#classicaltwitter ~ October 24, 2016

pt barnum is alive and well

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

Bronze statuette of a mounted Amazon w/ bow aimed forward,in Scythian fashion-ca.510-490 BC-Etrusco-Campanian,Caserta, Italy @britishmuseum pic.twitter.com/KZYmuCYURw

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) October 21, 2016

On site today pic.twitter.com/FOGyb07oFY

— Paphos Theatre Dig (@paphostheatre) October 24, 2016

In case you missed it… The Vandals: Conquerors of the Roman Empire (Battleground I) https://t.co/lfYhgtbPf6 pic.twitter.com/LCddveqIR9

— Ancient History Encyclopedia (@ahencyclopedia) October 24, 2016

Carthage Campaign Inscription on Coin – https://t.co/ItWiAchiq2 pic.twitter.com/2f35sV6rRc

— Ancient History Encyclopedia (@ahencyclopedia) October 24, 2016

Our Classics pilot is expanding; we are delighted to work with @classicsforall – please apply now to introduce Classics to state schools.

— HarrisSchoolDirect (@Harris_ITE) October 24, 2016

Donate £25+ & get one of our gorgeous USB trowels! You'll be helping a good cause too https://t.co/8CVqkKjyoF #OAfund #OAWeek @ADS_Update pic.twitter.com/SGYgVaCuAu

— Internet Archaeology (@IntarchEditor) October 24, 2016

Διδυμοι κουροι κλελια κορινθιας ,οι αρχαιοκαπηλοι τους εκοψαν σε 12 κομματια για να τους πουλησουν pic.twitter.com/hw0lLtV9K4

— πανος σαραντης (@panosarandis) October 24, 2016

#Archéologie à #Naples : découverte d'une cuve d'époque romaine https://t.co/D5jh7NN8Rc @LoveArchaeology pic.twitter.com/0E6NG8Dosj

— Roma Aeterna 🏛 (@ValeriaAugusta8) October 24, 2016

List of tributes for years 439-432 BC. Note acrophonic numbers, 2nd column right. pic.twitter.com/WUXKN8Y2sn

— SLA (@SLAletter) October 24, 2016

2,000-year-old Roman bath discovered in central Turkey to be opened for tourism https://t.co/rdMkxHJS0Z

— Following Hadrian 🧔🏻 (@carolemadge) October 24, 2016

Art expert Joan Breton Connelly slams @ToledoMuseum on sale of antiquities through @ChristiesInc https://t.co/58kkp9eTYd pic.twitter.com/ZNlVKy1zle

— ARCA (@ARCA_artcrime) October 24, 2016

BMCR: J. C. Yardley (trans.), Livy, Rome's Italian Wars, Books 6-10 (with introduction and notes by Dexter Hoyos). https://t.co/KwT86HhtTk

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

BMCR: Vincenzo Merolle, Mommsen and Cicero: ‘vindiciae Ciceronianae’. https://t.co/RYLT1Wo8lg

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

GREEK MYTHS IN ROMAN ART AND CULTURE: imagery, values and identity in Italy, 50 BC-AD 250 – Classics for All
https://t.co/67T5dDsPUf

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

#classcon On the Election—I | by Russell Baker | The New York Review of Books
https://t.co/1L59Rk46q6

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

17th International Conference for Ancient East-Mediterranean Studies in Tartu: "Crises in Early Religions" | caemc
https://t.co/b8CWfsQWjZ

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

Inventing Origins – The Function of Aetiology in Antiquity – Humanities Geesteswetenschappen – Universiteit Leiden
https://t.co/aDuEy4Avob

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

Ancients vs. Moderns | SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
https://t.co/osl3J37QRT

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

Art expert slams Toledo museum on sale of antiquities – The Blade
https://t.co/kDKFJdi92o

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

#ancientdrama Theater review: ‘Iphigenia and Other Daughters,’ dir. Marya Sea Kaminski |
https://t.co/fZCf8ULTrF

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

Time-Out | The Second Achilles
https://t.co/UVsUHytxxY

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

the one on the left is actually a frequent fake … see another version: https://t.co/xnERACWpSI

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

that works; I wonder if the dress is specific to an activity?

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

@rogueclassicist The Irish Senate plan a move into @NMIreland Pls sign the protest petition & RT https://t.co/b7bXFJSibd #CherishOurPast

— Emer Fox (@EmerFox1) October 24, 2016

ok …Christie's withdraws an item from an auction. What happens to it? What happens to the Consignor? Why do we not hear about such things?

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

not sure there are negotiations to to. an object is stolen … does Christie's return it or turn it in to police?

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

Classical sculptural problems #372.https://t.co/mKGnFOtlpY pic.twitter.com/Xy3kzIyBmL

— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) October 24, 2016

Oval Carnelian engraved w/ Augustus as Neptune, mounting a sea-chariot-Roman Early Imperial Period-late 1st century BC- @mfaboston pic.twitter.com/8e4xwIaBr2

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) October 24, 2016

centaur and wreath on this lead #token @ANSCoins https://t.co/Ypl7CoU50G #numismatics pic.twitter.com/QzcuZADGFD

— token_communities (@ancient_tokens) October 24, 2016

Just found by eye on the Thames foreshore. Roman coin, beautiful condition. I'm a very happy Mudlark #londonmudlark pic.twitter.com/2idRZhGV0g

— London Mudlark (@LondonMudlark) October 23, 2016

Confarreatio, LAS BODAS SAGRADAS … (esp)https://t.co/YFdSczTIgl pic.twitter.com/UyW3KgpSF0

— Rome and Art (@RomeandArt) October 24, 2016

Confarreatio, LAS BODAS SAGRADAS … (esp)https://t.co/YFdSczTIgl pic.twitter.com/UxTYEocJSZ

— Rome and Art (@RomeandArt) October 24, 2016

Confarreatio, LAS BODAS SAGRADAS … (esp)https://t.co/YFdSczTIgl pic.twitter.com/tcAWf9JvVC

— Rome and Art (@RomeandArt) October 24, 2016

Confarreatio, LAS BODAS SAGRADAS … (esp)https://t.co/YFdSczTIgl pic.twitter.com/0US23w9BJ4

— Rome and Art (@RomeandArt) October 24, 2016

Confarreatio, LAS BODAS SAGRADAS … (esp)https://t.co/YFdSczTIgl pic.twitter.com/rB6Y7MGdoX

— Rome and Art (@RomeandArt) October 24, 2016

Confarreatio, LAS BODAS SAGRADAS … (esp)https://t.co/YFdSczTIgl pic.twitter.com/q5QUuXhz5m

— Rome and Art (@RomeandArt) October 24, 2016

Confarreatio, LAS BODAS SAGRADAS … (esp)https://t.co/YFdSczTIgl pic.twitter.com/rtu3gdiih1

— Rome and Art (@RomeandArt) October 24, 2016

The Roman Empire Off Limits – 05/11/2016 #London #England #congress https://t.co/hc0Viv1wc4

— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) October 24, 2016

Portrait of Aule Meteli “The Arringatore”-bronze & copper-Hellenistic-c.125-100 BC-found in Sanguineto, Italia-Museo Archeologico, Firenze pic.twitter.com/67jp5Cha8W

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) October 24, 2016

Board gamers, has anyone tried Mare Nostrum?

— SCS (@scsclassics) October 24, 2016

Dedicated to Jupiter by G. Iulius Proculus, centurion of Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix, based in Xanten from AD 119. Römisch-Germanisches Museum pic.twitter.com/tGHGmo8D7B

— Tom Ljevar (@tomljevar) October 24, 2016

Dedicated to Jupiter by Lucius Aemilius Carus, commander of Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix at the time of emperor Hadrian; around 150 AD, #Cologne. pic.twitter.com/GFGvRkTfKa

— Tom Ljevar (@tomljevar) October 24, 2016

Please share with us your pictures from #Pompeii! pic.twitter.com/kpdVCUWHQY

— Pompeii Sites (@pompeii_sites) October 24, 2016

Waking the gods: how the classical world cast its spell over British art https://t.co/dbeWQZ8wpt

— James Cahill (@JamesCahill) October 24, 2016

A Week Until Halloween? Time for some Werewolves! https://t.co/B92e7PMO8d pic.twitter.com/eI3qkPDHqa

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) October 24, 2016

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— Loïc Vigouroux (@Corbulon59) October 24, 2016

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— Loïc Vigouroux (@Corbulon59) October 24, 2016

Surviving the test of time, National Museum of Beirut opens its treasure trove https://t.co/73TeVvMNeb pic.twitter.com/4fzOCJliFi

— Dr Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) October 24, 2016

*-* #Greek *-* Hellenistic #Greek Gold and Glass Floral Wreath 3rd – 2nd Century B.C pic.twitter.com/fUsuLFZVUn

