Helicon and the Muses = Books? A Fanciful Etymology from John Tzetzes https://t.co/a8dxkow1JL pic.twitter.com/RXxrLs3RFj

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) January 30, 2017

New When in Rome podcast is with @LilyWithycombe on the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus https://t.co/I9y4YX9erU

— Matt Smith 🎙️ (@nightlightguy) January 30, 2017

New Pre-Roman Settlement at Vagnari, #Italy #apulia highlights the understanding of the post-conquest period https://t.co/Gybp3sDHAP

— Tiziana Matarazzo (@tiziana_archeo) January 30, 2017

Classics for the people – hurrah @edithmayhallhttps://t.co/swfgLQySsk

— Joy Connolly (@Joyhumanist) January 30, 2017

Perhaps time to reflect on the Homeric and wider Mediterranean concept of xenia: hospitality. A xenos means a guest, friend, stranger, host.

— RGS Classics (@ClassicsRGS) January 29, 2017

Campanian Fish-plate – https://t.co/emqXerX3Vt pic.twitter.com/CJKrHH5Hy2

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) January 30, 2017

Here's @wmarybeard's reading & translation of that inscription #clcv1570 https://t.co/pH39p7qfrv pic.twitter.com/y6Xepy7RuT

— Dr. Alexis M. Christensen (@AM_Christensen) January 30, 2017

Dive deep with this lecture about the Antikythera shipwreck from Dr. Brendan Foley of @WHOI given at the #ASCSA: https://t.co/KPGlM6TJUJ

— ASCSA (@ASCSAthens) January 29, 2017

Protoattic amphora found in our Agora excavations in 1954. On the top you can see two marching hoplites with round shields and two spears. pic.twitter.com/2w64Z25fBa

— ASCSA (@ASCSAthens) January 29, 2017

I was also pleasantly surprised by the huge topic range of the @ClassicsRHUL essays. #classicsgeek

— Theo Chiotis (selfcoding.bsky.social) (@selfcoding) January 29, 2017

"When you are just, you use your character as law"
-Menander, fragment

Herm of Menander @museiincomune pic.twitter.com/je9GlOUteL

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) January 30, 2017

🎥 Un dernier tour dans l'#expoMesopotamie qui ferme ses portes ce soir au @MuseeLouvreLens pic.twitter.com/nTFG0zPiua

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) January 30, 2017

'Fearful symmetry' and Latin metre. https://t.co/pnskH54eTA

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) January 30, 2017

Restoration in progress: Arch of Janus (4C AD) in the ancient Forum Boarium. A work in progress,… https://t.co/gYFVFjvuKX

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) January 30, 2017

Letteratura e intervisualità fra Grecia e Roma – 07-08/02/2017, #Milano #Italy #callforpapers
https://t.co/4JteApnXKm

— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) January 30, 2017

♦️ #expoMesopotamie 🔚
L'élégant Alexandre le Grand patiente encore quelques heures avant de lever le camp ! #derniersjours #gratuit pic.twitter.com/LrrK8SjC3V

— Louvre-Lens (@MuseeLouvreLens) January 30, 2017

Always see the originals, outdoor copies are not causing the same feelings! The"real" Marcus Aurelius inside Musei Capitolini @museiincomune pic.twitter.com/SSVbzsvsdK

— A Friend in Rome (@afriendinrome) January 30, 2017

RT @ahencyclopedia: Men of Bronze: Hoplite Warfare in Ancient Greece https://t.co/KJNbSwaGel pic.twitter.com/trxNYVEKmx

— Artemission.com (@ArtemissionArt) January 30, 2017

January 30, 9BC Ara Pacis dedicated, "coincidentally" on Livia's birthday 🎉 (born 58BC) She appears on altar with Augustus #Romeonthisday pic.twitter.com/mFB8Q76MYh

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) January 30, 2017

30 Jan: the Ara Pacis was dedicated in 9 BCE. There are 31 pictures of it on IMAGO! https://t.co/NqzrQ8lKR1 #Rome pic.twitter.com/yD0jZa0Ycj

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) January 30, 2017

Carpe diem – a #Latin aphorism, translated "seize the day"
Book 1 of the Roman poet Horace's work Odes (23 BC)

via @fuzicacreative

— The Latin Programme (@LatinProgramme) January 30, 2017

OTD, 704 AVC (50 BCE), my most wondrous #Livia. Happy birthday to the best/fines lady produced by Roma! pic.twitter.com/p7MADPtao8

— IMP CAE DIV FIV AVG 😷 (@Divus_Augustus) January 30, 2017

My #Martial translation is now on Oxford Scholarly Editions Online, https://t.co/g9vDAZJ1pK. Only for subscribers, alas, but I am v chuffed

