#classicaltwitter ~ March 19, 2017

A Motto for Any Classicist https://t.co/ZkIPOVZkSk

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) March 19, 2017

@drzarrow pls RT to the classics folks! https://t.co/wRRM0SwoS5

— Joint National Committee for Languages (@JNCLInfo) March 19, 2017

.@NEHgov joined us to support @PerseidsProject’s work at @TuftsUniversity to bring Classics into the Digital Age: https://t.co/pZ5RsOrzKM pic.twitter.com/sM8Xcb553c

— Mellon Foundation (@MellonFdn) March 18, 2017

How many humanities professors does it take to change a light bulb: Just one, but 700 applied for the job.

— Shit Academics Say (@AcademicsSay) June 6, 2016

Not seen since Roman times! Roman style pots fresh from the kiln! #Northumberland #Archaeology #ancienttechnology https://t.co/clNFLPmc3I

— Lynda Taylor (@NorthumberArt) March 18, 2017

Brescia, Museo di Santa Giulia, Viridarium, 2017
photo @GrassiMarcello
With @vittoria_alata @DarrenMilligan @ComuneBs @BresciaMusei pic.twitter.com/4rTYVKhLdg

— Marcello Grassi (@GrassiMarcello) March 19, 2017

bibamus, moriendum est
let us drink, death is certain
-Seneca

Satiro Versante or Pouring Satyr [detail] pic.twitter.com/QA4OYJktKV

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) March 18, 2017

Black-figured amphora-Herakles slaying the Stymphalian Birds w/ a Sling-[6th Labor] -ca. 540 BC @britishmuseum pic.twitter.com/eIE27CgyvT

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) March 16, 2017

17 mars 180, décès du philosophe stoïcien et empereur Marc Aurèle.
Via @InstitutILIADE @dfweb75pic.twitter.com/RCkKyb3lVk

— Stéphane Bergès (@Revizorsb) March 17, 2017

New episode of the Emperors of Rome podcast is on women poets. https://t.co/xr6OZkAzJx pic.twitter.com/OE11ZCgrIZ

— Matt Smith 🎙️ (@nightlightguy) January 24, 2017

The Excavation of #Pompeii by Filippo Palizzi (1818-1899). https://t.co/UHSalEHGFT #Art #Archaeology pic.twitter.com/SbsnqsiL4S

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) March 19, 2017

@ACRSN_org The forthcoming Alma-Tadema exhibition at Leighton House… https://t.co/7H4S8CWMmN

— John J Johnston (@JohnJJohnston) March 18, 2017

Socrates and his son… pic.twitter.com/UZNGaSfjE0

— Olivier Quaglia (@quagliao) October 8, 2016

Jasper intaglio showing Eos (goddess of the dawn) bearing a torch and holding back a galloping horse. 2nd C AD. @mfaboston pic.twitter.com/3vvqSNSh4j

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) March 19, 2017

The importance of math in archaeology https://t.co/w3xu5NDCz0 via @MathsScot

— ASCSA (@ASCSAthens) March 19, 2017

Heading to #Catania to work on the Museo Civico Castello Ursino collection pic.twitter.com/CDRMv2c7JP

— I.Sicily (@Sicilyepigraphy) March 19, 2017

The Colosseum [Flavian Amphitheater] aureus minted in Rome by Emperor Severus Alexander at the beginning of his reign ca 223 AD pic.twitter.com/HTrLvt8s9q

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) March 14, 2017

How Latin sounded (and how we know) https://t.co/spk6wtsFdL via @youtube

— Andy Keen (@keenerclassics) March 19, 2017

Read: "Arma Virumque Cano"
@LSA_Classics: https://t.co/oPKZkehCte

— Classics Collective (@ClassColl) March 19, 2017

"Read the ancients, ignore the moderns, and you will be one of us"

Lege Veteres, sperne recentiores, et eris nosterhttps://t.co/0pma7d1Z8J

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) March 19, 2017

#OnThisDay, in Ancient Rome, was the Festival of Quinquatrus, in honour of the goddess Minerva pic.twitter.com/lZoH9HNs2b

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) March 19, 2017

Lege Veteres, sperne recentiores, et eris noster…. https://t.co/HQqff11SAo

— SCS (@scsclassics) March 19, 2017

#OnThisDay in 44BC, as ex-soldiers fill Rome, Caesar's will was read in public revealing significant gifts to large parts of the population pic.twitter.com/NgfzY6bu7n

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) March 19, 2017

Much to Antony's chagrin, the reading of Caesar's will #OnThisDay in 44BC also revealed a new heir to the Caesarian name – Gaius Octavius pic.twitter.com/Ui2rC8BgVu

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) March 19, 2017

After bribing German invaders rather than fight, Severus Alexander and his mother Julia Mammea were murdered by his men #OnThisDay in 235 pic.twitter.com/7HP0hzaQLA

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) March 19, 2017

Dates might not sync, the speech is centuries later and perhaps more nuanced than Antony could have managed but… https://t.co/yXsSnjuPub

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) March 19, 2017

@rogueclassicist My classics club want to start an Ancient Greek study group. Can you recommend an easy to use text book?

— Nathan Hogg (@TheWildHogg) March 19, 2017

the jact people have a text to help people using their course sans teacher… Might be worth looking at

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 19, 2017

Why did #Romans build 2nd Arch of Titus to celebrate victory over #Jews? Sore winners? https://t.co/JH9aMhL5qq #archaeology @haaretzcom

— Ariel David (@arieldavid1980) March 19, 2017

Love the #Classics, but can't sign on for this–ancient & modern a dialogue, not a choice. https://t.co/HbUh6nnKDl

— Rob (@rsayre) March 19, 2017

La Dea Roma vi augura una grande domenica romana 💥 #Roma https://t.co/V9ldca5aa7 #BuonaDomenica pic.twitter.com/VeLbpcksjO

— Capitolivm (@Capitolivm) March 19, 2017

Halicarnassus-Rilievo romano di Amazone ed Achillea, gladiatrici https://t.co/Gz31Hl3ehK pic.twitter.com/JrAJzTVa3x

— LaDottoressaDiceChe (@NoPossoFaSforzi) March 5, 2017

On Homer’s Poverty and Lies https://t.co/zh8Xxyt4Sn pic.twitter.com/0W2gX9rYqR

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) March 19, 2017

The #Samaritan woman at the well | #Naples, 5th c.https://t.co/DfG1wSbmyt#photography #Napoli #EarlyChristian #art #archaeology #Bible

— Arthur Urbano 🇺🇸🇮🇹🇻🇦🇬🇷🇹🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧🇧🇪🇫🇷 (@arturoviaggia) March 19, 2017

First time press allowed into "ali baba cave" with all of #Israel's archaeological finds. pic.twitter.com/9Arw5DL5dH

— iℓɑƞ ᛒεƞ ȝıoƞ (@IlanBenZion) March 19, 2017

25 #Latin Phrases Every Student Should Know: https://t.co/TYMZSNFkkk

— Latin Language (@latinlanguage) March 19, 2017

This complex model chariot from the Oxus Treasure was X-rayed to discover how it was constructed #BSW17 https://t.co/5yuLGT8LHz pic.twitter.com/c68XPqW3Lo

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) March 18, 2017

Tax collector's bronze stamp with the figure of Libertas in the centre, from the Aquincum Civil Town. pic.twitter.com/4hCMMGhqy0

— Orsolya Láng (@macellum1) March 18, 2017

1) After negotiating Parthia's return of Crassus' lost standards in 20BC, Augustus vowed to construct a Temple to Mars Ultor "the Avenger".. pic.twitter.com/2TF4laLuSU

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 19, 2017

POMPEII-Roman mosaic with roosters fighting. Casa del Labirinto. pic.twitter.com/4Yf4yJcjKW

— Nora Garibotti (@noragaribotti) March 19, 2017

#onthisday in 37 AD, the Roman Senate nullified Tiberius's will by removing Gemellus and proclaims Caligula emperor. pic.twitter.com/4VJHZFntMZ

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 18, 2017

2) Eager for instant prestige, Augustus minted coins with images of how his new temple to house the standards would appear when complete.. pic.twitter.com/BsU9OV8ccz

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 19, 2017

1st British woman prof of Greek, Dorothy Tarrant, on Wikipedia front page! Article thx to @womeninclassics #WCCWiki: https://t.co/nSpR0ymHeF

— Emma Bridges (@emmabridges) March 19, 2017

40A 4L: The "E" of Q.E.D.
80A 5L: Nothing, in Latin
96A 4L: "Dies ___"
59D 3L: Regulus' constellation#classicxwords 1/2

— John Muccigrosso john@mastodon.cc (@jdmuccigrosso) March 19, 2017

108D 3L: Early millennium year#classicxwords 2/2

— John Muccigrosso john@mastodon.cc (@jdmuccigrosso) March 19, 2017

"Yet as I delved deeper…I learned the Classics have more to teach us about peace than about war." @JHDSilva https://t.co/h9MOjGZ0aB

— Eidolon (@eidolon_journal) March 18, 2017

We couldn't resist creating a 'MAKE ROME GREAT AGAIN' t-shirt! Get yours now and help support our projects!
♂:… https://t.co/JChAOTrsAs

— Ancient Rome Live (@AncientRomeLive) March 19, 2017

Read This: "Why Do Cannibals Eat People?" With thanks to @DrCABaron https://t.co/lNj2nsFl1E

— Candida Moss (@candidamoss) March 19, 2017

3) Intriguingly, these coins from c.18 BC appear to show the original plan was for an elaborate circular, domed structure.. pic.twitter.com/bPasVsChDV

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 19, 2017

4) Augustus' proposed Temple of Mars Ultor appears not dissimilar to the famous Temple of Vesta in the Forum. #numismatics #architecture pic.twitter.com/32H25YHw0t

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 19, 2017

Ten must-see places within reach of Rome https://t.co/xUn8W5xAeJ

— Ancient Rome Live (@AncientRomeLive) March 19, 2017

Word of the day: qa-si-re-u = βασιλεύς. Mycenaean still had labiovelars, which became either β, π, or τ in historical dialects. pic.twitter.com/w6CcpbjCuA

— Theo Nash (@theo_nash) March 19, 2017

5) In the following years it seems an alternate design, more closely related to Caesar's existing Temple of Venus Genetrix, was decided upon pic.twitter.com/YqCwXbbRob

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 19, 2017

6) Augustus finally inaugurated his Forum and Temple of Mars Ultor in 2 BC, much changed in design from his coin depictions 16 years prior. pic.twitter.com/hkzmkTbgkq

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 19, 2017

7) The final octastyle Temple of Mars Ultor was 50% larger than the Temple of Venus & built of marble from the newly opened Carrara quarries pic.twitter.com/pmtNjENzwd

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 19, 2017

Underwater antiquities being looted along Levantine coast https://t.co/F39V9Tztc5

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) March 19, 2017

#ScholarSunday is an inclusive hashtag, to promote folks who are adjacent-to-academia, tenured, students, non-tenure-track, practitioners

— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) March 19, 2017

I've done some updates (new photos, corrected captions) to my Minerva in London Flickr album, https://t.co/BJ7Fz4iPcw pic.twitter.com/3eNtHVq9sU

— Tony Keen is writing about Roman Britain on screen (@TonyKeen46) March 19, 2017

I adore this 1960s photo of a fashion model lying on the famous mosaic of ancient Roman bikini girls at Piazza Armerina! 💋 @CarriePFord pic.twitter.com/PvWtvT1Da7

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) March 19, 2017

Course Planning Time! Almost as much fun as the New Academic Year itself. Interested in Roman History? We've got you covered! #UAlberta pic.twitter.com/Boi3PmEJ5K

— Classics at UAlberta (@ClassicsAlberta) March 19, 2017

I am reminded of the title that the great James Morwood considered for his 2014 APA talk: "Burn Wheelock."

— DCCommentaries (@DCComm) March 19, 2017

"Best" here should probably be in quotes.https://t.co/Xb4j72jCAB https://t.co/VT7rvHjKod

— SCS (@scsclassics) March 19, 2017

Invigilata lucernis, which doesn't seem to be online either. I've ILL'ed it but am concerned it won't get here on time.

— Elizabeth H (@heintgestae) March 19, 2017

Charlet, J-L. "L'Etna, la rose et le sang" In v. 9 (1987) pp 25-44

— Elizabeth H (@heintgestae) March 19, 2017

Second monumental Arch of Titus celebrating victory over Jews found in Romehttps://t.co/imThqCH8pG

— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) March 19, 2017

The Judgement of Paris-fragment from front panel of a sarcophagus-marble,Roman Hadrianic period after Hellenistic themes @palazzoaltemps pic.twitter.com/6faBflchYR

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) March 19, 2017

After being closed for 4 years for renovations, the recently re-opened Archaeological Museum on Kos provides a… https://t.co/ENLkcmlPdN

— SCS (@scsclassics) March 19, 2017

If your first question is, "I wonder what word was translated as 'shit' & how it's used elsewhere," talk to me about a future in Philology. https://t.co/DPeU0AuxYU

— Bruce Robertson (@heml) March 19, 2017

Channelling Pompeian wall decoration.
Left: portico @VillaGiuliaRm C16th; right: House of Large Altar @pompeii_sites C1st AD #VillaGiulia pic.twitter.com/gPQ2if7050

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) March 19, 2017

In the MUBHA in Barcelona we saw this touching epitaph. #movedbyastone pic.twitter.com/kzFrf88YzE

— Tim Phin 🏳️‍🌈 (@TimothyPhin) March 19, 2017

A saucer satyr.
Etruscan dish found in the Tomb of Kottabos, Osteria Necropolis in #Vulci, 6th century BC #VillaGiulia pic.twitter.com/DFhWQ6NFFN

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) March 19, 2017

A myriad of Etruscan faces: Tydeus & Melanippus, a couple depicted on a terracotta sarcophagus, Juno, & the two faces of Janus #VillaGiulia pic.twitter.com/CmM29kUtVC

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) March 19, 2017

Awesome. I know more than a few people for whom this would be a fitting epitaph. https://t.co/4MQ2TihuZq

— Dan McClellan (@maklelan) March 19, 2017

That's one way to play the lyre… Rock and roll Etruscan style. #VillaGiulia @llewelyn_morgan pic.twitter.com/yBj87HHZ6P

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) March 19, 2017

No guessing where the spines of this 6th cent BC Etruscan hedgehog ended up… #hedgehogman #VillaGiulia @holland_tom pic.twitter.com/KdDvxgyTwt

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) March 19, 2017

An Etruscan 'abecedario' (alphabetically ordered letters) scratched into a pot dating to 620 BC #VillaGiulia pic.twitter.com/k08TTPbdBD

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) March 19, 2017

The Tower of the Winds, standing in the Roman Agora in #Athens, has been restored & re-opened to the public for the first time in 200 years. pic.twitter.com/0kmV3wXUG1

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 19, 2017

Great Roman Bake-Off – a 2,000 year old recipe to try out. Interested to see your results! https://t.co/mlLYoYum3n

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) March 19, 2017

Everyone lives better with a working knowledge of classics.@UAlbertaMTN101 @ClassicsAlberta pic.twitter.com/aneFVK90xt

— Glenn Kubish (@Kub64) March 19, 2017

Statue of Artemis of Ephesus "great mother goddess"-marble & bronze Roman copy after original Hellenistic of 2nd century BC @MANNapoli pic.twitter.com/BslFfvV25z

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) March 19, 2017

#RomeOnThisDay · 235AD · The assassination of Severus Alexander, last emperor of the Severan dynasty (born 208AD). @DariusAryaDigs pic.twitter.com/eUglg7qiDi

— Ancient Rome Live (@AncientRomeLive) March 19, 2017

New publication: Volubilis in #Moroccohttps://t.co/CEI6kBlOvM

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 19, 2017

Great thread on intro ancient Greek books; I've just learned of so many new potential resources. https://t.co/OLdxLe2AKG

— Elke Nash, PhD (she/her) (@elkemichelenash) March 19, 2017

Happy Birthday to Ursula Andress, who somewhat appropriately played Aphrodite in Clash of the Titans. One of the Immortals! #Harryhausen100 pic.twitter.com/da5uPDimE6

— Ray Harryhausen (@Ray_Harryhausen) March 19, 2017

Dancing Satyrs marble relief-a satyr playing aulos while the other one is in ecstatic dance-Roman 1st century AD @state_hermitage pic.twitter.com/GnOFWcflBV

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) March 19, 2017

ANS #ancient Greek 100,000+ #coin Collection classified by regions from Spain to North Africa & west to Afghanistan. https://t.co/vMztnGq8NV

— Ancient Nomos (@ANAMCurator) March 19, 2017

Looking for Greek History? We got it! CLASS 280 will take you from Agamemnnon to Alexander the Great! Fall 2017 #UAlberta pic.twitter.com/pfE3aNaEyb

— Classics at UAlberta (@ClassicsAlberta) March 19, 2017

Un capolavoro dei Musei Capitolini al giorno. Info: https://t.co/R75XImvxgQ pic.twitter.com/rlSBGhrfJC

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) March 19, 2017

Solymos’ cult assimilates city’s mythic forefather Zeus iconography on #ancient #Termessos 3rd C. AD bronze coinage. https://t.co/Py3auz7TRs pic.twitter.com/he896vDoQ9

— Ancient Nomos (@ANAMCurator) March 19, 2017

Awesome course! For the full horrifying story of Agamemnon incl. his role in Trojan War (Homer's Iliad) listen to https://t.co/muJF3JTc6M https://t.co/ni6UpGl0o8

— Trojan War Podcast (@TrojanWarPod) March 19, 2017

They've got a Roman Republican denarius of C Mamilius Limetanus labelled as Greco-Bactrian there…

— Llewelyn Morgan (@llewelyn_morgan) March 19, 2017

Statue of an Isis priestess holding a situla (a bronze jug)-Roman marble 2nd century AD-from Taormina Museo Archaeologico Regionale,Palermo pic.twitter.com/P48WFKbtsk

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) March 19, 2017

Earliest known example to survive
Ivory Situla or Bucket for Holy Water engraved w/ scenes of Jesus Life-Carolingian 860-880 AD @metmuseum pic.twitter.com/AiyR72ajLn

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) March 19, 2017

I have just spent 2 years with this one. My Greek is certainly improved as are my biceps but it's been brutal.

— Casey Dué Hackney (@caseyduehackney) March 19, 2017

When research is subversive and teaching is protest, learning is hope. Never stop learning.

— Shit Academics Say (@AcademicsSay) February 1, 2017

CANI was excited by Dr Harman's talk on Xenophon, as were the audience, who provided so many great questions…https://t.co/YTXXipZnu4 pic.twitter.com/V9kDQNDsco

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) March 19, 2017

possibly tho no arch.evidence for such a shrine on Capitoline. This series may be quick reaction to Sen.decree rather than..

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 19, 2017

image of existing shrine. Similar to JC's Temple of Clemency, celebrated on coins but never actually built. This series also..

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 19, 2017

It may be one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the century. Is this the remains of Jesus’ childhood home? #FindingJesus at 9p. pic.twitter.com/LxLa6wAjXI

— CNN (@CNN) March 19, 2017

More excellent work done by @womeninclassics — highlighting Dorothy Tarrant, first British woman to be prof of Greek pic.twitter.com/hwusmvk3eu

— Classics Soc Justice (@classics_sj) March 19, 2017

To illustrate final book of Apuleius' Metamorphoses for my students, I photoshopped her w/ sea & roses. pic.twitter.com/E8RLdskZdR

— Dr Francesca Santoro (@Phyllida1234) March 19, 2017