#classicaltwitter ~ January 29, 2017

Explorator 19.40 ~ January 29, 2017 | Explorator
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— 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 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

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

— 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

— 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 (@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

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?
-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

— 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

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