— Gideon Nisbet (@GideonNisbet) January 30, 2017

Dr. Mladenović (Southampton) on Bad Art(?) in Moesia Superior, Jan. 31 @ 16:00 in Strathcona LT6 @artsbham @CAHA_UoB #RomanArt #RomanEmpire pic.twitter.com/gYtKkNmHqH

— Mantha Zarmakoupi (@mzarmakoupi) January 30, 2017

NEXT MONDAY 6 Feb. 2.15pm #Oxford Free Public Lecture! "The Other Muse: Latin & English #Poetry in 17thC" #earlymodern #classicalreception pic.twitter.com/6IFEHkZL48

— Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (@APGRD) January 30, 2017

From the Tomba degli Auguri, c.530-20 BC, Tarquinia. Depiction of a mourner+young attendant carries a stool for a man, his deceased master? pic.twitter.com/GHLpXIzJLC

— OxEtruscologia (@OxEtruscologia) January 30, 2017

#Raise your head and #admire the 5 #rows of 28 coffers that decorate the amazing #dome of #pantheon above you.. And today #guidedtour 2 PM pic.twitter.com/AVIW6J9iJa

— Pantheon Roma (@pantheon_roma) January 30, 2017

No #latin grammar is safe from a bored student's doodle, even one printed in 1494. #marginaliamonday NLS: Inc.224 pic.twitter.com/vhRjxwv6kO

— Rare Books and Music (@nlsrarebooks) January 30, 2017

From Classics to International Development…read all about it in this week's #MyCamClassics and #ClassicsCareershttps://t.co/ZIVsg4Neq9 pic.twitter.com/nS5znnQLBg

— Classics@Cambridge (@CamClassics) January 30, 2017

Gaisford, Liddell, and a Motto for Any Library | SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
https://t.co/9pbxr3C3RZ

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

She Was Very Particular | SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
https://t.co/PDK67K6hIw

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

Comic Fragments and Lexicography: Laconian Assmen | SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
https://t.co/Xsiibkaved

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

Quid Agitur? (January 29th) – Classical Association of New England
https://t.co/FUUM512kGj

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: January 30
https://t.co/o24yxqaLoz

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

BMCR: Benjamin Straumann, Crisis and Constitutionalism: Roman Political Thought from the Fall of the Republic to … https://t.co/BhwvwjbITH

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

BMCR: Michael Squire (ed.), Sight and the Ancient Senses. https://t.co/Q1kep1bBpv

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

BMCR: Albio Cesare Cassio, Storia delle lingue letterarie greche. https://t.co/gRm8WGtUtt

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

Meet a Member: Brandon Braun / News / The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
https://t.co/oXvAtVizFz

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

Laudator Temporis Acti: True God and True Man
https://t.co/7ojllvF2W3

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

Slavery in ancient Rome – A guest post by A. David Singh |
https://t.co/mv4lMqvLq7

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

A Don’s Life: Trump (and Cicero) on torture
https://t.co/j37WfwtDdj

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

Principiis obsta: resist beginnings! | The Petrified Muse
https://t.co/Dj5NwxXcg3

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

#ancientdrama Theatre review: Lysistrata at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh (From HeraldScotland)
https://t.co/0R1ajySBpk

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

#ancientdrama Playwright competition brings back ancient tradition | Neos Kosmos
https://t.co/yxdX2JHGCq

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

HumComm: Greek Literature, the Digital Humanities, and the Shifting … Author(s):Elton Barker , Melissa Terras https://t.co/otmYhDdanw

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

Fetus-throwing: A Strange Curse Technique in a Second Century Papyrus – Brice C. Jones
https://t.co/lL59wP96OJ

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

From the Mailbag: One Year Latin Lit Appointment at Wesleyan https://t.co/PmrdYIuQq8 pic.twitter.com/zmsTragnK2

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

#classicaltwitter ~ January 29, 2017 https://t.co/Ah6y4H1NAv

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

How an unknown monumental palace rewrites ancient Greek history – Archaeology – https://t.co/a8xvrSjSlL
https://t.co/ApnTmJzl2s

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

We think sustainable urban planning is new – but the ancient Romans were recycling buildings millennia ago |
https://t.co/YQa00WLhYZ

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

So … you have a provenance for this one? 1/2

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

"might be the same object referred to as being in a private collection" isn't exactly confidence building …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

Nat Geo's "Atlantis Rising": A Stew of Fake Experts, … Weird Claims That Judaism Contains "Atlantean Theology" –
https://t.co/sUncOH2WSz

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

Donald Trump is as tacky as Roman Emperors: So what? | Roberta Mazza
https://t.co/J1dzpXOhWH

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

Stacks of Stolen Historic Artifacts Seized in Acre | David Israel | Monday, January 30, 2017
https://t.co/zlU31JoxIA

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

Space Archaeologist Funds Citizen Science Platform With $1M TED Prize
https://t.co/1CxSS2TBRm

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

Excavations of the Baths at Roman Carsulae
https://t.co/nprG7Nohx6

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

UCL Classical Play
https://t.co/vXaolktz6n

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

what a dingus … qed

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

(we're so Canadian!)

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

preferred poutinerie?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

On my list to try …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 30, 2017

Upper part of Protoattic amphora with rearing bull. Found in our Agora excavations and mended from many pieces. pic.twitter.com/AVcM0EUqwm

— ASCSA (@ASCSAthens) January 30, 2017

#AccaddeOggi Nasce #LiviaDrusilla (#Roma, #30gennaio 58 a.C. – 28 settembre 29), moglie dell'imperatore #Augusto. https://t.co/V9ldca5aa7 pic.twitter.com/85QapS8Xrm

— Capitolivm (@Capitolivm) January 30, 2017

#onthisday 9 BC, the Ara Pacis in Rome is dedicated by Augustus after being commissioned by the senate four years earlier. pic.twitter.com/u6G3EhT6oB

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 30, 2017

Llewelyn Morgan in the avoidance of metrical symmetry in the Latin pentameter…. https://t.co/IHQxO0GMqO

— SCS (@scsclassics) January 30, 2017

The view from our potmending room in Corinth where ancient pottery is reassembled piece by piece. pic.twitter.com/rnXXqJdVsG

— ASCSA (@ASCSAthens) January 30, 2017

#history of Ancient Rome – education for all with my friend @DariusAryaDigs at 15.15 UK time https://t.co/rbzDWg0DrP

— Matthew Ward Hunter (@HistoryNeedsYou) January 30, 2017

Very detailed marble rectangular #glass bottle bottom mould with #gladiator scenes. 1st/2nd C AD – from Solin, Croatia #madeinroma #Rome pic.twitter.com/OwBac6rFbd

— Dr Thomas J. Derrick 🧪🏛 ⛏📚 (@TJ_Derrick) January 30, 2017

Temple of Apollo #Didyma, #Aydın. The temple was a place of worship as well as of predictions of the future for the rulers of Miletos. pic.twitter.com/UcaDFQ3V4a

— Archaeology & Art (@archaeologyart) January 30, 2017

Today in #history: Empress Livia Drusilla is born. (58/59 BCE) https://t.co/8sauaTUxZs #OTD

Photos: Carole Raddato pic.twitter.com/Da2t6YyEkJ

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) January 30, 2017

Two Forms of Strife: Both Cause Harm https://t.co/LXNuOw5Oz4 pic.twitter.com/Xm5HZhSZgn

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) January 30, 2017

A fasciating collection: churches, a series of wall paintings, sculptures, mosaics, engravings, with unpublished… https://t.co/JLFM2mxaue

— SCS (@scsclassics) January 30, 2017

Fantastic #Roman amphora display including the story of Heinrich Dressel #madeinroma #Rome pic.twitter.com/Rppggwbb7w

— Dr Thomas J. Derrick 🧪🏛 ⛏📚 (@TJ_Derrick) January 30, 2017

The rock-cut Tomb of #Amyntas at #Telmessos is called after the Greek inscript. ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΕΡΜΑΓΙΟΥ #Macedonia #Greece #Turkey #Archaeology pic.twitter.com/9AnFkNSRBx

— 𝕍𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕄𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕕𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕒 (@Macedonia_Gr) January 28, 2017

The antiquities-collecting ecosystem that created the MET and scores of other encyclopaedic museums is all but dead. https://t.co/uUPbpy5cP7

— Morag M. Kersel (@mokersel) January 30, 2017

Happy Birthday #Livia, wife of #Augustus #Caesar. Played by @DameSianP #SiânPhillips in the BBC's #IClaudius. Watch: https://t.co/63jdlJNviJ pic.twitter.com/QeEEGLmkwr

— Antinous the Gay God (@antinousgaygod) January 30, 2017

Welcome Clara Hardy, Professor of Classics at Carleton College, to the editorial board of DCC! https://t.co/iszEhy6Gwp @ShawHardy

— DCCommentaries (@DCComm) January 30, 2017

Find out about 19th-century discoveries from ancient Carthage in a free lecture this Friday at 18.00 – book here: https://t.co/GBXkXryyEr pic.twitter.com/eGd8BE4kGp

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) January 30, 2017

#RomeOnThisDay · 133AD · According to Dio, Didius Julianus, 20th Emperor or Rome was born. He ascended by buying the Praetorian Guard. pic.twitter.com/Dh3mlu8Q4v

