At Corfinium the Socii (Italian Allies) minted coins to fund war against Rome. Italia = Confederation of Italians. pic.twitter.com/puZImHlCY7
— Nadine Brundrett (@BrundrettNadine) January 5, 2016
Only Roman ruins I could find picture of at Corfinum (Corfinio). I need to visit this site some day – bucket list! pic.twitter.com/kfW3wIqUSb
— Nadine Brundrett (@BrundrettNadine) January 5, 2016
Get ready for tomorrows live-tweet #1P97 Hero / Villain? – it depends. Myths of the Heroic Age. @brockuclassics pic.twitter.com/Mufom7emdc
— Darrin Sunstrum (@darrinsunstrum) January 5, 2016
This is an amazingly comprehensive resource on Roman topography & it’s wonderful to be able to access it so easily. https://t.co/RJQZzsAalc
— Nadine Brundrett (@BrundrettNadine) January 5, 2016
#archaeologists discover statues thought destroyed by earthquakes:https://t.co/N9WFwUAWcY #Egypt Cred. Dennis Jarvis pic.twitter.com/BSiDq862w2
— SAFE (@saveantiquities) January 5, 2016
Oh dear. New director of Globe using "classics degree " as symbol of lofty elitism. Re Shakespeare ?!
— mary beard (@wmarybeard) January 5, 2016
The poet Antipater of Sidon fell ill every day on his birthday, & then eventually, when it came round again one year, died.
— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) January 5, 2016
Nero's golden palace among Italian heritage sites in €300m restoration plan https://t.co/47uZSjRHuz
— Adrian Murdoch (@adrianmurdoch) January 5, 2016
Larger than life and seated on a throne, this figure assumes almost heroic proportions. https://t.co/i5fJhJAe00 pic.twitter.com/mTZmo0hUF2
— The Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum) January 5, 2016
Classics Reading Competition March 2016 includes new in translation category: school students invited to compete! https://t.co/oEKI4ms2qc
— Classics and Ancient History at Leeds (@LeedsClassics) January 5, 2016
I'm going to have to find time to skim through Edith Hamilton's The Greek Way: she seems responsible for one Thucydides misquotation…
— Neville Morley (@NevilleMorley) January 5, 2016
@NevilleMorley …namely a garbled mash-up of the Melian Dialogue and the end of the Sicilian Expedition, and there may well be more.
— Neville Morley (@NevilleMorley) January 5, 2016
Small bronze genius (guardian or spirit of a place) from a Roman villa near Badbury, Dorset. #RomanBritain pic.twitter.com/iXpZGmbbhb
— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) January 5, 2016
From Petra. Thick, heavy. Surely not a coin; weight or seal, maybe? Any ideas? What does the inscription mean? pic.twitter.com/XhIZNVSOA8
— Ian D. Morris (@iandavidmorris) January 5, 2016
Post: 'What is a Stoic?' by John Sellars explores the definition of an ancient and modern Stoic alike https://t.co/4Sf7uuR1aq
— Modern Stoicism (@StoicWeek) January 5, 2016
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/684320309550395392
@patrick_kidd Edith Hall would be an excellent appointment (and interesting in light of her advocacy of the return of the Parthenon Marbles)
— Benjamin Ramm (@BenjaminRamm) January 4, 2016
.@MarblesReunite @roamingcurator most visitors don't add putative connections 'universal' museum tries to make between objects + collections
— British Committee (@BCRPM) January 5, 2016
Villa Adriana Sotterranea https://t.co/zFgMpi9eyd#HadrianVilla pic.twitter.com/U8ioMdUcaS
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 5, 2016
Race against time to save #Nero's crumbling #DomusAurea (Golden House) & "rotating ceiling": https://t.co/9mCtNunjLx pic.twitter.com/7hJHKHKL1Q
— Antinous the Gay God (@antinousgaygod) January 5, 2016
Dec. 30, 1815, letter from the Principal Librarian at @britishmuseum to the Speaker #ParthenonSculptures #200Years pic.twitter.com/MGe6aJkuJf
— steve lorenti (@stevelorenti) December 30, 2015
Six pages of 24 carat gold from 600BC, Etruscan, Sofia Natural History Museum. Oldest book?https://t.co/GgD5ds9PUM pic.twitter.com/TgPSPYQMhD
— Pythika (@Pythika) January 5, 2016
One more this morning… pic.twitter.com/u41twiZAvC
— Kevin Ballestrini (@kballestrini) January 5, 2016
The Terme Boxer
Boxing was already practiced in the Bronze Age#archaeology
a revered sporthttps://t.co/vwxFYzDjtR pic.twitter.com/w9rp51yjmT— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) January 5, 2016
#Roman teenagers' remains found in excavations ahead of London building work https://t.co/IX9Akiv3rk pic.twitter.com/61ndbh8S7N
— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) January 5, 2016
Free speech or foul play? Long-time Laurentian prof removed from course for offensive language policy https://t.co/MuKMeoacyl #Sudbury
— Guy Chamberland (@GuyChamberland) January 5, 2016
Terracotta vase in the form of a ketos (sea monster) https://t.co/MXpyExuAiQ via @metmuseum pic.twitter.com/6KgUeig6Wb
— Ancient Greek Hero (@AncGreekHero) January 5, 2016
@AvenSarah @GuyChamberland yikes… Catullus isn't happy… Martial either!
