Dr Carolyn La Rocco 🏺🍃
@carrielarocco.bsky.social
Classicist at Oxford. Working on: female patronage in the late- and post-Roman west; epigraphy in Roman + Visigothic Iberia. Sometimes I make Roman recipes ☺️ (she/her) #MosaicMonday ♾️
Thank you! :)
June 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Thank you! :)
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/shari... for the program
Sharing Perspectives on Late Antiquity: Granada-St Andrews International Meeting
Hybrid event.
**Programme**
10.00-10.25 Antonio López García: Transforming Belief: Religion and Urban Change in Late Antique Trans Tiberim
events.st-andrews.ac.uk
June 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/shari... for the program
(Accession number: AN1941.808)
June 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
(Accession number: AN1941.808)
Reposted by Dr Carolyn La Rocco 🏺🍃
"The Dark Ages" violates the rule that historical periods are discretionary but not arbitrary. Periods can be redefined but not contrary to the evidence. Calling the period after the transformations of the Roman Empire "DA" is a value judgment inconsistent with the evidence. 13/
kermit the frog is sitting on a bench and smiling .
ALT: kermit the frog is sitting on a bench and smiling .
media.tenor.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"The Dark Ages" violates the rule that historical periods are discretionary but not arbitrary. Periods can be redefined but not contrary to the evidence. Calling the period after the transformations of the Roman Empire "DA" is a value judgment inconsistent with the evidence. 13/
nms.scran.ac.uk/database/rec... for the Nereid bowl :)
National Museums of Scotland - Silver bowl
This silver bowl was found at Traprain Law in East Lothian. It was part of a hoard containing over 150 silver objects, mainly tableware, buried between 410 and 425 AD. The hoard included over 50 bowls of various shapes and styles.
nms.scran.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
nms.scran.ac.uk/database/rec... for the Nereid bowl :)