#HipsterGarum https://t.co/9tUlZCHqho

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) March 26, 2017

arrrrrrggggh … latest firefox update wiped out all my addons!!!!

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 26, 2017

check this out … https://t.co/QtEMxxElcX

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 26, 2017

What did the Romans ever do for us? The best latrines this side of Rome! Come and see, and the lovely walks & views! pic.twitter.com/rXKlYwFP3A

— NTHadrian'sWall&Tyne (@NTHadriansWall) March 24, 2017

Thrilled to find rare new pic of 1907 pioneering Suffragette 'protest' Medea at Savoy Theatre with Edythe Olive pic.twitter.com/32cVoBN3QI

— @edithmayhall (@edithmayhall) March 26, 2017

The Seikilos #Song: the Oldest Complete Song from #Ancient #Greece. https://t.co/qsena742iW

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) March 26, 2017

Very interesting Pecha Kucha session @sssbconf pic.twitter.com/MoisI9XO0n

— Pompeii Archaeology (@PompeiNecropoli) March 26, 2017

Funerary chest for the ashes of Scribonia Flacilla, daughter of Publius, died at Centuripe, aged 13 #Sicilia #epigraphy pic.twitter.com/ko4y79z0mx

— I.Sicily (@Sicilyepigraphy) March 26, 2017

As familiar in today's #landscape as it was c1300-1200BC: an egret removes a tick from an ancient Greek bull https://t.co/bnlT2ZUp07 #loveit pic.twitter.com/aV7QqevFlc

— Prof Susan Oosthuizen (@DrSueOosthuizen) March 26, 2017

Auctus was freed by Lucius Cocceius Nerva, the man who mediated the reconciliation between Octavian and Antony in 40 BC at Brundisium.

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 26, 2017

and, of course, a distant relative of Marcus Cocceius Nerva, emperor 96-98 AD.

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 26, 2017

Fascinating question raised on Ancient Warfare podcast: was there any equivalent of army chaplain in pre-Christian Roman Army? pic.twitter.com/7KyfIoURNW

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) March 26, 2017

#RomeOnThisDay · 304AD · Saint Emmanuel is martyred (along with 42 others) during the reign of Diocletian (image). https://t.co/X3W5QzPIR1

— Ancient Rome Live (@AncientRomeLive) March 26, 2017

@holland_tom @pompei79 We've found A WHOLE SHOP selling hipster garum. pic.twitter.com/wfBsYnMxd6

— Jamie Muir (@jamiembrixton) March 26, 2017

Someone's just pointed out that Medea was not the appropriate figure to tweet about on Mother's Day. So here's the exemplary mum Demeter too pic.twitter.com/Wbe6BlQdxk

— @edithmayhall (@edithmayhall) March 26, 2017

One way of cutting the Gordian knot of jihadi terrorism: convert the jihadis to Christianity… https://t.co/JcwqhfrXaO H/t @GabrielSaidR

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) March 26, 2017

Korinthian Women and the Plot Against Medea https://t.co/dcUG3wjWal pic.twitter.com/UkGLkbe0Mv

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) March 26, 2017

The 1st Triumvirate was formed in 60 BC by Pompey,Caesar & Crassus.It was not a political coalition but a secret arrangement between 3 men pic.twitter.com/iYJViIi0vP

— Roman History (@romanhistory1) March 26, 2017

Persephone as Kore holding the torch's black light into the underworld- Cyrene Museum, Lybia pic.twitter.com/5RLqF4lqvL

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) March 25, 2017

Rejuvenate This: Medea's Marvelous Magic https://t.co/sdRQeAjz03 #Medea Post 1

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) March 26, 2017

Medea's Magic Was Really a Spa Treatment https://t.co/AHzJoYyifH #Medea Post 2

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) March 26, 2017

2D Latin #palindrome 'Sator arepo tenet opera rotas' also part of the Rotas-Sator square, found in Porta's Magiae naturalis, 1597 [H.20.32] pic.twitter.com/HbQpV0INhU

— Queens' Library (@Queens_Lib) March 15, 2017

The sentence ‘we enter the circle after dark and are consumed by fire’ is a palindrome in Latin—‘in girum imus nocte et consumimur igni’.

