James Coverley
@jamescoverley.bsky.social
Roman history with the potential to be quite interesting. Subscribe for emperors, scandals & unhinged history 👇
Substack - https://jamescoverley.substack.com
Tip Jar - https://ko-fi.com/jamescoverley
Substack - https://jamescoverley.substack.com
Tip Jar - https://ko-fi.com/jamescoverley
Pinned
James Coverley
@jamescoverley.bsky.social
· Jul 10
The Twelve Caesars
Amazon.com: The Twelve Caesars eBook : Suetonius, Gaius, Coverley, James: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
It’s done!
My new translation of Suetonius’ The Twelve Caesars is now available on Kindle!
A scandalous classic, reborn for the 21st century, with a modern voice, intro, glossary, and fully linked endnotes.
If you've followed the journey, thank you.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH5YQB3H
My new translation of Suetonius’ The Twelve Caesars is now available on Kindle!
A scandalous classic, reborn for the 21st century, with a modern voice, intro, glossary, and fully linked endnotes.
If you've followed the journey, thank you.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH5YQB3H
#ancientbluesky #banking #romanhistory #history
After a hard week smacking trouser-wearing ruffians over the head with something heavy, what did the Romans do with their hard-stolen money?
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
After a hard week smacking trouser-wearing ruffians over the head with something heavy, what did the Romans do with their hard-stolen money?
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
#ancientbluesky #banking #romanhistory #history
After a hard week smacking trouser-wearing ruffians over the head with something heavy, what did the Romans do with their hard-stolen money?
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
After a hard week smacking trouser-wearing ruffians over the head with something heavy, what did the Romans do with their hard-stolen money?
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
#lgbtq #ancientbluesky #history #archaeology
Their attitude towards two chaps enjoying each other's company was famously relaxed, but what did they think about two women doing the same thing?
Let's find out!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Their attitude towards two chaps enjoying each other's company was famously relaxed, but what did they think about two women doing the same thing?
Let's find out!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
January 8, 2026 at 1:32 PM
#lgbtq #ancientbluesky #history #archaeology
Their attitude towards two chaps enjoying each other's company was famously relaxed, but what did they think about two women doing the same thing?
Let's find out!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Their attitude towards two chaps enjoying each other's company was famously relaxed, but what did they think about two women doing the same thing?
Let's find out!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
When the unwashed, trouser-wearing mob was bearing down on you, just what good did a flimsy fence and a mound of earth do?
Find out by clicking the link!
#ancientbluesky #romanarmy #history
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Find out by clicking the link!
#ancientbluesky #romanarmy #history
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
How Defendable was a Roman Camp?
One of the things that has always fascinated me is etymology and, in particular, the etymology of placenames.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
When the unwashed, trouser-wearing mob was bearing down on you, just what good did a flimsy fence and a mound of earth do?
Find out by clicking the link!
#ancientbluesky #romanarmy #history
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Find out by clicking the link!
#ancientbluesky #romanarmy #history
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
#ancientbluesky #history #romans
It was well known that Greek and Roman writers expressed great prejudice against what they considered banal, mundane, or socially degrading occupations. Like those filthy reprobates - actors!
Read more here
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
It was well known that Greek and Roman writers expressed great prejudice against what they considered banal, mundane, or socially degrading occupations. Like those filthy reprobates - actors!
Read more here
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
January 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
#ancientbluesky #history #romans
It was well known that Greek and Roman writers expressed great prejudice against what they considered banal, mundane, or socially degrading occupations. Like those filthy reprobates - actors!
Read more here
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
It was well known that Greek and Roman writers expressed great prejudice against what they considered banal, mundane, or socially degrading occupations. Like those filthy reprobates - actors!
Read more here
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
#ancientbluesky #London #England #history #architecture
Clattern Bridge, over the Hogsmill River in Kingston upon Thames dates to 1175, making it one of the oldest standing bridges in England.
Clattern Bridge, over the Hogsmill River in Kingston upon Thames dates to 1175, making it one of the oldest standing bridges in England.
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 AM
#ancientbluesky #London #England #history #architecture
Clattern Bridge, over the Hogsmill River in Kingston upon Thames dates to 1175, making it one of the oldest standing bridges in England.
Clattern Bridge, over the Hogsmill River in Kingston upon Thames dates to 1175, making it one of the oldest standing bridges in England.
