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10th Annual International LEGO Classicism Day 20th, February
This Year’s Host: @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social Department of Classics and Ancient History. #ilcd10 #InternationalLegoClassicismDay
Int. Lego Classicism Day | Brick Classicists Empire
International Lego Classicism Day is a social media event celebrated across the world every year on the 20th February, the anniversary of the formation of the BCE. Each year, individuals, organization...
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Michael Turner and the LEGO Acropolis Model at the #AcropolisMuseum #ILCD10
Michael Turner: Curator of the LEGO Acropolis
The LEGO Acropolis model holds more than 120,000 bricks and took about 300 hours to build.
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February 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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Oh I have just worked out what I'm going to do for International Lego Classics Day this year! It may involve these little dudes but that's all I'm saying 😁
February 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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Harpies are the snatchers of Greek myth, from the verb harpazo, meaning to snatch. They’re the embodiment of short, sharp storm winds, seizing whatever they lay their hands on!

Happy International Lego Classicism Day!

#ILCD25 #ILCD2025 #InternationalLegoClassicismDay2025
February 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Got to love International Lego Classicism Day! Click the hashtags and take a look 😀#ILCD25 #ILCD2025
February 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Today is International Lego Classicism Day! 🎉 #ILCD25 #ILCD2025
And I was thinking...
Wouldn't it be amazing if there was a bookshop where you could buy all the books that have been lost?
So I built one.😂

Check out the website for all my Lego lost books...
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International Lego Classicism Day 2025!
It’s that time of year again, when classicists, historians, archaeologists and others do silly things with Lego to celebrate the ancient world! I’m thrilled to be joining the ILCD Panth…
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February 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Happy International Lego Classics Day! #ILCD #ILCD25 To celebrate, we're thinking through Classicists' least favourite question: why bother studying "dead" languages? Our Lego people will explain!

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“Dead” languages… in Lego!
If you study Latin, or ancient Greek, or the ancient world in any way at all, I bet at some point you’ve been asked why. Why study dead languages? Why study long-dead people? And I’m su…
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February 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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#ancientbluesky you do all know that it's International Lego Classics Day tomorrow, right? There is still time to get building - anyone can take part with a bit of Lego and enthusiasm.

Lego Me is getting some inspiration in Pompeii...

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#ILCD #ILCD25

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February 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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It's #InternationalLegoClassicsDay #ILCD #ILCD25! Unfortunately I haven't had time to build anything this year so I'm going to have to make do with reposting my stop-motion guide to the early history of the alphabet in the Mediterranean from a few years ago.

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The Alphabet - A History in Bricks
YouTube video by CREWS Project
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February 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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It's #InternationalLegoClassicismDay! Whether you're still an apprentice or experienced enough to build an aqueduct, we want to see your best Classical creations made from Lego.

#ILCD
February 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Messing around with Lego today in preparation for International Lego Classicism Day on Thursday... 🎉
#ilcd25
Part of a Lego build including columns and books.
February 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Minimus, Silvius and all my Latin students are looking forward to this year's International Lego Classicism Day on February 20th!
#ilcd25 #ilcd2025
Photo of Minimus and Silvius the Latin mice, preparing for this year's International Lego Classicism Day. Minimus is holding a Lego cheeseboard, and Silvius has a seagull in one paw and a tile representing the Minimus book. There are two pillars with Lego characters standing on them: Flavia, Rufus and Vibrissa the cat on one, and Helen Forte (me!) with mini-Mininus in the other
February 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Lego Latin soap opera from Ellie:
"tu non es pater!" "quomodo scis?" "quod ego sum pater!" [conlabitur] ("You are not the father!" "How do you know?" "Because I'm the father!" [faints])
#ilcd25 #ilcd2025
Dramatic story in photo collage form by Ellie,showing a Lego figure pushing a pram, a baby, and a man with a shirt and tie. The first image shows the man looking shocked at the pram-pusher and baby; the caption is "tu non es pater!" (you're not the father). The second picture shows the man asking the pram-pusher "quomodo scis?" (how do you know). The third image reveals that the long-haired figure pushing the pram has a beard, and is saying "quod ego sum pater!" (because I'm the father!). In the final picture, the man is prone on the ground, and the caption reads [conlabitur] (faints). Another post for this year's International Lego Classicism Day. Find them on https://www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-latin---ilcd-2025.html
February 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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#fabulamurina (mouse story) 393 #ilcd25 #ilcd2025
Silvius in diē specialē interest, de instrumentis lusoriis ad fabricationem (Silvius takes part in a special about toys for building). duas significationes verbi "lego" monstrat (He points out the two meanings of the word 'lego' in Latin).
Photo of Minimus, the little Latin mouse, making his contribution to this year's International Lego Classicism Day. He's holding a cheese board in one hand, with a speech bubble saying "LEGO - I choose" and in the other hand he has a Minimus book in tile form, with a speech bubble saying "LEGO - I read".
February 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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iocus bellorum stellariorum /Minimi (A Star Wars/Minimus joke).
Luccus: haec est Ala X mea (Luke: this is my X-wing).
Rufus: sed alas IV habet (but it has four wings).
#ilcd25 #ilcd2025
Photo of Lego Luke Skywalker with a mini X-wing flyer, and Lego Rufus from the Minimus family. Another post for this year's International Lego Classicism Day. Find them on https://www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-latin---ilcd-2025.html
February 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Happy International Lego Classicism Day! Here's a taste of what my online Latin students have done with the challenge.
Another post for this year's International Lego Find them on www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-lat...
#ilcd25 #ilcd2025
Collage of frames from my online students' stories for International Lego Classicism Day. Pictured: a giant chicken attacking Vindolanda; two boys at a Roman camp in Dacia; a doctor treating a patient; Hercules wrestling with Cerberus. Stories by Orla; Elijah and Simeon; Evangeline; Thomas
February 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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ubi sunt parva simulacra Helenae et Minimi? (Where are the little models of Helen and Minimus?) in poculum coffeae ceciderunt - Helena etiam minutum poculum coffeae tenet! (They've fallen into a cup of coffee - Helen is still holding her tiny coffee cup!
#ilcd25 #ilcd2025
Photo of Lego minifigures of Helen (illustrator and mouse wrangler) and Minimus the Latin mouse, at the bottom of an almost empty cup of coffee. Another post for this year's International Lego Classicism Day. Find them on https://www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-latin---ilcd-2025.html (more as I finish editing them!)
February 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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porcus volare temptat (The pig is trying to fly). porcellus perplexus est (The piglet is confused).
porcellus: quid facis, tata? (Piglet: what are you doing, Daddy?)
porcus: vespa sum! (Pig: I'm a wasp!)
#ilcd25 #ilcd2025
Photo of a Lego piglet staring at a Lego pig that is wearing little wings and a yellow hat with antennae. One more contribution (from Amelia) to this year's International Lego Classicism Day. Find them on https://www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-latin---ilcd-2025.html
February 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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10th Annual International LEGO Classicism Day 20th, February
This Year’s Host: @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social Department of Classics and Ancient History. #ilcd10 #InternationalLegoClassicismDay
Int. Lego Classicism Day | Brick Classicists Empire
International Lego Classicism Day is a social media event celebrated across the world every year on the 20th February, the anniversary of the formation of the BCE. Each year, individuals, organization...
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February 6, 2026 at 11:56 PM