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Alexandra Sills

@belovedofoizys.bsky.social

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Ancient Historian. Writing a book about gladiators in greek provinces. Public history devotee. ND + ClusterC. Sweary. Expect typos. Birkbeck and Leicester alum https://linktr.ee/alexandrasills

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 39m

Also your syllabus sounds bonkers

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 40m

Considering I wondered on several occasions if this process might be the death of me, almost.

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 44m

I think I'm in shock

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 1h

I think I just finished my book

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 21h

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This has diagrams with dimensions

(PDF) On the origin of the cracks in the dome of the Pantheon in Rome

PDF | In this paper we aim at giving a contribution to a problem that has been the subject of previous studies since some decades: the reason and period... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 21h

I'm so glad you found one that worked.

Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 21h

That's so lovely to hear! Thank you. I did have a *lot* of fun on @historyrage.bsky.social.

Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 21h

I found one eventually, it turns out my filing system is less than organised

Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you! I'm just grateful to be getting started

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 21h

The house is FAR too busy to do that, but as soon as I have some solitude tomorrow morning I am so doing this

Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 21h

Facebook memories has reminded me that seven years ago, I attended my first undergrad lecture at Birkbeck...

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 23h

I have just taken my first ever ADHD pill, because I couldn't wait to start in the morning. I can definitely feel something happening, just no idea what

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 1d

Perfection. And now I'm also hungry.

Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me why I can't find a single copy of my MA diss that has a bibliography...😕

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 1d

Same.

Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 2d

This deserves a full repost here, pretty please?

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 2d

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Newspaper article about the Working Classicists Guide to National 5 Classical Studies, in today’s Courier (Dundee).

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 3d

And so 9yo graduates to 10yo...

two women are sitting next to each other with the words " slipping through my fingers all the time " above them

Alt: two women are sitting next to each other with the words " slipping through my fingers all the time " above them

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations!!

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 3d

I was recently interviewed for the Tides of History podcast with @patrickwyman.bsky.social, which was great fun to do and times in nicely for the US release of my book: #ancientbluesky 🗃️🏺

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Tides of History: S5 E148: Interview with Dr. Owen Rees (Book, The Far Edges of the Known World releases 9/30/25)

The ancient world was a lot bigger than Greece and Rome. Dr. Owen Rees joins me to discuss his new book on this broader conception of antiquity - The Far Edges of the Known World - and we traverse the...

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Dan Diffendale @diffendale.bsky.social · 3d

If you remember last autumn when I was live-skeeting excavations at Rossano di Vaglio, the first report of that work has just been published (in Italian). Happy for it to see the light of day, and also very pleased to present five new Oscan inscriptions to the world...
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Rossano di Vaglio, santuario italico: cronaca e nuovi dati dalla campagna di scavo del 2024 | Quaderni di ACMA

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 6d

I do now! Thank you for the recommendation!

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 6d

People whose books have pretty maps: where did you make them, and if you had to commission them - where did you go for this and how much did that cost? Help a girl out, please!

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 6d

9yo tells me her school are trying to teach her that Aphrodite was goddess of love *and* marriage and let me tell you, she is unimpressed.

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 7d

This sounds like something @colonus.bsky.social could advise on...

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