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Giovanna Raymondo🏺
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Brazilian (she/her), trans woman Classicist-in-training & History undergrad. Roman History & Classics focus. MA/PhD path.🏺🧡🏳️‍⚧️
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Giovanna Raymondo🏺 @giovannaraymondo.bsky.social · Nov 18
Now, rarely my place to do posts like this, but Mary Beard's videos sent me down a rabbit hole. I ended up obsessed with Scipio Barbatus, his tomb on the Via Appia, but most fascinating of it all a gold ring! With a pope involved, lol. (1/5) #AncientBlueSky #AncientRome #Classics #History
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The Temple of Venus at Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli. It is a small, circular Doric temple (tholos) set upon a raised platform. It was originally surrounded by a semicircular colonnade. A statue of Venus of the Cnidian type was found in the cella.
#archaeology #history
January 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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An assortment of engraved #Roman gems, found in the drains of the legionary bathhouse at Caerleon (Wales). Originally set in pieces of jewellery - especially rings - until the glue softened in the heat & they fell out; similar collections are found in many Roman bathhouse drains

#AncientBlueSky 🏺
January 5, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Fancy meeting up on a free trip to Pompeii (UK folks only)? If you pre-order my new "Talking Classics" book (in which Pompeii features) from @Waterstones, you get to enter a prize draw for exactly that. Details, T&Cs here: www.waterstones.com/win/talking-...
Talking Classics Prize Draw | Waterstones
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January 4, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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A bronze figurine of Isis-Tyche-Fortuna holding a steering oar and not one but two cornucopias for double the blessings. Don’t settle for anything less this year.

Roman, 2nd Century CE. British Museum. 🏺 #AncientBluesky #Egyptology
A small bronze unpainted figurine of a standing woman. On her head an elaborate crown consisting of a horned solar headdress topped with two (ostrich) feathers. In her right hand she holds a steering oar, symbolising her patronage of sailors and her role as a guide over humans. In her left hand she holds two cornucopias or possibly torches.
January 1, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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romebeyond.bsky.social
The Cryptoporticus (Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in Palestrina) is the vaulted gallery that runs beneath the seating of the cavea. Built using opus incertum and originally finished with stucco, the space now houses sculptures and epigraphic documents from both the city and the surrounding area.
Two Corinthian columns, part of the cryptoporticus at the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in Palestrina The vault of the cryptoporticus (in opus incertum) at the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in Palestrina A marble inscription commemorating Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. 161-169 CE A statue of a sitting female figure, possibly Fortuna. II century CE
December 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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For #ReliefWednesday, a magnificent #jasper #intaglio depicting #Athena Parthenos in profile, in #palazzoMassimo. A tiny signature in Greek running vertically behind her helmet names the artist as one Aspasios. The artist took inspiration from the great statue in the #Parthenon. #AncientBluesky 🏺
INTAGLIO OF ATHENA PARTHENOS, 50-100 CE. PALAZZO MASSIMO ALLE TERME This very small (1.5-2 cm diameter) piece of red-brown jasper is a tiny masterpiece of intaglio reliefwork. The artist, a Greek named Aspasios, took the profile of Athena Parthenos from the great chryselephantine statue of the goddess by Phidias in the Parthenon in Athens. He seems more interested in Athena's hair and helmet than in her face, which nonetheless has a classic beauty. But her helmet is lovingly carved with tiny relief horses over her forehead, a shorter horsehair brush at the peak ceding to a long, lightly-incised central brush. Athena has long curly hair that escapes her helmet in ringlets over her cheek and down over her shoulders. She's wearing a necklace and her ægis with the Gorgoneion. Aspasios may have made this in Rome as part of a neoclassical revival that began under Augustus.
December 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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In a tragic turn of events, Dr Rad has sacrificed herself by assuming the role of an old yet noble patrician while Dr G has gone full Gallic invader. This podcast is going method, just in case you were wondering how we’re coping with this multiple-parter on 390 BCE!

#AncientRome
Dr Rad kneels on the ground with eyes closed seemingly resigned to her fate while Dr G holds a sword as though she is a Gallic warrior taking Rome itself. Please note the absolute lack of historical accuracy here.
December 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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I’ve gone purple for Yule, to celebrate my book Domination. Lovely to see so many of you on my tour this autumn - new dates have been added for Feb/March! And I hope some of you found a copy in your stockings!
December 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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romebeyond.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday live from Museo archeologico nazionale di Palestrina! It houses the magnificent Nile Mosaic, depicting the Egyptian landscape during a flood of the Nile. Created by Alexandrian artists at the end of the 2nd century BCE, it is one of the largest and most significant Hellenistic mosaics
December 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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At a loss during this weird in-between period between Christmas and New Year? Why not get stuck into a good book? Our latest #NewBookChronicle covers four excellent new #archaeology publications on burials and funerary monuments. Check it out 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺
Covers of the four books reviewed, with the text 'New Book Chronicle' and the Antiquity logo (a large, white letter A overlaid onto a red circle with the outline of Stonehenge in the background).
December 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Sappho's parting desire