— Haggard Hawks 🦅📚 Words | Language | Etymology (@HaggardHawks) July 10, 2015

Impressive Exhibition ‘Pompeii and the Greeks’ Opens in Italy https://t.co/IAOaIbKoqe

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 26, 2017

The secret to making Latin fun for kids? Bring them to ancient Rome… https://t.co/Ysr3Lo16ge

— Ancient Rome Live (@AncientRomeLive) March 26, 2017

#RomeOnThisDay · 304AD · Saint Emmanuel is martyred (along with 42 others) during the reign of Diocletian (image). pic.twitter.com/AYJVvOps8b

— Ancient Rome Live (@AncientRomeLive) March 26, 2017

47D 5L: Lyre-plucking Muse
80D 4L: Bona fide#classicxwords

— John Muccigrosso john@mastodon.cc (@jdmuccigrosso) March 26, 2017

Today's Word of the Day is orogeny.

Read the full definition here: https://t.co/9ly7NzIcHt pic.twitter.com/ZxrhKiX7ow

— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) March 26, 2017

Il magnifico pavimento a mosaico della Casa di Paquio Proculo a #Pompei. https://t.co/V9ldca5aa7 #thisweek #SundayMorning pic.twitter.com/KPfZ1Iyfc4

— Capitolivm (@Capitolivm) March 26, 2017

The feast of Castulus, traditionally chamberlain of Diocletian and husband of St Irene was martyred in Rome in 286, is celebrated #OnThisDay pic.twitter.com/pjb1aMR3qv

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) March 26, 2017

A group of 43 martyrs under the leadership of Saint Quadratus, bishop of Anatolia, were put to death under Diocletian in c.304

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) March 26, 2017

Roman lead bar found in #Somerset field fetches £25,000 https://t.co/4299fJEcUA #RomanBritain #Roman #Wells pic.twitter.com/d2NzzQEpUN

— Roman Britain News (@Roman_Britain) March 26, 2017

2,000 years ago a puppy scampered over a tile from Roman Leicester #NationalPuppyDay #Immortality pic.twitter.com/RKdU3t2TYx

— Pythika (@Pythika) March 23, 2017

Mary Beard on stonking form with her – er – expertise, showing that James Delingpole hasn't got a clue what he's talking about. https://t.co/sUtOOSzmH4

— Nathan Gower (@NathanJGower) March 26, 2017

Yes, Quintilus. Variously reported to have killed himself, had himself killed, or been stabbed to death.

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) March 26, 2017

Lovely. I'll always be grateful to Cambridge (and JACT, who gave me a Bryanston bursary) for their magnificent language teaching

— Nathan Gower (@NathanJGower) March 26, 2017

Fantastic feline from Gesner’s Icones Animalium "Feles, uel Catus – Gatta, uel Gatto – Chat – Katze" #Gesnerday pic.twitter.com/BN1jWPWCux

— UofGlasgowASC (@UofGlasgowASC) March 26, 2017

#britishsummertime – an excuse to remind folk that there exists a Roman sundial in the shape of a leg of ham.https://t.co/PHwTjXK1mD pic.twitter.com/9dWBLYA3mX

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) March 25, 2017

How Aristotle Created the Computer The Atlantic… https://t.co/RVCDOdZtd1

— Yale Classics Lib (@YaleClassicsLib) March 26, 2017

dunno.. I only use it to do my explorator because it has a couple extensions chrome doesn't

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 26, 2017

Saturday evening movie with the kids: Jason and the Argonauts, with @Ray_Harryhausen FX. #amwatching #Harryhausen #parenting pic.twitter.com/Uch722uZUc

— Space Hypaspist (@Ender108CAV) March 26, 2017

Gesner's (born #OTD 1516) "Historia Animalium" https://t.co/n6xKy6ec4Z is full of monsters. Why? https://t.co/TtgPa1jzUp #GesnerDay pic.twitter.com/zJcI6OQawX

— Biodiversity Heritage Library (@BioDivLibrary) March 26, 2017

Thx Bill. Loeb has "crucified" in the translation, which is more than what ἀνασταυρῶσαι means, & 1 doesn't expect the Roman punishment here. https://t.co/ntvkUVTuWN

— Guy Chamberland (@GuyChamberland) March 26, 2017

Does your library have e-access to the LCL? That's what I did for Strabo & Pliny in Classical Geography this semester.

