Caroline Barron
@carolinebarron.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Classics (Roman History) @Durham_Classics. Latin inscriptions & the ancient world by day. Rome, dogs, wine & friends by all other means.
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A flurry (for me!) of new followers this weekend! Come for the love of Latin inscriptions, epigraphic forgeries and the Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania…but stay for the very enthusiastic posts about my students and pictures of Newcastle and Rome.
And the occasional request/demand for gin…
And the occasional request/demand for gin…
Romeward Bound ❤️
The last 6 months have not been easy, but I’m going Rome for a few weeks and something tells me that everything will get better as a result. A tra poco, città mia!
The last 6 months have not been easy, but I’m going Rome for a few weeks and something tells me that everything will get better as a result. A tra poco, città mia!
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Romeward Bound ❤️
The last 6 months have not been easy, but I’m going Rome for a few weeks and something tells me that everything will get better as a result. A tra poco, città mia!
The last 6 months have not been easy, but I’m going Rome for a few weeks and something tells me that everything will get better as a result. A tra poco, città mia!
It’s true! EpiDoc workshop coming to Durham in April 2026! Watch this space for further details.
Finally (but not leastly) in #TEIFriday news today: We're going to run an #EpiDoc training workshop *and* a "teach the teachers" discussion day at @durhamclassics.bsky.social in April 2026 (tba). The fabulous @carolinebarron.bsky.social @geophilologist.bsky.social and many fabulous others are hosts.
October 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It’s true! EpiDoc workshop coming to Durham in April 2026! Watch this space for further details.
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💥 Congratulations to Dr @carolinebarron.bsky.social , who has a new publication in the journal 'Libyan Studies'!
👉 Dr Barron reassess 53 Latin, Greek and Latino-Punic inscriptions from a late-antique tomb excavated in 1926 at Sirte, Libya
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: doi.org/10.1017/lis....
👉 Dr Barron reassess 53 Latin, Greek and Latino-Punic inscriptions from a late-antique tomb excavated in 1926 at Sirte, Libya
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: doi.org/10.1017/lis....
September 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
💥 Congratulations to Dr @carolinebarron.bsky.social , who has a new publication in the journal 'Libyan Studies'!
👉 Dr Barron reassess 53 Latin, Greek and Latino-Punic inscriptions from a late-antique tomb excavated in 1926 at Sirte, Libya
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: doi.org/10.1017/lis....
👉 Dr Barron reassess 53 Latin, Greek and Latino-Punic inscriptions from a late-antique tomb excavated in 1926 at Sirte, Libya
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: doi.org/10.1017/lis....
Reposted by Caroline Barron
This is an important piece from a senior Holocaust scholar (who grew up in Israel and is an IDF veteran), and it’s important that it’s published in the NYT.
July 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is an important piece from a senior Holocaust scholar (who grew up in Israel and is an IDF veteran), and it’s important that it’s published in the NYT.
Reposted by Caroline Barron
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
I’ve had a rotten couple of months with various things not going particularly well. But today I have been promoted to Associate Professor @durhamclassics.bsky.social, which is very exciting and the mark of a new chapter! Better things ahead!
June 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I’ve had a rotten couple of months with various things not going particularly well. But today I have been promoted to Associate Professor @durhamclassics.bsky.social, which is very exciting and the mark of a new chapter! Better things ahead!
My lovely students from the Pompeii module are exhibiting their visual reconstruction projects today in @durhamclassics.bsky.social! They’ve produced some excellent work and I am very proud of them.
Poster by Eleanor Paxton 😊
Poster by Eleanor Paxton 😊
May 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
My lovely students from the Pompeii module are exhibiting their visual reconstruction projects today in @durhamclassics.bsky.social! They’ve produced some excellent work and I am very proud of them.
Poster by Eleanor Paxton 😊
Poster by Eleanor Paxton 😊
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📚 Congratulations to @carolinebarron.bsky.social on the publication of 'Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Etchings from the Research Collections of the British School at Rome'!
🖼️ This book follows a 2021–4 exhibition at @bsrome.bsky.social co-curated by Dr Clare Hornsby and Dr Caroline Barron
🖼️ This book follows a 2021–4 exhibition at @bsrome.bsky.social co-curated by Dr Clare Hornsby and Dr Caroline Barron
April 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
📚 Congratulations to @carolinebarron.bsky.social on the publication of 'Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Etchings from the Research Collections of the British School at Rome'!
🖼️ This book follows a 2021–4 exhibition at @bsrome.bsky.social co-curated by Dr Clare Hornsby and Dr Caroline Barron
🖼️ This book follows a 2021–4 exhibition at @bsrome.bsky.social co-curated by Dr Clare Hornsby and Dr Caroline Barron
On my way to St Andrew’s today to give a paper in the School of Classics’ research seminar series. Excited to catch up with lots of good people there, and to see the beach!
April 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
On my way to St Andrew’s today to give a paper in the School of Classics’ research seminar series. Excited to catch up with lots of good people there, and to see the beach!
I (co)-wrote a book! The catalogue for the Piranesi Print Project I co-curated at the British School at Rome has been published, and I am very proud of it! The research for this project was so interesting, and there’s still work to do! Thank you to everyone who was involved, my heart is full ❤️
We are thrilled to announce the arrival of the long-awaited catalogue, "Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Etchings from the Research Collections of the British School at Rome", authored by Clare Hornsby and Caroline Barron. This project is now complete, and we are so happy to finally share it with you!
April 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I (co)-wrote a book! The catalogue for the Piranesi Print Project I co-curated at the British School at Rome has been published, and I am very proud of it! The research for this project was so interesting, and there’s still work to do! Thank you to everyone who was involved, my heart is full ❤️
And so begins another Monday! This week’s Research To Do List task: finish the revisions to a talk on the Diaspora Revolts in Cyrene under Trajan that I’m giving in St Andrew’s next week.
