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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 14h

This totally got me crying with laughter. Inspired.

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 15h

There's a lot going on here. Not least the cameo appearance of Captain Blackadder.

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AncientBlogger @ancientblogger.bsky.social · 23h

@classicsacademy.bsky.social unsure how to pronounce 'goêteia' (will be used in an upcoming episode). Any help appreciated!

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 4d

Glasswares ,1st century. #Roman painted pitcher showing gladiatorial scenes.
Found in Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. 👀
#Glass #Art #History #artwork
#FindsFriday

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 3d

#FindsFriday! A Roman brush found in Bregenz.

Roman brush fragments are sometimes difficult to interpret; in this case, their function may relate to textile production, as suggested for similar finds in Eschenz.The bristled surface is suitable for carding or teasing wool fibers. 🧵1/2

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A photo of a well-preserved fragment of a Roman brush in a show case. The object consists of a rectangular base with rounded and scalloped edges, formed from wood into which hundreds of stiff rushes have been densely embedded.

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Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 6d

The Colosseum opens a hidden underground tunnel once used by Roman emperors, notably Commodus, to the public for the first time.

Colosseum opens secret underground passageway used by Roman emperors

Visitors to the Colosseum can experience the same hidden path once walked by Emperor Commodus. The Colosseum Archaeological Park is opening a hidden underground passageway, dubbed the Tunnel of Commod...

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 8d

#MosaicMonday: colourful #Roman glass tesserae found in Geneva/Switzerland, dating 3rd/4th c. AD.

Mosaic cubes were made of stone, pottery, tile, or glass. Glass tesserae were rather fragile. They were used rather rarely in floor mosaics to provide colours that...🧵1/2

#archaeology 🏺

A pile of small glass mosaic cubes in shades of blue, green, and yellow, on a white surface.

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Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 7d

The Baths of Caracalla will open to visitors for tours by night on nine dates this autumn.

Rome opens Baths of Caracalla for tours by night

Visit Baths of Caracalla by the light of the moon. Rome's majestic Baths of Caracalla will open to visitors for night tours on nine dates between 12 October and 2 November, the city announced on Monda...

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 7d

Fragment of 3rdC A.D. mosaic from the dining hall of a #Roman villa.

Theatrical scene with the charioteer Pelops & his wife to be Hippodamia (cloaked). And maybe her pleading mother.

📸 Us, Theatre Museum #Verona

#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #Skystorians
#AncientBluesky #Classicsbluesky #AncientRome

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 9d

Coming soon…🏛️

#HistoryPodcast #AncientHistory #history #skystorians #ancientrome #roman #classicsteacher #imperialrome #romanempire #classicsbluesky #sensoryhistory #classicalstudies

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 10d

Montepulciano dedicates exhibition to legendary Etruscan king Porsenna
www.finestresullarte.info/en/exhibitio...

Montepulciano dedicates exhibition to legendary Etruscan king Porsenna

The Museo Civico Pinacoteca Crociani in Montepulciano is hosting an itinerary dedicated to the legendary Etruscan lucumone Porsenna through Jan. 6, 2026, between historical sources and artistic interp...

www.finestresullarte.info

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Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 12d

Outcry in Rome as the iconic cypress trees around the Mausoleum of Augustus are chopped down.

Outcry after Rome cuts down cypress trees at Mausoleum of Augustus

City authorities claim trees in Piazza Augusto Imperatore posed a risk to public safety. Most of the iconic cypress trees that circled Rome's Mausoleum of Augustus have been chopped down, sparking an ...

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Dr. Jeremy Swist @metalclassicist.bsky.social · 12d

Updated flyer for my virtual lecture on Tuesday 4 November, 6-7pm Eastern US.

Registration free and open to all: tampamuseum.org/event/virtua...

Tampa Museum of Art
Virtual Lecture
Ta Megala Theria: Heavy Metal Music's Reception of Mythological Adversaries

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classicstober.bsky.social @classicstober.bsky.social · 22d

#ClassicsTober prompts for October ‘25
#ClassicsTober25

ClassicsTober25: Katabasis

1. Hypnos
2. Thanatos
3. Graeae
4. Shroud
5. Hermes Psychopompos
6. Moirai
7. φαρμακίς (pharmakis) - witch, sorceress
8. Erebos
9. Lampades
10. Hekate
11. Torch
12. Styx
13. Empousa
14. Cocytus
15. Τέρατα (Térata) - monsters
16. Typhon
17. Echidna
18. Kharon
19. Shade
20. Acheron
21. Kerberos
22. Judge
23. Lamia
24. Phlegethon
25. Tartarus
26. Punishment
27. Erinyes
28. Phobos & Deimos
29. Mysteries
30. Lethe
31. Elysian Fields

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 12d

Happy International Coffee Day! ☕️

Kick back with this episode and ponder days gone by when a trip to the coffee house might conincide with an auction by candle or a dolphin dissection...🕯

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#historypodcast #sensory #thegeorgians #georgianlondon #primarysources

The Georgians - Wake Up & Smell The Coffee! (Georgian Coffee House Culture)

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The Classics Library @theclassicslibrary.bsky.social · 13d

Warwick Ancient Drama Festival

www.theclassicslibrary.com/warwick-anci...

Programme art from the Warwick University Ancient Drama Festival

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Society For Museum Archaeology @socmusarch.bsky.social · 14d

Museums wrangle many different types of collections - including amazing mosaics dug up in the early 1800s, like this one from Withington #MosaicMonday - find out more about what modern museum archaeologists (and others do) with objects at our conference in Liverpool socmusarch.org.uk/conference/

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British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 14d

New course alert! 🔔

'The Art and Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece'

⏰ Apply by October 31, 2025
📩 For questions, email our Assistant Director
Read more at: www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/the-...

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Matthew Selheimer, PhD @mselheimer.bsky.social · 14d

The Baths of the Seven Sages are a public bathing complex in Ostia Antica, ancient Rome’s port city. Named for frescoes depicting Greek philosophers, it features a rotunda with a well-preserved mosaic floor in its frigidarium (cold room) dating to the Hadrianic period (117-138 CE). #mosaicmonday

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Rome and Beyond @romebeyond.bsky.social · 14d

Mosaics from yesterday’s visit to the Roman site of Tres Tabernae, on the Via Appia. More on Tres Tabernae: romeandbeyond.altervista.org/tres-tabernae/
#MosaicMonday #archaeology #history

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 24d

A relaxing walk by the Canopus for #RomanSiteSaturday 🏛️ at Hadrian’s Villa.
Imagining we’ve been invited to dine by the Emperor🥂

Do excuse my misspeak! The ‘Villa Nile’, indeed 🙄

📸 Us in #Tivoli

#Archaeology #Skystorians
#AncientBluesky #Classicsbluesky #AncientRome #Romans #VillaAdriana #Hadrian

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John Dugan @sicsicsinefine.bsky.social · 24d

Having a wonderful time at Hopkins at the “Oratory and Rhetoric
in the Generation before Cicero” conference. And met this very cool Etruscan duck decanter.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 24d

Ring-shaped flask
4th Century

The flask, with missing base, was probably made in the Rhine workshops or imitated their productions.

It has the then fashionable drinking quotations, - “Hostess, fill my flask ….”

Found Rue des Ursins, Paris

Now Musée Carnavalet, #Paris

#RomanSiteSaturday

A ring shaped flask with small handles & spout.

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 24d

A relaxing walk by the Canopus for #RomanSiteSaturday 🏛️ at Hadrian’s Villa.
Imagining we’ve been invited to dine by the Emperor🥂

Do excuse my misspeak! The ‘Villa Nile’, indeed 🙄

📸 Us in #Tivoli

#Archaeology #Skystorians
#AncientBluesky #Classicsbluesky #AncientRome #Romans #VillaAdriana #Hadrian

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 24d

New Research Reveals How Ancient Greeks Picked Their Names - GreekReporter.com
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Greek news from Greece and the world, get the latest updates on business, economy, Greek travel, recipes, Ancient Greek culture and more.

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