Today's class: "Great Hoaxes and Fantasies in Archaeology." Students examine selected archaeological hoaxes, cult… https://t.co/ziAlOpxHzr

— Yale University Library (@yalelibrary) November 5, 2015

Academia launches PaperRank, a new way of credentialing academic papers. Great article by @mattlynley https://t.co/aDoXQBg2hY

— Academia (@academia) November 5, 2015

The History of "Chaos"——How a Word for a 'Void' Came to Mean 'a Confused Mass' https://t.co/wxSNSXLbRc pic.twitter.com/WFgrBQD1ME

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) November 5, 2015

Il privilegio di passeggiare nei @museiincomune mentre Roma dorme ancora #emptycapitolini pic.twitter.com/S99ksRpY93

— Astrid D'Eredità💫 (@astridrome) November 5, 2015

Immergiamoci in una meravigliosa galleria ricca di storia #emptyCapitolini @museiincomune pic.twitter.com/qN4QqKGQX6

— Mamma Cult (@MammaCult) November 5, 2015

Sembrano pronti a tornare di corsa a Villa Adriana i centauri dei Musei Capitolini! #EmptyCapitolini @museiincomune pic.twitter.com/tqqWKQgSfg

— Paola Romi (@OpusPaulicium) November 5, 2015

Sala dei filosofi: uno dei rari ritratti del damnato Nerone! #emptycapitolini @museiincomune pic.twitter.com/Jt4B7CeA0r

— Paola Romi (@OpusPaulicium) November 5, 2015

Caracalla in posa per #EmptyCapitolini. pic.twitter.com/65qh79Z66W

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) November 5, 2015

#EmptyCapitolini
Oggi ai Musei Capitolini per visita a porte chiuse.Vi regaliamo il Foro Romano visto dal Tabularium pic.twitter.com/VqJRWGwYA1

— ProfessionArcheologo (@pr_archeologo) November 5, 2015

Pliny says that the Legions had the eagle, wolf, Minotaur, horse & boar as their badges originally but it became just eagles that were used.

— Roman Legion Museum (@RomanCaerleon) November 5, 2015

Excited about attending the London Coin Fair on Sat… looking for this coin showing Trajan’s adoption of Hadrian. pic.twitter.com/8u1QMM7YRE

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 5, 2015

Perseus Potato. pic.twitter.com/nCVy0JcM3Y

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) November 5, 2015

Fantastici #emptycapitolini @museiincomune pic.twitter.com/IJgWHXWCaS

— Mamma Cult (@MammaCult) November 5, 2015

Cavallo in bronzo ritrovato in vicolo delle palme,1 dei tesori meno conosciuti dei #museiCapitolini #emptycapitolini pic.twitter.com/gDJYgukRYA

— Paola Romi (@OpusPaulicium) November 5, 2015

Ancient Greek History and Contemporary Social Science – 12-13-14-15/11/2015, #Edinburgh #Scotland #congress
https://t.co/q7gYbOYZDd

— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) November 5, 2015

High fives! an #emptyCapitolini today with a lot of grammers! Thanks @museiincomune @Turismoromaweb @Sovrintendenza pic.twitter.com/MUyGBVoDI3

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) November 5, 2015

With @bettanyhughes in the BBC documentary on the Buddha- Genius of the ancient world.https://t.co/tVjn05i1Na pic.twitter.com/JcLdYfGeKA

— Vikram Lall (@LallVikram) November 5, 2015

Augustus hits middle age.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens.https://t.co/KETIZ0rtbp pic.twitter.com/6FCq3vkKEd

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) November 5, 2015

In your first term at uni, studying #Classics or #AncientHistory? Tell Prof. Helen Lovatt about your experiences:https://t.co/x0P51RZoFe

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

New volume: Rivista di Studi Pompeiani 24 https://t.co/rQ6LSV0Tdz

— Blogging Pompeii (@BloggingPompeii) November 5, 2015

I Musei in Comune visti da sbendi: https://t.co/Bia2eyw6GJ. #MiCRoma Prima della lupa ecco qual era il simbolo di @… pic.twitter.com/gbQHWQPSFT

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) November 5, 2015

I Musei in Comune visti da cristina_casadei: https://t.co/GT8N19Yhre. #MiCRoma gente che scatta #emptycapitolini pic.twitter.com/tCoH8n0YN9

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) November 5, 2015

When you're tearing up the dancefloor and you don't even care. pic.twitter.com/d1DfU2hv8t

— ClassicalReactions (@ClassicalReacts) November 5, 2015

Repititiationes ~ 11//04/14 https://t.co/cjRHkcOn6O

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

This Day in Ancient History ~ nonas novembres https://t.co/Zb8mBXfErc

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

I Musei in Comune visti da gpleonardi: https://t.co/fh3hy7zJ0m. #MiCRoma Sale degli Horti Lamiani dei #MuseiCapitol… pic.twitter.com/VAPLO1XD3o

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) November 5, 2015

Venere Esquilina nei #MuseiCapitolini.#EmptyCapitolini #MiCRoma pic.twitter.com/FDb3HuJ0oW

— Gian Pietro Leonardi (@grammancino) November 5, 2015

Ruines de Cumes https://t.co/G30A91bINn pic.twitter.com/NfEINK1F1t

— Museum Bot (@MuseumBot) November 5, 2015

A special evening with author Paul Cartledge: 'The World of Herodotus' @blackwelloxford @foliosociety pic.twitter.com/8m2cCgsUpm

— Zool Verjee (@cadmus08) November 5, 2015

Rome's oldest public museum- 1471. The Capitoline Museums hosted an #emptyCapitolini for a small… https://t.co/0S1oBXGKDm

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) November 5, 2015

I Musei in Comune visti da giuliopugliese: https://t.co/0ifgX9cIMk. #MiCRoma Here another shot made this morning du… pic.twitter.com/OEUHzpM306

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) November 5, 2015

I Musei in Comune visti da gmcguireinrome: https://t.co/KyEu4E6aeJ. #MiCRoma The iconic symbol of the founding of R… pic.twitter.com/JEPE9HPF8l

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) November 5, 2015

Bleeeuuughhhhh! With symptoms of a cold brewing nicely, I feel like all of these simultaneously. #ancientgaffito pic.twitter.com/GGsbIpLswL

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

. @IdaOstenberg @SpinsterAndCat Various (mis)spellings of Caesar are surnames in southern US: including 'Ceaser', with every vowel reversed.

— Michael Hendry (@Curculiunculus) November 5, 2015

For @AncientHistMag, @JoshoBrouwers writes about the past and the personal, delving into the work of Michael Shanks: https://t.co/5Cau1kAP0f

— Ancient History Mag (@AncientHistMag) November 5, 2015

@pompei79 getting my Naples/Pompeii fix – what a wonderful experience your career must give you! pic.twitter.com/ihZTz2xTzw

— Penny Herscher (@pennyherscher) November 5, 2015

#EmptyCapitolini Romolo e Remo say cheeeese ✌🏻️ @ZetemaCultura @Turismoromaweb @museiincomune @roma @igersroma #roma pic.twitter.com/JAUKZIUuIn

— A day in Rome® (@adayinrome) November 5, 2015

Pierre Narcise Guèrin
Neoclassicismo
1774-1833
Morpheus and Iris 1811
Buongiorno a tutti ma proprio tutti voi! 🌞 pic.twitter.com/QdjZTcsJ1u

— Adriana Evangelisti (@AdrianaCioci) November 5, 2015

I Musei in Comune visti da paola_romi: https://t.co/fhNEey2T83. #MiCRoma #emptyCapitolini: lo ammetto a me l'Amazzo… pic.twitter.com/dVFh2qxZq5

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) November 5, 2015

Charon, poor chap. pic.twitter.com/MI2Mmfe4eW

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) November 5, 2015

Greek pots, their stories, and meaning kept me hooked #itsaclassic @UoNClassics @smbmuseum pic.twitter.com/4ZJit1osyq

— Katharina Lorenz (@KGLorenz) November 5, 2015

Sappho apparently isn't done reading Ancient History Magazine issue 1, but it's inspiring! https://t.co/FEwofV92jd pic.twitter.com/EZj7nAD3LH

— Ancient History Mag (@AncientHistMag) November 5, 2015

Hero y Leandro (Hero and Leander) 1829 William Etty 1787-1849 pic.twitter.com/dE9C3alEtx

— marialo (@lovalh) November 4, 2015

What do you find recondite?
Read the full definition here: https://t.co/tU3tv1MVYP pic.twitter.com/V79tnpcf4U

— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) November 5, 2015

Ariadne.Herbert James Draper.@joselechiguero @LuciaTassan @CerisesMacaron @mariagonzalezf5 @JuanGMartinezJ @fra852 pic.twitter.com/qVavzIq4ej

— Amparo (@amparofashion) November 4, 2015

Bob Dylan does the classics! https://t.co/8ykHXOZqxS #bobdylan #chronicles #DontWorryImAProfessional

— Eidolon (@eidolon_journal) November 5, 2015

@holland_tom You may find this of interest: https://t.co/8ykHXOZqxS

— Eidolon (@eidolon_journal) November 5, 2015

Bob Dylan: classics namedropper. https://t.co/m9VIUxWrAo

— Donna Zuckerberg (@donnazuck) November 5, 2015

Archaeologists say that 60 Kazakhstan geoglyphs have been confirmed to exist not 260 https://t.co/iRrPH0W0Jk #archaeology

— Owen Jarus (@ojarus) November 5, 2015

A mosaic of the triumph of Bacchus from the luted site of Valdearados 4th century, Spain pic.twitter.com/QkWl5uDCVS

— Roman History (@romanhistory1) November 5, 2015

That's one mighty fine Museum we have! (WG Hardy Museum, Tory 2-89 #UAlberta) pic.twitter.com/51cs5HFFpA

— Classics at UAlberta (@ClassicsAlberta) November 5, 2015

2015.11.05: Concepción Cabrillana, Christian Lehmann (ed.), Acta XIV Colloquii… https://t.co/wpkXIi2vex

— BMCR (@BMCReview) November 5, 2015

2015.11.06: Biagio Santorelli (ed.), [Quintiliano], Il ricco accusato di tradimento. Gli… https://t.co/gqR4E2FOzt

— BMCR (@BMCReview) November 5, 2015

App fatigue being raised by @UCLarchaeology MAs. Do they need more single use museum silos? I like these students.

— Daniel Pett (@DEJPett) November 5, 2015

Clay figure, 50 BC. Ron Mueck like. Forehead scar suggests sculpted from life. History alive. -MT #MatthewTeitelbaum pic.twitter.com/IGczPhStx4

— Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (@mfaboston) November 5, 2015

Today at Syracuse: behind the theatre lie the quarries where so many Athenians died after the Sicilian Expedition. pic.twitter.com/uSY8Ht6zxh

— David Stuttard (@davidstuttard) November 5, 2015

Buona notte Verona 🇮🇹 ❤ #verona #arenadiverona #italy https://t.co/rM9A3XuXyg

— hafssól (@AraceliMartin_) November 4, 2015

2015.11.07: Laurent Pernot, Epideictic Rhetoric: Questioning the Stakes of Ancient Praise… https://t.co/B0uX6HrK9h

— BMCR (@BMCReview) November 5, 2015

2015.11.07: Laurent Pernot, Epideictic Rhetoric: Questioning the Stakes of Ancient Praise… https://t.co/AjEYSgCe9n

— BMCR (@BMCReview) November 5, 2015

Gwyneth Lewis and the Classics. Saturday afternoon discussion at ICShttps://t.co/GrnbRfns8T pic.twitter.com/OfCStE9Bs1

— Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) (@instclasstudies) November 3, 2015

RT @minimus_latin: 'Samian ware' by my year 5 pupils, made in stamped and fired moulds. pic.twitter.com/8SPYD7BDEb

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) November 5, 2015

Star Wars Classical sculptures. 1/5https://t.co/CwMqWzebFO pic.twitter.com/uRRvEJJ8jd

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) November 5, 2015

Star Wars Classical sculptures. 2/5https://t.co/CwMqWzebFO pic.twitter.com/wUrgGuT4Rz

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) November 5, 2015

Star Wars Classical sculptures. 3/5https://t.co/CwMqWzebFO pic.twitter.com/g6xvTe4CbM

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) November 5, 2015

Star Wars Classical sculptures. 4/5https://t.co/CwMqWzebFO pic.twitter.com/pVMkzgYNtH

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) November 5, 2015

Star Wars Classical sculptures. 5/5https://t.co/CwMqWzebFO pic.twitter.com/ICtuenei04

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) November 5, 2015

Roman lamp from Petra, in Jordan, pulled out to show my students. @romtoronto @uoft #petra #jordan https://t.co/Lp5oysq2VC

— Dr Robert Mason (@RBJMason) November 5, 2015

The "bikini girls" mosaic
Piazza Armerina@stephenjenkin #zero15 pic.twitter.com/vkfL1rExXj

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

Boudicca's Hair. Was it really this colour? https://t.co/NeMGg8qykW @history_girls pic.twitter.com/v0CT7cc6Xr

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) November 5, 2015

AWOL News Diogenes: A tool for searching and browsing the databases of ancient texts, primarily in Latin and Greek https://t.co/yCQJpCiR7g

— Charles Jones (@AWOL_tweets) November 5, 2015

Thanks for sharing some classics love @johnrampton – from an archaeologist in Rome pic.twitter.com/llCMyOUpf7

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) November 5, 2015

It’s not too late to join us for #AcWriMo Log yourself here and chat via hashtag #ARCHWriMo https://t.co/ItowVNfbgo pic.twitter.com/dmNcoe4YAu

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

CALL. 30.11.2015: 12th International Congress of Cretan Studies, #Heraklion #Greece #callforpapers https://t.co/mj8QLtLEfS

— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) November 5, 2015

#DiarioCamps narra el viaje de estudios de 3 conservadores del MAN por el sur de Francia e Italia en otoño de 1930. pic.twitter.com/CACTtyl0KW

— Museo Arqueológico Nacional (@MANArqueologico) November 5, 2015

New Page! Fontinalia! And Exploring Secunda, Part II: The Story http://t.co/DT7JLymtWH pic.twitter.com/qfszxk5fhF

— Sequential Latin (@sequentiallatin) October 14, 2015

Head of Hadrian wearing a laurel wreath, found in the Roman Agora in #Athens. Now in the Library of Hadrian Museum. pic.twitter.com/aQIOr3idOW

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 5, 2015

New post: 'Entering the Stoic World', about the Stoicism's worldview & its influences https://t.co/626cQBOack #StoicWeek @StoicWeek

— Peter Hardy (@VibrantBliss) November 5, 2015

Ruin of the day: The Canopus at Hadrian's Villa. It was named and modeled after the famous canal near Alexandria. pic.twitter.com/TUFisisZst

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 5, 2015

Wallsend archaeological digs reveal Romans were on a slippery slope on banks of the Tyne https://t.co/HD8KBPKFft

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) November 5, 2015

Delphic admonition at the Museo Nazionale Romano, Baths of Diocletian, #Rome pic.twitter.com/4Fmyc7z2Cf

— Blue Guides (@blueguides) November 4, 2015

@SaveRome ever periscoped the baths of Diocletian?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 6, 2015

Pulled some Roman pottery today for @RBJMason ceramics class https://t.co/era62z6PaA#Roman #ceramics

— Dr Kay Sunahara (@KaySunahara) November 5, 2015

Fascinating exhibition on ruins and fragments at Rome's @PalazzoAltemps pic.twitter.com/8AqLxanHBf

— Catharine Edwards (@CatharineEdwa) November 5, 2015

A fragment of glazed siliceous ware from Ptolemaic Egypt for today's class. #Egypt #ptolemaic… https://t.co/yFzpS8jEwe

— Dr Robert Mason (@RBJMason) November 5, 2015

Stunning display of the remains of two v grand Roman houses beneath Palazzo Valentini, just by Trajan's Forum: pic.twitter.com/Oy08EMpW1x

— Catharine Edwards (@CatharineEdwa) November 5, 2015

@MANArqueologico Tipo Weisenau. Otro día un Montefortino 😉 aquí el de Gorrita (Valladolid) https://t.co/3BxhVhmCAy pic.twitter.com/wEk698SUG5

— Furry Librarian ليست الحرب Не до війни (@FurryLibrarian) November 5, 2015

Dicho y hecho 😉 @FurryLibrarian Casco Montefortino (s. III-II a.C.) https://t.co/KGEFy2wzas pic.twitter.com/uN09nLfDnY

— Museo Arqueológico Nacional (@MANArqueologico) November 5, 2015

This is Sparta (and the Peloponnese)! Just few months away from the next CSPS int. conf! @UoNArch @UoNClassics pic.twitter.com/laQ0FQh9mN

— Chrysanthi Gallou (@ChrysaGallou) November 5, 2015

So tiny is this AE4 of Gratian VOT XX MVLT XXX from Antioch that I strained my eyes a little… pic.twitter.com/gXLXnQ9Npm

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) November 5, 2015

Hope @wmarybeard is both less messy+ less mean than GMHopkins in marking Classics exams.'Monstrously wrong in Latin' pic.twitter.com/7uJJI2kTzf

— Dr Megan Beech (@MegBeechPoetry) November 5, 2015

¿#Sabescómo se planificaba la construcción de una cuidad romana? https://t.co/kKMI8sijzn pic.twitter.com/VV9RMKCmle

— Marcela Zapata-Meza (@Machezm) October 29, 2015

@ClassAssocNI @Curculiunculus daylight saving year…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 4, 2015

If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, revise it quickly before the reviewers change their minds.

