Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele
@drdragases.bsky.social
Scholar of Fortune @History Department - Ghent University. Everything you wanted to know about The Fall of Rome but were afraid to ask. Gallivanter extraordinaire. Italophile. Homeric Laughter.
Hello Clevela... Euh... Diksmuide!
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hello Clevela... Euh... Diksmuide!
Even the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht inscription of the Persian (!) ruler Sapor I distinguishes between "Germanic and Gothic" auxiliaries of Roman Emperors he defeated. Even though the Goths spoke a Germanic language, that was never a criterion for identification (certainly not by themselves). Geography was.
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Even the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht inscription of the Persian (!) ruler Sapor I distinguishes between "Germanic and Gothic" auxiliaries of Roman Emperors he defeated. Even though the Goths spoke a Germanic language, that was never a criterion for identification (certainly not by themselves). Geography was.
"This period witnessed assaults on the empire’s borders by Germans and Persians, along with an acceleration of changes resulting from these attacks."
Καὶ σύ, τέκνον?
Καὶ σύ, τέκνον?
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
"This period witnessed assaults on the empire’s borders by Germans and Persians, along with an acceleration of changes resulting from these attacks."
Καὶ σύ, τέκνον?
Καὶ σύ, τέκνον?
Watched this last night. Unlike the spat of recent music biopics - Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocket Man, Elvis... - this is a splendid film where you don't even need to be into the music (I do like the Boss though). Jeremy Allen White is fantastic. Delivers a few gut punches of the best kind. Recommended.
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Watched this last night. Unlike the spat of recent music biopics - Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocket Man, Elvis... - this is a splendid film where you don't even need to be into the music (I do like the Boss though). Jeremy Allen White is fantastic. Delivers a few gut punches of the best kind. Recommended.
Make that book MS but yeah same difference.
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Make that book MS but yeah same difference.
Today featured one of our annual highlights: the transhumance of the mighty fluffy flocks to the great plains of...
Ghent city center.
Ghent city center.
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today featured one of our annual highlights: the transhumance of the mighty fluffy flocks to the great plains of...
Ghent city center.
Ghent city center.
Top of the morning.
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Top of the morning.
This week in catching up on movies we still haven't seen after all these years.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This week in catching up on movies we still haven't seen after all these years.
If you see this, post an album cover with a vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a vehicle on it.
When in the Rhineland...
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
When in the Rhineland...
Meanwhile, doing the actual work:
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Meanwhile, doing the actual work:
The workshop venue is definitely my type of venue.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The workshop venue is definitely my type of venue.
Looking forward to participate* in this workshop soon, and catching up again with colleagues old and new!
*DB willing...
*DB willing...
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Looking forward to participate* in this workshop soon, and catching up again with colleagues old and new!
*DB willing...
*DB willing...
A bit of light in a time of darkness.
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A bit of light in a time of darkness.
Today I taught my final turbo-charged introduction to Eastern Roman history, focusing on the Komnenoi and events leading up to the Fourth Crusade (1081-1204). I reserved a few precious minutes for the Norman kingdom of Sicily, which at times represented a quasi existential threat to Constantinople.
November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Today I taught my final turbo-charged introduction to Eastern Roman history, focusing on the Komnenoi and events leading up to the Fourth Crusade (1081-1204). I reserved a few precious minutes for the Norman kingdom of Sicily, which at times represented a quasi existential threat to Constantinople.
Zéér benieuwd.
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Zéér benieuwd.
Hell, I'd pay good money to watch this.
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Hell, I'd pay good money to watch this.
