Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal
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The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal #TRAJ publishes peer-reviewed #OpenAccess articles on #RomanArchaeology by @openlibhums.bsky.social | Edited by @emilyhanscam.bsky.social
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🎉 #TRAJ Volume 8 is launched!
Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!
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Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!
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Thanks to @emilyhanscam.bsky.social for the invitation to review "Classical Controversies" for @traj-journal.bsky.social.
I took the opportunity to reflect on how, reviewing in 2025, some themes/emphases resound differently from when the book came out in 2022.
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I took the opportunity to reflect on how, reviewing in 2025, some themes/emphases resound differently from when the book came out in 2022.
traj.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...
October 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Thanks to @emilyhanscam.bsky.social for the invitation to review "Classical Controversies" for @traj-journal.bsky.social.
I took the opportunity to reflect on how, reviewing in 2025, some themes/emphases resound differently from when the book came out in 2022.
traj.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...
I took the opportunity to reflect on how, reviewing in 2025, some themes/emphases resound differently from when the book came out in 2022.
traj.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...
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Obviously those feet and shoes would have trodden on roads. Roman roads.
Which, when you start to think about these things, starts to get quite mindblowing
Which, when you start to think about these things, starts to get quite mindblowing
NEW TRAJ #BookReview
Roman Feet and Shoes by Elizabeth Shaw, ✍️ Marquita Volken
"an invaluable resource and a starting point for identifying Roman mentalities regarding the significance of shoe- and foot-shaped artefacts"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
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Roman Feet and Shoes by Elizabeth Shaw, ✍️ Marquita Volken
"an invaluable resource and a starting point for identifying Roman mentalities regarding the significance of shoe- and foot-shaped artefacts"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
@barpublishing.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Obviously those feet and shoes would have trodden on roads. Roman roads.
Which, when you start to think about these things, starts to get quite mindblowing
Which, when you start to think about these things, starts to get quite mindblowing
NEW TRAJ #BookReview
Roman Feet and Shoes by Elizabeth Shaw, ✍️ Marquita Volken
"an invaluable resource and a starting point for identifying Roman mentalities regarding the significance of shoe- and foot-shaped artefacts"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
@barpublishing.bsky.social
Roman Feet and Shoes by Elizabeth Shaw, ✍️ Marquita Volken
"an invaluable resource and a starting point for identifying Roman mentalities regarding the significance of shoe- and foot-shaped artefacts"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
@barpublishing.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
NEW TRAJ #BookReview
Roman Feet and Shoes by Elizabeth Shaw, ✍️ Marquita Volken
"an invaluable resource and a starting point for identifying Roman mentalities regarding the significance of shoe- and foot-shaped artefacts"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
@barpublishing.bsky.social
Roman Feet and Shoes by Elizabeth Shaw, ✍️ Marquita Volken
"an invaluable resource and a starting point for identifying Roman mentalities regarding the significance of shoe- and foot-shaped artefacts"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
@barpublishing.bsky.social
NEW #TRAJ Book Review 📚
Roman Urbanism in Italy: Recent Discoveries and New Directions edited by Alessandro Launaro, reviewed by Myles McCallum.
"an important and stimulating volume"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Roman Urbanism in Italy: Recent Discoveries and New Directions edited by Alessandro Launaro, reviewed by Myles McCallum.
"an important and stimulating volume"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
September 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
NEW #TRAJ Book Review 📚
Roman Urbanism in Italy: Recent Discoveries and New Directions edited by Alessandro Launaro, reviewed by Myles McCallum.
"an important and stimulating volume"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Roman Urbanism in Italy: Recent Discoveries and New Directions edited by Alessandro Launaro, reviewed by Myles McCallum.
"an important and stimulating volume"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
A very topical book review by @curtisdozier.bsky.social of pharos.vassarspaces.net
📚 Classical Controversies: Reception of Greco-Roman Antiquity in the Twenty-First Century ed. by Kim Beerden & Timo Epping
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
📚 Classical Controversies: Reception of Greco-Roman Antiquity in the Twenty-First Century ed. by Kim Beerden & Timo Epping
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
September 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A very topical book review by @curtisdozier.bsky.social of pharos.vassarspaces.net
📚 Classical Controversies: Reception of Greco-Roman Antiquity in the Twenty-First Century ed. by Kim Beerden & Timo Epping
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
📚 Classical Controversies: Reception of Greco-Roman Antiquity in the Twenty-First Century ed. by Kim Beerden & Timo Epping
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
NEW in #TRAJ Vol. 8:
Performing Gender Normativity & Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources & Iconographic Evidence by Jessica Tilley
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#AcademicSky #RomanArchaeology
Performing Gender Normativity & Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources & Iconographic Evidence by Jessica Tilley
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
#AcademicSky #RomanArchaeology
Performing Gender Normativity and Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources and Iconographic Evidence
This article contributes to the emerging field of Queer Death Studies by offering a queer analysis of the gendered performances of mourners during the Roman funeral through an examination of subversio...
