-up fashion | Life | https://t.co/Kq6ROMQrcq
https://t.co/sMgqW59IkX

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Pes dexter: Superstition and state in the shaping of shop-fronts and … activity in the Roman world | Steven Ellis
https://t.co/j8GWnp1lE5

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Skeletons found in Lincoln is the biggest find of Roman burials ever | Lincolnshire Echo
https://t.co/M1WEedi55w

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

The Stoa Consortium » Blog Archive » Call for Papers: 2016 Göttingen Dialog in Digital Humanities
https://t.co/qp2oHs6SWk

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Nancy Sandars, archaeologist – obituary – Telegraph
https://t.co/jL64SwyCNo

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Roman Sarcophagus News (blog) – Mont Allen
https://t.co/vdAmznwbPs

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

[spurious etymologies, but interesting] Excavations to start in city of Amos for the first time – ARCHAEOLOGY
https://t.co/ITopbiSYkf

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Antiquity's Hermaphroditus – a Gender Bender
https://t.co/ZgKNpFXvUE

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Lights, Camera, Action! Making and Using Movies in your Classroom | Classical Association of New England
https://t.co/O8qupWcUla

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

The Scythians in Thrace (7th century BC – 1st century AD), | Spartokos a lu
https://t.co/dJOH2myVdy

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

8-WEEK INTENSIVE GREEK AND LATIN SUMMER SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, IRELAND | CAAS-CW
https://t.co/zleX2J8pYO

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Farrago: Hyginus et al.
https://t.co/pM2g9NJOhu

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Latin Teacher Job Opening | CAAS-CW
https://t.co/tAGQDj2X7x

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

UGent – DATABASE OF BYZANTINE BOOK EPIGRAMS
boekepigrammen
https://t.co/tgKyBquNNN

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

Calendars in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
https://t.co/K6iMuaynWx

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

My First Published Article | David Allsop Classics
https://t.co/kz8TS1hOnx

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

The Hellenistic Peloponnese: New Perspectives Conference (May 6th, 2016) — University of Leicester
https://t.co/EDzs6Nfaii

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

#GilesWaterfield examines the motives of 19th-c. collectors in the latest #BonhamsMagazine: https://t.co/JkUAMhG0vD pic.twitter.com/5uvBzFXdkB

— Bonhams (@bonhams1793) December 18, 2015

A great jumble of gods… #VaticanMuseum pic.twitter.com/bZLgJvONWO

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 18, 2015

"Thucydides and Herodotus were 1,000 years AFTER the traditional date of Christ's birth." @jyamamo @Ehsan_Butt Well, I'm convinced.

— The Thucydides Bot (@Thucydiocy) December 18, 2015

The 'Thucydides Triad Problem'. Much more fun than the 'Thucydides Trap' – and, structurally, not dissimilar. https://t.co/UMgevDxUng

— The Thucydides Bot (@Thucydiocy) December 18, 2015

Perhaps #OnThisDay in 218BC, Sempronius Gracchus attacks Hannibal across the Trebbia, but is enveloped and defeated pic.twitter.com/XzU7VB5RKu

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) December 18, 2015

Rome – eternally victorious… pic.twitter.com/JV59DDJy4r

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 18, 2015

3 headed serpent from the underworld
Tomb of the Infernal Chariot
Etruscan #archaeology Pianacce Necropolis, Italy pic.twitter.com/K4I8f2N3wS

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) December 18, 2015

Le musée de #Grasse explore les parfums antiques, du flacon à l'élixir https://t.co/LYprBWK1EE pic.twitter.com/Fg1zcOLxhg

— franceinfo culture (@franceinfo_cult) December 18, 2015

Jonah swallowed by Neptune's pet whale… #VaticanMuseum pic.twitter.com/HnvWKOLCbA

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 18, 2015

Oh nooo, my 1st attempt at cooking Apicius' Dulcia Piperata (honey cake) has failed! It tastes okay but has no consistency. Must try again!

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) December 18, 2015

I could stay forever in the #VaticanMuseum, I think, but #teenagers…

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 18, 2015

How did the Romans celebrate ‘Christmas’? https://t.co/vW8biMw3BF pic.twitter.com/LieX58Fbiq

— HistoryExtra (@HistoryExtra) December 18, 2015

A friend made this for me a while back combing my love of Greeks & @starwars @SonyaNevin @emmabridges pic.twitter.com/VbfYsEwmrA

— Oxford Classics Outreach (@oxfordclassics) December 18, 2015

Archaeology Of Death And Burial In #Pompeii – Porta Nocera Project II https://t.co/MvT2CKDq3B

