Explorator 19.40 ~ January 29, 2017 | Explorator
https://t.co/G1xFZ1uuzo— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 29, 2017
I think in a Roman context torture was more preliminary to execution …
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 29, 2017
… than anything else; 'make them know they are dying' is very Roman
— rogueclassicist (@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
New @mythtrans episode, this one being a continuation of the story arc of Medea! https://t.co/ar2lOQyRlB
— GreekHistory Podcast (@greekhistorypod) January 29, 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
— Ancient History Encyclopedia (@ahencyclopedia) January 29, 2017
Word of the Day: Belgae https://t.co/enBgDUbDqi pic.twitter.com/PSM2ajSHqe
— Oxford Dictionaries (@OxfordWords) 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
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/825741792926715904
#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
Euripides' Heracleidae–a play about a city-state taking in persecuted refugees because it was the right thing to do #MuslimBanprotest pic.twitter.com/1mtOBRR6dx
— GreekHistory Podcast (@greekhistorypod) January 29, 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
@SaveRome @DariusAryaDigs Gr8 1st lecture on Ancient Rome live from the Forum I love being able 2 participate on sight from across the world
— Erin Sullivan (@erinsullivan16) January 29, 2017
Don't try to tell us that #Classics isn't relevant. https://t.co/0QXwsE4UPp
— BHHS Classics (@BHHSClassics) 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
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/825744693841580033
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— AIRC Roman Culture (@SaveRome) 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
Boxing scene from Vergil's Aeneid, Book 5, when the aging Sicilian champion Entellus defeats the young Trojan Dares (175 AD) #history pic.twitter.com/OAdK9nAHmG
— GroovyHistorian (@GroovyHistorian) January 28, 2017
Portrait of Alexander the Great,3rd c.BC.Greek,Ptolemaic.Fine grained white marble,possibly Parian pic.twitter.com/BBVjjGXNyh
— Ioannis Tz (@tzoumio) January 28, 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 (@rogueclassicist) January 29, 2017
Have you read @DariusAryaDigs' latest feature on our site?
'Preserving The Pantheon': https://t.co/FVhyqI36Kj#MeetRome— AIRC Roman Culture (@SaveRome) 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 (@jdmuccigrosso) January 29, 2017
Reverse of a mirror depicting the Three Graces. Roman 2nd Century AD gilt bronze. North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh. Photo @ClioAncient pic.twitter.com/GGy3wzW6aA
— Clio Ancient Art (@ClioAncient) January 29, 2017
Roman children shoes – Palmyra (Syria) pic.twitter.com/s6QHiryiPA
— Museum Archive (@MuseumArchive) January 26, 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
Letter diagram of Alexander the Great to the Municipality of Chios island,332 BC. pic.twitter.com/hajoZ1zyUp
— Ioannis Tz (@tzoumio) January 29, 2017
Announcement: I voted for @dariusaryadigs in the #ShortyAwards. That is all. https://t.co/8nl1fF81Y3
— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) January 29, 2017
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/825750405099429888
Wading through Twitter is increasingly like listening to the original 'war of the worlds' radio broadcast…
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 29, 2017
This was on my Facebook this am… Seems appropriate on a number of levels today https://t.co/AP3sOWnxha
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 29, 2017
The Ancient World in Streaming Media ~ January 29, 2 https://t.co/L2o5cWTz55
— rogueclassicist (@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?
-VirgilWater 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
— Oriental Institute (@orientalinst) 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
Wall-painting from Lullingstone Roman Villa, #Kent, showing Christians at prayer © Trustees of the British Museum https://t.co/RzOfC3FrtU pic.twitter.com/DQZcsrTjdH
— ChristianArchaeology (@Christianarcheo) January 16, 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 (@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
New Pre-Roman Settlement at Vagnari, Italy https://t.co/lVhAWdjbxt
— GraecoMuse (@GraecoMuse) 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
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/825829831829024768
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
— 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
PC Magazine: Digital Research Is Vital to a 21st Century University, Society – https://t.co/QiIpquAiL5
— Tara Calishain (@ResearchBuzz) 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
— Ancient History Encyclopedia (@ahencyclopedia) January 30, 2017