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September 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
NEW in #TRAJ Vol. 8:
Performing Gender Normativity & Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources & Iconographic Evidence by Jessica Tilley
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
#AcademicSky #RomanArchaeology
Performing Gender Normativity & Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources & Iconographic Evidence by Jessica Tilley
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
#AcademicSky #RomanArchaeology
Kick off the fall with a #TRAJ #BookReview!
📚 'At Home in Roman Egypt' by Anna Boozer, reviewed by Stefania Alfarano
"she successfully highlights the complexity of household life in Roman Egypt, challenging assumptions of its exceptionalism within the broader Roman world"
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📚 'At Home in Roman Egypt' by Anna Boozer, reviewed by Stefania Alfarano
"she successfully highlights the complexity of household life in Roman Egypt, challenging assumptions of its exceptionalism within the broader Roman world"
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August 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Kick off the fall with a #TRAJ #BookReview!
📚 'At Home in Roman Egypt' by Anna Boozer, reviewed by Stefania Alfarano
"she successfully highlights the complexity of household life in Roman Egypt, challenging assumptions of its exceptionalism within the broader Roman world"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
📚 'At Home in Roman Egypt' by Anna Boozer, reviewed by Stefania Alfarano
"she successfully highlights the complexity of household life in Roman Egypt, challenging assumptions of its exceptionalism within the broader Roman world"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
🍇 Interested in #Wine and #AncientRome?
Check out this review of Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology: Scientific Approaches in Roman Contexts ed. by @emlynkd.bsky.social & @divali.bsky.social, reviewed by Anna Meens.
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Check out this review of Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology: Scientific Approaches in Roman Contexts ed. by @emlynkd.bsky.social & @divali.bsky.social, reviewed by Anna Meens.
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
July 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🍇 Interested in #Wine and #AncientRome?
Check out this review of Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology: Scientific Approaches in Roman Contexts ed. by @emlynkd.bsky.social & @divali.bsky.social, reviewed by Anna Meens.
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Check out this review of Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology: Scientific Approaches in Roman Contexts ed. by @emlynkd.bsky.social & @divali.bsky.social, reviewed by Anna Meens.
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
NEW #TRAJ review, 'In the Footsteps of the Etruscans: Changing Landscapes around Tuscania from Prehistory to Modernity, by Graeme Barker & Tom Rasmussen.
"The long-awaited publication of the Tuscania survey offers a dataset of high quality and importance." ✍️ Robert Witcher
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"The long-awaited publication of the Tuscania survey offers a dataset of high quality and importance." ✍️ Robert Witcher
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
July 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
NEW #TRAJ review, 'In the Footsteps of the Etruscans: Changing Landscapes around Tuscania from Prehistory to Modernity, by Graeme Barker & Tom Rasmussen.
"The long-awaited publication of the Tuscania survey offers a dataset of high quality and importance." ✍️ Robert Witcher
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
"The long-awaited publication of the Tuscania survey offers a dataset of high quality and importance." ✍️ Robert Witcher
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Check out one of our latest book reviews!
Gabii through its Artefacts, ed. by Laura M. Banducci & Mattia D'Acri, reviewed by Adeline Hoffelinck.
"This volume stands out for its qualitative analysis of everyday objects ... contributions are of outstanding quality"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Gabii through its Artefacts, ed. by Laura M. Banducci & Mattia D'Acri, reviewed by Adeline Hoffelinck.
"This volume stands out for its qualitative analysis of everyday objects ... contributions are of outstanding quality"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
June 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Check out one of our latest book reviews!
Gabii through its Artefacts, ed. by Laura M. Banducci & Mattia D'Acri, reviewed by Adeline Hoffelinck.
"This volume stands out for its qualitative analysis of everyday objects ... contributions are of outstanding quality"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Gabii through its Artefacts, ed. by Laura M. Banducci & Mattia D'Acri, reviewed by Adeline Hoffelinck.
"This volume stands out for its qualitative analysis of everyday objects ... contributions are of outstanding quality"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
NEW Research Article in #TRAJ Vol 8 -
'Command & Control on Hadrian's Wall: Exploring the Use of Analogy in Roman Frontier Archaeology' by Paul Kitching @arcdurham.bsky.social
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#HadriansWall #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology
'Command & Control on Hadrian's Wall: Exploring the Use of Analogy in Roman Frontier Archaeology' by Paul Kitching @arcdurham.bsky.social
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
#HadriansWall #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology
Command and Control on Hadrian’s Wall: Exploring the Use of Analogy in Roman Frontier Archaeology
Analogy is a ubiquitous but contested feature in archaeological reasoning, used differently in the contexts of discovery, justification and communication. The limitations of the archaeological record ...
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June 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
NEW Research Article in #TRAJ Vol 8 -
'Command & Control on Hadrian's Wall: Exploring the Use of Analogy in Roman Frontier Archaeology' by Paul Kitching @arcdurham.bsky.social
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
#HadriansWall #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology
'Command & Control on Hadrian's Wall: Exploring the Use of Analogy in Roman Frontier Archaeology' by Paul Kitching @arcdurham.bsky.social
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
#HadriansWall #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology
There are some great new Book Reviews in the latest issue of #TRAJ, including -
📘 Gabii through its Artefacts
📕 Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology
📗 In the Footsteps of the Etruscans
📙 #Roman Feet & Shoes
Check them out here! traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
📘 Gabii through its Artefacts
📕 Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology
📗 In the Footsteps of the Etruscans
📙 #Roman Feet & Shoes
Check them out here! traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
May 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
There are some great new Book Reviews in the latest issue of #TRAJ, including -
📘 Gabii through its Artefacts
📕 Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology
📗 In the Footsteps of the Etruscans
📙 #Roman Feet & Shoes
Check them out here! traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
📘 Gabii through its Artefacts
📕 Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology
📗 In the Footsteps of the Etruscans
📙 #Roman Feet & Shoes
Check them out here! traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
NEW #TRAJ research article by Anthony King, Grahame Soffe & Kate Adcock
'Processional Routes, Orthopraxy & a Political Sacred Island: Exploring the Iron Age & Roman Religious Landscape of Hayling Island & the Chichester region'
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#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
'Processional Routes, Orthopraxy & a Political Sacred Island: Exploring the Iron Age & Roman Religious Landscape of Hayling Island & the Chichester region'
traj.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...
#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
Processional Routes, Orthopraxy and a Political Sacred Island: Exploring the Iron Age and Roman Religious Landscape of Hayling Island and the Chichester region
The role of processions and pilgrimage in the pre-Roman to Roman transition in southern Britain is considered in this paper. The example chosen for detailed examination is the temple on Hayling Island...
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May 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
NEW #TRAJ research article by Anthony King, Grahame Soffe & Kate Adcock
'Processional Routes, Orthopraxy & a Political Sacred Island: Exploring the Iron Age & Roman Religious Landscape of Hayling Island & the Chichester region'
traj.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...
#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
'Processional Routes, Orthopraxy & a Political Sacred Island: Exploring the Iron Age & Roman Religious Landscape of Hayling Island & the Chichester region'
traj.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...
#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
🎉 #TRAJ Volume 8 is launched!
Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!
FREE traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!
FREE traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
May 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🎉 #TRAJ Volume 8 is launched!
Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!
FREE traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!
FREE traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
Spring is a great time to read about the 'planty’ agency of trees, plants, flowers, and fruits in the creation of the Roman funeral landscape 🌷
Check out 'There Buds the Laurel’: Nature, Temporality & the Making of Place in the Cemeteries of Roman Italy' from #TRAJ Vol. 1
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Check out 'There Buds the Laurel’: Nature, Temporality & the Making of Place in the Cemeteries of Roman Italy' from #TRAJ Vol. 1
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‘There Buds the Laurel’: Nature, Temporality, and the Making of Place in the Cemeteries of Roman Italy
Using the necropolis environments of the Vesuvian region of Imperial period Italy as a case study, this paper examines the ways in which multiple, overlapping, and temporally specific senses of place ...
