Dr. Virginia L. Campbell
@vlcampbell.bsky.social
Ancient historian, archaeologist, writer, lecturer at The Open University and University of Birmingham. All things Pompeii, Rome, and epigraphy.
https://pompeiinetworks.wordpress.com/
https://pompeiinetworks.wordpress.com/
Pinned
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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A wee bit of the #Cicero brothers (maybe?) and a whole lot of #Pompeii. #AncientHistory www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
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This is a lovely archaeological discovery! An ancient Iron Age war trumpet dating to the time of Boudica’s rebellion against Rome
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links
Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 AM
This is a lovely archaeological discovery! An ancient Iron Age war trumpet dating to the time of Boudica’s rebellion against Rome
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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New discoveries at Hadrian's Wall are changing the picture of what life was like on the border of the Roman Empire
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
New discoveries at Hadrian's Wall are changing the picture of what life was like on the border of the Roman Empire
The British northern frontier was the edge of the Roman world — and a place of violence, boredom and opportunity, experts told Live Science.
www.livescience.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
New discoveries at Hadrian's Wall are changing the picture of what life was like on the border of the Roman Empire
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
This sounds amazing. Damn my teaching timetable.
Join the ICS in collaboration with the British School at Rome for an upcoming event:
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
Monday 19 January
6-8pm
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
Monday 19 January
6-8pm
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
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December 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This sounds amazing. Damn my teaching timetable.
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On advance access: "Slavery, Prosperity, and Inequality in Roman Pompeii"
by @profbernard.bsky.social (@uoft.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @profbernard.bsky.social (@uoft.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Slavery, Prosperity, and Inequality in Roman Pompeii*
Abstract. Historians of premodern economies, in contrast to modern ones, have only infrequently contemplated the economic contribution of slavery. Here, I
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December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
On advance access: "Slavery, Prosperity, and Inequality in Roman Pompeii"
by @profbernard.bsky.social (@uoft.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @profbernard.bsky.social (@uoft.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
As an academic I have major issues with AI. But I’ve just seen a Christmas ad for a certain high end jewellery brand that features baby panthers. They have managed to uncute the cutest thing in the world with AI. Unequivocal proof of its inherent evilness.
Look at my baby panther instead.
Look at my baby panther instead.
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
As an academic I have major issues with AI. But I’ve just seen a Christmas ad for a certain high end jewellery brand that features baby panthers. They have managed to uncute the cutest thing in the world with AI. Unequivocal proof of its inherent evilness.
Look at my baby panther instead.
Look at my baby panther instead.
This is such a brilliant article and includes my new favourite way of conceptualising women's work in (poorly done) previous studies as the 'whorification of female labour.'
November 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This is such a brilliant article and includes my new favourite way of conceptualising women's work in (poorly done) previous studies as the 'whorification of female labour.'
I think you’d need more than a couple of scooters to get away for this one….
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I think you’d need more than a couple of scooters to get away for this one….
My students and I have spent the last two hours devising a new definition for ancient literacy. This is the good part of academia: engaged, thoughtful, and curious students who critique scholarship and ideas and come up with a better way. #tinyjoys #whyiteach
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My students and I have spent the last two hours devising a new definition for ancient literacy. This is the good part of academia: engaged, thoughtful, and curious students who critique scholarship and ideas and come up with a better way. #tinyjoys #whyiteach
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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Preserving Pompeii’s past, one step at a time
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Preserving Pompeii’s past, one step at a time
Art conservator and restorer Ludovica Alesse works to safeguard Ancient Roman remains unearthed in the latest excavations to ensure the city’s story will never fade.
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Preserving Pompeii’s past, one step at a time
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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100% woud let nibble.
That moment when you've just started digging an archaeological trench and a visitor comes along and eats your finds...🤦♂️
#FindsFriday #EdibleArchaeology 🐑🐏
#FindsFriday #EdibleArchaeology 🐑🐏
October 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
100% woud let nibble.
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All time classic
October 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
All time classic
Genius. Definitely genius.
We can't decide weather this bottle-opener/trowel combo is genius or madness.
October 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Genius. Definitely genius.
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Archaeologists think they've found a mass grave of Roman soldiers from the Battle of Mursa (260 AD). 🧪🏺
Skeleton-filled well in Croatia likely holds remains of Roman soldiers, study finds
Archaeologists have discovered a mass grave of Roman soldiers hidden inside an ancient well in Croatia.
www.livescience.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Archaeologists think they've found a mass grave of Roman soldiers from the Battle of Mursa (260 AD). 🧪🏺
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Delighted to have a short piece in this week's TLS on Hades 2, gender, and modern myth making.
www.the-tls.com/arts/hades-i...
www.the-tls.com/arts/hades-i...
Hell with other people
Video games are often the first and most common way that many people now encounter the classical world. Hades, a critical hit following its release in
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October 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Delighted to have a short piece in this week's TLS on Hades 2, gender, and modern myth making.
www.the-tls.com/arts/hades-i...
www.the-tls.com/arts/hades-i...
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6th annual Erich S. Gruen Prize for best graduate student paper on multiculturalism in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Deadline for submissions: September 30.
Spread the word! Or, better: throw your hat in the ring!
Deadline for submissions: September 30.
Spread the word! Or, better: throw your hat in the ring!
The Erich S. Gruen Prize | Society for Classical Studies
On behalf of the Society for Classical Studies (SCS), the Erich S. Gruen Prize Committee invites all graduate students in North America to enter the sixth annual competition for the best graduate rese...
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September 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
6th annual Erich S. Gruen Prize for best graduate student paper on multiculturalism in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Deadline for submissions: September 30.
Spread the word! Or, better: throw your hat in the ring!
Deadline for submissions: September 30.
Spread the word! Or, better: throw your hat in the ring!
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Are you working on relations between bodies (living/dead/human/animal/other!) & ritual in the #ancient #Roman world? If so, maybe you'd like to submit a 300-word abstract for the session 'Bodies in Ritual Practices' at RAC/TRAC Aarhus, 21-23 May 2026?! See www.romansocietyrac.ac.uk/ractrac-2026...
Call for Papers « Roman Archaeology Conference
Roman Archaeology Conference
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September 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Are you working on relations between bodies (living/dead/human/animal/other!) & ritual in the #ancient #Roman world? If so, maybe you'd like to submit a 300-word abstract for the session 'Bodies in Ritual Practices' at RAC/TRAC Aarhus, 21-23 May 2026?! See www.romansocietyrac.ac.uk/ractrac-2026...
So pretty! #roadporn
For #RomanRoadsFriday
this fantastic photo of a cross section of a #Roman road, Fuenterroble de Salvatierra, Spain.
Photo: Jim Paton via Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/27727...
🏺 #archaeology
this fantastic photo of a cross section of a #Roman road, Fuenterroble de Salvatierra, Spain.
Photo: Jim Paton via Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/27727...
🏺 #archaeology
September 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
So pretty! #roadporn
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Free lecture by Prof Jaś Elsner at Senate House on 10th October. Book on the link below.
The 28th Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture
Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art | British Museum share.google/glf556KROUQV...
The 28th Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture
Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art | British Museum share.google/glf556KROUQV...
Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art
Join one of Britain's leading art historians, Jaś Elsner, for a look at the religious context of some of the great monuments of antiquity.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Free lecture by Prof Jaś Elsner at Senate House on 10th October. Book on the link below.
The 28th Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture
Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art | British Museum share.google/glf556KROUQV...
The 28th Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture
Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art | British Museum share.google/glf556KROUQV...
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Live from Vicus Caprarius in #Rome!
Visitors can explore the remnants of an ancient Roman residential complex, including a luxurious mansion (a domus) and an apartment building (insula).
It includes a massive water reservoir, or castellum aquae, which was part of the Aqua Virgo aqueduct (1st c. CE)
Visitors can explore the remnants of an ancient Roman residential complex, including a luxurious mansion (a domus) and an apartment building (insula).
It includes a massive water reservoir, or castellum aquae, which was part of the Aqua Virgo aqueduct (1st c. CE)
September 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Live from Vicus Caprarius in #Rome!
Visitors can explore the remnants of an ancient Roman residential complex, including a luxurious mansion (a domus) and an apartment building (insula).
It includes a massive water reservoir, or castellum aquae, which was part of the Aqua Virgo aqueduct (1st c. CE)
Visitors can explore the remnants of an ancient Roman residential complex, including a luxurious mansion (a domus) and an apartment building (insula).
It includes a massive water reservoir, or castellum aquae, which was part of the Aqua Virgo aqueduct (1st c. CE)
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