Dr Hannah Platts
@chattyplatty.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Ancient History and Archaeology at RHUL. Multisensory Living in Ancient Rome: Power and Space in Roman Houses (Bloomsbury, 2019). Obsessed with all things Roman, oh and guinea pigs 🐹. 💙💛
This fab black and white mosaic is at the entrance to the House of Marcus Caesius Blandus. I love how its marine theme - with its dolphins, hippocampus, trident and rudder- and the crenellated city wall at the top, hint at life in #Pompeii overlooking the Bay of Naples 😍 #archaeology #MosaicMonday
September 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This fab black and white mosaic is at the entrance to the House of Marcus Caesius Blandus. I love how its marine theme - with its dolphins, hippocampus, trident and rudder- and the crenellated city wall at the top, hint at life in #Pompeii overlooking the Bay of Naples 😍 #archaeology #MosaicMonday
Here are the remains of a lockable strongbox (arca) in The House of the Vettii #Pompeii. Found in the front reception room (atrium), it stored money and valuables - displaying the owner’s wealth and power to visitors. #FindsFriday #Archaeology
September 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Here are the remains of a lockable strongbox (arca) in The House of the Vettii #Pompeii. Found in the front reception room (atrium), it stored money and valuables - displaying the owner’s wealth and power to visitors. #FindsFriday #Archaeology
It’s been fab being on Channel 5’s Pompeii: Life in the City with @k8lister.bsky.social & @thehistoryguy.bsky.social. As well as talking all things #Roman, I got see the House of the Vettii before opening hours. Amazing 😍 @royalholloway.bsky.social @rhulhistory.bsky.social @rhulclassics.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It’s been fab being on Channel 5’s Pompeii: Life in the City with @k8lister.bsky.social & @thehistoryguy.bsky.social. As well as talking all things #Roman, I got see the House of the Vettii before opening hours. Amazing 😍 @royalholloway.bsky.social @rhulhistory.bsky.social @rhulclassics.bsky.social
Very sorry to hear things are difficult right now. Here’s Hamish sending his love and many waggies tails. Xx
August 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Very sorry to hear things are difficult right now. Here’s Hamish sending his love and many waggies tails. Xx
Great to have been filming with @k8lister.bsky.social talking about lives of the elite in the glorious & recently restored House of the Silver Wedding for the 2nd episode of Channel 5’s series #Pompeii - Life in the City. @royalholloway.bsky.social @rhulhistory.bsky.social @rhulclassics.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Great to have been filming with @k8lister.bsky.social talking about lives of the elite in the glorious & recently restored House of the Silver Wedding for the 2nd episode of Channel 5’s series #Pompeii - Life in the City. @royalholloway.bsky.social @rhulhistory.bsky.social @rhulclassics.bsky.social
Funny seeing myself talking about #Pompeii on Channel 5 with @thehistoryguy.bsky.social & @k8lister.bsky.social. Great experience! 😃 First episode last night at 9pm, and episode 2 next Tuesday. Post with tags this time…! @rhulhistory.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social @rhulclassics.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Funny seeing myself talking about #Pompeii on Channel 5 with @thehistoryguy.bsky.social & @k8lister.bsky.social. Great experience! 😃 First episode last night at 9pm, and episode 2 next Tuesday. Post with tags this time…! @rhulhistory.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social @rhulclassics.bsky.social
I’m so excited to have been part of this series on Channel 5 with @thehistoryguy.bsky.social and @k8lister.bsky.social. Such a great experience to be talking about life in Pompeii! First episode last night at 9pm, and episode 2 next Tuesday! 😃
July 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I’m so excited to have been part of this series on Channel 5 with @thehistoryguy.bsky.social and @k8lister.bsky.social. Such a great experience to be talking about life in Pompeii! First episode last night at 9pm, and episode 2 next Tuesday! 😃
Beautiful early summer evening - the Shard looks fabulous against the blue sky 😍
June 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Beautiful early summer evening - the Shard looks fabulous against the blue sky 😍
At the excellent conference “Scents of Time and Place” on olfactory history and heritage, and having an amazing opportunity to smell recreated scents from the Titanic. Utterly fascinating 😃
June 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
At the excellent conference “Scents of Time and Place” on olfactory history and heritage, and having an amazing opportunity to smell recreated scents from the Titanic. Utterly fascinating 😃
Current VE Day street party organising discussions where I live … 🩲😅🤣
May 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Current VE Day street party organising discussions where I live … 🩲😅🤣
I can lend a helping paw… That piece will fit purrrrfectly…! 🐾😹
May 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I can lend a helping paw… That piece will fit purrrrfectly…! 🐾😹
The moment you open the box to start a jigsaw…. 😹
May 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The moment you open the box to start a jigsaw…. 😹
So amazed! I have never had a 5 bloom amaryllis stem! When it’s flowering has finally finished, this beautiful amaryllis will have produced 9 fabulous blooms! 😍🌸
March 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So amazed! I have never had a 5 bloom amaryllis stem! When it’s flowering has finally finished, this beautiful amaryllis will have produced 9 fabulous blooms! 😍🌸
Do you mean Largo Argentina? That’s the area near where he was actually assassinated which is now a cat shelter. Here’s one of the cats - reclining in the sun!
