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Dr Raoul Mclaughlin - The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Not mentioned in the written sources? Then how do we know anything about Silbannacus Augustus?

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Silbannacus Augustus: An Unrecorded Emperor of Rome
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October 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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'Updown Girl' - Anglo-Saxon Burial of a Girl with Part African Ancestry (Updown, Kent). #Updown #Anglo-Saxon
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'Updown Girl' - Anglo-Saxon Burial of a Girl with Part African Ancestry (Updown, Kent).
YouTube video by Dr Raoul McLaughlin
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August 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Conference - The Classical Association
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Conference - The Classical Association
CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE 2026 Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Manchester Friday 10 – Sunday 12 April 2026 The CA Conference is the largest annual Classics Conference i...
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July 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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In Belfast for the week to take a very short beginner’s course in ancient Greek at Queen’s University.

Today, the alphabet, diphthongs, diacritic marks, & first transliterations.

Homework tonight: more transliteration (of English words received from the Greek more-or-less whole - eg ambrosia). 📚
A view of the inner court at Queen’s university, showing a very collegial two story red brick building. My Greek primer, “Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek” My course schedule - two sessions daily along with two guest lectures (and a film for fun).
July 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Reception Studies - 'Horatius at the Bridge' by Thomas Babington Macaulay (1842) youtu.be/omNlLzZbnTE 📖 @classassocni.bsky.social @rogueclassicist.bsky.social
'Horatius at the Bridge' by Thomas Babington Macaulay (1842)
YouTube video by Dr Raoul McLaughlin
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July 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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The Fabulous Story of Eudoxus of Cyzicus, the Greek Navigator Who Reached India and Attempted to Circumnavigate Africa in the 2nd Century BCE
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The Fabulous Story of Eudoxus of Cyzicus, the Greek Navigator Who Reached India and Attempted to Circumnavigate Africa in the 2nd Century BCE
Although its great boom occurred in the 16th century, the drive to travel the known world and discover new lands was something that already existed in Antiquity, and for that reason we have accounts o...
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July 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Iggy Pop - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 🎤📖
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Iggy Pop - Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire - 'Caesar Lives' - Classics Ireland (1995)
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July 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Dr Raoul McLaughlin, Germania: The Ancient Germans in Greek and Roman Sources: Geography, Society, Warfare, Religion, and Customs www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Germania-The...
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Dr Raoul McLaughlin, Germania: The Ancient Germans in Greek and Roman Sources
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July 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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‪Caesarion - Son of Caesar and Cleopatra?
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Caesarion - Son of Caesar and Cleopatra?
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July 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Caesarion - Son of Caesar and Cleopatra?
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July 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Great to see @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social & the #Roman battle site at Burnswark (Scotland) in the news a few days ago. Burnswark is a fascinating place, the site of a battle during the reign of Antoninus Pius - & I can personally confirm the 3D experience is amazing!

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Crime scene forensics used to recreate British hillfort siege
A dramatic 3D walkthrough brings to life the historic events at Burnswark Hill in southern Scotland.
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July 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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CANI Newsletter July 2025 « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland
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CANI Newsletter July 2025
CANI July Newsletter 2025Download
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July 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Back to work on the ancient Greeks in the Distant East - tomorrow!
June 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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The Belfast Summer School hosts a series of online guest lecture every year. Our talks and workshops are open to everyone.
Zoom links and reminders are shared via my mailing list; join the list here: subscribepage.com/hmclassicsacademy and I look forward to seeing you!
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Monday 30th June, 4.15pm BST Guest lecture: Dr Aimee Hinds Scott, Zero to Hero: Mapping Heracles from Antiquity to the Present. Tuesday 1st July, 4.15pm BST Guest lecture: Caroline Lawrence, “Greek and Latin Words as Windows to the Past” Wednesday 2nd July, 4.15pm BST Guest lecture: Dr Ben Dewar (Institute of Classical Studies), "The First Half of History": An Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamia. Thursday 3rd July, 4.15pm BST Guest lecture: Dr Jan Haywood (University of Leicester), The Trojan War in contemporary historical fiction. Friday 4th July, 4.15pm BST Dr Antonia Ruppel: Introduction to Sanskrit (I) Tuesday 8th July, 4.15pm BST Guest lecture: Dr Pamela Zinn (Texas Tech University), Love in Lucretius Wednesday 9th July, 4.15pm BST Guest lecture: Professor Susan Deacy, Ad Astra! Lessons for autistic children using classical myth (or.... What would Hercules do?) Thursday 10th July, 4.15pm BST Dr Antonia Ruppel: Introduction to Sanskrit (II)
June 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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My write-up is online! Roman material found in Ireland 😃 classicalassociationni.wordpress.com/2025/05/25/s...
So Near and Yet So Far: Ireland in Classical Antiquity, John O’Keefe Review
Dr John O’Keeffe, the Chief Executive Officer of the Discovery Programme, discussed the significance of ancient Roman material found in Ireland and the research frameworks that have advanced the st…
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May 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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nbgbgb.bsky.social EHarris @nbgbgb.bsky.social · May 24
#RomanSiteSaturday I guess we can legit say this now (well maybe). First photo from Facebook, others mine. What a day to be on site, this is one for the memory book
News report on first intact Roman pot found at Drumanagh Archaeologist holding Roman pot just removed from trench Roman pot and amphora in situ in trench Archaeologist lifting Roman pot from trench
May 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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May 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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I might use Bluesky as a notebook for all my Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek material.
May 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Any truth in the theory that the early Irish script Ogham may be based on hand signs? @classassocni.bsky.social Could they have learnt this system from service in the Roman Army? @rogueclassicist.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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As Summer School tutors, we love to dive into Latin & Greek and share our passion with you.
Ask us anything Greek or Latin related! Struggling with participles? I guarantee you're not the only one. We'll cover the concepts you need to master. helenmcveigh.co.uk/belfastsummerschool
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Vase painting of a man looking at what looks like a laptop and holding a stylus.
May 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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The Codex Argenteus - Ancient Gothic Bible
May 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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From the Archive: Perhaps the best known summary of the the Roman Empire is that 'it declined and fell', but much less agreed upon is 'why', with hundreds of sometimes contradictory explanations...

Here is a list of 212 reasons for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire...

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From Aberglaube (Superstition) to Zweifrontenkrieg (Two-front War): 210 Reasons for the Decline of the Roman Empire
(c)woodsman2b Look at a map of the Roman Empire in 420 and you might be forgiven for thinking that talk of a decline was a little overblown. In terms of outline, the empire does not look all that d…
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May 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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An argument for Irish 'Scotti' porridge - Jerome on Pelagius @classassocni.bsky.social
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My chat with @sarahebond.bsky.social about her fab new book Strike! Resistance in the Roman Empire has now been ported over to Spotify

This clip about forced baking foreshadows late late late capitalism

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May 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM