Tom Gavin 🧈
@tomgavin.bsky.social
Studying DPhil in Ancient History at Uni of Oxford | Roman Asia, Numismatics, Post-Classical Polis | Butter lover (he/him)
Always strive to have the confidence of Apollonius of Tyana in writing to Vespasian after he had the temerity to demand Greece pay taxes.
August 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Always strive to have the confidence of Apollonius of Tyana in writing to Vespasian after he had the temerity to demand Greece pay taxes.
I've been studying Roman history for almost a decade, and it's only now that I've come across the claim that Roman general and dictator L. Cornelius Sulla had only one testicle (Dig. 49.16.4).
June 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I've been studying Roman history for almost a decade, and it's only now that I've come across the claim that Roman general and dictator L. Cornelius Sulla had only one testicle (Dig. 49.16.4).
Ordinarily I despise people who write in library books - I will make an exception here.
February 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Ordinarily I despise people who write in library books - I will make an exception here.
The Google Maps page for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre giving some real wisdom.
January 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The Google Maps page for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre giving some real wisdom.
Some really solid work in one of the Oxford Classics Faculty basement rooms.
December 13, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Some really solid work in one of the Oxford Classics Faculty basement rooms.
Finished moving house and celebrated being near to an excellent (and relatively cheap!) butcher with an oxtail ragu!
September 23, 2023 at 7:25 PM
Finished moving house and celebrated being near to an excellent (and relatively cheap!) butcher with an oxtail ragu!
Honestly, recipe reviews have to be one of the best places in the world to find completely unhinged sentences.
September 23, 2023 at 3:21 PM
Honestly, recipe reviews have to be one of the best places in the world to find completely unhinged sentences.