— Hamish // Toitū te tiriti! (@peregrinekiwi) March 26, 2017

⭕ Rome 'gladiators' fined €800 for charging tourists for photoshttps://t.co/k00RpLyflX pic.twitter.com/FPlFq5COtn

— Archaeology in Italy (@AinItaly) March 26, 2017

CALL 01.06.2017 Between nostos and exilium: "home" in on-screen representat… (@ 2017Film&History) #Milwaukee #USAhttps://t.co/K2tHs33CLA

— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) March 26, 2017

Our next public talk will be Dr Katerina Kolotourou on ‘Greek Percussion’ @QueensUBelfast @QUB_History on 6th April 6.45pm pic.twitter.com/qVSS7IwdSh

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) March 26, 2017

Un capolavoro dei Musei Capitolini al giorno. Info: https://t.co/PixgEtsMOX pic.twitter.com/LqC2FAAkbx

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) March 26, 2017

The famous Torlonia collection will go back on display #RomanArt #Torlonia #Rome https://t.co/HOaMFuy7NZ pic.twitter.com/RA4gZt2pos

— Mantha Zarmakoupi (@mzarmakoupi) March 26, 2017

Saddened to hear of Prof. Louis Feldman's passing, we lost a great man and scholar of #Josephus & #Judaism in #GrecoRoman periods. @YUNews.

— Int'l Catacomb Society – http://www.catacombsociety.org (@CatacombSociety) March 26, 2017

Remembering Louis Feldman z"l – rereading one of my fav articles of his: "Abraham the Greek Philosopher in Josephus" https://t.co/kcQ5FEXUw7

— Annette Yoshiko Reed (@AnnetteYReed) March 26, 2017

That Beard and Delingpole thing has got me remembering just how amazing the language teaching for Greek at Cambridge was.

— Nathan Gower (@NathanJGower) March 26, 2017

cf pic.twitter.com/qdKBp7Cp4V

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 26, 2017

My impression is that the noun can refer equally to a pointed or not-pointed beam of wood.

— Bruce Robertson (@heml) March 26, 2017

Yes, σταυρος = upright pale/stake, but some verbal derivatives mean "deserving to be suspended/nailed to a stake"

— Guy Chamberland (@GuyChamberland) March 26, 2017

How can a professor use virtual reality in the classroom for art that’s not contemporary? https://t.co/5TqMnhSkx6 @a_h_t_r pic.twitter.com/FpJrM648kE

— CAA Advancing Art & Design (@caavisual) March 24, 2017

Christ walking on the water, healing the paralytic & as the Good Shepherd. Hauntingly early… (mid 3rd century) #DuraEuropos pic.twitter.com/lGoCNrGREI

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) March 26, 2017

It makes sense if death is by suspension on a pale/stake. I suppose the books by Cook & Samuelsson on crucifixion address all this.

— Guy Chamberland (@GuyChamberland) March 26, 2017

but left like that is death by suspension

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 26, 2017

flaying is added feature.. Like nails for crucifixion

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 26, 2017

. @LacusCurtius @GuyChamberland Impaled Romans sat on a cross with a sharpened top branch. Cf Maecenas Fr. 4. Quoted https://t.co/WdeW2ftdJ1

— Michael Hendry (@Curculiunculus) March 26, 2017

but the sculpture is of the suffering beforehand.. Which is a very roman punishment imahd

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 26, 2017

I think that's the underlying theme of the contest of muses and sirens… Eg my cover photo

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 26, 2017

image… Let them know they are dying

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 26, 2017