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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees
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Ancient Historian: Global history, ancient disability, veteran studies, etc. Also runs Bad Ancient: Fact-checking common claims about the ancient world. Website: www.badancient.com Newsletter: https://owenrees.substack.com/
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · Feb 13
It is publication day for The Far Edges of the Known World! If you love ancient history, global history, unusual stories from the past, or if you want some nice historical escapism about life at the edges of the ancient world - pick up a copy today! #AncientBlueSky #BookSky #Skystorians
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🌎 Far Edges of the Known World - Owen Rees

Owen Rees explores powerful empires and diverse people beyond the reaches of Greece and Rome and in doing so offers us a new, brilliantly rich lens with which to understand the ancient world.

Read more - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/far-edges...
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 1d
Got to be done! I literally gave a keynote on the dangers and historical uselessness of retrospective diagnosis last week
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 2d
We are not at a very weird place where people know they are wrong but will do it anyway
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 3d
My book is available in Greek!

www.psichogios.gr/en/oi-paryfe...
ΟΙ ΠΑΡΥΦΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΓΝΩΣΤΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ
www.psichogios.gr
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 3d
My book is available in Greek!

www.psichogios.gr/en/oi-paryfe...
ΟΙ ΠΑΡΥΦΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΓΝΩΣΤΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ
www.psichogios.gr
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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · 4d
Sincere thanks from me and Michael Robinson to @badancient.bsky.social and Michael Roper for joining us as Birmingham yesterday and today for another MWHN event. Onwards to the next #milwelfhist
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Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social · 5d
Q&A with Owen Rees about his new book, THE FAR EDGES OF THE KNOWN WORLD.
tinyurl.com/y3avmudz
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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · 4d
0900-1030hrs: Panel Two: 'Short-Term and Long-Term Trauma', with papers by Oscar Owen (University of Wolverhampton); Dr Kristin O'Donnell (Birmingham Newman University) & Dr Ana Catarina Pinho (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) #milwelfhist #trauma #histmed
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 5d
Excellent, glad you enjoyed it!
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 5d
This Q&A has just come out with me - all about my book!
deborahkalb.bsky.social Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social · 5d
Q&A with Owen Rees about his new book, THE FAR EDGES OF THE KNOWN WORLD.
tinyurl.com/y3avmudz
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 6d
On my way to Birmingham for this - should be a good one!
milwelfhist.bsky.social Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · 6d
Today is day 1 of the second of our @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded events series, hosted both at @unibirmingham.bsky.social in 2025 and online in 2026. With 'trauma' and its associated medical impacts as our theme, we expect interesting papers and stimulating discussions #milwelfhist
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 7d
Oh good, this was my instinct so I think I am on the right track. I also like the idea of someone else on this thread suggesting breaking up the talk with some sort of activity/engagement thing ...
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 11d
The Far Edges of the Known World has a cheeky mention in The Media Tourist's 'Read all about it'!
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 12d
I am currently writing for a keynote I have been invited to give, but realised I have never actually sat through one ... they are too long for me. So, if anyone has any tips I am all ears!
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 13d
And, notably, conservative commentators normally get angry at historians supposedly 'rewriting' history or doing their 'revisionist' takes.
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 14d
AI is beginning to acquire a negative default in my head, so I presume that whatever it is claimed it can do should be followed by the word 'badly'.
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 14d
AI is beginning to acquire a negative default in my head, so I presume that whatever it is claimed it can do should be followed by the word 'badly'.
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 18d
“telling stories about monsters isn’t simply a way of describing beings that are nothing like humans. It’s also how societies define and police who they think counts as fully human.”
My words in @aeon.co
💙📚 🧪🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #psychology 🧵/n
Those declared ‘monsters’ are ejected from the human family | Aeon Essays
For centuries we’ve used the declaration of ‘monster’ to eject individuals and groups from being respected as fully human
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Jonathan @jdcnlv.bsky.social · Sep 16
My latest review explores Owen Rees’s “The Far Edges of the Known World,” a bold rethinking of ancient history that shifts focus from Greece and Rome to the overlooked edges of antiquity.

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Owen Rees's Material Challenge to Historical Bias in "The Far Edges of the Known World"
"There is a fundamental problem when considering the edges of the world: the edges are determined by where we think the centre is." With this observation, Owen Rees sets the stage for his revisionist ...
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Thomas H. Greiner @sarenput.bsky.social · Oct 10
Intriguing premise for this book on “The Far Edges of the Known World” that touches well on recent scholarly trends around stories from the “periphery”. Will try to get my hands on it. Anybody read it? What did you think?

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The Far Edges of the Known World - Unseen Histories
Owen Rees introduces us to his new history of the Ancient Past.
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John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 27d
The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization
Owen Rees
newbooksnetwork.com/the-far-edge... #borderlandshistory #socialhistory I especially enjoyed the part about the nubian-egyptian border, cooking, and intermarriage
Owen Rees, "The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization" (Norton, 2025) - New Books Network
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Martin Empson @resolutereader.bsky.social · 26d
Latest review looks at Owen Rees' new book "The Far Edges of the Known World: A new history of the ancient past" which discusses how ancient cultures were often transformed and shaped by interaction and exchange, particularly at their fringes. resolutereader.blogspot.com/2025/10/owen...
Owen Rees - The Far Edges of the Known World: A new history of the ancient past
The premise of The Far Edges of the Known World is demonstrated best with the quote that opens the book. The Greek hero Jason (of the Argona...
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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 23d
Good morning #skystorians! A reminder that our Break With Rome 500th anniversary group is hosting an informal online networking event on Friday 21 November, mainly but not exclusively for early career researchers. Get in touch if you'd like the Teams link.
Break with Rome, 500th anniversary
The Break with Rome Anniversaries Group was established in 2025 by a group of researchers both inside and outside academia who are interested in thinking through how to communicate the hi…
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 26d
My book is in Waterstones' preorder sale for books released in 2026. Today is the last chance to get 25% off the paperback edition for when its released next February!
The Far Edges of the Known World by Dr Owen Rees | Waterstones
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 26d
My book is in Waterstones' preorder sale for books released in 2026. Today is the last chance to get 25% off the paperback edition for when its released next February!
The Far Edges of the Known World by Dr Owen Rees | Waterstones
Buy The Far Edges of the Known World by Dr Owen Rees from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
www.waterstones.com
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 27d
This will be a great talk in January! @belovedofoizys.bsky.social is the go to person for gladiator history.
belovedofoizys.bsky.social Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 27d
After a warm reception at Dorchester, I've been invited to give my Women of the Roman Arena talk again. This time I'm headed to the Grovesnor Museum in Chester. If anyone is nearby on the 15th of January, I'd love to see you there!

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Women of the Roman Arena
Join ancient historian Alexandra Sills as she uncovers the forgotten story of female gladiators in Rome's most masculine arena.
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