— SEZER BEŞOK (@besok_s) October 24, 2016

Statuaria antica ai #MuseiCapitolini! La fantastica arte greco-romana! #Gaudium #Rome #Roma #arte @taddeocico @MercurioPsi @RomePics pic.twitter.com/vo5i6wKWAB

— Gaudium Roma (@GaudiumRoma) October 24, 2016

Published: @ErinAverett, @jodymgordon, @DerekBCounts , Mobilizing the Past.#OpenAccessWeek #DigitalArchaeology https://t.co/WI1lAKq07i pic.twitter.com/NV9eob6J1u

— Bill Caraher (@BillCaraher) October 24, 2016

Happy 1965th Birthday to Titus Flavius Domitianus, born in Rome #OnThisDay in 51 to Titus Flavius Vespasianus and Flavia Domitilla Major pic.twitter.com/qYYIA7xIiX

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) October 24, 2016

#OnThisDay in 69, Vespasianic forces under Antoninus Primus defeated the army of Vitellius at the Second Battle of Bedriacum pic.twitter.com/4MdtnY5gzs

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) October 24, 2016

@scsclassics I thought it existed ages ago… I had it in my rss reader already but with a misleading title

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

Viae Romanae has Google Earth .kmz files for Roman roads, by province…. https://t.co/ti9JMXB3iT

— SCS (@scsclassics) October 24, 2016

Via Michael Fontaine: Cool video of the Aeneas panel on the Ara Pacis being colorized (Full color at 2:04)… https://t.co/ERT9aOpg8J

— SCS (@scsclassics) October 24, 2016

@DorothyKing Since destruction of temple of Bel at Palmyra started collecting Roman coins with temple reverses. Latest addition pic.twitter.com/vLIfLOEfhu

— Christopher Whittell 🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@ChrisWhittell) October 24, 2016

Today 51AD born Domitian. Last member of the Flavian Dynasty,efficient Ruler,prolific Builder,immensely popular with the Army & the Populace pic.twitter.com/dv95yOtEpU

— Roman History (@romanhistory1) October 24, 2016

Happy birthday Domitian! pic.twitter.com/MHKKjGdQBZ

— DePlorabilis (@CATONIVS) October 24, 2016

"Cleon and the Lying Media" by @NevilleMorley https://t.co/zOmXtuNguB

— Joshua Nudell (@jpnudell) October 24, 2016

⚾Unfortunately 1908 was also probably the last time a reporter used "Homeric Contest" to describe the World Series. #ChicagoCubs #USHistory pic.twitter.com/gcPYIjb4DA

— David A. Smith (@DavidASmith12) October 23, 2016

Antinous, the Roman emperor Hadrian's lover, drowned in the Nile #onthisday in AD 130. Learn more in #SunkenCities https://t.co/Mdor27PvUY pic.twitter.com/1hxoIn9sVy

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) October 24, 2016

You wait all season for a new Loeb, and then 9 come along at once. Early Greek Philosophy,… https://t.co/MkLu1q3yAh

— Harvard University Press (@Harvard_Press) October 24, 2016

This head of Marcus Aurelius: stolen from Algeria, discovered for sale at Christie's Auction house in 2004. NEW CASE https://t.co/F1oUFARp2Q pic.twitter.com/ox4LQoAUSE

— Trafficking Culture (@CultureTraffic) October 24, 2016

SCS Launches New Website Front Page, Blog, and YouTube Channel https://t.co/j1SkXLWwwH pic.twitter.com/NyBiGjrbSq

— SCS (@scsclassics) October 24, 2016

Hear what the Odyssey might have sounded like when it was sung (especially relevant for Reading Antiquity students):https://t.co/j3AiPCBO6j

— Classics UWTSD (@ClassicsUWTSD) October 24, 2016

https://t.co/BsryYiqDY8
Eamus Catuli! #Cubs pic.twitter.com/RKnGWndBJL

— Bolchazy-Carducci (@BCPublishers) October 24, 2016

Just to follow up on our last tweet: Here's the teaser video for our new @YouTube page! https://t.co/UIWEBFOmMB

— SCS (@scsclassics) October 24, 2016

“[Not] in our stars, dear Brutus…” #Astrology, Politics, and #Election Uncertainty by our own Sarah Scullin: https://t.co/Ew6c2kQkl4