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Sappho's parting desire
"Oh honestly, I wish that I were dead!"
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December 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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This mosaic of the #Roman God, Neptune, is from the 3rd Century AD and now house in the Musée archéologique de Sousse in #Tunisia. Known as the Triumph of Neptune, the god is shown standing on a chariot pulled by two sea horses. He holds in his right hand a large trident.
December 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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#2 in my Youtube series on the ancient Macedonian court, this time on some key offices.
#Classicsbluesky #Ancientbluesky #Blueskyancient #AlexandertheGreat #PhilipofMacedon #Blueskyclassics
Offices at the Macedonian Court
YouTube video by Let's Talk Alexander the Great & Ancient Macedonia
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December 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Zeus, l'apparition monumentale sur le parvis du Musée des Arts et Métiers.
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Zeus, l'apparition monumentale sur le parvis du Musée des Arts et Métiers - Arts in the City
Installé sur le parvis du Musée des Arts et Métiers, Zeus, le cheval métallique des Jeux olympiques de Paris 2024, s’offre désormais à tous !
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December 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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#OnThisDay - 20 December - in 44 BC Cicero delivered his Third Philippic against Mark Antony, calling attention to Antony's 'outrageous' behaviour & priming the Senate to sanction action against him. #AncientHistory 🏺

Image: RRC 480/22; MoFA Boston (67.1027). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
Obverse of a Roman Denarius: Bearded head of M. Antonius, right, wearing veil; before, lituus; behind, jug. Border of dots. Reverse of a Roman Denarius: Desultor, right, holding reins in left hand and whip in right hand. Border of dots.
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Something lovely for the weekend! A 1,800 year-old Roman glass flask shaped like a mouse!

Squeak squeak! 🐭❤️

📷 by me www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#Archaeology
My photo shows a small Roman flask made of translucent cobalt blue glass in the form of a fat little mouse, 14.6 cm in length. The body of the vessel is rounded and stands on four feet made from tooled trails of glass. A separate blob of glass forms the head with eyes, ears, and a pointed nose. The neck of the flask is funnel-shaped and slightly up-turned to look like a tail. The flask surface is decorated with trails of glass which have been flattened and notched. Modern scholars refer to this type of trailed decoration as ‘snake thread’. On display at the Met Museum in New York
December 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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A bronze bust found in the House of Cecilus lucundus may show Lucius Cecilus lucundus or one of the household members.
Lucius Caecilius lucundus was a #Roman banker who lived in #Pompeii in the years 20-62 AD.

#Archaeology #History #Art
December 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Upcoming exhibition in #Melbourne! #ROME: Empire, Power, People
From Wednesday 1 April to Sunday 25 October 2026 at Melbourne Museum

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ROME: Empire, Power, People
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December 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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trimontiumtrust.bsky.social
Io Saturnalia!! Like most celebrations, food played a major part in festivities, some of which are similar to our modern day Christmas traditions. Pork, nuts, dates, fruit, honey cakes & mulled wine were all enjoyed during Saturnalia. Come to the museum & try some of the delicacies! zurl.co/nyoxW
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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I'm both over the moon and a bit nervous to be chairing the Booker judges for 2026. These are the people I'm going to be getting to know rather well #BookerPrize2026 @thebookerprizes.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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My favorite kinds of post—when archaeologists find evidence of things that philologists and later historians doubt. Bonus likes if supporting Herodotus, of course.

Love seeing some Strabo in the news!
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Pic of the year 9! Vesuvius as the Romans knew it...before!!! Crikey! @davidebb.bsky.social @alexharvv.bsky.social @romanarchaeouk.bsky.social @maltonmuseum.bsky.social @dariusarya.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Second century AD mosaic floor panel from Roman Daphne, near Antioch. The female figure may be the personification of ‘abundance’ and ‘good living’. The mosaic is now part of the collections at the Met in New York. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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✨Plato’s Academy✨

This Roman mosaic depicts seven men together outside appearing in conversation. Found in the villa of T. Siminius Stephanus in Pompeii, it is now held in the MAN Napoli.
The square mosaic panel depicts seven bearded men sitting outside in apparent conversation. Pillars, a tree, and vision of the distance are all included in the tableau. The border is an intricate design of theatrical masks, fruits, and foliage.
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented, but then you read. It was books that taught me that that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive."
- James Baldwin
#BookWormSat #JamesBaldwin
November 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM