#classicaltwitter ~ February 4, 2017

The HistoryMakers (Part I): Classics, Social Justice, and Oral Histories https://t.co/MVGBPDMM8J .@eidolon_journal .@brandeisU

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) February 4, 2017

"The Philadelphia Vocabulary" pic.twitter.com/427U3aHB9w

— Patrick J. Burns (@diyclassics) February 4, 2017

Applications for #JACTGreek17 soar past 100 in first 3 days. Huge hunger for Greek out there! Homer would approve. https://t.co/GgPLJDs3k8 pic.twitter.com/kihppMyDQ4

— JACTGreekSummerSch (@JACTGreek) February 4, 2017

Video: Using ultraviolet and raking light, archaeologists trace the colors of ancient sculptures: https://t.co/Or6DFLSXwL via @thegetty

— ASCSA (@ASCSAthens) February 4, 2017

Pleasure barges of Caligula, moored on Lake Nemi, c.40 AD – elaborate floating palaces with mosaic floors, heating, plumbing & baths. Golvin pic.twitter.com/USIN1U3WD4

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) February 4, 2017

May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.

— Sappho Bot (@sapphobot) February 4, 2017

'Alas, I desire too much' is written in Greek upon the sitter's cap badge in this portrait by Moretto da Brescia: https://t.co/SOxwP31vTQ pic.twitter.com/Gmn1SUuYO1

— National Gallery (@NationalGallery) February 4, 2017

The Ethics of the Family in Seneca will be published on 16th February! https://t.co/74UwUPZe72 for more details from CUP. pic.twitter.com/ynlKJq4Zaw

— Dr. Liz Gloyn (@lizgloyn) February 4, 2017

The treasures of Ulpiano's villa … (ita)https://t.co/VpkWDjIAfH
VIEW: https://t.co/xKU0gJ6N7v pic.twitter.com/Cfc0PRHvAs

— Rome and Art (@RomeandArt) February 4, 2017

'Fantastic' Roman mosaic floor discovered in Leicester during city centre excavations https://t.co/Hcp6wMCOVP #RomanBritain #Leicester pic.twitter.com/NhqZI6sK8X

— Roman Britain News (@Roman_Britain) February 4, 2017

Excavation photo of Pompeii
Voids in the ash layers left by the decomposed bodies were injected with plaster. Recreating positions of bodies pic.twitter.com/ykwKJZWqQW

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) February 3, 2017

Ancient #AlternativeFacts: Helen Truther-Edition https://t.co/8vLA8QsODt

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) February 4, 2017

In the midst of a British campaign, emperor Septimius Severus fell ill and died #OnThisDay in 211 at Eboracum pic.twitter.com/vWjHgEJxQP

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) February 4, 2017

Succeeding their father Severus #OnThisDay in 211, Caracalla and Geta served as co-emperors. They did not get on… pic.twitter.com/1pkLdhNHHY

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) February 4, 2017

#otd in 211AD, Septimius Severus died. His last words to his sons: “Be harmonious w/ each other, enrich the soldiers & scorn all other men.” pic.twitter.com/7EuZYeA1AL

— Tom Ljevar (@tomljevar) February 4, 2017

Remains of an inscription which testify that Septimius Severus and his sons built an aqueduct at #Cibalae (Croatia). City Museum of Vinkovci pic.twitter.com/XJJyjvhs78

— Tom Ljevar (@tomljevar) February 4, 2017

apparently the one at the elbow is Victrix … never seen her portrayed as a sort of Minerva/Amazon mix

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

… sorry meant Virtus … from Tuck: pic.twitter.com/gKnpUAjq8u

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

#ancientdrama Advertiser.ie – “A truly amazing play” – Max Hafler on The Bacchae
https://t.co/puQOFOXfqw

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

… although the same Virtus appears on Domitian's coins: https://t.co/wqIyUqdGzN

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

interesting footnote from Augoustakis (Motherhood ,,,) who identifies her as Roma: pic.twitter.com/aMQVBdamYu

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

History vs. Cleopatra – Alex Gendler – YouTube
https://t.co/PqBfpK9Oiw

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

Everything you need to know to read Homer's "Odyssey" – Jill Dash – YouTube
https://t.co/9K8BZfHaxl

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

Center for the Humanities: UNH Classics Professor Awarded Research Fellowship in Germany | College of Liberal Arts
https://t.co/55RYHCPMVa