— Ancient Rome Live (@AncientRomeLive) January 30, 2017

Participant blog post re our Classics teacher training wkend in Wales https://t.co/LLjwFmd0Cq @classicsforall @Classical_Assoc @SwanseaUni

— Evelien Bracke (@Evelien_Bracke) January 30, 2017

Blog: Science and the Study of the Classics https://t.co/WB54QX4AFj

— SCS (@scsclassics) January 30, 2017

thanks! there's also https://t.co/Y0laQdbRsN & I'm teaching from ROme- live streaming archaeology, history @RogersHistory @erinsullivan16

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) January 30, 2017

New post on @ISAWNYU News Blog: "ISAW Organizes Digital Classics Workshop, Ancient MakerSpaces" https://t.co/Em37VXeb6J #ancmakers pic.twitter.com/5YG23kC1i4

— Patrick J. Burns (@diyclassics) January 30, 2017

The best preserved panel on the the Ara Pacis depicts a scene of fertility & abundance. The Goddess is usually identified as Tellus (Earth). pic.twitter.com/ZqGOQ7T4pL

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 30, 2017

Today 133AD Marcus Severus Didius Julianus was born. Was Roman emperor for nine weeks during the year 193. pic.twitter.com/wZZnokDPLP

— Roman History (@romanhistory1) January 30, 2017

Lecture #2: Geology of Ancient Rome – volcanoes and tuff #Rome #travel #ancientromelive @periscopetv #history https://t.co/iDADzzLV87

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) January 30, 2017

Roman paintings https://t.co/3zo12m3sYh

— Capitolivm (@Capitolivm) January 30, 2017

West facade of the Ara Pacis depicting the Trojan hero Aeneas (or Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome) performing a sacrifice. pic.twitter.com/8ue6ZtbNSM

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 30, 2017

Livia, one of the most effective women in political history, born #otd in 58 BC @HISTORY @FastCoLead @Roma @WomenatForbes @UN_Women pic.twitter.com/ywU7ytj16B

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) January 30, 2017

Roman sunset Rome #golive #periscope360 #insta360 #periscopetv https://t.co/yfSfzaTQZS

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) January 30, 2017

#volcanomonday Buffalo Bill´s Wild West Show under an erupting Mount Vesuvius in 1890 pic.twitter.com/OpaQkvZn9a

— David Bressan (@David_Bressan) January 30, 2017

This month's e(i)ditorial, "Classics in the Time of Intolerance," provides suggestions from our #aiascs roundtable. https://t.co/A1uuytrCmj

— Eidolon (@eidolon_journal) January 30, 2017

for example this is in one of the houses in Pompeii that I studied… https://t.co/aUY1zX67HC

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) January 29, 2017

one person noticed:-) From @donnazuck in Eidolon: https://t.co/oFgVqZskrx pic.twitter.com/hGwfrXtfY3

— Logeion Greek-Latin (@LogeionGkLat) January 30, 2017

Today 58BC was born Livia Drusilla, first Empress of Rome and the most powerful woman in the Roman world. pic.twitter.com/S6XTL7RTjP

— Roman History (@romanhistory1) January 30, 2017

There' s a Classics Open Day at Newnham on 16 Feb… still a few places left https://t.co/RHAf6VyhiM Do come along

— mary beard (@wmarybeard) January 30, 2017

"[Classically-themed art] gives them a window into another time period's interaction with antiquity" – @JaredSimard https://t.co/J52voeYXTq

— SCS (@scsclassics) January 30, 2017

CFP: Closing 31st Jan, 'Medical Machines in Antiquity Conference', 19th-20th May. University of Glasgow.https://t.co/R9SrbWYrgq

— ClassicalReceptions (@CRSN_UK) January 30, 2017

Gary Vikan calls for a new culture of antiquities collecting, one built on legal sales not looting. https://t.co/a3w9iqzojs

— Chasing Aphrodite (@ChasingAphrodit) January 30, 2017

and why can't excess donated museum-stored objects be loaned between museums instead of sold?