And some marking…
And some marking…
April 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
And so begins another Monday! This week’s Research To Do List task: finish the revisions to a talk on the Diaspora Revolts in Cyrene under Trajan that I’m giving in St Andrew’s next week.
And some marking…
And some marking…
Revisions are done and the article is submitted! I don't know if I actually achieved Clever Writing in the end, but it's better than it was before and most importantly it is DONE! Onto the next one...
April 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Revisions are done and the article is submitted! I don't know if I actually achieved Clever Writing in the end, but it's better than it was before and most importantly it is DONE! Onto the next one...
Article revisions are sooo nearly finished, but the last recommendation require Clever Writing and I DON’T WANT TO.
April 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Article revisions are sooo nearly finished, but the last recommendation require Clever Writing and I DON’T WANT TO.
Working on the final revisions to a little article about some Latino-Punic inscriptions in Libya today! Quite pleased with how it's going, and hopeful that I'll be ticking it off the Overdue Research Things To Do List by Friday...hold me accountable please.
April 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Working on the final revisions to a little article about some Latino-Punic inscriptions in Libya today! Quite pleased with how it's going, and hopeful that I'll be ticking it off the Overdue Research Things To Do List by Friday...hold me accountable please.
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It's been so great to finally talk about the Melsonby Hoard. The important message missing from some of the press is the #YorkshireMuseum needs support to secure and conserve it!
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March 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It's been so great to finally talk about the Melsonby Hoard. The important message missing from some of the press is the #YorkshireMuseum needs support to secure and conserve it!
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www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-m...
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www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-m...
Easing my way into Research Leave by finishing an overdue book review, which is proving to be more satisfying than anticipated.
March 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Easing my way into Research Leave by finishing an overdue book review, which is proving to be more satisfying than anticipated.
Reposted by Caroline Barron
The Historic England press release gives a more detailed overview of the finds and their significance: historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
(And pictures of @proftommoore.bsky.social doing some excellent CT scan pointing.)
(And pictures of @proftommoore.bsky.social doing some excellent CT scan pointing.)
Iron Age Hoard Discovery Alters Our Understanding of Life in Britain 2,000 Years Ago | Historic England
The Melsonby Hoard, a vast deposit of more than 800 items, provides an archaeological time capsule from the Iron Age around 2,000 years ago.
historicengland.org.uk
March 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The Historic England press release gives a more detailed overview of the finds and their significance: historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
(And pictures of @proftommoore.bsky.social doing some excellent CT scan pointing.)
(And pictures of @proftommoore.bsky.social doing some excellent CT scan pointing.)
Fabulous work here from our friends in @arcdurham.bsky.social! What an amazing find!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Iron age hoard found in North Yorkshire could change Britain’s history
More than 800 objects unearthed near Melsonby show the north was ‘definitely not a backwater’ 2,000 years ago
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Fabulous work here from our friends in @arcdurham.bsky.social! What an amazing find!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
It’s the end of term. A lovely term in many respects, but also brutal in its busy-ness and responsibilities.
But…Research Leave lies ahead!! And whilst I have a book to finish and 24,000 other projects to complete, I really am a very happy Caroline.
For now: bubbles. And then, gin.
But…Research Leave lies ahead!! And whilst I have a book to finish and 24,000 other projects to complete, I really am a very happy Caroline.
For now: bubbles. And then, gin.
March 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It’s the end of term. A lovely term in many respects, but also brutal in its busy-ness and responsibilities.
But…Research Leave lies ahead!! And whilst I have a book to finish and 24,000 other projects to complete, I really am a very happy Caroline.
For now: bubbles. And then, gin.
But…Research Leave lies ahead!! And whilst I have a book to finish and 24,000 other projects to complete, I really am a very happy Caroline.
For now: bubbles. And then, gin.
One more day of term. ONE.
March 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
One more day of term. ONE.
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Oooof. Right smack on the nose here from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social writing in @theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Oooof. Right smack on the nose here from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social writing in @theguardian.com
Last week of term! And the final lecture for my Pompeii module. We've had such a good time: great, questioning students, more material than we know what to do with and brilliantly creative Visual Reconstruction projects to mark at the end. Definitely my favourite part of this job.
March 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Last week of term! And the final lecture for my Pompeii module. We've had such a good time: great, questioning students, more material than we know what to do with and brilliantly creative Visual Reconstruction projects to mark at the end. Definitely my favourite part of this job.
The weather today was Not Good: it alternated between snow, rain, bright sunshine and cold wind.
Flashback to Sunday, when the sun was warm enough on the skin that this soft Southerner left her Big Coat at home and brought the sunglasses out (and a jacket, because she’s not actually that brave…)
Flashback to Sunday, when the sun was warm enough on the skin that this soft Southerner left her Big Coat at home and brought the sunglasses out (and a jacket, because she’s not actually that brave…)
March 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The weather today was Not Good: it alternated between snow, rain, bright sunshine and cold wind.
Flashback to Sunday, when the sun was warm enough on the skin that this soft Southerner left her Big Coat at home and brought the sunglasses out (and a jacket, because she’s not actually that brave…)
Flashback to Sunday, when the sun was warm enough on the skin that this soft Southerner left her Big Coat at home and brought the sunglasses out (and a jacket, because she’s not actually that brave…)
Reposted by Caroline Barron
Job klaxon! 🔔 Looking for a full-time ongoing Lecturer in Ancient History to join our fantastic Classics team @leedsclassics.bsky.social Deadline 11th March. Apply here: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer in Ancient History
Are you an academic with the enthusiasm and ability to carry out teaching and research in Ancient History? Do you have an excellent research record and a potential for establishing an international re...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk
February 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
February 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM