Lindsay Powell FRHistS
@lindsaypowell.bsky.social
Historian. News editor at Ancient History and Ancient Warfare magazines. Author of 14 books, including MARCUS AGRIPPA, GERMANICUS and TIBERIUS. Appeared on History Channel, HistoryHit and The History Network. FRHistS.
Website: https://lindsay-powell.com
Website: https://lindsay-powell.com
Porta Nigra (‘Black Gateway’) of Augusta Treverorum (Tier, Germany), then and now.
#RomanSiteSaturday
#RomanSiteSaturday
December 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Porta Nigra (‘Black Gateway’) of Augusta Treverorum (Tier, Germany), then and now.
#RomanSiteSaturday
#RomanSiteSaturday
The @ancientwarfare.bsky.social team just wrapped up another podcast. I missed it owing to work commitments, so I'll be interested to listen to the discussion of Roman legions in the second century AD covered in issue 105 when it is released by The History Network.
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The @ancientwarfare.bsky.social team just wrapped up another podcast. I missed it owing to work commitments, so I'll be interested to listen to the discussion of Roman legions in the second century AD covered in issue 105 when it is released by The History Network.
Recreation and cross section of the NE corner of Isca Silurum, winter camp of Legio II Augusta. The actual remains can be viewed at Prysg Field, Caerleon.
#RomanFortThursday
#RomanFortThursday
December 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Recreation and cross section of the NE corner of Isca Silurum, winter camp of Legio II Augusta. The actual remains can be viewed at Prysg Field, Caerleon.
#RomanFortThursday
#RomanFortThursday
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November 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is the scene carved on the Bridgeness Slab upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
The Roman fort of Segedunum (Wallsend) on Hadrian's Wall as it may have appeared in the C3rd AD. It guarded the mouth of the River Tyne. Illustration by Peter Dunn, © Historic England. #RomanFortThursday #AncientBluesky
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The Roman fort of Segedunum (Wallsend) on Hadrian's Wall as it may have appeared in the C3rd AD. It guarded the mouth of the River Tyne. Illustration by Peter Dunn, © Historic England. #RomanFortThursday #AncientBluesky
A recreation of Vindobala (Rudchester, Northumberland), the fourth fort on Hadrian's Wall. Meaning “White Strength”, it was home to a cohort, 500 strong, of part-mounted soldiers. © Mike Ritchie. #RomanFortThursday #AncientBluesky
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A recreation of Vindobala (Rudchester, Northumberland), the fourth fort on Hadrian's Wall. Meaning “White Strength”, it was home to a cohort, 500 strong, of part-mounted soldiers. © Mike Ritchie. #RomanFortThursday #AncientBluesky
Delighted to find my biographies of Nero Claudius Drusus, Tiberius, and Germanicus in Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers in Ancient Rome Biographies.
All published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social and distributed in the USA by @casematepublishers.bsky.social.
#AncientBluesky
All published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social and distributed in the USA by @casematepublishers.bsky.social.
#AncientBluesky
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Delighted to find my biographies of Nero Claudius Drusus, Tiberius, and Germanicus in Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers in Ancient Rome Biographies.
All published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social and distributed in the USA by @casematepublishers.bsky.social.
#AncientBluesky
All published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social and distributed in the USA by @casematepublishers.bsky.social.
#AncientBluesky
#OTD 16 November 42 BC, Ti. Claudius Nero (the future emperor Tiberius) was born.
#TIBERIUSbio #AncientBluesky
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#TIBERIUSbio #AncientBluesky
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November 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#OTD 16 November 42 BC, Ti. Claudius Nero (the future emperor Tiberius) was born.
#TIBERIUSbio #AncientBluesky
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#TIBERIUSbio #AncientBluesky
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Watching the AIA Archaeology Hour November 2025: The People's Arena with Alison Futrell. Great topic!
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Watching the AIA Archaeology Hour November 2025: The People's Arena with Alison Futrell. Great topic!
If you'd like signed and dedicated books in time for Christmas, just write me via Contact on my website. You can order from my whole backlist, and let me know what message you’d like me to inscribe inside it. The cutoff for deliveries is December 17. (USA addresses only).
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If you'd like signed and dedicated books in time for Christmas, just write me via Contact on my website. You can order from my whole backlist, and let me know what message you’d like me to inscribe inside it. The cutoff for deliveries is December 17. (USA addresses only).
Thank you, dear readers, for placing three of my books on Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers in Ancient Rome Biographies list today!
#AncientBluesky
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November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Thank you, dear readers, for placing three of my books on Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers in Ancient Rome Biographies list today!
#AncientBluesky
#AncientBluesky
That's a wrap! The latest Ancient Warfare podcast as produced by Angus Wallace of The History Network. This edition the panel discussed books we'll be reading to end the year. With @clogfather.bsky.social and @lindsaypowell.bsky.social and others. Look for it soon. #AcientBluesky
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
That's a wrap! The latest Ancient Warfare podcast as produced by Angus Wallace of The History Network. This edition the panel discussed books we'll be reading to end the year. With @clogfather.bsky.social and @lindsaypowell.bsky.social and others. Look for it soon. #AcientBluesky
Pike Hill Signal Tower in about AD 123. The first version of Hadrian’s Wall, built from turf on a stone foundation, is just being built. © Historic England/English Heritage (illustration by Peter Lorimer. #RomanFortThursday #hadrianswall
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Pike Hill Signal Tower in about AD 123. The first version of Hadrian’s Wall, built from turf on a stone foundation, is just being built. © Historic England/English Heritage (illustration by Peter Lorimer. #RomanFortThursday #hadrianswall
Very satisfying to see the advertisement for 'Tiberius' appear at the top of the Historical Writers' Association website!
#tiberiusbio @penandswordbooks.bsky.social @casematepublishers.bsky.social
#tiberiusbio @penandswordbooks.bsky.social @casematepublishers.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Very satisfying to see the advertisement for 'Tiberius' appear at the top of the Historical Writers' Association website!
#tiberiusbio @penandswordbooks.bsky.social @casematepublishers.bsky.social
#tiberiusbio @penandswordbooks.bsky.social @casematepublishers.bsky.social
🎃 For Hallowe'en all my books published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social are 30% off! 🎃
👻 But hurry: this offer expires at midnight 31 October UK time 👻
Link to the offer in comments below. 👇
👻 But hurry: this offer expires at midnight 31 October UK time 👻
Link to the offer in comments below. 👇
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🎃 For Hallowe'en all my books published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social are 30% off! 🎃
👻 But hurry: this offer expires at midnight 31 October UK time 👻
Link to the offer in comments below. 👇
👻 But hurry: this offer expires at midnight 31 October UK time 👻
Link to the offer in comments below. 👇
Happy Hallowe'en! Just a few hours to midnight in the UK before this offer expires. Order now from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social and save 30%! Link in the comments below. #AncientBluesky
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Happy Hallowe'en! Just a few hours to midnight in the UK before this offer expires. Order now from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social and save 30%! Link in the comments below. #AncientBluesky
For Hallowe'en all my books published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social are 30% off! (Idea: plan ahead and grab some for Christmas gifts!) But hurry: this offer expires at midnight 31 October! #AncientBluesky
Link to the offer in comments below. 👇
Link to the offer in comments below. 👇
October 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
For Hallowe'en all my books published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social are 30% off! (Idea: plan ahead and grab some for Christmas gifts!) But hurry: this offer expires at midnight 31 October! #AncientBluesky
Link to the offer in comments below. 👇
Link to the offer in comments below. 👇
If you've been waiting for the price of my lastest bio to come down, now's the time! Pen and Sword Books is offering TIBERIUS with 30% off: was £29.99, now £20.99! You save £9.00.
#tiberiusbio #AncientBluesky @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Link below in comments.
#tiberiusbio #AncientBluesky @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If you've been waiting for the price of my lastest bio to come down, now's the time! Pen and Sword Books is offering TIBERIUS with 30% off: was £29.99, now £20.99! You save £9.00.
#tiberiusbio #AncientBluesky @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Link below in comments.
#tiberiusbio #AncientBluesky @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
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Herculaneum as it may have looked in AD 79 and how it looks today. #RomanSiteSaturday #AncientBluesky
October 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Herculaneum as it may have looked in AD 79 and how it looks today. #RomanSiteSaturday #AncientBluesky
Preparing a visual brief for a cartographer (who will be making a map for my article in @ancientwarfare.bsky.social on 'vexillations' in the Roman Army in the C2nd AD) is an interesting challenge, meaning reconciling written accounts with archaeological finds. (📷 is my own).
October 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Preparing a visual brief for a cartographer (who will be making a map for my article in @ancientwarfare.bsky.social on 'vexillations' in the Roman Army in the C2nd AD) is an interesting challenge, meaning reconciling written accounts with archaeological finds. (📷 is my own).
"Why is Augustus part of the public school canon in History?" I have spent much of my life as a researcher trying to understand Augustus. However you perceive him, for all the paradox he is, Augustus deserves to be studied.
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October 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"Why is Augustus part of the public school canon in History?" I have spent much of my life as a researcher trying to understand Augustus. However you perceive him, for all the paradox he is, Augustus deserves to be studied.
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The Ermine Street Guard departs @vindolandatrust.bsky.social. #RomanFortThursday
October 16, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The Ermine Street Guard departs @vindolandatrust.bsky.social. #RomanFortThursday
I'm watching a fascinating (and good natured) discussion between four historians considering the question "Does Ancient History Have a Future?" hosted by Classical Wisdom.
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#AncientBluesky
October 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'm watching a fascinating (and good natured) discussion between four historians considering the question "Does Ancient History Have a Future?" hosted by Classical Wisdom.
#AncientBluesky
#AncientBluesky
A glimpse of a couple of the pages I wrote for the news department of @ancienthistmag.bsky.social issue 56. Grab your copy from your newsagent/stand or direct from
Karwansaray. #AncientBluesky
Karwansaray. #AncientBluesky
October 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A glimpse of a couple of the pages I wrote for the news department of @ancienthistmag.bsky.social issue 56. Grab your copy from your newsagent/stand or direct from
Karwansaray. #AncientBluesky
Karwansaray. #AncientBluesky
Reconstruction and plan of Isca (Caerleon), home to Legio II Augusta. The remains of barracks, baths and the amphitheatre can still be viewed. The excellent Roman Legion Museum is well worth visiting. #RomanFortThursday
October 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Reconstruction and plan of Isca (Caerleon), home to Legio II Augusta. The remains of barracks, baths and the amphitheatre can still be viewed. The excellent Roman Legion Museum is well worth visiting. #RomanFortThursday