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April 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Spring is a great time to read about the 'planty’ agency of trees, plants, flowers, and fruits in the creation of the Roman funeral landscape 🌷
Check out 'There Buds the Laurel’: Nature, Temporality & the Making of Place in the Cemeteries of Roman Italy' from #TRAJ Vol. 1
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Check out 'There Buds the Laurel’: Nature, Temporality & the Making of Place in the Cemeteries of Roman Italy' from #TRAJ Vol. 1
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
We used to celebrate #FindsFriday in the old place, for today, how about the Colchester Cup from the British Museum?
Read more about 1st century Roman mold-blown glass cups in Cassibry 2018, 'Spectacular Translucence: The Games in Glass' from #TRAJ Vol 1
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Read more about 1st century Roman mold-blown glass cups in Cassibry 2018, 'Spectacular Translucence: The Games in Glass' from #TRAJ Vol 1
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
April 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We used to celebrate #FindsFriday in the old place, for today, how about the Colchester Cup from the British Museum?
Read more about 1st century Roman mold-blown glass cups in Cassibry 2018, 'Spectacular Translucence: The Games in Glass' from #TRAJ Vol 1
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Read more about 1st century Roman mold-blown glass cups in Cassibry 2018, 'Spectacular Translucence: The Games in Glass' from #TRAJ Vol 1
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
We are always pleased to see a new round of the conference which inspired TRAJ!
The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference 2025 will be held online from 22-24 Oct, see the call for sessions.
#TRAC2023 was also held on Gather.town, for commentary see our Vol 7 editorial: doi.org/10.16995/tra...
The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference 2025 will be held online from 22-24 Oct, see the call for sessions.
#TRAC2023 was also held on Gather.town, for commentary see our Vol 7 editorial: doi.org/10.16995/tra...
March 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We are always pleased to see a new round of the conference which inspired TRAJ!
The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference 2025 will be held online from 22-24 Oct, see the call for sessions.
#TRAC2023 was also held on Gather.town, for commentary see our Vol 7 editorial: doi.org/10.16995/tra...
The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference 2025 will be held online from 22-24 Oct, see the call for sessions.
#TRAC2023 was also held on Gather.town, for commentary see our Vol 7 editorial: doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Check out a recent #TRAJ #BookReview!
Revelation & Material Religion in the Roman East ed. by Leach, Smith & Keddie, reviewed by Constanze Graml
'contributions on the textual world of the New Testament, which provide interesting and creative thought experiments"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Revelation & Material Religion in the Roman East ed. by Leach, Smith & Keddie, reviewed by Constanze Graml
'contributions on the textual world of the New Testament, which provide interesting and creative thought experiments"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
March 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Check out a recent #TRAJ #BookReview!
Revelation & Material Religion in the Roman East ed. by Leach, Smith & Keddie, reviewed by Constanze Graml
'contributions on the textual world of the New Testament, which provide interesting and creative thought experiments"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Revelation & Material Religion in the Roman East ed. by Leach, Smith & Keddie, reviewed by Constanze Graml
'contributions on the textual world of the New Testament, which provide interesting and creative thought experiments"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
NEW #TRAJ Book Review 'Archaeology of the #Roman Conquest' by Manuel Fernández-Götz & Nico Roymans, ✍️ by Al McCluskey
"excellent up-to-date references, well-written, lavishly illustrated & is highly accessible"
"new multidisciplinary methodologies to conflict archaeology"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
"excellent up-to-date references, well-written, lavishly illustrated & is highly accessible"
"new multidisciplinary methodologies to conflict archaeology"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
March 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW #TRAJ Book Review 'Archaeology of the #Roman Conquest' by Manuel Fernández-Götz & Nico Roymans, ✍️ by Al McCluskey
"excellent up-to-date references, well-written, lavishly illustrated & is highly accessible"
"new multidisciplinary methodologies to conflict archaeology"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
"excellent up-to-date references, well-written, lavishly illustrated & is highly accessible"
"new multidisciplinary methodologies to conflict archaeology"
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Check out this recent #TRAJ review! 'Un insediamento di età romana dimenticato nel tempo' ed. by Paolo Visonà, ✍️ (in English) by Edoardo Vanni.
'a good preliminary historical-archaeological foundation history.. of the territory of the middle Agno-Guà Valley (Veneto, Italy)'
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
'a good preliminary historical-archaeological foundation history.. of the territory of the middle Agno-Guà Valley (Veneto, Italy)'
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
February 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Check out this recent #TRAJ review! 'Un insediamento di età romana dimenticato nel tempo' ed. by Paolo Visonà, ✍️ (in English) by Edoardo Vanni.
