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Minimus
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Minimus sum, mus sum. (I am Minimus, I am a mouse.) I live at Vindolanda with my Roman family, and in Suffolk with Dr Helen Forte. We like to make Latin fun!

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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · Nov 17
More from the mice!
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All about Minimus Minimus is a Latin course for children, written by Barbara Bell and illustrated by Helen Forte. It's based on the lives of a real family at the Roman fort of Vindolanda. ​ On this...
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rogueclassicist.bsky.social
(753) Alexander the Great's Egypt 3: Ptolemy Triumphant | Egyptian History - YouTube
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Alexander the Great's Egypt 3: Ptolemy Triumphant | Egyptian History
YouTube video by Extra History
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November 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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nataliehaynes.bsky.social
The day has come! Ancient Animal Advent 2025! 🐾🕯️🎄We'll be sharing a different ancient animal (spotted in a museum) every day. Who's as excited as this little pig? His hooves are so ready to go dancing.
A black ceramic flask in the shape of a pig, pictured in a museum display.
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
minimuslatin.bsky.social
#fabulamurina (mouse story) 474
Kalendis Decembris Silvius aurem patris prendit et stridet "vellicatio pugnusque primae diei mensis!" (On the 1st December, Silvius grips his father's ear and squeaks "A pinch and a punch on the first of the month!)
Photo of Minimus and Silvius, the Latin mice, in Silvius' bedroom. The cheeky little mouse is pinching his daddy's ear.
December 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
minimuslatin.bsky.social
‪Time for Minimus to start opening his Advent calendar!‬
‪#MinimusLatin #Minimus #MinimusAdvent #LatinAdventCalendar‬
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Drawing of Minimus the Latin mouse, asleep in his woolly nest. It's the front of his advent calendar; download it from the link.
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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pottedhistory.bsky.social
In Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders, with Raksha Dave @rakshadigs.bsky.social you'd have seen a Venus figure like this from Magna Roman Fort. I'm running a Lamp & Deity workshop at Magna this Saturday where you'll make your own figurines Roman Lamps. Book here www.vindolanda.com/Event/potted...
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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rogueclassicist.bsky.social
Preserved 3rd century mosaic excavated in Iznik
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Preserved 3rd century mosaic excavated in Iznik
Excavations in the İznik district of northwestern Türkiye have uncovered a preserved mosaic floor dating from the 3rd century AD. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
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November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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#fabulamurina (mouse story) 473
convivium natalicium! (Birthday party!) Silvius et amici transmissionem fasciculi ludunt, dum Minimus tibiam utricularem canit (Silvius and his friends play Pass the Parcel while Minimus plays his bagpipes).
Photo of Minimus and Silvius, the Latin mice, with a group of little friends. Minimus is playing the bagpipes (as popularised by Nero) to accompany their game of Pass the Parcel. Fusca the crow has won the prize, a blue 'eye' amulet to keep away bad luck.
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Oops - better not show that to @minimuslatin.bsky.social !
November 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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#fabulamurina (mouse story) 472
Silvius diēm natalem celebrat - duos annos natus iam est (Silvius is celebrating his birthday - he is now two). felix diēs tibi sit, Silvii! (Happy birthday to you, Silvius!)
Photo of Minimus, Minima and Silvius, the Latin mice, on Silvius' second birthday. They are all standing around the table watching two beeswax candles burning on top of a cake-shaped piece of cheese.
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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#fabulamurina (mouse story) 471
cave! dracunculus terribilis alas scorteas plaudit et flammam exhalat (Beware! The terrible dragon is flapping its leathery wings and breathing out flames).
noli te vexare, Silvius musculus est (Don't worry, it's Silvius the little mouse)!
Photo of Silvius, the little Latin mouse, in the dragon costume he wore to his little friend's party. He was definitely the scariest of all the dragons present! Greek and Roman dragons didn't have legs or wings in the stories, but Silvius hopes the anachronism will be forgiven.
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Today's news:

What happens when museums can't afford to buy coins...

'Auctioneer, David Guest said the "stunning" coins were sold to "bidders from all over the world and exceeded my expectations".'

Bidders.
From.
All.
Over.
The.
World.

😡

#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting
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New Forest hoard of 70 coins dug up in lockdown fetch over £380k
The 69 gold coins and one silver were found in a garden in Milford on Sea in April 2020.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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A sweet tooth caught in the act – a mouse ignores the fruit and goes straight for the tartlet. Terracotta plate from Taranto, 3rd century BCE. Basel, Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig #Archaeology 🏺
A terracotta plate bearing terracotta fruit, such as grapes and figs, as well as a mouse nibbling on a tartlet.
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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pottedhistory.bsky.social
And we loved having Minimus vist our workshop with entourage 😉
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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pottedhistory.bsky.social
Today I'll be mostly decorating "en Barbotine' #AncientBluesky 🏺Soon to be heading for our online shop potted-history.co.uk.
November 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Replica Roman pottery hunt cup, decorated en Barbotine, that is using slip or liquid clay piped on, in a technique a little like cake icing. Once it's been dried, colour coated and fired, you'll find it on our website potted-history.co.uk #AncientBluesky 🏺#Archaeology #Pottery
November 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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This is tremendous, the best Medusa of the year!
linipnilson.bsky.social Lini @linipnilson.bsky.social · 29d
Daughter as Medusa for school’s Ecoween, hence the papier mâché corset/dress.
Daughter as Medusa with papier mâché corset, reused belt from a Thai outfit, reused skirt.
November 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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#fabulamurina (mouse story) 470
There's a sale on Minimus' Redbubble shop until the 6th November. Pick up a mouse-themed bargain!
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Photo of a cushion with Silvius, the little Latin mouse, on his Vespa
November 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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#fabulamurina (mouse story) 469
Hodie Silvius et amicae Alexander Magnus, Bucephalus et psittacus sunt (Today Silvius and his friends are Alexander the Great, Bucephalus and a parrot).
Photo of Silvius with his human friends in their Halloween costumes. Amelia is Alexander in a copy of the Horrible Histories costume, Helen is wearing a horse hat as his famous steed Bucephalus , and Silvius is dressed as the pet parakeet that Alexander was given in India.
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Roman wicker well with ladder found in Norfolk – The History Blog

🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky 🏛️

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Roman wicker well with ladder found in Norfolk – The History Blog
Archaeologists have discovered a well-preserved Roman well made of woven wicker that still contains what appears to be the remains of a rung ladder.
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July 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria recovered from seabed

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Blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria recovered from seabed
Archaeologists have recovered twenty-two stone blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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July 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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mathetria.bsky.social
A fun ramble about what Alexander might have thought he was doing, especially post-330 BCE. It's (sort of) a summary of (some) things I said in my second chapter of the Cambridge Companion, streamlined.
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What did Alexander think he was doing?
YouTube video by Let's Talk Alexander the Great & Ancient Macedonia
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July 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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rogueclassicist.bsky.social
Roman writing tablets discovered in ancient wells
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Roman writing tablets discovered in ancient wells
Archaeologists from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) have discovered a rare collection of wooden writing tablets dating from the Roman period. - HeritageDaily - Ar...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Unraveling Alexander the Great: Battlefield Genius, Hidden Romances, and the Mystery of His Final Resting Place –
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October 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Happy Halloween, Cerberus!
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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What better for halloween than a good old Roman ghost story? Listen here! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
Roman Ghostbusters
Podcast Episode · Instant Classics · 30/10/2025 · 38m
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October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM