RomaAquila
@romaaquila.bsky.social
Archaeologist and world traveller studying Medicine, living abroad across multiple countries. I write ancient historical espionage epics set in Rome and the Mediterranean, and scholarly nonfiction on Roman history and archaeology.
Before an empire was forged in legend, a hidden resistance was born.
> In the shadows of Cyrus the Great’s rise, a secret Median brotherhood prepares to strike. novelo.com/story/340/ch... allauthor.com/book/96311/t...
> In the shadows of Cyrus the Great’s rise, a secret Median brotherhood prepares to strike. novelo.com/story/340/ch... allauthor.com/book/96311/t...
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Before an empire was forged in legend, a hidden resistance was born.
> In the shadows of Cyrus the Great’s rise, a secret Median brotherhood prepares to strike. novelo.com/story/340/ch... allauthor.com/book/96311/t...
> In the shadows of Cyrus the Great’s rise, a secret Median brotherhood prepares to strike. novelo.com/story/340/ch... allauthor.com/book/96311/t...
Sparta and the Helots:
It's not what you think. And it's mirrored in a current crisis - which takes it far beyond what the Spartans ever did.
open.substack.com/pub/elysedeb...
It's not what you think. And it's mirrored in a current crisis - which takes it far beyond what the Spartans ever did.
open.substack.com/pub/elysedeb...
Sparta and the Helots: A Glimpse into My Upcoming Novella
Sparta was a militaristic city-state, one of whose central concerns was controlling the Helots—subjugated peoples who lived in the neighbouring lands of Messenia and Laconia. Scholars believe these an...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Sparta and the Helots:
It's not what you think. And it's mirrored in a current crisis - which takes it far beyond what the Spartans ever did.
open.substack.com/pub/elysedeb...
It's not what you think. And it's mirrored in a current crisis - which takes it far beyond what the Spartans ever did.
open.substack.com/pub/elysedeb...
The Flotilla as Witness: Editorial Choreography, Missed Opportunity, and Ancient Parallels
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The Flotilla as Witness: Editorial Choreography, Missed Opportunity, and Ancient Parallels
The current flotilla mission to Gaza, framed as a humanitarian aid delivery, also operated as a symbolic vehicle—positioned to bear witness beyond the testimony already provided by those inside Gaza, ...
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October 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Flotilla as Witness: Editorial Choreography, Missed Opportunity, and Ancient Parallels
open.substack.com/pub/elysedeb...
open.substack.com/pub/elysedeb...
If Britain Had Retained P@lestine: A Counterfactual of Sovereignty and Sabotage open.substack.com/pub/elysedeb...
If Britain Had Retained Palestine: A Counterfactual of Sovereignty and Sabotage
Curated by The Levantine, in dialogue with the works of Elyse DeBarre and Elyssa Vagabunda
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September 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If Britain Had Retained P@lestine: A Counterfactual of Sovereignty and Sabotage open.substack.com/pub/elysedeb...
I've just finished my third historical novel—an espionage epic like the first two! This is Part 2 of my ancient Greek spy series, and it unfolds in Babylon, where secrets twist through temples, palaces, and shadows.
allauthor.com/book/97367/r...
#historicalnovel #babylon #espionage #mysterynovels
allauthor.com/book/97367/r...
#historicalnovel #babylon #espionage #mysterynovels
September 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I've just finished my third historical novel—an espionage epic like the first two! This is Part 2 of my ancient Greek spy series, and it unfolds in Babylon, where secrets twist through temples, palaces, and shadows.
allauthor.com/book/97367/r...
#historicalnovel #babylon #espionage #mysterynovels
allauthor.com/book/97367/r...
#historicalnovel #babylon #espionage #mysterynovels
What really happned at the Tower of Babel?
An interpretation for what really took place!
From Uruk to Babel: How Ancient Writing Development Shaped the Account of Dispersal open.substack.com/pub/elysedeb...
#babylon #uruk #towerofbabel #ancienttrade #firstwriting
An interpretation for what really took place!
From Uruk to Babel: How Ancient Writing Development Shaped the Account of Dispersal open.substack.com/pub/elysedeb...
#babylon #uruk #towerofbabel #ancienttrade #firstwriting
From Uruk to Babel: How Ancient Writing Shaped the Account of Dispersal
Could the biblical account of dispersal reflect a deeper history—one rooted in the rise of writing, trade, and exploration from ancient Mesopotamia?
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September 4, 2025 at 5:27 AM
What really happned at the Tower of Babel?
An interpretation for what really took place!
From Uruk to Babel: How Ancient Writing Development Shaped the Account of Dispersal open.substack.com/pub/elysedeb...
#babylon #uruk #towerofbabel #ancienttrade #firstwriting
An interpretation for what really took place!
From Uruk to Babel: How Ancient Writing Development Shaped the Account of Dispersal open.substack.com/pub/elysedeb...
#babylon #uruk #towerofbabel #ancienttrade #firstwriting