— Shit Academics Say (@AcademicsSay) November 4, 2015

2015.11.02: Kevin F. Daly, Lee Ann Riccardi (ed.), Cities Called Athens: Studies Honoring… https://t.co/ttuUFCWmks

— BMCR (@BMCReview) November 4, 2015

2015.11.03: Loredana Mantovanelli, Scribonio Largo: Ricette mediche. Traduzione e commento… https://t.co/fye1h9cCpJ

— BMCR (@BMCReview) November 4, 2015

2015.11.04: Gustav Adolf Lehmann, Alexander der Große und die « Freiheit der Hellenen… https://t.co/NFcku4x0IP

— BMCR (@BMCReview) November 4, 2015

“Do Arrows Kill People Or Does Hercules Kill People?” by Michael Goyette = fascinating, even for me 🎉🎉 %%r https://t.co/RtsCb1sKlU

— robert phillips (@chopin_slut) November 4, 2015

@adreinhard I couldn't finish it even trapped on a plane…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 4, 2015

Intricate #mosaic portrait from the ruins of #pompeii @romtoronto https://t.co/ZiXqmLWlRv

— Jeanne Beker (@Jeanne_Beker) November 4, 2015

Have you seen my author page on Amazon? Take a look: https://t.co/Ksi0TpM95K https://t.co/AfuQAPSrg1

— Lindsay Powell (@Lindsay_Powell) November 4, 2015

The Aqua Virgo flows once again in the Trevi Fountain.https://t.co/z5COH8KynS

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) November 4, 2015

Nothing like a barely-drinkable £3 airport espresso to make me feel better about importing my regular coffee beans from Lower Bavaria.

— Neville Morley (@NevilleMorley) November 4, 2015

#exhibition "The Women of Rome" at the CaixaForum in Madrid, from November 5 2015 to February 12, 2016. https://t.co/INDSJkmVyt

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 4, 2015

Drinking cup depicting Apollo holding a lyre and pouring a libation as a black bird looks on 480-470 BCE #Delphi pic.twitter.com/TWXv2D7VEs

— Dr Paula Lock (@PaulaLock5) November 4, 2015

Chariot racing when you've lost your licence…

Boy 'hoop rolling' in a mock circus.
Great Palace of Constantinople pic.twitter.com/4goWTO1PDA

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) November 4, 2015

Ancient Roman John Lewis ad. pic.twitter.com/ir1yuCzul8

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) November 4, 2015

Inaugural #lecture, today "Oros: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture" (Jason König) https://t.co/VnrFFpd35v https://t.co/xyw6Xwozaf

— St Andrews Classics (@StA_Classics) November 4, 2015

Preparing lecture on Roman "power walks" for Bergen tomorrow. Includes Brutus coin of consul & attendants on move. pic.twitter.com/FZEgsF9Ye6

— Ida Östenberg (@IdaOstenberg) November 4, 2015

New in our webstore: Sicily and the Sea from Wbooks https://t.co/iCu6Ax5MHL

— Ancient History Mag (@AncientHistMag) November 4, 2015

Attis in Trier. The hood and bare stomach appear to distinguish him from Mithras https://t.co/KYdeIPDoxM

— Noah Nonsense (@noah_nonsense) November 4, 2015

School Students of Classics: compete in our annual Reading Competition, now including an 'in translation' category! https://t.co/6Iupgwz7pO

— Classics at Leeds (@LeedsClassics) November 4, 2015

Murdoch takes over NatGeo. The first thing that happens? 180 staff sacked, mostly fact-checkers! #CouldntMakeItUp pic.twitter.com/vFz8cgDxp6

— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) November 4, 2015

The camelopard (giraffe), first seen in Rome during Caesar's victory games in 46 BCE. https://t.co/qitQYzlGBc

— Ida Östenberg (@IdaOstenberg) November 4, 2015

Repititiationes ~ 11/3/15 https://t.co/2O3gjzK6k5

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 4, 2015

This Day in Ancient History ~ pridie nonas novembres | rogueclassicism
https://t.co/0VX5iKCI3F

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 4, 2015

[yes, national geographic headlines suddenly change too] Stunned Archaeologists Find 22 Ancient Greek Shipwrecks
https://t.co/ZSgs7ScMto

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 4, 2015

so with the changes @NatGeo it seems their archaeologists suddenly join the ranks of the puzzled, stunned, stumbling types elsewhere?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 4, 2015

I see that nyt has made a few changes to their kazakhstan geoglyph article, I'm glad to see this

— Owen Jarus (@ojarus) November 3, 2015

Experts Believe Hobby Lobby Stole Biblical Antiquities From Iraq. Here's Why. | ThinkProgress
https://t.co/psyfvFXqBL

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 4, 2015

@electricarchaeo it changed in the sense they had a fox-style headline…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 4, 2015

@electricarchaeo never saw ng use the portray-archaeologists-as-buffoon headline before

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 4, 2015

Ancient Greeks wrote that #Celts wore horned helmets in battle. This is the only one found! https://t.co/nUT5RiwD1z pic.twitter.com/KVqTQAYieu

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) November 4, 2015

Thanks to all who attended Dr Slootjes' talk on Digital Rome. We hope you went away intrigued by the possibilities! pic.twitter.com/mbHcfnMjew

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) November 4, 2015

5 Nov 2-4pm Guildford CA, 6th Form Class Civ/Latin Conf inc Katherine Clarke: 'Cicero's de imperio' & Lucy Jackson: 'Women in Greek Tragedy'

— The Classical Association (@Classical_Assoc) November 4, 2015

For a flavour of what digital imaging can do for the study of ancient cities, https://t.co/fORCDoakyR Rome of 320CE https://t.co/FDvKFg98Mh

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) November 4, 2015

This is a denarius of Vespasian 69-79 AD. The Capricorn was the Emperors' conception sign! pic.twitter.com/Hccm5Re5sP

— Roman Legion Museum (@RomanCaerleon) November 4, 2015

School Teacher Fellowship 2015/2016: The British School at Athens invites applications, apply here: https://t.co/Ltg1PbUpEQ

— Oxford Classics Outreach (@oxfordclassics) November 4, 2015

TWO #Classics competitions for school age pupils in Wales: one on ancient heroes (incl translation), & blog writing https://t.co/Mu3r8V9HTf

— Evelien Bracke (@Evelien_Bracke) November 4, 2015

RT @NorthumberlndNP: Tickets for the #HadriansWall #Archaeology Forum on the 28th November- https://t.co/NuiNijn0d0 pic.twitter.com/pYsYCAynmF

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) November 4, 2015

I just bought Greek imperial coins and their values @AbeBooks https://t.co/vwMHk8HQVM

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) November 4, 2015

Happy to discover another unfinished fresco in #Pompeii that was interrupted by the eruption (with a reconstruction) pic.twitter.com/BW7T1eHUXN

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) November 4, 2015

It's Comedy Today in my Athens class! Acharnians, Rough Music, Eva Gabor, & more. (with a Melian Dialogue chaser)

— Bret Mulligan (@bretmulligan) November 4, 2015

Rome's very own equivalent to Pompeii, amazing #archaeology https://t.co/pKLp8HQgrr

— Matthew Ward Hunter (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 4, 2015

Bad hair day. All two of them.#ancientgraffito from Rome, San Sebastiano @MedievalG pic.twitter.com/afD6fLha4B

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) November 4, 2015

Thinking about temples for tomorrow: reminded of Amphictyonic League #coin @britishmuseum https://t.co/bGeXO6yXmM pic.twitter.com/eL5bHf3V5I

— Dr Amelia Dowler (@amelia_dowler) November 4, 2015

#Expo #MujeresdeRoma en @CaixaForum #Madrid @FundlaCaixa, del 4 de noviembre al 14 de febrero pic.twitter.com/avdxtN6gBx

— Legado griego (@meditantiguo) November 4, 2015

#Athens was "the only polis that knows how to pity," according to Callimachus οὕνεκεν οἰκτείρειν οἶδε μόνη πολίων https://t.co/aNsNyr05zC

— DCCommentaries (@DCComm) November 4, 2015

#Tonight we have @abzmab lecturing on smell and the senses in Ancient Rome!

Doors open at 18.00 pic.twitter.com/36AxZaPZAG

— British School at Rome (@the_bsr) November 4, 2015

Classics alumni & teachers of Classics! We invite you to our annual Christmas event @UniofOxford Faculty of Classics https://t.co/DqrNNdi0vj

— Oxford Classics Outreach (@oxfordclassics) November 4, 2015

Live-tweeting at conferences? Know the etiquette so you don't tweet like a twit: https://t.co/WnrZYt7TyV pic.twitter.com/Uc3GApP1gM

— nature (@Nature) November 2, 2015

New addition highlight: Graeco-Roman Marble Equestrian Fragment, c. 1st Century B.C. / A.D. – Remnants of paint… https://t.co/5qwnNh6Sbj

— Artemission.com (@ArtemissionArt) November 4, 2015

. @SamHayez Reception after lecture on some of Catullus' dirtier poems Friday included plate of crudités with radishes. No mullet, though.

— Michael Hendry (@Curculiunculus) November 4, 2015

tempus neminen manet

time waits for no one#Latintattoo pic.twitter.com/LtfVIQXdGE

— The Latin Programme (@LatinProgramme) November 4, 2015

@Biagio960 Mosaico con combattimento tra gladiatori nell'arena di Augusta Treverorum,-Treviri- II-III sec Part. pic.twitter.com/2Zx2PJZAMq

— Tommaso Iorio (@TommasoIorio) November 2, 2015

We have received more comments on Ancient History Magazine 1. Of course, Pericles knows… https://t.co/8ITuOTrLTF pic.twitter.com/OAOiBZRRPF

— Ancient History Mag (@AncientHistMag) November 4, 2015

@VindolandaTrust You made the list! –> 5 Open Historical Collections that Make Us Swoon https://t.co/ejqaCKiIz2 pic.twitter.com/552Dth4HUt

— HistoryBuff (@historybuffcom) November 4, 2015

Now Hiring: Art Historian: Art of the Ancient Mediterranean (Assistant Professor) | Old Dominion Universit | https://t.co/7lbg9czpNl #jobs

— AIA (@archaeology_aia) November 4, 2015

A post of relevance to "Sex & the Body in the Ancient World" students; do you agree that Rome was 'sex-positive'? https://t.co/epJVU7SkRr

— Dr Aven McMaster (@AvenMcMaster) November 4, 2015

Great opening image for @abzmab's 'Smell and the senses in ancient Rome' talk @the_bsr tonight #wallporn pic.twitter.com/SSLbj4BlrH

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) November 4, 2015

What about Rome? @sapphicapuella on #LGBThistory and #Roman #histsex https://t.co/YAgYu4hqSc pic.twitter.com/4cbTePUcw2

— Justin Bengry (@JustinBengry) November 4, 2015

Where's a bowdlerized Catullus when you really need one??

— Joseph A. Howley (@hashtagoras) November 4, 2015

A journey through #smell and #senses with @abzmab this evening @the_bsr with mention of the cloaca maxima #Rome pic.twitter.com/gCUzJtbFOI

— Stephen Kay (@stephenjohnkay) November 4, 2015

Roman Noses was a really super talk @the_bsr from @abzmab about smell. Here's a rude poem and pic. Prego. pic.twitter.com/TgZGKxI2JZ

— Agnes Crawford (@understandrome) November 4, 2015

Ancient drama festival for schools @warwickuni with @drmichaelcscott on 25th Jan 2016 https://t.co/CHcuHHrOZt

— Oxford Classics Outreach (@oxfordclassics) November 4, 2015

For those following along at home, that's 53 objects, one of which was known prior to Hunt purchase #ART463 @arenikira @Sothebys

— Justin Walsh (@jstpwalsh) November 4, 2015

Tickets now on sale for @warwickuni @warwickarts @WarwickClassics Aristophanes Lysistrata on 24th January 2016 https://t.co/IHBhLgW1xP

— Prof. Michael Scott (@profmcscott) November 4, 2015

New issue of Classica Revista Brasileria de estudos classicos v. 27, n. 1 (2014) https://t.co/GfKWgA3d3D

— Yale Classics Lib (@YaleClassicsLib) November 4, 2015

Those 53 objects, none with known findspots, sold for $11,397,150 on a high estimate of $7,575,000 #ART463 @arenikira @Sothebys

— Justin Walsh (@jstpwalsh) November 4, 2015

Hercules resting, Roman copies of a bronze statue by Lysippos. The tired hero leans on his club after his 12 labours pic.twitter.com/oHi5Uw7Taz

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 4, 2015

>@Kayt_MB Lots of finds in for our FLO @findsorguk These Roman clawed feet are rather gorgeous @RomanFindsGrp pic.twitter.com/yoRwXrgpnQ

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) November 4, 2015

Thank you to the gentle reader who has put my Trojan War: A New History next on his reading list. https://t.co/Ga1fsmDQzP

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) November 4, 2015

Students of "Great Hoaxes and Fantasies in Archaeology" study Vinland Map @BeineckeLibrary https://t.co/kMmNAPSCPt pic.twitter.com/k1V13dN2tL

— Beinecke Library (@BeineckeLibrary) November 4, 2015

There are millions of items in storage and @ROMtoronto has dedicated preparators who take care of them #KidsToWork pic.twitter.com/BoK75LCLSM

— Yvonne (@yveleung) November 4, 2015

Attis, from the Wikipedia article (which is full of rubbish) pic.twitter.com/x8MCubukhH

— Noah Nonsense (@noah_nonsense) November 4, 2015

Attis again. The profuse locks of hair seem characteristic. pic.twitter.com/PmtS7apILg

— Noah Nonsense (@noah_nonsense) November 4, 2015

"Hail, Caesar!" by the Coen Brothers… Possibly more excited for this than for Star Wars VII https://t.co/ShYAF7ZMsI @filmspotting

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) November 4, 2015

Mosaic panel with a rare depiction of the madness of Hercules (Hercules furens), 3rd-4th century AD, from Portugal. pic.twitter.com/R35lH2sddy

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 4, 2015

Guess who @StoicWeek spotted in the Rubenshaus Antwerp? pic.twitter.com/4qa62tFEiA

— John Dean (@RealJohnDean) November 4, 2015

Attis at Ostia with inscription Numini Attis C. Caecilius Ephus … Plaster cast on site, w/o inscription. pic.twitter.com/2E2HVf4vkY

— Noah Nonsense (@noah_nonsense) November 4, 2015

Altar of Cybele / Attis 374 AD online at Vatican. But useless image. #TooSmallToRead https://t.co/jUbX5l7jhh pic.twitter.com/TCC4OUV51L

— Noah Nonsense (@noah_nonsense) November 4, 2015

.@wmarybeard is this week's @StylistMagazine 5 min* philosopher! *ours for life #SPQR https://t.co/GUCY2c1v1q pic.twitter.com/xffJFCDMqD

— Profile Books (@ProfileBooks) November 4, 2015

New photos further detailing finds unearthed in #Pylos
Grave of Ancient Greek Warrior or Priest#AncientGreece pic.twitter.com/tnKADRkxov

— Zito E (@Zito__77) November 4, 2015

#Mithology
Aurora and Tithonus
Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre1747
B'sera❤@Asamsakti @Rossy__RORO @N2312Neagoe @Milutta pic.twitter.com/BCMTms0I9g

— Lucia Tassan Mangina🐦🇪🇺#FBPE (@LuciaTassan) November 4, 2015

Word of the Day: hyperbole – exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally… https://t.co/om0ur5ZYh1 pic.twitter.com/DP30dJbEVS

— Oxford Languages (@OxLanguages) November 4, 2015

@peterbcampbell @DrDonnaYates @electricarchaeo but you were stunned *after*.. You weren't a *stunned archaeologist* before the find

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

@DrDonnaYates @peterbcampbell @electricarchaeo 'stunned archaeologist' and 'archaeologist stunned after finding' are different animals

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

'#Nero's Golden House.' (The Domus Aurea) https://t.co/sNgwOqSprw #History #Rome pic.twitter.com/WMOpUJd7q3

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) November 5, 2015

@DrDonnaYates @peterbcampbell @electricarchaeo or a bunch of folks getting together in a tent, smacking each other with shovels…

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

@DrDonnaYates @peterbcampbell @electricarchaeo… And walking vaguely over a field where they stumble over a temple… Then they're puzzled

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

Angelica Kauffmann
'Papirius Praetextatus Entreated by his Mother to Disclose
the Secrets of the … Roman Senate' pic.twitter.com/AcEsPlBgLs

— marisabel loyo (@marisabeloyo) November 4, 2015

@peterbcampbell @DrDonnaYates @electricarchaeo journos don't usually write their own headlines

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

Interested in gaining more Roman coin identification skills? Sam Moorhead of @findsorguk will be running a training day… #numismatics

— Money & Medals Net (@Moneymedalsnet) November 3, 2015

#AuctionUpdate: Aristide Maillol’s 'Vénus' sells for $2.7m, above the high est #TaubmanAtSothebys pic.twitter.com/l1xmcCPqaS

— Sotheby's (@Sothebys) November 5, 2015