— St Andrews Classics (@StA_Classics) December 18, 2015

Thrilled @holland_tom was standing on a mosaic from Otricoli when he took this https://t.co/f7JF6P36cX #MyBookPlug pic.twitter.com/aPjtUZdX62

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) December 18, 2015

Finishing your Ph.D. in Classics? Apply for Crake Fellowship @MountAllison to research and teach a course a term: https://t.co/CMKjFCV1ig

— Bruce Robertson (@heml) December 18, 2015

Ai Mercati di Traiano, luogo emblematico della “romanità”, la mostra di #UmbertoPasseretti: https://t.co/nXi4oO2Gja pic.twitter.com/w3aypl9Ymr

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) December 18, 2015

JOB | URGENT | Latin Teacher, Harris Girls’ Academy, Dulwich https://t.co/qdc7kxncEi

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) December 18, 2015

Out 15 Jan! Queen of the Silver Arrow (Camilla from Virgil's Aeneid) https://t.co/oNqlB72lJT @BarringtonStoke pic.twitter.com/hhb1GE72OH

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) December 18, 2015

Rhyton, wine cup, 450 BCE @ @walters_museum pic.twitter.com/W9K7TSparI

— Ancient Greek Hero (@AncGreekHero) December 18, 2015

On the 2nd day of #Saturnalia, observances continued at home. People bathed early and sacrificed a suckling pig. pic.twitter.com/1S25FNd2gs

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) December 18, 2015

¡Y no sólo Leia! También tenemos un casco del Imperio y un Halcón milenario. Inspiración #StarWars @canalpatrimonio pic.twitter.com/jPiolFMtlp

— Museo Arqueológico Nacional (@MANArqueologico) December 18, 2015

Bronze age Greek vases pic.twitter.com/KFyDQV9bRS

— Ancient Greek Hero (@AncGreekHero) December 18, 2015

Fun and informative guide to being a soldier in the Roman Legion. https://t.co/B0Aai2gihB pic.twitter.com/uT0EhqAyVW

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) December 18, 2015

Review of Commanders and Command in the Roman Republic and Early Empire by Fred K. Drogula https://t.co/KHKrVilqhM @uncpressblog

— Unrv.com (@UNRV) December 18, 2015

Gladiator helmet, Bronze (around 2BCE) Archeological Museum, Napoli pic.twitter.com/T4luMiOxGY

— Ancient Greek Hero (@AncGreekHero) December 18, 2015

Care of relics in early medieval Rome by @Medievalists https://t.co/yW2EfWkgjB

— Kate Meyers Emery (she/her) (@kmeyersemery) December 18, 2015

Teachers’ Study Trip to Campania: Last few places! https://t.co/ZJ5Jn5foJt

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) December 18, 2015

#December18 BCE 218: Hannibal's forces triumph in 2nd Punic War's Battle of the Trebia. https://t.co/NFdOWBLNAK pic.twitter.com/EbnhIHHT9h

— Penguin Classics (@PenguinClassics) December 18, 2015

The Cdn Classical Bulletin is out! Includes instructions to register for the next CAC annual conference: https://t.co/R5WhXvJLjf #cacscec

— Guy Chamberland (@GuyChamberland) December 18, 2015

@GuyChamberland… They seem unnecessarily complicated ….

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 18, 2015

A fond farewell to Rome, & many thanks to @the_bsr (& @pompei79) for hosting us… pic.twitter.com/5U3q2Av93f

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 18, 2015

The new clubhouse leader in 'oldest coin' stakes is this Claudius and Minerva As from Rome, 41-42 (RIC I.128 n.100) pic.twitter.com/1y2m9wC911

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) December 18, 2015

11 Classy Insults With Classical Greek and #Latin Roots https://t.co/cCQn9g8UG3

— The Latin Programme (@LatinProgramme) December 18, 2015

Istanbul: A Hellene Travel Tours Blog Post https://t.co/WnN3DlhhKH

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) December 18, 2015

Estas navidades pasea por la #historia y la #arqueologia en el @MANArqueologico #Madrid pic.twitter.com/dSGZ3I93rp

— Manuel Revilla (@ManuelRevilla57) December 18, 2015

Oooooo.. Scs/AIA is in Toronto next year…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 19, 2015

@Dictionarycom what happened to the 'a'? Eudaemonic… Did it suffer like encyclopaedia?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 19, 2015

Today = particularly varied: teaching Latin literature, liaising with @GreeceinUK, blogging for @Classical_Assoc & learning a poem in Scots

— Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE (@ProfArleneHH) December 18, 2015

Inscripciones romanas en 3D: ​el proyecto de #epigrafía virtual de ​@MANArqueologico https://t.co/5glgzxgKeZ pic.twitter.com/Kk7DDNbC1r

— Lydia Gil (@TuSocialMedia) December 18, 2015

Heraclitus of Ephesus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
He was called "The Obscure" and the "Weeping Philosopher" pic.twitter.com/TCZ9bJ4Hf3

— Bibliophilia (@Libroantiguo) December 17, 2015

Agricultural operations damage #ancient relief of #Hercules in #iznik, #Turkey: https://t.co/BTa7zOZoxy #sculpture pic.twitter.com/1w8t8pRNDK

— SAFE (@saveantiquities) December 18, 2015

[Pour finir la semaine] L'épisode 12 des "experts du passé" : Le trésor d'Armorique https://t.co/b5jSqnexpa pic.twitter.com/N2LLgmm7Io

— Inrap (@Inrap) December 18, 2015

Happened to look at film clips from movies featuring the Teutoburger battle. They are fabulous: https://t.co/Zkv4lhOmbX

— Ida Östenberg (@IdaOstenberg) December 18, 2015

School's out…. Seems like a good time for a road trip to @metmuseum.

Hope they allow photos

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 19, 2015

The Basilica Aemilia in the Roman Forum, Reconstruction by Atavistic #roman #architecture pic.twitter.com/llMqzQ4mH3

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) December 18, 2015

The Temple of Mars Ultor (Mars the Avenger), 1st cent BCE, Reconstruction by Atavistic #roman #architecture pic.twitter.com/fFr8E9HLvk

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) December 18, 2015

Greeks at sea! pic.twitter.com/T8IAMaC8nx

— Ancient Greek Hero (@AncGreekHero) December 18, 2015

@GuyChamberland it's the glitch for English registrants… Not sure why that can't be fixed

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 19, 2015

I just received my first #Saturnalia present!
Can you guess what it is a replica of? pic.twitter.com/foYDnI0PTe

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) December 18, 2015

@carolemadge wow.. You have the pineapples and everything! 😉

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 19, 2015

'Oh, knot again…. '@walters_museum w102.002r pic.twitter.com/SqNx3KPRyA

— Miranda (@Zweder_Masters) December 18, 2015

YouTube clip by @CarolineLawrence on how she expanded the story of Camilla, the warrior queen from Virgil's Aeneid. https://t.co/gJ97TE3mwk

— The History Girls (@history_girls) December 18, 2015

@DrDonnaYates @jstpwalsh @UVA folks emails addressed me as Dr regularly when I was a lowly grad student… Awkward…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 19, 2015

@GuyChamberland or someone forgot to close a bracket… That was my Achilles heel coding wise

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 19, 2015

Delighted to find that @wmarybeard's #SPQR has room for a #midwife… pic.twitter.com/IXhOJwwg4Z

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 18, 2015

@holland_tom @wmarybeard if you want more… https://t.co/fclGWNPjpq

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 19, 2015

Our very own @helenlmorales reviewed Spike Lee’s Chi-raq for @eidolon_journal https://t.co/vc73ju4ehX

— UCSB Classics (@UCSBClassics) December 18, 2015

ICYMI: Cdn Classical Bulletin: 2016 CAC Conference, Crake/CIG/McMaster Fellowships, &c. https://t.co/R5WhXvJLjf #cacscec @cac_scec @CIGICG

— Guy Chamberland (@GuyChamberland) December 18, 2015

Fragments of a gold wreath (320–300BCE) @metmuseum pic.twitter.com/JDFEeVMg9k

— Ancient Greek Hero (@AncGreekHero) December 18, 2015

@twostraws @ProfChristensen not sure if canadian is different but route 66 is root… But you might route a cable around something =rout

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 19, 2015

SAID OF WOMEN:

χλιδανόσφυρος
—w/ delicate ankles

ἁβρόσφυρος
—w/ delicate ankles

καλλίσφυρος
—beautiful-ankled

τανίσφυρος
—slender-ankled

— Henry George Liddell (@LiddellAndScott) December 18, 2015

@holland_tom Hooray! They made it! Rome did look a little fiery yesterday but no sound of Nero fiddling… pic.twitter.com/LBsLRJ6468

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) December 18, 2015

Nice Medusas @a_lolbrarian @ticiaverveer @kelseymuseum @PUArtMuseum Ancient Art Podcasts: https://t.co/kqinXbGMlg & https://t.co/BvGC9pJUGy

— Lucas Livingston (@lucaslivingston) December 18, 2015

NT Pod 76: The Magi in Matthew's Gospel https://t.co/zymi7sJpJ4

— Mark Goodacre (@goodacre) December 19, 2015

@RomArchGal @metmuseum woot! Livetweetfest potential!

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) December 19, 2015

Penelope and Her Suitors 1912 by John William Waterhouse. pic.twitter.com/m19oAziTGB

— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) December 19, 2015