The Roman Society
@theromansoc.bsky.social
Founded in 1910 for the study of Roman history, archaeology, literature and art down to about A.D. 700.
Based at Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU.
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Based at Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU.
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New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
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Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
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New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof. Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
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Join Prof. Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM
New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof. Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
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Join Prof. Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
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New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available
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Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available
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February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available
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Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available
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Following our introductory course, A Taste of Latin, we are running a survey for people interested in taking language courses in Ancient Greek or Latin. If you think you may be interested, please complete the survey here by Friday 20 February.
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February 8, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Following our introductory course, A Taste of Latin, we are running a survey for people interested in taking language courses in Ancient Greek or Latin. If you think you may be interested, please complete the survey here by Friday 20 February.
New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
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Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
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February 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
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Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
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New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
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Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
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Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
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Join us for a lecture and food tasting with renowned chef and food historian, Sally Grainger!
'Roman food, taste and perception of quality'
Tues 24 February, 7-9pm, at Senate House.
Event in aid of The Hellenic & Roman Library. Booking essential.
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'Roman food, taste and perception of quality'
Tues 24 February, 7-9pm, at Senate House.
Event in aid of The Hellenic & Roman Library. Booking essential.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
February 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Join us for a lecture and food tasting with renowned chef and food historian, Sally Grainger!
'Roman food, taste and perception of quality'
Tues 24 February, 7-9pm, at Senate House.
Event in aid of The Hellenic & Roman Library. Booking essential.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
'Roman food, taste and perception of quality'
Tues 24 February, 7-9pm, at Senate House.
Event in aid of The Hellenic & Roman Library. Booking essential.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
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Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
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February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
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Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available
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'Animal Offerings and Painted Walls Reveal Secrets of the Ancient Roman Cult Site Nida'
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Animal Offerings and Painted Walls Reveal Secrets of the Ancient Roman Cult Site Nida
Learn about the cult district of Nida, an ancient cult site uncovered under Frankfurt that archaeologists are calling one of the most significant Roman discoveries in Europe.
www.discovermagazine.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
'Animal Offerings and Painted Walls Reveal Secrets of the Ancient Roman Cult Site Nida'
www.discovermagazine.com/animal-offer...
www.discovermagazine.com/animal-offer...
'A Roman ship with its entire cargo of garum amphorae intact found off the coast of the Gulf of Taranto in the Ionian Sea'
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A Roman ship with its entire cargo of garum amphorae intact found off the coast of the Gulf of Taranto in the Ionian Sea
Beneath the relentless transparency of the Ionian Sea, a few miles off the coast of the Italian town of Gallipoli, on the shores of the Gulf of Taranto, the wreck of a large Roman oneraria ship has be...
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February 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
'A Roman ship with its entire cargo of garum amphorae intact found off the coast of the Gulf of Taranto in the Ionian Sea'
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/02/a...
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/02/a...
'Roman Lanchester Diploma is in Durham’s Museum of Archaeology'
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2581508...
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2581508...
Roman find unearthed in County Durham reveals one man’s forgotten military career
Today's Object of the Week reveals how one County Durham man’s long‑forgotten military career reshapes what we know about Roman Britain.
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
'Roman Lanchester Diploma is in Durham’s Museum of Archaeology'
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2581508...
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2581508...
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We have more gladiator news! KCL's Dr John Pearce has been catching up with Professor Kathleen Coleman and Misha Glenny on In Our Time to discuss the infinitely popular subject of gladiators and their arenas across the Roman empire.
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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Roman Arena
Misha Glenny and guests discuss the origins and harsh realities of the gladiator life.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
We have more gladiator news! KCL's Dr John Pearce has been catching up with Professor Kathleen Coleman and Misha Glenny on In Our Time to discuss the infinitely popular subject of gladiators and their arenas across the Roman empire.
🏺 #ClassicsBluesky
🏺 #ClassicsBluesky
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This Thursday (9 Feb)! 2026 Runciman lecture: 'Small Things, Big Stories: Approaching Byzantine Society through Prayer Book Manuscripts.'
From prayers for silk worms to family events, Professor Claudia Rapp focuses on rural life in the Christian middle ages.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/small...
From prayers for silk worms to family events, Professor Claudia Rapp focuses on rural life in the Christian middle ages.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/small...
Small Things, Big Stories: Approaching Byzantine Society through Prayer Book Manuscripts | King's College London
35th Runciman lecture by Professor Claudia Rapp. Preceded by Orthodox Vespers in the Chapel at 17:15
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February 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
This Thursday (9 Feb)! 2026 Runciman lecture: 'Small Things, Big Stories: Approaching Byzantine Society through Prayer Book Manuscripts.'
From prayers for silk worms to family events, Professor Claudia Rapp focuses on rural life in the Christian middle ages.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/small...
From prayers for silk worms to family events, Professor Claudia Rapp focuses on rural life in the Christian middle ages.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/small...
Tomorrow! Please re-skeet.
Get your diaries - for the M.V. Taylor Lecture! Professor Barbara Borg will discuss
'Via Appia, Mile Three: Tracing Ethno-Religious Minorities in Imperial Rome'
at 17.30, on Thursday 5 February. Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street London WC1E 7HU.
All welcome. No booking needed.
'Via Appia, Mile Three: Tracing Ethno-Religious Minorities in Imperial Rome'
at 17.30, on Thursday 5 February. Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street London WC1E 7HU.
All welcome. No booking needed.
February 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Tomorrow! Please re-skeet.
New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
February 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
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@theromansoc.bsky.social is offering students a unique opportunity to do a placement and to join the 2026 summer excavations at Falerii Novi, with the BSR and the University of London @ics.bsky.social
Applications are open until 28 February 2026:
www.romansociety.org/Grants-Prize...
Applications are open until 28 February 2026:
www.romansociety.org/Grants-Prize...
Summer Placement with the British School at Rome & University of London
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February 2, 2026 at 10:51 AM
@theromansoc.bsky.social is offering students a unique opportunity to do a placement and to join the 2026 summer excavations at Falerii Novi, with the BSR and the University of London @ics.bsky.social
Applications are open until 28 February 2026:
www.romansociety.org/Grants-Prize...
Applications are open until 28 February 2026:
www.romansociety.org/Grants-Prize...
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@hellenicsociety.bsky.social & @theromansoc.bsky.social Online Course
Chris Carey
Herodotus and History
Wednesday 25 February, 11, 18, 25 March, 1 April, 6pm-7.30pm (UK time)
For more information and to book:
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
Chris Carey
Herodotus and History
Wednesday 25 February, 11, 18, 25 March, 1 April, 6pm-7.30pm (UK time)
For more information and to book:
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
February 1, 2026 at 10:38 PM
@hellenicsociety.bsky.social & @theromansoc.bsky.social Online Course
Chris Carey
Herodotus and History
Wednesday 25 February, 11, 18, 25 March, 1 April, 6pm-7.30pm (UK time)
For more information and to book:
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
Chris Carey
Herodotus and History
Wednesday 25 February, 11, 18, 25 March, 1 April, 6pm-7.30pm (UK time)
For more information and to book:
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...
Which muse are you this #MosaicMonday? Mosaic of the muses from Trier, Germany.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Which muse are you this #MosaicMonday? Mosaic of the muses from Trier, Germany.
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www.romansociety.org/Imago/Image-...
'Hundreds of Ancient Roman Blade Sharpeners Emerge From a Riverbank in England, Revealing the Ruins of a 2,000-Year-Old Whetstone Factory'
Hundreds of Ancient Roman Blade Sharpeners Emerge From a Riverbank in England, Revealing the Ruins of a 2,000-Year-Old Whetstone Factory
Archaeologists think the newly discovered artifacts remained at the production site because they were deemed unusable. Large numbers of completed whetstones may have supplied other parts of the Roman…
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January 23, 2026 at 4:22 PM
'Hundreds of Ancient Roman Blade Sharpeners Emerge From a Riverbank in England, Revealing the Ruins of a 2,000-Year-Old Whetstone Factory'
'Long-Buried Roman House Opens After Major Restoration—With a High-Tech Twist'
Long-Buried Roman Domus Opens to Public—With a High-Tech Twist
One of ancient Rome’s finest residences, the House of the Griffins, is opening to the public on March 3—with a digital upgrade.
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January 23, 2026 at 4:08 PM
'Long-Buried Roman House Opens After Major Restoration—With a High-Tech Twist'
Our final Medea is from Trier, Germany. Here she is in a wall painting with Jason. Thank you for following our short series of Medea images!
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January 22, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Our final Medea is from Trier, Germany. Here she is in a wall painting with Jason. Thank you for following our short series of Medea images!
Another Medea, this time a wall painting from Herculaneum. #FrescoFriday
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January 22, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Another Medea, this time a wall painting from Herculaneum. #FrescoFriday
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You ask for Medea, that's how you get Medea. Here she is in this glorious fresco from Pompeii.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:38 PM
You ask for Medea, that's how you get Medea. Here she is in this glorious fresco from Pompeii.
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Get your diaries - for the M.V. Taylor Lecture! Professor Barbara Borg will discuss
'Via Appia, Mile Three: Tracing Ethno-Religious Minorities in Imperial Rome'
at 17.30, on Thursday 5 February. Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street London WC1E 7HU.
All welcome. No booking needed.
'Via Appia, Mile Three: Tracing Ethno-Religious Minorities in Imperial Rome'
at 17.30, on Thursday 5 February. Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street London WC1E 7HU.
All welcome. No booking needed.
January 21, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Get your diaries - for the M.V. Taylor Lecture! Professor Barbara Borg will discuss
'Via Appia, Mile Three: Tracing Ethno-Religious Minorities in Imperial Rome'
at 17.30, on Thursday 5 February. Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street London WC1E 7HU.
All welcome. No booking needed.
'Via Appia, Mile Three: Tracing Ethno-Religious Minorities in Imperial Rome'
at 17.30, on Thursday 5 February. Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street London WC1E 7HU.
All welcome. No booking needed.
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Lasagne - lovely metaphor for stratigraphy. Context really does matter in archaeology.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Roman Britain: Sifting through remains in the 'London lasagne'
Extraordinary finds are being discovered in the city, which are changing perceptions about our past.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Lasagne - lovely metaphor for stratigraphy. Context really does matter in archaeology.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...