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 6, 2016
Ancient Rome v North Korea: Spectacular 'executions' then and now – Prof. Stephen Harrison https://t.co/Y737gcf4td via @oxfordclassics
— Classics and Ancient History at Leeds (@LeedsClassics) January 5, 2016
Sarcophagus fragment representing a Lion attacking an Antelope, 2nd half of the 3rd c. AD, #Rome, @museiincomune. pic.twitter.com/jiXvVnK9bJ
— Milestone Rome (@MilestoneRome) January 5, 2016
Did u see my piece on Visualising Roman London @history_girls? #AlanSorrell https://t.co/hoAvdPx3j6 @Durotrigesdig pic.twitter.com/THh1kFfVg1
— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) January 5, 2016
Word of the day: theoxenia: hospitality towards a god who visits as a guest. https://t.co/XW8eKODHZU #wotd
— wordnik (@wordnik) January 5, 2016
— Carmen Rochel (@Canisberner) January 5, 2016
Noooo! Only Hollywood Graeco-Romans do this!! https://t.co/rZ2ZJ2B1gZ #BogusForearmGrip #RomansShookHands pic.twitter.com/yGFfusvvj1
— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) January 4, 2016
Mercoledì 6 gennaio 2016 visita guidata ore 10.30 museo e parco @MiBACT @viaggiarepuglia @archeo_pop @CastelliMusei pic.twitter.com/h5Wf0NKh7h
— Museo Archeo Egnazia (@ArcheoEgnazia) January 5, 2016
"Makes a reader want to go back and read the series from the beginning." Murder in Megara reviewed @KingsRiverLife https://t.co/sEh0sTTea5
— Eric Mayer (@groggytales) January 4, 2016
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Alexandre et Bucéphale, Paris, musée du Petit Palais. Vers 1757-1760. #Macedonia #Greece pic.twitter.com/hwcR3kmsju
— History of Macedonia (@GreekMacedonia) January 5, 2016
Medieval capital recycling a Roman inscription mentioning "Aurelius" & "Leg V" (the 5th legion), St Mark's, Venice pic.twitter.com/JVrSKuMLgB
— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 5, 2016
Follow us through Roman history and its preservation – from Romulus to EUR on ARL https://t.co/R6RcsReDl4 pic.twitter.com/inrMV3HwrD
— AIRC Roman Culture (@SaveRome) January 5, 2016
This tapestry depicts the funeral procession of King Mausolus (died 353 BC) #TapestryTues https://t.co/rm6Rye2pEY pic.twitter.com/5Cle01B4zm
— Getty (@GettyMuseum) January 5, 2016
We're excited to see you at our stand tomorrow at @archaeology_aia! #aiascs
— RoutledgeArch&Anth (@Routledge_Arch) January 5, 2016
#Greek fragment of an archaic face, late 6th cent BC, probably from #Sicilia #Italy https://t.co/kU0qXuNGAT pic.twitter.com/6vnmvhbWEO
— Bacher Archäologie (@AncientArtWien) January 5, 2016
Fantastic series of talks on Roman Syria in Bloomsbury, London https://t.co/Sj4gLWwrqV pic.twitter.com/EorZZFLLZE
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 5, 2016
I numeri dei visitatori nei siti vesuviani nel 2015 – #stabiae al primo posto per incremento di visite! https://t.co/MphTmwRD4X
— Rest Ancient Stabiae (@fond_ras) January 5, 2016
"To Flora, Tiberius Plautius Drosus, official for second time, fulfilled his vow willingly and deservedly." Venice pic.twitter.com/3s7Xu0mvZ9
— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 5, 2016
Orpheus (1865)
Gustave Moreau
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
— Biagio Angrisani (@Biagio960) January 4, 2016
Sappho (1893 circa)
Gustave Moreau
— Biagio Angrisani (@Biagio960) January 4, 2016
@OptimoPrincipi @AshmoleanLatin Spotted in Venice Archaeological Museum! https://t.co/SmGiY5FN2K pic.twitter.com/ciQynqMqgL
— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 5, 2016
Monument to poetry (1999)
Carlo Maria Mariani
— Biagio Angrisani (@Biagio960) January 5, 2016
Emlyn Dodd,@Macquarie_Uni Scholar, a returning awardholder,speaks on his studies from the last 3 months #welcomeweek pic.twitter.com/OIJbx1ohkR
— British School at Rome (@the_bsr) January 5, 2016
D.Creti Mercury and Paris 1710,Palazzo d'Accursio,Bologna #culture
@cobixreyes @albertopetro2 @mariaireneali pic.twitter.com/D4eX5CkkFC— BrindusaB (@BrindusaB1) January 5, 2016
Canova
Cupid and Psyche 1796-1800
Musee du Louvre,Paris pic.twitter.com/rBtY6Fjtzy— BrindusaB (@BrindusaB1) January 5, 2016
Antonio Canova
The Three Graces Dancing 1799
Canova Museum,Possagno pic.twitter.com/wHNwEBLDya— BrindusaB (@BrindusaB1) January 5, 2016
The login problem on our site appears to be fixed. If you can't log in, please send a message to info@classicalstudies.org for help.
— SCS (@scsclassics) January 5, 2016
Placement Service Log-ins https://t.co/TEw1kwXrai
— SCS (@scsclassics) January 5, 2016
Explore the @GettyMuseum's "Fragment to Vase: Approaches to Ceramic Restoration" page! https://t.co/5T7vOjmwqo pic.twitter.com/Tz1J2S971U
— AIC & FAIC (@conservators) January 5, 2016
@TheRomanSoc @rogueclassicist @caitlinrgreen פי לנחש רד נשדא, coined with bronze die pic.twitter.com/tKbK3wMwou
— Toni Garcia Hurtado (@secretariagh) January 5, 2016
@BrundrettNadine @rogueclassicist דוי לדתי, Seated women next to the moon reveal menstruation pic.twitter.com/pK4C0GCp2v
— Toni Garcia Hurtado (@secretariagh) January 5, 2016
60% of Roman coins in the @MicroPasts / @findsorguk crowdsourcing pilot can be attributed to #OCRE. results: https://t.co/hHh7ULraNh
— Ethan Gruber (@ewg118) January 5, 2016
How many people with a #Classics #PGCE actually end up in teaching? Data from 2010 https://t.co/E2Wo8RTlRz
— Dr Arlene H-H (@DrArleneHH) January 5, 2016
@mariagonzalezf5 @anabrola @margaquiros @MOCarballeira @MariaSuu @sar_ahza BG
J.Wtewael
Perseo & Andromeda#culture pic.twitter.com/RngH3H8Qw4— Rita Cóbix (@RitaCobix) January 3, 2016
Robert Hearn, new Rome Awardee, details his 'road to Rome' and how his project on hunting has evolved #welcomeweek pic.twitter.com/WjYpK52k3R
— British School at Rome (@the_bsr) January 5, 2016
ARCHAEOLOGISTS and GAMERS! The world's first #archaeogaming conference is happening in Leiden, and you can go! CFP: https://t.co/Q5jbzwF55p
— Archaeogaming (@Archaeogaming) January 5, 2016
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/684538784537509888
Mt. Etna erupting. Photo by Fernando Famiani: https://t.co/46fEjWjU2a #TravelTuesday pic.twitter.com/sgvMSchuMd
— 500px (@500px) January 5, 2016
ca. 2,200 year old plaque of Cybele drawn in her Chariot by Lions
Above the Sun God#archaeology Bactria,Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/FP7mlnyzWe— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) January 5, 2016
@diomedes66 @sandrapatriot @Bouncypat1 @KatiaSiourakan @SN_Simplicity Greetings (again) Paul :)) x pic.twitter.com/cgdanOsXoN
— Hilary Chaplin (@hillaryssteps) January 5, 2016
Good piece. Why ancient Roman graffiti is so important to archaeologists https://t.co/5eAhhmJP4D
— Adrian Murdoch (@adrianmurdoch) January 5, 2016
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/684541609715843072
Of Museums and Marbles https://t.co/vyvAlcKLbg
— Morag M. Kersel (@mokersel) January 5, 2016