— Paul Barford (@PortantIssues) January 30, 2017

New Pre-Roman Settlement at Vagnari, Italy https://t.co/cAJ6Nvs7BA #archaeology #cool pic.twitter.com/hWP1HNchdR

— Crystal King 💫 (@crystallyn) January 30, 2017

We need your support! @EarlyMyths rely on your help & if you have bought our books please take a moment to leave a review on Amazon / iBooks pic.twitter.com/Fl5Gn7mtjv

— Early Myths Books (@EarlyMyths) January 30, 2017

Expecting a colleague to field him a softball question, the grad student is brutally and publicly betrayed by a trenchant critique. pic.twitter.com/WELle0P7F1

— Lego Grad Student (@legogradstudent) January 30, 2017

One of our aims is to help to bring classics & history to younger kids. We encourage junior schools to take a look for their libraries. pic.twitter.com/SVpaurL9DA

— Early Myths Books (@EarlyMyths) January 30, 2017

Wish you were here? Tomorrow on Legonium! #LegoPompeii @NicholsonMuseum @pompeii_sites @Sydney_Uni @wmarybeard @rogueclassicist @Lego_News1 pic.twitter.com/iVzSBsLzrx

— Legonium (@tutubuslatinus) January 30, 2017

Perhaps #OnThisDay in 515BC, construction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem was completed pic.twitter.com/D58jDkfcS0

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) January 30, 2017

Happy 2074th Birthday to Livia Drusilla, born #OnThisDay in 58BC to Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus and Aufidia pic.twitter.com/VUFFTE6SQ6

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) January 30, 2017

The last two days of January (then 29th and 30th) were added
by the Julian calendar; Caesar added at month's end so not to
move festivals pic.twitter.com/MGvmxZg2rO

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) January 30, 2017

Happy 1884th Birthday to Didius Julianus, who bought the Roman Empire, born #OnThisDay in 133 (Dio LXXIV.17.5) pic.twitter.com/gvnCLrT8Ny

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) January 30, 2017

Processional scene on the south side of the Ara Pacis with Marcus Agrippa, Livia (or Augustus' daughter Julia) and Gaius Caesar. pic.twitter.com/a0mk4OUQL2

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 30, 2017

⭕ #Torture Has Never Been An Effective Means Of Information Gathering –Jut Ask The #Romans @Forbes @SarahEBond https://t.co/jlpdBDrYy1 pic.twitter.com/fXIji5KJWc

— Lynda Albertson (@sauterne) January 30, 2017

Happy birthday to Livia Drusilla, born #onthisday in 58 BC. pic.twitter.com/XtEwb9ObjB

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 30, 2017

Waterskis and Lucretius: pic.twitter.com/2zPUWDqIZG

— Atticist (@Atticist) January 30, 2017

[VIDEO] Doctors, Diseases and Deities: Epidemic Crises and Medicine in Ancient Rome by Sarah Yeomans https://t.co/UzB87tH4Sw

— Biblical Archaeology Review (@BibArch) January 30, 2017

The ceremonial dedication of the Altar of Peace, took place on the 30th January in the year 9 BC. #OnThisDay #AccaddeOggi #AraPacis #30JAN pic.twitter.com/HjNvYU5ZQX

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) January 30, 2017

The polychromy of the Ara Pacis digitally restored… pic.twitter.com/kOzHJrhSfd

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 30, 2017

When in Rome… visiting the House of Augustus on the Palatine Hill https://t.co/0ojXK30Aad

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 30, 2017

An array of ancient Roman surgical instruments discovered at Pompeii, on display at Naples Museum, circa 1910. pic.twitter.com/EAZATatTdz

— History Photographed (@HistoryInPics) January 30, 2017

.@StudioTeaBreak Minotaur in his Marigolds, for #MythicalMashup pic.twitter.com/riPdhNT6Qj

— Helen Forte (@minimus_latin) January 30, 2017

"Commentary is an activity as old as the Classical literature it annotates" https://t.co/O5iyHyqjMp

— The TLS (@TheTLS) January 30, 2017

The imposing "Aula Regia", part of the Flavian Palace completed under Domitian in 92 AD; very much the throne room of the Roman Emperor. pic.twitter.com/Cyh8BmEzK0

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 30, 2017

Great stuff on what those in the Classics can do to help the "now" and the future. Esp support the @NationalJCL which does great work https://t.co/tUjkvsEMiP

— Joe Goodkin (@joegoodkin) January 30, 2017

Thanks for drawing attn to us – we also have a website w readings and resources https://t.co/f1jwmAmVYP @donnazuck @eidolon_journal

— Classics Soc Justice (@classics_sj) January 30, 2017

Some #3D views of the Renieblas Republican Roman army camps to give you an idea of terrain. From Spanish 50 cm #LiDAR 2nd century BC in date pic.twitter.com/EOEiRmhNpA

— Mark Walters (@MarkWalters_) January 30, 2017

Greek participles, Catullus 51 & Sappho 31, & contextulizing Roman Comedy have been my day so far.

