The Wars of the Diadochi: The Macedonian Army Divides on @wordpressdotcom https://t.co/KG1erEwOOR pic.twitter.com/kEOwRlbsMO
— DCCommentaries (@DCComm) January 26, 2016
#Sappho #Quote #History pic.twitter.com/4fjyd1B5s0
— Ancient History (@ahencyclopedia) January 26, 2016
Greco-Roman clothing consisted of large rectangles of woven fabric that was dropped, olded, pinned, & tied. #2P61 pic.twitter.com/eU9FA5u93S
— Alison Innes (@InnesAlison) January 26, 2016
Two Greek women working on loom. Note weights that hold the warp thread taut. Physical & demanding work. #2P61 pic.twitter.com/iSPr6FbMcd
— Alison Innes (@InnesAlison) January 26, 2016
Very excited about the Cambridge Ancient World Film Competition: https://t.co/hYoRgBvDdh
— Classics Department (@ClassicsNHHS) January 26, 2016
Reflecting the classical tradition in Baroque France, this helmet imitates Roman examples. https://t.co/YxgvXtNxQT pic.twitter.com/iozlOZsFSY
— metmuseum (@metmuseum) January 26, 2016
Illegal dumping in Roman catacombs leaves precious ancient site polluted https://t.co/JkB5abKd5K
— Adrian Murdoch (@adrianmurdoch) January 26, 2016
Believe it or not: this is a golden earring with Nike driving a two-horse chariot. 2300y old, helenistic @mfaboston pic.twitter.com/2t6zneCJCp
— Johan Oosterman (@JohanOosterman) January 25, 2016
La dea Roma, protettrice della città – piazza del Campidoglio @museiincomune pic.twitter.com/ArOBt7beuV
— maurizio (@mauriziosgh) January 26, 2016
Wonderful news that Roman farm buried in eruption of Vesuvius to reopen https://t.co/cAbgN7Hbzv via @BloggingPompeii pic.twitter.com/06G55Xn2DS
— Sophie Hay (@pompei79) January 26, 2016
#AgerStabianus Protocollo d'intesa per l'apertura della villa rustica di S. Antonio Abate: https://t.co/GzTbMXGoQV pic.twitter.com/pJn2aFLx5t
— Rest Ancient Stabiae (@fond_ras) January 26, 2016
Who knew #Latin could be so cruel? pic.twitter.com/TDIRqVzkrJ RT @OWC_Oxford
— The Latin Programme (@LatinProgramme) January 26, 2016
Good summary from @HistoryToday of how something as seemingly trivial as Roman #cosmetics has much to tell us: https://t.co/U6TE1wI0wC
— Tom Kirk (@Tiresias1980) January 26, 2016
Interesting 1997 essay on Ancient Rome in the cinema. https://t.co/E5SoLIBjzF (Pre Gladiator, HBO's Rome, etc) pic.twitter.com/xVBiMzV16u
— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) January 26, 2016
Another colossal head was found in the Temple of Artemis, tentatively identified as Commodus https://t.co/gcf8jZfSg2 pic.twitter.com/VgMASvvxCF
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 26, 2016
Sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle was born #onthisday in 1714. Here’s a figure of Louis XV https://t.co/cVkeI5uAcH pic.twitter.com/U9dOV4nIA0
— British Museum (@britishmuseum) January 26, 2016
Vestiges of an ancient Greek art form, preserved by catastrophe | PBS NewsHour https://t.co/xGNzlCvgkV
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 26, 2016
Just how raunchy were the Ancient Romans? – Newstalk https://t.co/uCNAQeRdAi
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 26, 2016
These are the 2 complete columns of the Temple of Artemis. Most columns are unfluted, the Temple was never finished. pic.twitter.com/ZWuV2xHmiS
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 26, 2016
A brilliantly modern Virgilian poem by Simon Armitage in the New Statesman https://t.co/Xn6jTDtOzI
— Adrian Murdoch (@adrianmurdoch) January 26, 2016
Hellenistic column base on Roman pedestal with Greek verse around the bottom of the column. Temple of Artemis Sardis pic.twitter.com/Zl9O1NxL8O
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 26, 2016
Such fun yesterday explaining the politics of Lysistrata! Glad @Sed_Classics enjoyed their visit to @warwickuni https://t.co/zfR6td43mZ
— Carol Atack (@carolatack) January 26, 2016
Illegal dumping in Roman catacombs leaves precious ancient site polluted https://t.co/cBRE87nDnT pic.twitter.com/X2IHfkOhu1
— Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) January 26, 2016
For Lysistrata devotees, here's @drmichaelcscott's Storify of the whole drama day & performance @WarwickClassics https://t.co/tydwa1ixCP
— Carol Atack (@carolatack) January 26, 2016
Might tweet a few favourite #libraries in #videogames. Many are #classical. Here's the library exterior in #Myst. pic.twitter.com/vA0DV5Qfuy
— Dunstan Lowe (@Paigniographos) January 26, 2016
Not long now: @drmichaelcscott Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World @voyageantiquity @VTASales pic.twitter.com/ZPC7RFTHPH
— Blackwell's Oxford (@blackwelloxford) January 26, 2016
Picasso' #Lysistrata, 1934 https://t.co/Mb6iiQGvGa & https://t.co/wj93GpuCsn #warwicklysis pic.twitter.com/BHgelA1dwr
— Alastair Blanshard (@AlastairBlan) January 26, 2016
Word of the Day: ZEUGMA — See the full definition https://t.co/cKt9Zwv3PK pic.twitter.com/fmHuvfjrdC
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) January 26, 2016
On days when life feels like a giant comic strip I think that the Romans were ahead of their time. https://t.co/C7SxnJZL87
— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) January 26, 2016
Jan. 26, 44 BCE: As Caesar enters Rome, an ovatio commences. People call him king & he responds: "My name is not king; it is Caesar" #SCSOTD
— SCS (@scsclassics) January 26, 2016
Ever wonder where the Peutinger Map got its name? https://t.co/GAM7MKIGbc
— SCS (@scsclassics) January 26, 2016
In honor of @MerriamWebster 's Word of the Day pic.twitter.com/ryUgpc8kMe
— Damian Fleming (@FW_Medieval) January 26, 2016
Nude Capitoline statues shrouded to spare sensibilities of visiting Pres.Rouhani: https://t.co/JebdqjjnaA
— Catharine Edwards (@CatharineEdwa) January 26, 2016
Frankly, I think Proserpina is our only option here https://t.co/FEAetIizJA
— Francesca Tronchin (@tronchin) January 26, 2016
Greece a transit country for trade in illicit antiquities from Syria, Iraq https://t.co/Wqo8zfMRXK pic.twitter.com/Ug1pCRPzih
— Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) January 26, 2016
Lod Roman mosaic showcased in Miami https://t.co/8CTpEVWBzI #Roman #MiddleEast #Israel #Lod #Miami #Archaeology pic.twitter.com/znd7zC9qly
— Roman Middle East (@RomanMiddleEast) January 26, 2016
Today we are starting the Greek Hero Heracles, the Roman Hercules. For me it’s Sorbo! 🙂 pic.twitter.com/1iVhb84hyC
— Darrin Sunstrum (@darrinsunstrum) January 26, 2016
The so-called Gorgon Pediment from Aquae Sulis. Nobody is sure who he is… https://t.co/sr2kDY48ox @RomanBathsBath pic.twitter.com/I8rBp0iqD7
— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) January 26, 2016
#1P97 Hercules easily defeating the snakes sent by Hera from the House of the Vettii in Pompeii. pic.twitter.com/VdPuViga4e
— BrockU Classics (@brockuclassics) January 26, 2016
Whether Cithaeron or Nemean. The combat/contest with ‘a’ Lion is a powerful mythological symbol. #1P97 pic.twitter.com/69Me1gox3n
— Darrin Sunstrum (@darrinsunstrum) January 26, 2016
The Oracle of Delphi announce that Heracles must undergo the 12 Labours to cleans the ‘miasma’ of murder #1P97
— Darrin Sunstrum (@darrinsunstrum) January 26, 2016
For Heracles, wrestling another man like an athlete is not ‘grand’ enough. Wrestle a lion. Better. #1P97 pic.twitter.com/rp0qxUy7dH
— Darrin Sunstrum (@darrinsunstrum) January 26, 2016
Coin from Luciana, 390 BCE, showing Heracles wrestling the lion to death on reverse. #1P97 pic.twitter.com/liGtAV5LO0
— Alison Innes (@InnesAlison) January 26, 2016
Heracles and Nemean Lion. Invulnerable hide, so he must kill it with his bare hands! #1P97 pic.twitter.com/30L2moB1Yw
— Alison Innes (@InnesAlison) January 26, 2016
This lovely mosaic shows Heracles and his twelve labours. #1P97 pic.twitter.com/aewFCJ27IY
— Alison Innes (@InnesAlison) January 26, 2016
Here’s Heracles appearing on a coin from Cyzicus c. 405BCE. H with snakes on one side, lion on the other. #1P97 pic.twitter.com/jgAd0NNUia
— Alison Innes (@InnesAlison) January 26, 2016