— Eidolon (@eidolon_journal) October 24, 2016

Roman bronze locust, 3rd-4th c.CE, from Industria (@PleiadesProject https://t.co/gTP194EoXS) in N Italy https://t.co/RRoDtP618Q pic.twitter.com/7htlQzIa2V

— dr. dan diffendale (@diffendale) October 24, 2016

Harpies from 'Jason and the Argonauts' (1963). Ray had wanted to showcase winged demons since #LostTreasure 'The Elementals' #Harryhausen100 pic.twitter.com/rU9eV8DgiE

— Ray Harryhausen (@Ray_Harryhausen) October 24, 2016

From bes to #Bitcoin: alternative currencies in the ancient Roman world https://t.co/E2ZHqjOk5X #BristolPound #Romans #AncientRome pic.twitter.com/o1MU81Eu1m

— BBC History Magazine (@HistoryExtra) October 24, 2016

#24ottobre 51 d.C. nasce l'imperatore Domiziano
Domiziano, Collezione Albani, @MuseeLouvre, Parigi pic.twitter.com/wzL8YcH1YJ

— Nabi (@Annabel27034387) October 24, 2016

Mummy portrait in encaustic from Antinoopolis. The woman's hairstyle recalls portraits of Sabina, wife of the emperor Hadrian. 2nd Century. pic.twitter.com/8NPLj5Ktor

— GroovyHistorian (@GroovyHistorian) October 24, 2016

After his death, #Hadrian deified him into Osiris-Antinous /Antinous-Dionysos following equation #Osiris = #Dionysos https://t.co/bg4sjoP6F3

— Dr A. Masson-Berghoff (@aurelia_masson) October 24, 2016

A 3000-year-old human skeleton was found near the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion in Greece https://t.co/llKpI7LSAc pic.twitter.com/TcYJwKidS3

— Archaeology Magazine (@archaeologymag) October 24, 2016

Marble table support adorned by Dionysos, Pan and a Satyr; from Dokimeion in Asia Minor, 170-180 AD, National Museum, Athens, #Greece pic.twitter.com/U1qLOzYljD

— A Melville (@alphamelville) October 24, 2016

Roman Temple of Hercules, built under Marcus Aurelius, Amman Citadel, Jordan (from my recent trip), https://t.co/RqueI9ieJS pic.twitter.com/equ85Mj8Cf

— The Ancient World (@TheAncientWorld) October 24, 2016

Lecture tonight at the Greek National Archaeological Museum:https://t.co/ISdJmemjVN

— ASCSA (@ASCSAthens) October 24, 2016

The cast list for the UK premiere of Anouilh's Antigone 😳 pic.twitter.com/N0wc9lMwE5

— Emma Cole (@Emma_Cole1) October 24, 2016

Relief of the hand of Zeus gripping thunderbolts(!), Amman Citadel, Jordan (from my recent trip), https://t.co/RqueI9ieJS pic.twitter.com/GRHe79PQ7k

— The Ancient World (@TheAncientWorld) October 24, 2016

An open letter to @AQA from teachers of undergraduate Classics, ie: folk who know how important #ALevelClassics is: https://t.co/d0AXyTBpmt

— Greek Myth Comix (@GreekMythComix) October 24, 2016

Small marble statue of the goat-like Pan playing the syrinx (pan-pipe). From Lappa, 2nd century AD. (Heraklion Archaeological Museum) pic.twitter.com/E8ML8RkAry

— Following Hadrian 🧔🏻 (@carolemadge) October 24, 2016

"the Stoics claim it is not strange for someone to eat another’s flesh or his own.”https://t.co/JNZZEzdAna

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) October 24, 2016

and Canada as a nation was supposedly forged there go figure

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

Canada had a role there too

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

The Museum holds over half a million Roman objects, looked after for the people of Wales to enjoy. #BeAmazed pic.twitter.com/1iv0Iepzx0

— Roman Legion Museum (@RomanCaerleon) October 24, 2016

One of us is Julius Caesar pic.twitter.com/1hij8Ziu4u

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) October 24, 2016

Today in history: Emperor Domitian is born. (51 CE) https://t.co/AHZu4c1ZQD

Photos: Mary Harrsch & Carole Raddato pic.twitter.com/kf9iY2sgR1

— Ancient History Encyclopedia (@ahencyclopedia) October 24, 2016

One of our best primary sources for information about the new deity Osirantinous is an obelisk found in Rome.https://t.co/tTqMmu3cnp

— Following Hadrian 🧔🏻 (@carolemadge) October 24, 2016

"Room of the Archaic draped statues, Acropolis Museum, Athens, 1903" pic.twitter.com/XpJwF2qABI

— Aurum Antiquum (@AurumAntiquum) October 24, 2016

Call for a Director: The Oxford Greek Play https://t.co/k4rjzlE7NV pic.twitter.com/IFffuw93TF

— SCS (@scsclassics) October 24, 2016

Un capolavoro dei Musei Capitolini al giorno. Info: https://t.co/stV89ZU5MZ pic.twitter.com/oFgSHT9OdQ

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) October 24, 2016

New Coin: auction season culminates with one of my finest acquisitions this year. Beautiful Roman denarius of Augustus with Mars, c.18 BC. pic.twitter.com/S8itwFHOUO

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) October 23, 2016

Apologies if I don't reply to every comment: Sparta internet is rather, well, Spartan

— Louise A. Hitchcock (@ashlarblocks) October 24, 2016

Conference: "Ennius, Poetry, and History" https://t.co/WSFZlR0KtR pic.twitter.com/6TkdWklcK7

— SCS (@scsclassics) October 24, 2016

Amazing bust of Antinous as Dioniysus @ROMtoronto– some believe Hadrian's lover Antinous died #OnThisDay drowned in the Nile pic.twitter.com/iHczqF9EBB

— Zoe McQuinn (@zoemcquinn) October 24, 2016

Lest I forget: that new Mobilizing the Past #archaeology book? Download all 556 pages for FREE because #OpenAccess is a good thing. 1/2

— Andrew Reinhard (@adreinhard) October 24, 2016

2/2 This link will immediately start the PDF download of Mobilizing the Past: https://t.co/KCYROfMxUa #archaeology

— Andrew Reinhard (@adreinhard) October 24, 2016

Remind your Twitterati @adreinhard that this #OpenAccess press wouldn’t exist without your advice and support! https://t.co/G4fyw2x3pH https://t.co/SyPE4DZoVO

— Bill Caraher (@BillCaraher) October 24, 2016

Great 2 see #UnderItaly = our mission: #historicalpreservation & engaging discovery! We expected nothing less! @raicinque @DariusAryaDigs pic.twitter.com/RuL3KBPZDb

— AIRC Roman Culture (@SaveRome) October 24, 2016

Very useful book on women in the Roman world. https://t.co/bIleLuodjj pic.twitter.com/pBbkgnp3cC

— Nick Brown (@randomrome) October 24, 2016

Brilliant book on some of Rome's neglected people – slaves, the poor, gladiators, prostitutes, pirates. https://t.co/KSgNZXjSVB pic.twitter.com/vY4ZAt3j4y

— Nick Brown (@randomrome) October 24, 2016

Archaeologists have unearthed a spectacular Roman villa on the Amalfi Coast https://t.co/yle9TFdcqx pic.twitter.com/yUOXpd29mg

— Archaeology Magazine (@archaeologymag) October 24, 2016

Art expert slams Toledo museum on sale of antiquities https://t.co/6CnoOiDL8D pic.twitter.com/nzVCeu7kMa

— Dr Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) October 24, 2016

A 1stC BC-1stC AD Iron Age/Romano-British yew tankard w/ copper alloy fittings; found in a tin-stream at Pentewan, now in @Cornwall_Museum. pic.twitter.com/PcLSem8MM1

— Dr Caitlin Green (@caitlinrgreen) October 24, 2016

New SCS Affiliated Group: "Classics and Social Justice" https://t.co/eVmPgPdt7M

— SCS (@scsclassics) October 24, 2016

but we never hear of such things happening

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016

In case you missed it… Attalid Dynasty https://t.co/N0XlcHCpUg pic.twitter.com/5JJeIc2j32

— Ancient History Encyclopedia (@ahencyclopedia) October 24, 2016

Auguste Rodin
Aurora
c.1895-97 pic.twitter.com/6Oc04Erwja

— Wilhelm Gustloff (@WilhelmGustloff) October 24, 2016

What do roses, black beans, and the #Roman Empire have in common? Find out on our latest #episode, available now @iTunesPodcasts! pic.twitter.com/9U1NP87p7L

— The Feast (@Feast_Podcast) October 24, 2016

What we think we know about ancient Greek eroticism changes as more literary and artistic evidence is found and… https://t.co/g4bKG6jjo3

— Kris Hirst (@archaeology) October 24, 2016