Dr Crom
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Classicist, archaeologist, sci-fi and horror nerd and, most importantly, ginger. Oh, and... "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn". #EdgyPedlar #AncientStuff
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Dr Crom
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· Oct 17
AncientBluesky 🏺- A favourite! The eponymous piece from the Tomb of the Blue Vase, Pompeii (HGE08). A stunning cameo glass amphora, with grape-harvesting Cupids: ca. 1st Century AD. #Pompeii #Archaeology
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (13521). Link - mann-napoli.it/gli-oggetti-...
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (13521). Link - mann-napoli.it/gli-oggetti-...
#OnThisDay - 23 November - in 1963 'An Unearthly Child', the first episode of Doctor Who, was broadcast on BBC television, ushering in a new epoch of adventures in time and space that all began at 76 Totter's Lane. #DoctorWho
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#OnThisDay - 23 November - in 1963 'An Unearthly Child', the first episode of Doctor Who, was broadcast on BBC television, ushering in a new epoch of adventures in time and space that all began at 76 Totter's Lane. #DoctorWho
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ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
Reposted by Dr Crom
#FrescoFriday - Discovered November 1765: Isis welcomes Io at Canopus, complete with snakes and sistra-shaking. From the Ekklesiasterion in the Temple of Isis, Pompeii (VIII.7.28). #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#FrescoFriday - Discovered November 1765: Isis welcomes Io at Canopus, complete with snakes and sistra-shaking. From the Ekklesiasterion in the Temple of Isis, Pompeii (VIII.7.28). #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
The Image at the head of this thread is 'The Two Wives of Jason' by Edward Coley Burne-Jones, before 1872 (Ashmolean Museum: WA. RS.WAL.04).
Link - collections.ashmolean.org/object/761406
#LatinForTheDay #Ovid 🧵🏺
Link - collections.ashmolean.org/object/761406
#LatinForTheDay #Ovid 🧵🏺
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November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The Image at the head of this thread is 'The Two Wives of Jason' by Edward Coley Burne-Jones, before 1872 (Ashmolean Museum: WA. RS.WAL.04).
Link - collections.ashmolean.org/object/761406
#LatinForTheDay #Ovid 🧵🏺
Link - collections.ashmolean.org/object/761406
#LatinForTheDay #Ovid 🧵🏺
Returning to the Heroides today, with this extract from Hypsipyle's letter to Jason. The Queen of Lemnos writes to the man who has deserted her, having heard rumours of his exploits in Colchis... and of the presence of Medea.
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Returning to the Heroides today, with this extract from Hypsipyle's letter to Jason. The Queen of Lemnos writes to the man who has deserted her, having heard rumours of his exploits in Colchis... and of the presence of Medea.
'It’s bandied about that some barbarian poisoner has come with you,
That you’ve shared with her the marriage-bed you once promised me.
Jealous love makes me all to ready to believe this: though may it be
That I’m over-hasty and have levelled a false charge at my lord!’
That you’ve shared with her the marriage-bed you once promised me.
Jealous love makes me all to ready to believe this: though may it be
That I’m over-hasty and have levelled a false charge at my lord!’
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
'It’s bandied about that some barbarian poisoner has come with you,
That you’ve shared with her the marriage-bed you once promised me.
Jealous love makes me all to ready to believe this: though may it be
That I’m over-hasty and have levelled a false charge at my lord!’
That you’ve shared with her the marriage-bed you once promised me.
Jealous love makes me all to ready to believe this: though may it be
That I’m over-hasty and have levelled a false charge at my lord!’
'But why complain that my lord has been slow in his duties?
I shall think myself well done by… if I do indeed remain yours....
I shall think myself well done by… if I do indeed remain yours....
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
'But why complain that my lord has been slow in his duties?
I shall think myself well done by… if I do indeed remain yours....
I shall think myself well done by… if I do indeed remain yours....
'That the booty of the ram, that dragon-guarded fleece of gold,
Had nevertheless been spirited away, stolen by your bold hand.
What could I say to those who poured scorn on such scuttlebutt?
“It’s true, he wrote it me himself”? I would have been proud to!...
Had nevertheless been spirited away, stolen by your bold hand.
What could I say to those who poured scorn on such scuttlebutt?
“It’s true, he wrote it me himself”? I would have been proud to!...
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
'That the booty of the ram, that dragon-guarded fleece of gold,
Had nevertheless been spirited away, stolen by your bold hand.
What could I say to those who poured scorn on such scuttlebutt?
“It’s true, he wrote it me himself”? I would have been proud to!...
Had nevertheless been spirited away, stolen by your bold hand.
What could I say to those who poured scorn on such scuttlebutt?
“It’s true, he wrote it me himself”? I would have been proud to!...
‘Why was it that rumours of you reached me before any letter?
The story that Mars’ sacred bulls had passed beneath the yoke;
That the scattering of seeds yielded a crop of armed men, those
Who met their end without feeling the blow of your right arm;...
The story that Mars’ sacred bulls had passed beneath the yoke;
That the scattering of seeds yielded a crop of armed men, those
Who met their end without feeling the blow of your right arm;...
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
‘Why was it that rumours of you reached me before any letter?
The story that Mars’ sacred bulls had passed beneath the yoke;
That the scattering of seeds yielded a crop of armed men, those
Who met their end without feeling the blow of your right arm;...
The story that Mars’ sacred bulls had passed beneath the yoke;
That the scattering of seeds yielded a crop of armed men, those
Who met their end without feeling the blow of your right arm;...
"...in mihi promissi parte recepta tori.
credula res amor est; utinam temeraria dicar
criminibus falsis insimulasse virum!”
Ovid, Heroides 6.9-22
credula res amor est; utinam temeraria dicar
criminibus falsis insimulasse virum!”
Ovid, Heroides 6.9-22
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"...in mihi promissi parte recepta tori.
credula res amor est; utinam temeraria dicar
criminibus falsis insimulasse virum!”
Ovid, Heroides 6.9-22
credula res amor est; utinam temeraria dicar
criminibus falsis insimulasse virum!”
Ovid, Heroides 6.9-22
"...rapta tamen forti vellera fulva manu?
o ego, si possem timide credentibus ista
“ipse mihi scripsit” dicere, quanta forem!
quid queror officium lenti cessasse mariti?
obsequium, maneo si tua, grande tuli!
barbara narratur venisse venefica tecum,...
o ego, si possem timide credentibus ista
“ipse mihi scripsit” dicere, quanta forem!
quid queror officium lenti cessasse mariti?
obsequium, maneo si tua, grande tuli!
barbara narratur venisse venefica tecum,...
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"...rapta tamen forti vellera fulva manu?
o ego, si possem timide credentibus ista
“ipse mihi scripsit” dicere, quanta forem!
quid queror officium lenti cessasse mariti?
obsequium, maneo si tua, grande tuli!
barbara narratur venisse venefica tecum,...
o ego, si possem timide credentibus ista
“ipse mihi scripsit” dicere, quanta forem!
quid queror officium lenti cessasse mariti?
obsequium, maneo si tua, grande tuli!
barbara narratur venisse venefica tecum,...
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
#FrescoFriday - Discovered November 1765: Isis welcomes Io at Canopus, complete with snakes and sistra-shaking. From the Ekklesiasterion in the Temple of Isis, Pompeii (VIII.7.28). #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#FrescoFriday - Discovered November 1765: Isis welcomes Io at Canopus, complete with snakes and sistra-shaking. From the Ekklesiasterion in the Temple of Isis, Pompeii (VIII.7.28). #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
Reposted by Dr Crom
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Numerian died while travelling through Syria. It was believed that he had been killed by Aper, the Praetorian Prefect, whom Diocletian subsequently killed. #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Numerian died while travelling through Syria. It was believed that he had been killed by Aper, the Praetorian Prefect, whom Diocletian subsequently killed. #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Reposted by Dr Crom
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Diocletian was declared Roman emperor on the death of Numerian. The Historia Augusta (30.13) notes that the army made this decision with "heaven-sent unanimity". #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Diocletian was declared Roman emperor on the death of Numerian. The Historia Augusta (30.13) notes that the army made this decision with "heaven-sent unanimity". #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Numerian died while travelling through Syria. It was believed that he had been killed by Aper, the Praetorian Prefect, whom Diocletian subsequently killed. #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Numerian died while travelling through Syria. It was believed that he had been killed by Aper, the Praetorian Prefect, whom Diocletian subsequently killed. #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Diocletian was declared Roman emperor on the death of Numerian. The Historia Augusta (30.13) notes that the army made this decision with "heaven-sent unanimity". #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Diocletian was declared Roman emperor on the death of Numerian. The Historia Augusta (30.13) notes that the army made this decision with "heaven-sent unanimity". #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
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#ReliefWednesday - I'm feeling the love today, so here she is in person, with this beautiful polychrome representation of Aphrodite from Dura-Europos, Syria: ca. AD 200-256. #Love #Archaeology 🏺
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
#ReliefWednesday - I'm feeling the love today, so here she is in person, with this beautiful polychrome representation of Aphrodite from Dura-Europos, Syria: ca. AD 200-256. #Love #Archaeology 🏺
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
Reposted by Dr Crom
#ReliefWednesday - A fantastic panel showing soldiers of the Praetorian Guard in parade armour, from the triumphal Arch of Claudius in Rome: ca. AD 51-52. Much restored and embellished, but still rather fabulous! #Roman #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
#ReliefWednesday - A fantastic panel showing soldiers of the Praetorian Guard in parade armour, from the triumphal Arch of Claudius in Rome: ca. AD 51-52. Much restored and embellished, but still rather fabulous! #Roman #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
Reposted by Dr Crom
#OnThisDay - 19 November - in AD 461 Libius Severus was appointed Western Roman Emperor. His elevation was very much influenced by Ricimer, who used him as a public face of his own power. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
#OnThisDay - 19 November - in AD 461 Libius Severus was appointed Western Roman Emperor. His elevation was very much influenced by Ricimer, who used him as a public face of his own power. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
How big are the pages???
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
How big are the pages???
#ReliefWednesday - I'm feeling the love today, so here she is in person, with this beautiful polychrome representation of Aphrodite from Dura-Europos, Syria: ca. AD 200-256. #Love #Archaeology 🏺
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
#ReliefWednesday - I'm feeling the love today, so here she is in person, with this beautiful polychrome representation of Aphrodite from Dura-Europos, Syria: ca. AD 200-256. #Love #Archaeology 🏺
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
#ReliefWednesday - A fantastic panel showing soldiers of the Praetorian Guard in parade armour, from the triumphal Arch of Claudius in Rome: ca. AD 51-52. Much restored and embellished, but still rather fabulous! #Roman #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
#ReliefWednesday - A fantastic panel showing soldiers of the Praetorian Guard in parade armour, from the triumphal Arch of Claudius in Rome: ca. AD 51-52. Much restored and embellished, but still rather fabulous! #Roman #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
#OnThisDay - 19 November - in AD 461 Libius Severus was appointed Western Roman Emperor. His elevation was very much influenced by Ricimer, who used him as a public face of his own power. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
#OnThisDay - 19 November - in AD 461 Libius Severus was appointed Western Roman Emperor. His elevation was very much influenced by Ricimer, who used him as a public face of his own power. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
No, she died on 15 February 42 BC.
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
No, she died on 15 February 42 BC.