#Wales #Cymru #Ancientbluesky #history
A little bit late, but I'd like to wish all my followers, readers and subscribers a very happy New Year from Wales!
Don't have nightmares!
A little bit late, but I'd like to wish all my followers, readers and subscribers a very happy New Year from Wales!
Don't have nightmares!
January 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
#Wales #Cymru #Ancientbluesky #history
A little bit late, but I'd like to wish all my followers, readers and subscribers a very happy New Year from Wales!
Don't have nightmares!
A little bit late, but I'd like to wish all my followers, readers and subscribers a very happy New Year from Wales!
Don't have nightmares!
#ancientbluesky #history #archaeology
What was the Roman Empire's "Roman Empire"?
Who did THEY look to as the predecessor of 'civilised society'?
Find out by subscribing at Substack!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
What was the Roman Empire's "Roman Empire"?
Who did THEY look to as the predecessor of 'civilised society'?
Find out by subscribing at Substack!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
January 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
#ancientbluesky #history #archaeology
What was the Roman Empire's "Roman Empire"?
Who did THEY look to as the predecessor of 'civilised society'?
Find out by subscribing at Substack!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
What was the Roman Empire's "Roman Empire"?
Who did THEY look to as the predecessor of 'civilised society'?
Find out by subscribing at Substack!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
#Newyears #ancientbluesky #romanhistory #tyrants #domitian
Tyrants don’t have power. You have power. Tyrants use your power to stay alive. They’re like the evil equivalent of fairies, and once you stop believing in them, they disappear with a puff of air.
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Tyrants don’t have power. You have power. Tyrants use your power to stay alive. They’re like the evil equivalent of fairies, and once you stop believing in them, they disappear with a puff of air.
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
The Death of Domitian
The thing about tyrants, autocrats, power-mad demagogues and political bullies is that, in the end, someone will always come for you.
open.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:00 AM
#Newyears #ancientbluesky #romanhistory #tyrants #domitian
Tyrants don’t have power. You have power. Tyrants use your power to stay alive. They’re like the evil equivalent of fairies, and once you stop believing in them, they disappear with a puff of air.
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Tyrants don’t have power. You have power. Tyrants use your power to stay alive. They’re like the evil equivalent of fairies, and once you stop believing in them, they disappear with a puff of air.
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
#happynewyear #ancientbluesky #archaaeology #history #romans
Sometime around AD 100, somebody wrote to Flavius Cerialis, commander of the fort at Vindolanda, wishing him a happy New Year.
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Sometime around AD 100, somebody wrote to Flavius Cerialis, commander of the fort at Vindolanda, wishing him a happy New Year.
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
December 31, 2025 at 10:43 AM
#happynewyear #ancientbluesky #archaaeology #history #romans
Sometime around AD 100, somebody wrote to Flavius Cerialis, commander of the fort at Vindolanda, wishing him a happy New Year.
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Sometime around AD 100, somebody wrote to Flavius Cerialis, commander of the fort at Vindolanda, wishing him a happy New Year.
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
#archaeology #history #newyears #romans
Why does the year start on January 1st and not at a much more reasonable time of year, like August, when the weather is nicer? (unless you're in the Far Colonies, of course)
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Why does the year start on January 1st and not at a much more reasonable time of year, like August, when the weather is nicer? (unless you're in the Far Colonies, of course)
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
December 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#archaeology #history #newyears #romans
Why does the year start on January 1st and not at a much more reasonable time of year, like August, when the weather is nicer? (unless you're in the Far Colonies, of course)
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Why does the year start on January 1st and not at a much more reasonable time of year, like August, when the weather is nicer? (unless you're in the Far Colonies, of course)
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
#ancientbluesky #marriage #history #romans
It won't come as much of a surprise to know that Roman society heavily favoured men, who had control of everything, including the children:
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
It won't come as much of a surprise to know that Roman society heavily favoured men, who had control of everything, including the children:
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
December 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#ancientbluesky #marriage #history #romans
It won't come as much of a surprise to know that Roman society heavily favoured men, who had control of everything, including the children:
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
It won't come as much of a surprise to know that Roman society heavily favoured men, who had control of everything, including the children:
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
For #reliefwednesday, here's the Celtic god Cernunnos, torc gripped in one hand, serpent in the other, wishing us all a very Merry Christmas, because that's the sort of chap he is!
#history #paganism #ancientbluesky
#history #paganism #ancientbluesky
December 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
For #reliefwednesday, here's the Celtic god Cernunnos, torc gripped in one hand, serpent in the other, wishing us all a very Merry Christmas, because that's the sort of chap he is!
#history #paganism #ancientbluesky
#history #paganism #ancientbluesky
#christmas #ancientbluesky #archaeology #history #jesus
Did Christianity 'steal' Christmas from the pagans? Would you like to find out? You would!? Well then, read this, you goof:
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Did Christianity 'steal' Christmas from the pagans? Would you like to find out? You would!? Well then, read this, you goof:
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
December 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
#christmas #ancientbluesky #archaeology #history #jesus
Did Christianity 'steal' Christmas from the pagans? Would you like to find out? You would!? Well then, read this, you goof:
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Did Christianity 'steal' Christmas from the pagans? Would you like to find out? You would!? Well then, read this, you goof:
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
For #standingstonesunday, we're off to Holy Island, Ynys Cybi, #Wales #Cymru for Trefignath chambered tomb.
Not a bad place to spend the rest of eternity.
#ancientbluesky #archaeology #history
Not a bad place to spend the rest of eternity.
#ancientbluesky #archaeology #history
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
For #standingstonesunday, we're off to Holy Island, Ynys Cybi, #Wales #Cymru for Trefignath chambered tomb.
Not a bad place to spend the rest of eternity.
#ancientbluesky #archaeology #history
Not a bad place to spend the rest of eternity.
#ancientbluesky #archaeology #history
#ancientbluesky #history #archaeology #romans #hannibal
In this episode, Hannibal gives the Romans a good hiding and then turns Campania against them, after which the Romans do what they do best - wreak terrible revenge on those who opposed them!
shorturl.at/WKg2n
In this episode, Hannibal gives the Romans a good hiding and then turns Campania against them, after which the Romans do what they do best - wreak terrible revenge on those who opposed them!
shorturl.at/WKg2n
December 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#ancientbluesky #history #archaeology #romans #hannibal
In this episode, Hannibal gives the Romans a good hiding and then turns Campania against them, after which the Romans do what they do best - wreak terrible revenge on those who opposed them!
shorturl.at/WKg2n
In this episode, Hannibal gives the Romans a good hiding and then turns Campania against them, after which the Romans do what they do best - wreak terrible revenge on those who opposed them!
shorturl.at/WKg2n
#architecture #history #Wales #Cymru #archaeology
The tranquil and rather remote ruins of St Cybi's Well at the base of Garn Bentyrch in Eifionydd (Gwynedd). Along with the holy well chambers, there are the ruins of the 18th-century caretaker's cottage.
The tranquil and rather remote ruins of St Cybi's Well at the base of Garn Bentyrch in Eifionydd (Gwynedd). Along with the holy well chambers, there are the ruins of the 18th-century caretaker's cottage.
December 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#architecture #history #Wales #Cymru #archaeology
The tranquil and rather remote ruins of St Cybi's Well at the base of Garn Bentyrch in Eifionydd (Gwynedd). Along with the holy well chambers, there are the ruins of the 18th-century caretaker's cottage.
The tranquil and rather remote ruins of St Cybi's Well at the base of Garn Bentyrch in Eifionydd (Gwynedd). Along with the holy well chambers, there are the ruins of the 18th-century caretaker's cottage.
#tudors #history #archaeology #architecture
The kitchen of the 16th-century townhouse Plas Mawr in Conwy, #Wales #Cymru, perhaps the finest Elizabethan townhouse in Britain.
The kitchen of the 16th-century townhouse Plas Mawr in Conwy, #Wales #Cymru, perhaps the finest Elizabethan townhouse in Britain.
December 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
#tudors #history #archaeology #architecture
The kitchen of the 16th-century townhouse Plas Mawr in Conwy, #Wales #Cymru, perhaps the finest Elizabethan townhouse in Britain.
The kitchen of the 16th-century townhouse Plas Mawr in Conwy, #Wales #Cymru, perhaps the finest Elizabethan townhouse in Britain.
#ancientbluesky #history #archaeology #caesar
For someone who came from a family that was somewhat down on its luck, Julius Caesar spent an enormous amount of money to get where he wanted to go. Where did it all come from?
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
For someone who came from a family that was somewhat down on its luck, Julius Caesar spent an enormous amount of money to get where he wanted to go. Where did it all come from?
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
December 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#ancientbluesky #history #archaeology #caesar
For someone who came from a family that was somewhat down on its luck, Julius Caesar spent an enormous amount of money to get where he wanted to go. Where did it all come from?
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
For someone who came from a family that was somewhat down on its luck, Julius Caesar spent an enormous amount of money to get where he wanted to go. Where did it all come from?
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Sneaking one in for #hillfortwednesday A suitably seasonal view from Dryslwyn #Castle in the Tywi Valley, #Wales #Cymru with the great monument to Lord Nelson, Paxton's Tower, looming in the background
December 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Sneaking one in for #hillfortwednesday A suitably seasonal view from Dryslwyn #Castle in the Tywi Valley, #Wales #Cymru with the great monument to Lord Nelson, Paxton's Tower, looming in the background
#ancientbluesky #santaclaus #christmas #history
Santa Claus may be coming to town, but he doesn't need to check if I have been naughty or nice because, let me tell you right now, I have been extremely naughty all year.
If you wish to be 'nice', why not subscribe on Substack!
shorturl.at/0kEjX
Santa Claus may be coming to town, but he doesn't need to check if I have been naughty or nice because, let me tell you right now, I have been extremely naughty all year.
If you wish to be 'nice', why not subscribe on Substack!
shorturl.at/0kEjX
How Did Saint Nicholas Become Santa Claus?
In Wales, there are all sorts of idiosyncratic little hoops through which one quickly learns to jump in order to blend in.
shorturl.at
December 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#ancientbluesky #santaclaus #christmas #history
Santa Claus may be coming to town, but he doesn't need to check if I have been naughty or nice because, let me tell you right now, I have been extremely naughty all year.
If you wish to be 'nice', why not subscribe on Substack!
shorturl.at/0kEjX
Santa Claus may be coming to town, but he doesn't need to check if I have been naughty or nice because, let me tell you right now, I have been extremely naughty all year.
If you wish to be 'nice', why not subscribe on Substack!
shorturl.at/0kEjX
#architecture #England #history #churches #london
The magnificent North Rose window exterior of Westminster Abbey, London, getting itself into the festive spirit in the snow.
The magnificent North Rose window exterior of Westminster Abbey, London, getting itself into the festive spirit in the snow.
December 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
#architecture #England #history #churches #london
The magnificent North Rose window exterior of Westminster Abbey, London, getting itself into the festive spirit in the snow.
The magnificent North Rose window exterior of Westminster Abbey, London, getting itself into the festive spirit in the snow.
#Nero #ancientbluesky #history #archaeology
Many happy returns to Nero, who, had he not gone a bit bonkers and decided he was done for when faced with a rather minor rebellion, would have been 1988 years young today!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Many happy returns to Nero, who, had he not gone a bit bonkers and decided he was done for when faced with a rather minor rebellion, would have been 1988 years young today!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Was Nero Mad?
Another letter wings its way to Potentially Interesting Towers, gripped tightly in the talons of a great, black raven.
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#Nero #ancientbluesky #history #archaeology
Many happy returns to Nero, who, had he not gone a bit bonkers and decided he was done for when faced with a rather minor rebellion, would have been 1988 years young today!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Many happy returns to Nero, who, had he not gone a bit bonkers and decided he was done for when faced with a rather minor rebellion, would have been 1988 years young today!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
On a positive note, and just in time for #mosaicmonday, it's good to see the stunning archaeology of #Syria being unearthed and looked after once again.
#archaeology #history #ancientbluesky
sana.sy/en/culture-a...
#archaeology #history #ancientbluesky
sana.sy/en/culture-a...
Byzantine Mosaic discovered near Qarah in Damascus countryside
Damascus, Dec. 14 (SANA) Syria’s Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums has announced the discovery of a Byzantine-era mosaic near Qarah, a town in
sana.sy
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
On a positive note, and just in time for #mosaicmonday, it's good to see the stunning archaeology of #Syria being unearthed and looked after once again.
#archaeology #history #ancientbluesky
sana.sy/en/culture-a...
#archaeology #history #ancientbluesky
sana.sy/en/culture-a...