Watch @DaisyfDunn introduce her new books: Catullus' Bedspread and The Poems of Catullus here: https://t.co/KqdEpi8C2K
— Alice (@surreyedit) January 26, 2016
Capitoline Temple at Dougga, Tunisia. #TempleTuesday pic.twitter.com/rCIBlqPJ6H
— Matthew Maher (@DrMattMaher) January 26, 2016
Temple of Dionysus at Teos, Turkey. #TempleTuesday pic.twitter.com/tBlh8LEGiQ
— Matthew Maher (@DrMattMaher) January 26, 2016
"A bold move to write a sober history of a mostly legendary war like the Trojan War, but Strauss succeeds.” https://t.co/yW89dpiPVG
— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) January 26, 2016
The face of #Cleopatra: was she really so beautiful? https://t.co/1WR6WaBwE9 #AncientEgypt pic.twitter.com/QkxdCnJ6kq
— BBC History Magazine (@HistoryExtra) January 26, 2016
TIL I've been mispronouncing "zeugma." Mentally, at any rate–I don't get to hang out with people who use "zeugma" in conversation.
— Kory Stamper (@KoryStamper) January 26, 2016
"Bacchante au repos dite aussi Dircé" de Lorenzo Bartolini © @GrandPalaisRmn ►https://t.co/X0FJGaD1zS pic.twitter.com/r13MNldmrn
— Images d'Art (@imagesdart) January 25, 2016
. @scsclassics Surely "My name is not King". There were Romans named Rex. If Wikipedia can be trusted, Caesar had a great-grandfather 1/2
— Michael Hendry (@Curculiunculus) January 26, 2016
. @scsclassics and a 2nd cousin named Q. Marcius Rex. The latter was also Clodius' brother-in-law, but died in 61. Any living Rex in 44? 2/2
— Michael Hendry (@Curculiunculus) January 26, 2016
A congress on Rome's Mediterranean Ports Project, in Rome https://t.co/oP8b9kbzdf #archaeology pic.twitter.com/ECy4fURngG
— ArcheologiaSubacquea (@ArcheoSubBlog) January 26, 2016
. @understandrome Hmmm. The Capitoline Venus which Rouhani won't see is modeled on Praxiteles' Cnidian Venus, the subject of Pliny's tale.
— Michael Hendry (@Curculiunculus) January 26, 2016
How would you define nimiety in your own words? Read the full definition here: https://t.co/YYgw672gr4 pic.twitter.com/k0g3vesNTi
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) January 26, 2016
Appointment of New Executive Director https://t.co/H80jmgNkpl pic.twitter.com/qUufcKawaH
— SCS (@scsclassics) January 26, 2016
'did you cover up all the nudes for President Rouhani's visit?' 'yes Monsignor' 'are you sure?' 'pretty sure' pic.twitter.com/RtZUhDlzj0
— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) January 26, 2016
It's the one at Doura Europas, in ISIS territory so buy the book, and doubt much else will survive there …. https://t.co/cveRbc3Rz4
— Dorothy Lobel King (@DorothyKing) January 26, 2016
@MerriamWebster 🙂 pic.twitter.com/20DKDybq3M
— P. Chambert-Protat (@chaprot) January 26, 2016
Love this discobolos in the Capitoline which was "restored" as a wounded warrior. Drawing = https://t.co/F1oOQPlWTV pic.twitter.com/LwWUnxnlAw
— Dorothy Lobel King (@DorothyKing) January 26, 2016
Wonderfully presented. "Roman Sculpture" by Diana E.E. Kleiner pic.twitter.com/4p9WzidysL
— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 26, 2016
5th Century Church with Frescoes Discovered in Cappadocia https://t.co/xySEpLzWd8 #byzantine pic.twitter.com/Ek5tcgQS9x
— Byzantine Empire (@byzantinephil) January 26, 2016
Archaeologists make exciting discovery at Aptera in Crete https://t.co/TLGApO4VqO pic.twitter.com/Dlr6UVsgUH
— Kathimerini English (@ekathimerini) January 26, 2016
*cough* generally believed to have been dropped in Thames after it was brought back from Grand Tour … https://t.co/kQm4gZEGQ1
— Dorothy Lobel King (@DorothyKing) January 26, 2016
@SarahEBond @Whittell1880 still think they are later fakes myself …
— Dorothy Lobel King (@DorothyKing) January 26, 2016
RT @DorothyKing: A 'trick' sword found in a German Mithraeum, 2nd or 3rd c AD https://t.co/BjRxddvOdi pic.twitter.com/cfa46tVig0
— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) January 26, 2016
@SaveRome and @thehistoryguy need to do a Roman show together!
— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 26, 2016
When different esoteric literacies combine >.< intro to Aristoxenus' Harmonica, Macran 1902 https://t.co/xAvrHafrWK pic.twitter.com/51h3nCBYcC
— Hannah Čulík-Baird (@opietasanimi) January 26, 2016
Most of us use physical Loebs to go directly and quickly to a specific passage. You can't do that with the current web setup.
— Hannah Čulík-Baird (@opietasanimi) January 26, 2016
Definitely the most surreal illustration of the day – Davus baculum habet et servos interrogat #latinteach #langchat pic.twitter.com/TjihQBqWtJ
— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) January 26, 2016
4thC forgers coin mould (provenance: Princeton Uni) of Roman Fel Temp Reparatio (Restoration of Happy Times) coins pic.twitter.com/bbOdTZkm4s
— Christopher Whittell (@Whittell1880) January 26, 2016
This statuette of @AlexanderIII in Naples is fabulous. Currently in @thegetty organised Power & Pathos at NG in DC pic.twitter.com/NGjCGlcWVy
— Dorothy Lobel King (@DorothyKing) January 26, 2016
The statue of Hadrian as Mars is among the many nude statues of Rome's Capitoline Museum https://t.co/n1t8qe2n4a pic.twitter.com/LnMOXRsOuu
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 26, 2016
'Hollywood did not invent the tradition of the beautiful seductress #Cleopatra' https://t.co/1WR6WaBwE9 pic.twitter.com/gRa0TmNdWV
— BBC History Magazine (@HistoryExtra) January 26, 2016
The so-called Capitoline Antinous from #HadrianVilla (Capitoline Museum). pic.twitter.com/H0YBaM1d3s
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 26, 2016
The so-called “Capitoline Venus”, an Antonine copy of a late Hellenistic sculpture (Capitonine Museums). pic.twitter.com/hA75kEzRDT
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 26, 2016
Gilded bronze statue of Hercules holding his club and an apple of the Hesperides, 2nd century BC (Capitoline Museum) pic.twitter.com/SEhqsGR93a
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 26, 2016
Roman Emperor Trajan on a silver denarius, minted when he was around 60 years of age (112-117 CE) #numismatics pic.twitter.com/S3S1n1ecgU
— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 26, 2016
The gravestone of Marcus Cocceius Nonnus aged 6 found near #Penrith late 1st Cent portrayed as victorious charioteer pic.twitter.com/u8DkT28fFS
— Pete Savin (@pete_savin) January 26, 2016
The ancients knew that men not having beards were unnatural. They even had a special word for those sickos. https://t.co/TrRh6R9yHJ
— David Cantrell (@DrHydeous) January 26, 2016
Classics in Copenhagen might need our support https://t.co/yb9MKCbbUT Where Denmark goes today, we go tomorrow
— mary beard (@wmarybeard) January 26, 2016
Alexander the Great receiving the family of Darius III François Xavier Fabre, 1788 Notte💙 @Asamsakti @N2312Neagoe pic.twitter.com/DLzG9leXGj
— Lucia Tassan Mangina (@LuciaTassan) January 26, 2016
Hellenistic Kings in Roman Athens https://t.co/ceQIelIVZ2 via @cpdickenson Fascinating read on trying to "excavate" ancient written records.
— Virgil T. Morant (@VirgilTMorant) January 26, 2016
Archaeologists make exciting discovery at Aptera in Crete | Life | https://t.co/Kq6ROMQrcq – https://t.co/BKVqEhkE4p
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 27, 2016