— Dr. Alexis M. Christensen (@AM_Christensen) January 30, 2017

In case you missed it… Vulci https://t.co/GtJCw4RyJH pic.twitter.com/jCMgqvQOCx

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) January 30, 2017

My love of Classics started early. Grandad told me the stories depicted on his plates. A year since his death I remember him & am thankful. pic.twitter.com/RBQigSoo5I

— David Allsop (@da11sop) January 30, 2017

This Museum Wants to Match You With Your Ancient Statue Doppelgänger https://t.co/RxrjqVAd0C

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 30, 2017

Activism in class today: 2nd sem Latin read Pliny 10.96 on the testing of Christians to determine loyalty to the emperor 1/2

— Lisl Walsh (@lislanna) January 30, 2017

Roman Dice Tower
For a trustworthy throw of dice when playing
When dice emerged from tower 3 little bells would ringhttps://t.co/AjjvvvT7OP pic.twitter.com/obHcH1DWPb

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) January 30, 2017

Loaded dice -as well as dice with the corners shaved off- were found in the ruins of Pompeii #archaeology Italy pic.twitter.com/RNZ2Ns4CUu

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) January 30, 2017

Explorator 19.40 ~ January 29, 2017 | Explorator
https://t.co/G1xFZ1uuzo

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 29, 2017

I think in a Roman context torture was more preliminary to execution …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 29, 2017

… than anything else; 'make them know they are dying' is very Roman

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 29, 2017

E.g. what I've been calling the Dicta Malorum—https://t.co/WzSUIAuHAd

— Patrick J. Burns (@diyclassics) January 28, 2017

Torture has never been an effective means of information gathering — just ask the Romans: https://t.co/kXtwxYb2V4 pic.twitter.com/BcE7CgSZiT

— Forbes Science (@ForbesScience) January 29, 2017

At the #Parthenon, a glimpse of a building far beyond the secular. https://t.co/IUohDJqQp4 #History #Greece pic.twitter.com/b0veLLFus6

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) January 29, 2017

Word of the Day: Belgae https://t.co/enBgDUbDqi pic.twitter.com/PSM2ajSHqe

— Oxford Languages (@OxLanguages) January 29, 2017

Join us for a discussion 'Inanna's Descent', 2 Feb! https://t.co/sNVVSfUZmU #Ishtar #Inanna @LiFTS_at_Essex @ISC_Essex @EssexArtHistory pic.twitter.com/dSbhGmKnNx

— Myth Studies Centre (@MythStudies) January 29, 2017

#Roman empress Livia's dinner guests c30-20BC were surrounded by vividly-painted #garden frescoes w/ oaks, quince, birds, & bright flowers pic.twitter.com/PuRdNa3uH5

— Prof Susan Oosthuizen (@DrSueOosthuizen) January 27, 2017

The feast of Valerius, a semi-legendary bishop of Trier in the early fourth century, is celebrated #OnThisDay pic.twitter.com/kpdEydMtLT

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) January 29, 2017

Don't try to tell us that #Classics isn't relevant. https://t.co/0QXwsE4UPp

— Brighton Girls Classics (@ClassicsAtBG) January 29, 2017

Michael has just popped this little silver unit out on today's Metal Detectives Dig in Bedfordshire today👍 pic.twitter.com/mgTbzE8AWM

— Metal Detectives Group (@DetectingDigsUK) January 29, 2017

#Pompeii simply left me speechless! #southitaly #italy pic.twitter.com/xRAD3EoR6k

— Bex (@BexWaite) January 29, 2017

Ovid hits back at a critic of Homer with a variation on the theme of "WHO ARE YA? WHO ARE YA?" pic.twitter.com/LcL7u2cB8b

— David Llewellyn (@TheDaiLlew) January 29, 2017

Comic Fragments and Lexicography: Laconian Assmen https://t.co/a7v0gjCx4X pic.twitter.com/CAWku9CBOe

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) January 29, 2017

Miss out on our free course on Roman history?
It's OK – we'll be running another in the fall!
Register for updates: https://t.co/FaPikc4F2A

— Ancient Rome Live (@AncientRomeLive) January 29, 2017

we've put up a giant Periodic Table of Ancient and Modern Scientists ready for our Festival – come and see who's on it on 7th February! pic.twitter.com/LyUkjvfpCB

— The Iris Project (@TheIrisProject) January 29, 2017

Fresco of #Socrates from Terrace Houses, #Ephesus. Aegean Region, #Anatolia pic.twitter.com/U8PAW2fo0u

— Archaeology & Art (@archaeologyart) January 29, 2017

Zeus Xenios/Philoxenon: Zeus as the patron of hospitality/guests [xenia] & avenger of wrongs done to strangers. pic.twitter.com/tWwI11vyky

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) January 29, 2017

Enjoy an espresso & one of best views of Domes of Rome from rooftop terrace Capitoline Museum @museiincomune @tompalladioink @OrnaOR pic.twitter.com/GHBog229zO

— Discover Italy (@heritageitaly) January 29, 2017

Càstore e Pollùce, i Dioscuri del #Campidoglio. #Roma #Italy #BuonaDomenica #SundayMorning https://t.co/V9ldca5aa7 pic.twitter.com/NHxfLUHU4V

— Capitolivm (@Capitolivm) January 29, 2017

Hi!