exquisite torso from a cuirassed statue of a Roman emperor; 1stC CE. F J Iseman Art Trust on loan to @metmuseum pic.twitter.com/TTi9KGxY83
— flissina 🦌 (@flissina) January 5, 2016
Mosaic octagon depicting Ulysses offering wine to the Cyclops Polyphemus, from a vault inside Nero's Domus Aurea. pic.twitter.com/wRskEDVuvO
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 5, 2016
"The Greeks" unearths ancient artifacts, history at @FieldMuseum: https://t.co/Ld0N5kloMA #ChicagoTonight pic.twitter.com/s5GB5gJuoj
— WTTW (Chicago PBS) (@wttw) January 5, 2016
If Twitter's batshit proposals have you contemplating the beauty of arbitrary restrictions, welcome to Roman poetry: https://t.co/NO0wPOMvfB
— Llewelyn Morgan (@llewelyn_morgan) January 5, 2016
Was the 1st-2nd century AD Roman empire a fascist state? https://t.co/loqmvBh7Lo
— Peter King (@PeterOrganKing) January 5, 2016
The theme recalls the sculpture group of Tiberius' Sperlonga, a favourite for grottoes! pic.twitter.com/Af8KwDGfPZ
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 5, 2016
#Greece – Is this the most famous Corinthian helmet? Miltiades' dedication to Zeus after the victory at #Marathon. pic.twitter.com/XFS07objfU
— John Trikeriotis (@spartanwarriors) January 5, 2016
What's your Classics bucket list? Kids #Roman fiction author @CarolineLawrenc shares hers https://t.co/kVTAQJvCnp pic.twitter.com/R75GhA1vsF
— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) January 5, 2016
Comedian performs jokes from "Philogelos", the world's oldest joke book https://t.co/mWtFg27tuu
— All Things Ancient (@AT_Ancient) January 5, 2016
RT @madefromROME: What Did the Romans Eat? Food and Drink in Ancient Times https://t.co/wq7kdKXUX2 https://t.co/peAlQITIAo
— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) January 5, 2016
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/684543156193509376
🐶 Attenti al cane
👉 https://t.co/UzWRvbFGGC@ahencyclopedia @ancient @Rai_Arte #lestoriedituttinoi #sicilia #arte pic.twitter.com/lafc1TYU3z— Museo Archeologico Salinas (@MuseoSalinas) January 5, 2016
#Roman phallus & vagina or evil eye? Carving goes on display in Lincoln museum https://t.co/gRIbp09uZ8 pic.twitter.com/GqTQXmHAaw
— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) January 5, 2016
For #NationalBirdDay, learn how Juno's geese saved ancient Rome. https://t.co/tOGX7ZzJcy pic.twitter.com/cw5uJtbZRp
— Carly Silver (@CarlyASilver) January 5, 2016
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers: December Answer for Roman Calendar Worksheet https://t.co/WCJLtP8pmc pic.twitter.com/Wq2QYHqQYo
— Bolchazy-Carducci (@BCPublishers) January 5, 2016
Roman glass from the necropolis of Zara (Zadar), Croatia, I-II cent CE. Murano Island glass museum, Venice. pic.twitter.com/IhnoS72SEY
— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 5, 2016
"Le supplice de Prométhée" par Charles Brocas (1774-1835) expo #VisagesEffroi @MVRParis https://t.co/4iiYlqgZxQ
— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) January 5, 2016
"Mort d'un héros antique" (Sénèque ?) dessin de F-X Fabre (1766-1837) prêt du @museefabre pour l'expo #VisagesEffroi pic.twitter.com/TR9pO4LR95
— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) January 5, 2016
"Milon de Crotone" plume et encre noire de Charles Meynier, prêt du @museefabre #Montpellier expo #VisagesEffroi pic.twitter.com/ynwarVbDF1
— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) January 5, 2016
Sacrificing Iphigenia conference- 19-20/01/2016 Nottingham (England)
https://t.co/HN3Zn8bRut— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) January 5, 2016
"La Descente d'Énée dans le Latium" par A-L Girodet Trioson, prêt du musée des Beaux-arts d'Orléans #VisagesEffroi pic.twitter.com/3SQm1ReKuO
— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) January 5, 2016
Large Roman dedicatory altar, reused in Middle Ages as a wellhead. "CHAERONTI.AVG.N.DISP" Torcello island, Venice pic.twitter.com/6hznfIgjcj
— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 5, 2016
Plato, Roman copy of a Greek original from 360 BC, currently at the Field Museum. pic.twitter.com/TI4X6zPDYC
— 𝖠𝗍𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗌𝗍 (@Atticist) January 5, 2016
@sentantiq it's an odd day when an oblique Trump tweet leads me to _The Shield of Homer: Narrative…in the Iliad_ https://t.co/tNfLR5SiFr
— jeff hort (@jeffhort) January 5, 2016
Une autre "Mort de Caton d'Utique"
bronze de Philippe Laurent Roland
prêt du @PBALille pour l'expo #VisagesEffroi pic.twitter.com/JQOKIFZP3C— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) January 5, 2016
"La Mort de Caton d'Utique" (1785) de Jacques Gamelin, prêt du @museesdamiens pour l'expo #VisagesEffroi @MVRParis pic.twitter.com/G3YrNDq8uH
— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) January 5, 2016
The Stadium in Ancient Messene,Greece,before & after restoration works. Great job of archaeologists,eng. & restorers pic.twitter.com/7oOGEAKmzZ
— STAMATAKIS MICHAEL (@STAMATAKISMICHA) December 26, 2015
What *did* the Romans eat? Is that some sort of broccoli asparagus cousin over there? #AncientRome #AncientFood https://t.co/0Hxqx6DqAf
— Butler Classics (@ButlerClassics) January 5, 2016
Por ser #NocheDeReyes y para que nadie se quede sin regalo os traemos esta escultura púnica de #Villaricos #Siret pic.twitter.com/f2W06Tc5mC
— Museo de Almería (@MuseoAlmeria) January 5, 2016
Domitian's Forum Transitorium, which created a monumental entrance to the Forum Magnum https://t.co/qVJRXB2fVc pic.twitter.com/VdijIu4Lri
— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) January 4, 2016
Ready for some gore? Peter Paul Rubens, 16th century. One of my favourite Medusa paintings. #1P97 pic.twitter.com/0nkQLY9GFJ
— Alison Innes (@InnesAlison) January 5, 2016
@sentantiq Our 9th grade classical lit teacher loved this line
"What word has escaped your teeth's barrier!?"— Jon S. Dunn (@YeBard) January 5, 2016
Always glad to see @Pompeiana79 and @StevenEllis74 at the top of my #aiascs column. They're right: no rain tonight, but watch out tomorrow!
— Justin Walsh (@jstpwalsh) January 6, 2016
For anyone at #aiascs with some spare time…'Ancient luxury and the Roman silver treasure' exhibition https://t.co/Rl4FLhFHZY @scsclassics
— Dr Arlene H-H (@DrArleneHH) January 6, 2016
Love the job that @steveslota did on the badge art. This is shaping up to be a nice looking expansion. pic.twitter.com/1KZjYhtVoY
— Kevin Ballestrini (@kballestrini) January 6, 2016
@AvenSarah @eeseejee I had not seen it, though I have a particular interest for footnotes.¹
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¹As some people already know.— Guy Chamberland (@GuyChamberland) January 6, 2016
: Interesting phallalia https://t.co/Ap4gPcMap7 (especially the items from nimes)
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 6, 2016