Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave')
@profyarrow.bsky.social
Numismatics. Ancient History. ANS Fellow. Chair of Classics, Brooklyn College. Typo-Queen.
I treat this space like the office water cooler.
Blogging at livyarrow.org
I treat this space like the office water cooler.
Blogging at livyarrow.org
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PUBLICATION DAY "The Coinage issued in the Mithridatic Years" for RBN article with L. Carbone. We test traditional quantification techniques against new data, suggest a new means of comparing the intensity of coin production and trace Roman intervention in Eastern Med livyarrow.org/2025/12/01/n...
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"The Gospel Is Anti-Fascist"
January 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
"The Gospel Is Anti-Fascist"
My London office has very thin doors and I'm a loud American trying to manage f-ed up situations (use your imagination) back in the states remotely.
Yes I'm mildly embarrassed. But perhaps not quite as embarrassed as the very polite English people who drew this to my attention.
Yes I'm mildly embarrassed. But perhaps not quite as embarrassed as the very polite English people who drew this to my attention.
January 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
My London office has very thin doors and I'm a loud American trying to manage f-ed up situations (use your imagination) back in the states remotely.
Yes I'm mildly embarrassed. But perhaps not quite as embarrassed as the very polite English people who drew this to my attention.
Yes I'm mildly embarrassed. But perhaps not quite as embarrassed as the very polite English people who drew this to my attention.
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Apparently but unsurprisingly the druids are on our side
I can't believe that this has been an option the entire time
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
January 15, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Apparently but unsurprisingly the druids are on our side
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MN pols have a real problem:
They need to stand for law-and-order.
They need to demonstrate firmness against what federal abuse.
They need to avoid a conflagration that allows the Trump Administration to triple down on occupation... which, quite clearly, is what the Administration wants.
They need to stand for law-and-order.
They need to demonstrate firmness against what federal abuse.
They need to avoid a conflagration that allows the Trump Administration to triple down on occupation... which, quite clearly, is what the Administration wants.
"We will not have to live like this forever. Accountability is coming, at the voting booth and in court." Powerful and resolute from @governorwalz.mn.gov, who called MN "an island of decency in a country being driven towards cruelty." Video below, and here's the transcript. mn.gov/governor/new...
January 15, 2026 at 12:18 PM
MN pols have a real problem:
They need to stand for law-and-order.
They need to demonstrate firmness against what federal abuse.
They need to avoid a conflagration that allows the Trump Administration to triple down on occupation... which, quite clearly, is what the Administration wants.
They need to stand for law-and-order.
They need to demonstrate firmness against what federal abuse.
They need to avoid a conflagration that allows the Trump Administration to triple down on occupation... which, quite clearly, is what the Administration wants.
I accurately describe image in ALT text and they hide the images. Grr. Anyway yes I have my own options but I want to see if others see what I see.
With out peaking at the Louvre catalogue entry, what god would you identify this as?! Would just on style and knowing it is about 12 cm high you want to guess period or region? Again without peaking at the expert opinion.
January 15, 2026 at 11:17 AM
I accurately describe image in ALT text and they hide the images. Grr. Anyway yes I have my own options but I want to see if others see what I see.
With out peaking at the Louvre catalogue entry, what god would you identify this as?! Would just on style and knowing it is about 12 cm high you want to guess period or region? Again without peaking at the expert opinion.
January 15, 2026 at 11:14 AM
With out peaking at the Louvre catalogue entry, what god would you identify this as?! Would just on style and knowing it is about 12 cm high you want to guess period or region? Again without peaking at the expert opinion.
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I've been travelling solo for three decades. I used to do it with phone cards and paper letters, then it was internet cafes, then it was a Nokia brick phone with swappable local SIM for emergency calls and short texts. Now I cannot imagine not having all y'all in my pocket.
Weird.
Weird.
I got a strange object lesson last night about how on-demand internet dependent I am for a sense of connection and safety especially when travelling solo. The US Verizon outages yesterday weirdly effected me in London.
(I suck up the fees to have my phone and data work anywhere. A luxury I know.)
(I suck up the fees to have my phone and data work anywhere. A luxury I know.)
January 15, 2026 at 9:08 AM
I've been travelling solo for three decades. I used to do it with phone cards and paper letters, then it was internet cafes, then it was a Nokia brick phone with swappable local SIM for emergency calls and short texts. Now I cannot imagine not having all y'all in my pocket.
Weird.
Weird.
I got a strange object lesson last night about how on-demand internet dependent I am for a sense of connection and safety especially when travelling solo. The US Verizon outages yesterday weirdly effected me in London.
(I suck up the fees to have my phone and data work anywhere. A luxury I know.)
(I suck up the fees to have my phone and data work anywhere. A luxury I know.)
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 AM
I got a strange object lesson last night about how on-demand internet dependent I am for a sense of connection and safety especially when travelling solo. The US Verizon outages yesterday weirdly effected me in London.
(I suck up the fees to have my phone and data work anywhere. A luxury I know.)
(I suck up the fees to have my phone and data work anywhere. A luxury I know.)
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
I still cannot believe I get to hang with the particle physicists and answer questions with the best research team in the world. All because nearly 2 decades ago my dean asked me to try teaching with an earth scientist @bkgeo.bsky.social , now partner in crime. Thanks Wayne!
![Aes Grave MuX Grant Approved!
January 14, 2026 ~ Liv Yarrow ~ Edit "Aes Grave MuX Grant Approved!"
It’s official! My team has been awarded SIX DAYS of beam time! [we run experiments 24-7 during that time, taking over night shifts in rotation] Below you’ll find the whole grant narrative. All going well we should be able to make comparisons between and within all common Roman aes grave series, and establish original ‘recipes’ for the lead heavy admixture. I’m already dreaming about how to apply this data to other votive offerings and experimental archaeology to explore casting technologies!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rp73cgeuqorqb5doocwmm7bx/bafkreibagsgwgv7etpnz4qihv6daq2kfd4szhpvqbjgjahkng5mxjvkcve@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I still cannot believe I get to hang with the particle physicists and answer questions with the best research team in the world. All because nearly 2 decades ago my dean asked me to try teaching with an earth scientist @bkgeo.bsky.social , now partner in crime. Thanks Wayne!
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The MN Leg could start its own version of these hearings tomorrow. The IL leg too. Months and months and months and months of them. Don't stop.
over the course of 1871, congress held seven months of hearings on ku klux klan and other white vigilante violence in the south, they took detailed testimony from hundreds of black men and women attesting to klan terror. (1/?)
January 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The MN Leg could start its own version of these hearings tomorrow. The IL leg too. Months and months and months and months of them. Don't stop.
Whelp. The updates to this post took a swerve towards @artcrimeprof.bsky.social 's interest. How do we authenticate objects? Can we be sure we're not building a house of cards? I wonder if she or any of you have fun readings to recommend on Alessandro Castellani... livyarrow.org/2026/01/14/t...
Towards a Methodology for Mirrors
Please congratulate me for resisting naming this blog “something, something Wednesday” and thus making it even harder to resist such a title tomorrow. After lunch yesterday I got to ref…
livyarrow.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Whelp. The updates to this post took a swerve towards @artcrimeprof.bsky.social 's interest. How do we authenticate objects? Can we be sure we're not building a house of cards? I wonder if she or any of you have fun readings to recommend on Alessandro Castellani... livyarrow.org/2026/01/14/t...
I have vastly deepened by visual memory and familiarity with Etruscan but have found no satisfying comparanda for the mirror that started it all... Call me frustrated. livyarrow.org/2026/01/14/t...
Towards a Methodology for Mirrors
Please congratulate me for resisting naming this blog “something, something Wednesday” and thus making it even harder to resist such a title tomorrow. After lunch yesterday I got to ref…
livyarrow.org
January 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I have vastly deepened by visual memory and familiarity with Etruscan but have found no satisfying comparanda for the mirror that started it all... Call me frustrated. livyarrow.org/2026/01/14/t...
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Important! Ancient tabby!
January 14, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Important! Ancient tabby!
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I mean, we got stickers and stuff for the bronze boar, we must have swag for #EtruscanKitty !
January 14, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I mean, we got stickers and stuff for the bronze boar, we must have swag for #EtruscanKitty !
Etruscan Kitty!!
January 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Etruscan Kitty!!
This mirror seems so unlikely. No known findspot. The perfect perspective and shape of the ‚house‘ puzzle me…
January 14, 2026 at 10:13 AM
This mirror seems so unlikely. No known findspot. The perfect perspective and shape of the ‚house‘ puzzle me…
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ICYMI: Katharine Huemoeller's _The Child Follows the Womb_ comes out today!
This book is a game-changer for our understanding of enslaved women's reproductive labor in the Roman world
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
This book is a game-changer for our understanding of enslaved women's reproductive labor in the Roman world
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
The Child Follows the Womb
A new and incisive exploration of female slavery and reproduction in ancient Rome One of ancient Rome’s most significant legacies is a legal framework for...
yalebooks.yale.edu
January 13, 2026 at 11:27 PM
ICYMI: Katharine Huemoeller's _The Child Follows the Womb_ comes out today!
This book is a game-changer for our understanding of enslaved women's reproductive labor in the Roman world
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
This book is a game-changer for our understanding of enslaved women's reproductive labor in the Roman world
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Last week on Ancient Office Hours, Dr. @egarcmol.bsky.social, an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, discussed specializing in the Seleucid Empire, challenges of working with limited historical records, and his course on gaming and ancient history.
January 13, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Last week on Ancient Office Hours, Dr. @egarcmol.bsky.social, an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, discussed specializing in the Seleucid Empire, challenges of working with limited historical records, and his course on gaming and ancient history.
In the year of our lord 2026 there are still men who cannot believe I’d rather read my book than stroke their ego. I had to be surprisingly firm.
January 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
In the year of our lord 2026 there are still men who cannot believe I’d rather read my book than stroke their ego. I had to be surprisingly firm.
We must not comply with the fascists. Ever. Even when it hurts. Our collective future depends on our individual willingness to have courage of our convictions. This is not easy and we will mourn for years all we've lost.
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
We must not comply with the fascists. Ever. Even when it hurts. Our collective future depends on our individual willingness to have courage of our convictions. This is not easy and we will mourn for years all we've lost.
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ICE just indiscriminately stopped a citizen at a bus stop in front of the co-op. If this is how they treat the President of the Minneapolis City Council who is legally observing, just think of what they’re doing to everyone else in our City.
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 AM
ICE just indiscriminately stopped a citizen at a bus stop in front of the co-op. If this is how they treat the President of the Minneapolis City Council who is legally observing, just think of what they’re doing to everyone else in our City.
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What is this animal? Please don't say Tapir. www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
January 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
What is this animal? Please don't say Tapir. www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
What is this animal? Please don't say Tapir. www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
January 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
What is this animal? Please don't say Tapir. www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...