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

Florentia: The Roman origins of Florence |
https://t.co/fifCZSLXWj

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

Life’s Work: Christopher Mason, sculpture specialist, Sotheby’s, London
https://t.co/Aycgb94BkB

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

An Ancient Greek Computer – WSJ
https://t.co/VnhVHlIG39

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

Fragmentary Friday: The Theban | SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
https://t.co/pjSz02JDCN

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

A Mania for General Information | SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
https://t.co/xkd0DRxjyn

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

BMCR: Michel Casevitz, Anne Jacquemin, Diodore de Sicile: Bibliothèque historique. https://t.co/5UgmNzpQkH

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

BMCR: Rebecca Benefiel, Peter Keegan (ed.), Inscriptions in the Private Sphere in the Greco-Roman World. https://t.co/mgEMzM4o9M

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

BMCR: Susan E. Alcock, Mariana Egri, James F. D. Frakes (ed.), Beyond Boundaries: Connecting Visual Cultures in … https://t.co/WRvRZD97er

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

Ephemeris: TERRITOR LUTETIAE PETITIONEM EFFECIT https://t.co/dfBPPVOAOM

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

Ancient #AlternativeFacts: Helen Truther-Edition | SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
https://t.co/AemwxJTC1Q

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

AJA Review: Couched in Death: Klinai and Identity in Anatolia and Beyond https://t.co/MshSM9wDDp

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

AJA Review: The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre https://t.co/lSGV0QWe3D

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

AJA Review: Heroic Offerings: The Terracotta Plaques from the Spartan Sanctuary of Agamemnon and Kassandra https://t.co/u8dY97kDbT

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

BMCR: Morgantina Studies. Vol. 6, The Hellenistic and Roman Fine Pottery https://t.co/RcK7CX8oIL

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

that's the date of the shipwreck; the sculpture is usually dated a few hundred years before that

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

A Living Language: Latin 1 at Play | Department of Classics
https://t.co/TB9vLhJTdq

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

#ancientdrama USNH Schools Collaborate to Bring Greek Trilogy Project to KSC in March · Keene State College
https://t.co/w3QxWZYr7P

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

does 'posting by email' no longer work for https://t.co/NSpxWHzu5f blogs? @wordpressdotcom

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

is there such a thing as an rss feed for periscope things? @DariusAryaDigs

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

testing something again https://t.co/mnwtSbszHm

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

probably on stylistic criteria; see: https://t.co/6C2SbS9I8D

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

.@zbradleyelliott

Homer Might Have Been Roman or Egyptian (Life of Homer, 6; Part 1) https://t.co/yzeJbTwUqO

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) February 4, 2017

Roman Emperor Septimius Severus died in #York, UK, OTD 211. Born in Libya, he would be subject to the #MuslimBan today. #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/fJH3LmzEb7

— Matthew Ward Hunter (@HistoryNeedsYou) February 4, 2017

Check out the gorgeous poster for my upcoming "non-Greek Epic" live show. And if you're in Ottawa, you are invited! Jeff pic.twitter.com/HdPOFIpBSQ

— Trojan War Podcast (@TrojanWarPod) February 4, 2017

Here's our latest blog on brilliant talk by #MichaelWood @mayavision “You’ve got to walk it first” https://t.co/0QScGpEShF via @lsaclassics

— Lytham St Annes CA (@lsaclassics) February 4, 2017

Septimius Severus (d #OTD AD 211) told his boys to get along & left empire to them both. So Caracalla killed Geta & lived happily ever after pic.twitter.com/HSgAOlS4Ub

— Kate Cooper (@kateantiquity) February 4, 2017

Septimius Severus' ashes were carried from Eboracum (York) to Rome where they were laid to rest in the Mausoleum of Hadrian. pic.twitter.com/Ln8d8O6Amn

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) February 4, 2017

#AccaddeOggi #OnThisDay Muore l'imperatore #SettimioSevero (LeptisMagna, 11 aprile 146 – Eboracum, #4febbraio 211) https://t.co/MovK3SbXWQ

— Capitolivm (@Capitolivm) February 4, 2017

#RomeOnThisDay · 211AD · Emperor Septimius Severus dies at Eboracum (modern York, UK) shortly before a planned campaign to invade Scotland. pic.twitter.com/B5qabgAPcU

— Ancient Rome Live (@AncientRomeLive) February 4, 2017

Super Bowl LI: NFL is back to using Roman numerals – https://t.co/eQKL3Wh1Bb
https://t.co/dMgHqgFB8u

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) February 4, 2017

This #Trojan horse maquette has been used in the Hollywood movie #Troy and now dominates the waterfront of Çanakkale. #Troy, #Çanakkale. pic.twitter.com/FRIlqOyzAs

— Archaeology & Art (@archaeologyart) February 4, 2017

Mythbusting Ancient Rome – The Truth About the Vomitorium:… https://t.co/PnwUVXtsAY

— Ancient Rome Live (@AncientRomeLive) February 4, 2017

Gold bust of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus c.200 CE, found in 1965 at Plotinopolis (city founded by Trajan) Greece pic.twitter.com/sk0U4U3CoC

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 22, 2016

Gorgon heads lie strewn around the Severan Forum of Leptis Magna, Libya. #roman #archaeology pic.twitter.com/33uPRNfQ4d

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 23, 2015

Today in #history: Emperor Septimius Severus dies. (211 CE) https://t.co/31EDOhEQvr #OTD

Photos: Bibi Saint-Pol & Carole Raddato pic.twitter.com/wA68AR1QWO

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) February 4, 2017

Terracotta relief showing combat between two warriors, a Gaul and a Greek, from a funerary jar. 3rd–2nd cent BC. Greek, Apulian @metmuseum pic.twitter.com/pYl4vXOwqP

— A Melville (@alphamelville) February 4, 2017

Silver Tetradrachm head of deified Alexander w/ Ammon's horns-Reverse: Athena Alkis -struck under Ptolemy I-Egypt 315/4-300 BC @mfaboston pic.twitter.com/wh5CnEzlVR

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) February 4, 2017

“The #gladiator has long been an iconic symbol of #AncientRome…” https://t.co/7tzFKWg9TG #Romans pic.twitter.com/JPwhQe4vnv

— HistoryExtra (@HistoryExtra) February 4, 2017

Nymphs and satyrs participate in an ancient pagan feast celebrating Bacchus, the god of wine. https://t.co/VV3huvuPMs 🍷 pic.twitter.com/tlFmXQUjdr

— Getty (@GettyMuseum) February 4, 2017

As I recall from Toronto, Parcak's response was that the tiles are specially chosen so that their location cannot be idenitfied

— Justin Walsh (@jstpwalsh) February 4, 2017

We visited Nero's Domus Aurea palace a few years ago & excited about this new 3D virtual tour https://t.co/1QqAt16gOO (Ita) via @rep_roma pic.twitter.com/Itpnx8qhEZ

— BrowsingRome (@BrowsingRome) February 2, 2017

Fantastic factoid of the day, Roman Emperor Septimius Severus had a railway signal box named after him. He was the Imperial Controller https://t.co/9yr7VTVekJ

— Matthew Ward Hunter (@HistoryNeedsYou) February 4, 2017

Interesting detail that Plutarch & Suetonius mention about Caesar attending to plans for gladiatorial ludus/watching gladiator spectacles>

— Dr. Alexis M. Christensen (@AM_Christensen) February 4, 2017

On eve of #Rubicon crossing. Why this detail? Are readers to think back to Caesar's massive funeral games for his father in 65? Or back >

— Dr. Alexis M. Christensen (@AM_Christensen) February 4, 2017

to Spartacus revolt in 73? Or is it merely incidental detail? I'd not paid it much attention before. Also interesting that Pompey et al. >

— Dr. Alexis M. Christensen (@AM_Christensen) February 4, 2017

fled to Capua, where Caesar owned a large gladiatorial ludus, when Caesar crossed Rubicon.

— Dr. Alexis M. Christensen (@AM_Christensen) February 4, 2017

LANCUM-13D0FE: fr lovely Italy:
Roman Republican denarius (c. 90BC) Moneyer: L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, Mint of Rome.https://t.co/A8lrhaxmDh pic.twitter.com/LACp5B2KSy

— Dr Dot Boughton (@DrMetaDot) February 4, 2017

Two Lovers, One Sheet https://t.co/kYMfCkg2o6 pic.twitter.com/UuIEJBQTxe

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) February 4, 2017

Marathon boy, the Antikythera youth and the "Victorious youth" all look like the same person at different ages. pic.twitter.com/JJp0m19wrw

— Hasan M (@Hasmanean) February 5, 2017

The finest gift I've received in a while! pic.twitter.com/LhJJFKqSpd

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) February 5, 2017