March 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Do you mean Largo Argentina? That’s the area near where he was actually assassinated which is now a cat shelter. Here’s one of the cats - reclining in the sun!
On this day, 15th March 44BCE - the Ides of March, Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of about 60 conspirators. This act ultimately led to the fall of the Roman Republic. For #RomanSiteSaturday today, here are the remains of Caesar’s Forum in #Rome #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky
📷 my own
📷 my own
March 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
On this day, 15th March 44BCE - the Ides of March, Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of about 60 conspirators. This act ultimately led to the fall of the Roman Republic. For #RomanSiteSaturday today, here are the remains of Caesar’s Forum in #Rome #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky
📷 my own
📷 my own
To avoid famine and civil unrest in Rome, maintaining the grain supply was crucial. This medallion, depicting the Emperor Commodus standing by a light house and welcoming the grain fleets, shows how important protecting Rome’s food supply was seen to be. #FindsFriday #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky
March 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
To avoid famine and civil unrest in Rome, maintaining the grain supply was crucial. This medallion, depicting the Emperor Commodus standing by a light house and welcoming the grain fleets, shows how important protecting Rome’s food supply was seen to be. #FindsFriday #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky
For #IWD2025 - Found at Vindolanda #Roman Fort, this wooden tablet is the invitation of Sulpicia Lepidina to Claudia Severa’s birthday party. Containing in it the earliest example of women’s Latin handwriting known, it’s great to have this early record of female voices! #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky
March 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
For #IWD2025 - Found at Vindolanda #Roman Fort, this wooden tablet is the invitation of Sulpicia Lepidina to Claudia Severa’s birthday party. Containing in it the earliest example of women’s Latin handwriting known, it’s great to have this early record of female voices! #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky
Here’s a video of the monumental fountain from the Domus Augustana on the Palatine Hill #Rome. Whilst the background music is not from the period (!) the fountain’s restoration allowing water to flow through it again helps visitors hear what it might have been like! ❤️ #SiteSaturday #Archaeology
March 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Here’s a video of the monumental fountain from the Domus Augustana on the Palatine Hill #Rome. Whilst the background music is not from the period (!) the fountain’s restoration allowing water to flow through it again helps visitors hear what it might have been like! ❤️ #SiteSaturday #Archaeology
The Mithraeum in London is an amazing place to visit. Not only is the Roman temple to Mithras on display, but there are some fabulous ancient artefacts to see too! #SiteSaturday #RomanArchaeology #AncientBlueSky
📷 my own
📷 my own
March 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The Mithraeum in London is an amazing place to visit. Not only is the Roman temple to Mithras on display, but there are some fabulous ancient artefacts to see too! #SiteSaturday #RomanArchaeology #AncientBlueSky
📷 my own
📷 my own
I love this 2 wheeled cart used for carrying light loads found in the House of the Menander #Pompeii. Whilst much of its wooden elements had perished, its surviving metal parts have enabled its reconstruction. Really fabulous to see 😍! #FindsFriday #Romanarchaeology #AncientBlueSky
📷 my own
📷 my own
February 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I love this 2 wheeled cart used for carrying light loads found in the House of the Menander #Pompeii. Whilst much of its wooden elements had perished, its surviving metal parts have enabled its reconstruction. Really fabulous to see 😍! #FindsFriday #Romanarchaeology #AncientBlueSky
📷 my own
📷 my own
When you have had a day of meetings when struggling with what feels like the onset of a migraine, what better view to look at to put the world to rights. 😍❤️🐩
February 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
When you have had a day of meetings when struggling with what feels like the onset of a migraine, what better view to look at to put the world to rights. 😍❤️🐩
Highlight of today - spying Cheeseburger the cat having a doze just outside @royalholloway.bsky.social’s library having just completed his rounds of checking campus 😻😻 #catoncampus #rhul
February 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Highlight of today - spying Cheeseburger the cat having a doze just outside @royalholloway.bsky.social’s library having just completed his rounds of checking campus 😻😻 #catoncampus #rhul
For today’s #MosaicMonday, here’s part of the Roman section of the Queenhithe Mosaic, London. I really love this fabulous work of art that picks out key aspects of London’s history. 😍❤️
📷 my own
📷 my own
February 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
For today’s #MosaicMonday, here’s part of the Roman section of the Queenhithe Mosaic, London. I really love this fabulous work of art that picks out key aspects of London’s history. 😍❤️
📷 my own
📷 my own
A very sobering artefact for today’s #FindsFriday. This double ringed iron slave shackle was excavated from House of the Ephebe, #Pompeii and has been dated to C1st CE. #RomanArchaeology #AncientBluesky
📷 my own
📷 my own
February 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
A very sobering artefact for today’s #FindsFriday. This double ringed iron slave shackle was excavated from House of the Ephebe, #Pompeii and has been dated to C1st CE. #RomanArchaeology #AncientBluesky
📷 my own
📷 my own