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 29, 2017

Have you read @DariusAryaDigs' latest feature on our site?
'Preserving The Pantheon': https://t.co/FVhyqI36Kj#MeetRome

— Ancient Rome Live (@AncientRomeLive) January 29, 2017

26A 4L: Sister and wife of Cronos
20D 8L: Victim of Paris
54D 3L: Chi-___ (religious symbol)#classicxwords (yesterday again)

— John Muccigrosso john@mastodon.cc (@jdmuccigrosso) January 29, 2017

Planning to tackle #hourlycomicday again. Here are the comics (in Latin) I drew for last year https://t.co/GKKYBag4ro pic.twitter.com/zTCogfZ10U

— Helen Forte (@minimus_latin) January 29, 2017

Congratulations to the AIA-#Rockford Society as they celebrate their 50th lecture season! #Archaeology https://t.co/cdsJfQwlSq pic.twitter.com/L8at0914aE

— AIA (@archaeology_aia) January 29, 2017

#OTD 1820 George III died. From our #collection, a copper George III halfpenny dating to 1772, with a Britannia design on the reverse pic.twitter.com/qufujUIM8w

— Bank of England Museum (@boemuseum) January 29, 2017

Announcement: I voted for @dariusaryadigs in the #ShortyAwards. That is all. https://t.co/8nl1fF81Y3

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) January 29, 2017

Wading through Twitter is increasingly like listening to the original 'war of the worlds' radio broadcast…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 29, 2017

This was on my Facebook this am… Seems appropriate on a number of levels today https://t.co/AP3sOWnxha

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 29, 2017

The Ancient World in Streaming Media ~ January 29, 2 https://t.co/L2o5cWTz55

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) January 29, 2017

Temporary wooden "amphitheatre" under construction in the Roman Forum in the 2nd cent BC. By Jean-Claude Golvin. #Roman #Archaeology pic.twitter.com/gXrIYvL6mi

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 29, 2017

Actually, it's my FIFTH list this week 🙂 And the 6th (Greek manuscripts) just appeared, & a 7th is in the works, & that THAT's the finish https://t.co/ahdrfwarLk

— Jean-Baptiste Piggin (@JBPiggin) January 29, 2017

Fresco of a scene of gambling.
Left man says “I’ve got it”
Man on the right says “Its two not three” https://t.co/Z1Db3VY0UI Pompeii #Italy pic.twitter.com/iaiRYJJENf

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) January 29, 2017

Roman fresco at Inn of Salvius
Bar maid says
“Whoever wants it should take it. Oceanus come here & drink” https://t.co/Z1Db3VY0UI #Pompeii pic.twitter.com/dQt9y1zpZs

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) January 29, 2017

Roman fresco
A man calls to a bar maid “Over here”
& another man on the right says “No its mine” https://t.co/Z1Db3VY0UI Pompeii #Italy pic.twitter.com/s696AHsjTT

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) January 29, 2017

Roman Fresco of a man & a woman kissing
The man says “I don’t want to do it with Myrtale”https://t.co/Z1Db3VY0UI Pompeii #archaeology Italy pic.twitter.com/MbeHMB0DyD

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) January 29, 2017

4 frescoes with dipinti (painted inscription) at a Roman bar in Pompeiihttps://t.co/Z1Db3VY0UI at the 'Inn of Salvius' #archaeology Italy pic.twitter.com/dkFUhEcZyY

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) January 29, 2017

quae te dementia cepit?
what madness has seized you?
-Virgil

Water spout in the shape of a theatre mask-Roman-50 BC-50 AD @ThmMuseum pic.twitter.com/jVwlceVgmg

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) January 29, 2017

Bronze caliga part of over life-size statue of a Roman cavalryman-1st-2nd c. AD-Museo Civico Archeologico of Bologna-photos by @carolemadge pic.twitter.com/jYXMcyXtjs

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) January 29, 2017

This lecture presents the results of recent fieldwork conducted on the UNESCO world heritage site of #Persepolis. https://t.co/WVg4tf3JJk pic.twitter.com/g1HSAXK6kE

— Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (@ISAC_UChicago) January 29, 2017

#clcv1570 contrast this w/the #Colosseum. Permanent venues, theaters & amphitheaters, seem forbidden until later 1st BCE. https://t.co/Dwc4O8bFDL

— Dr. Alexis M. Christensen (@AM_Christensen) January 29, 2017

Discover Ancient Thera https://t.co/Pvjiy7TfGl @MyGreeceIs

— ASCSA (@ASCSAthens) January 29, 2017

The Amphitheatre of Nero: wooden arena constructed by Nero in 57 AD, on the Campus Martius, a precursor to the Colosseum. Jean-Claude Golvin pic.twitter.com/ILb2Nk8OrL

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 29, 2017

“I’m a Big Deal” Augustus and Pirates https://t.co/xCRDBzpoxr pic.twitter.com/M6Ogqw909t

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) January 29, 2017

Trade between Britain and the Mediterranean, including Türkiye, predates the Roman Empire. Metals were exported & stones imported. #history pic.twitter.com/qurHIz0F2p

— Matthew Ward Hunter (@HistoryNeedsYou) January 29, 2017

Aquí os dejo una reconstrucción en 3D del magnífico Circo Máximo de Roma https://t.co/9Wnq2LO6gO pic.twitter.com/7p7UsZ4cfC

— QuHist (@quhist) January 29, 2017

Head of Lemnian Athena-1st c. BC Roman marble copy after a bronze sculpture of Phidias 5th c.BC -Museo Civico Archeologico of Bologna pic.twitter.com/IptufbPYLp

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) January 29, 2017

Along with a few Roman coins these great Roman brooches came up on today's MDG Suffolk dig for Carl W & Peter B. pic.twitter.com/XMyXXHULqA

— A140_Artefacts (@A140_Artefacts) January 29, 2017

Un capolavoro dei Musei Capitolini al giorno. Info: https://t.co/3r3xjTKyRg pic.twitter.com/iozfWKyO0i

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) January 29, 2017

HOLY SMOKES: I've met her. Amazing woman. Paging @DrKillgrove and @DrDonnaYates please amplify. How can we help tweeps? https://t.co/6BBhDwUT9k

— Dr. Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) January 29, 2017

many Uni colleagues in UK saying won't be back in USA till DT and Pence gone.

— ray laurence 🇺🇦 (@raylaurence1) January 29, 2017

Here's a million-dollar view with Hadrian, Pericles and Sophocles all in one! https://t.co/SMoCrxcHpL

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) January 29, 2017

Augustus delivers a speech from the podium of the Temple of Divus Julius Caesar in the Roman Forum, Jean-Claude Golvin #roman #Archaeology pic.twitter.com/Ccb7h5bc8Y

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 29, 2017

It is time for the annual UManitoba Berry lecture in Classics: John Oleson (Victoria): Investigating the Secrets of Roman Marine Concrete.

— James T. Chlup (@JTChlup) January 29, 2017

München Glyptothek, 2015
photo @GrassiMarcello pic.twitter.com/RJdzWVsajm

— Marcello Grassi (@GrassiMarcello) January 29, 2017

All you Stoics out there, have you see the Society of Epictetus Facebook page?… https://t.co/8nc2BvBbXE

— SCS (@scsclassics) January 29, 2017

If You Were In Pompeii In 79 CE, Would You Have Survived The Eruption Of Mt. Vesuvius? https://t.co/clHxZlBVAF

— HistoryoftheAncient (@historyancient) January 29, 2017

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill on Ennius: "What is striking is not his trilingual skill, but the fact that he felt that these languages (1/2)

— Dr Annie Burman (@anniecburman) January 29, 2017

represented hearts: what should be unique was triple." (Rome's Cultural Revolution 2008, p.3)( 2/2)

— Dr Annie Burman (@anniecburman) January 29, 2017

Roman multi-colored marble bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius- marble colors:pink/purple/blue & white-2nd c.AD -private collection pic.twitter.com/ANS3YJQkfr

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) January 29, 2017

Skeleton with a stake through its heart found at Perperikon #Bulgaria
"to keep the corpse from rising from the dead"https://t.co/h4EBtLjm5l pic.twitter.com/ekigfexnUi

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) January 29, 2017

As ever with my finger on the pulse & an acute nose for the topical, I blog about recondite metrics (& Minotaurs) https://t.co/CXSf0NFLpg

— Llewelyn Morgan (@llewelyn_morgan) January 29, 2017

24 BCE: A one-eyed African queen fights Roman expansion until they give up and let her country be – permanently. https://t.co/3dr6tVbNLC pic.twitter.com/kGDCF2tneR

— Jason Porath (@jasonporath) January 26, 2017

Demetrius I of #Macedon. https://t.co/cX3kqw5WcX #History pic.twitter.com/DQqtxRYBdv

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) January 30, 2017