'a good preliminary historical-archaeological foundation history.. of the territory of the middle Agno-Guà Valley (Veneto, Italy)'
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
'a good preliminary historical-archaeological foundation history.. of the territory of the middle Agno-Guà Valley (Veneto, Italy)'
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
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"The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology"
Read the #TRAJ Vol. 7 editorial by guest editors Cristina Crizbasan & Dragoș Mitrofan: doi.org/10.16995/tra... @traj-journal.bsky.social
Read the #TRAJ Vol. 7 editorial by guest editors Cristina Crizbasan & Dragoș Mitrofan: doi.org/10.16995/tra... @traj-journal.bsky.social
The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology
The editorial of the seventh volume of the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal explores the intertwining relationships between digital platforms and Roman archaeology. When faced with powerful digit...
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February 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology"
Read the #TRAJ Vol. 7 editorial by guest editors Cristina Crizbasan & Dragoș Mitrofan: doi.org/10.16995/tra... @traj-journal.bsky.social
Read the #TRAJ Vol. 7 editorial by guest editors Cristina Crizbasan & Dragoș Mitrofan: doi.org/10.16995/tra... @traj-journal.bsky.social
🎉 With the publication of the Editorial by our guest editors Cristina Crizbasan & Dragos Mitrofan, #TRAJ Vol 7 is now complete!
Don't miss 'The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology', with incisive commentary on digital platforms & misinformation
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Don't miss 'The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology', with incisive commentary on digital platforms & misinformation
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology
The editorial of the seventh volume of the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal explores the intertwining relationships between digital platforms and Roman archaeology. When faced with powerful digit...
doi.org
February 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🎉 With the publication of the Editorial by our guest editors Cristina Crizbasan & Dragos Mitrofan, #TRAJ Vol 7 is now complete!
Don't miss 'The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology', with incisive commentary on digital platforms & misinformation
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Don't miss 'The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology', with incisive commentary on digital platforms & misinformation
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
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If anyone thinks they have a Bowl more Super than ours, they are sadly deluded. 😎
February 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If anyone thinks they have a Bowl more Super than ours, they are sadly deluded. 😎
NEW #TRAJ 📚 #BookReview
🌳 Trees in Ancient Rome: Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate by Andrew Fox, reviewed by Giulia Caneva
"stimulating and extremely useful in this modern era of ‘plant blindness’"
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@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social #AcademicSky
🌳 Trees in Ancient Rome: Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate by Andrew Fox, reviewed by Giulia Caneva
"stimulating and extremely useful in this modern era of ‘plant blindness’"
FREE doi.org/10.16995/tra...
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social #AcademicSky
February 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
NEW #TRAJ 📚 #BookReview
🌳 Trees in Ancient Rome: Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate by Andrew Fox, reviewed by Giulia Caneva
"stimulating and extremely useful in this modern era of ‘plant blindness’"
FREE doi.org/10.16995/tra...
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social #AcademicSky
🌳 Trees in Ancient Rome: Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate by Andrew Fox, reviewed by Giulia Caneva
"stimulating and extremely useful in this modern era of ‘plant blindness’"
FREE doi.org/10.16995/tra...
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social #AcademicSky
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Some things never change!
A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:
“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂
Dated to about 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was found in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 MOLA
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:
“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂
Dated to about 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was found in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 MOLA
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
![The photo shows a Roman iron stylus pen used to write on wax-filled wooden writing tablets. It has an inscription which runs along its length on four sides. The image shows the four lines of inscribed text which read:
‘ab urbe v[e]n[i] munus tibi
gratum adf(e)ro
acul[eat]um ut habe[a]s memor[ia]m nostra(m)
rogo si fortuna dar[e]t quo possem
largius ut longa via ceu sacculus est (v)acuus’
‘I have come from the City. I bring you a welcome gift
with a sharp point that you may remember me.
I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able (to give)
as generously as the way is long (and) as my purse is empty.’
Excavated in London by MOLA. Photo by Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreidl4tnhxi3qbq6bveq65le2cbfbjty36jsqyncoquqvvgqk42e7ze@jpeg)
January 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Some things never change!
A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:
“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂
Dated to about 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was found in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 MOLA
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:
“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂
Dated to about 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was found in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 MOLA
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology