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#FindsFriday - a bronze relief of Minerva from Charlton Down

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January 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Alea iacta est. Today (or maybe tomorrow) night in 49 BCE Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon.

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January 10, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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'What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome?'

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What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome?
The oldest known writing dates to around 5000 BCE. It origins are mysterious.
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January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Ordering Classics books for our beautiful Maughan Library and KCL visiting research fellow Dr Claire Millington's 'Military Households of Roman Auxiliary Commanders' is definitely on our new books list!

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Military Households of Roman Auxiliary Commanders in Western Europe and North Africa - BAR Publishing
This book systematically examines evidence for Roman auxiliary commanders’ households on frontiers in western Europe and North Africa during the first three centuries CE. Although the existence of the...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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'‘Artificial intelligence’ myths have existed for centuries – from the ancient Greeks to a pope’s chatbot'

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‘Artificial intelligence’ myths have existed for centuries – from the ancient Greeks to a pope’s chatbot
Are people willing to believe in AI because it taps into myths that are deeply ingrained in their imaginations?
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January 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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'Volunteers discover 'significant' Roman building' (Bedford, UK)

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Bedford Roman villa volunteers hoping to return after big find
An archaeologist says the excavation is helping put Bedford on the map.
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January 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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'What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome? '

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What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome?
The oldest known writing dates to around 5000 BCE. It origins are mysterious.
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January 5, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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Putting our best foot forward this New Year. This gigantic piece of statuary is from the Basilica of Constantine.

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January 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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For #MosaicMonday we spotted a colourful Greek key pattern meandering along on this pavement from the Mausoleum of Galla at Ravenna.

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January 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Looking forward to hosting this joint @ics.bsky.social / @bsrome.bsky.social event with Peter, @christophersmith.bsky.social, @profyarrow.bsky.social and @kathryntempest.bsky.social in a few weeks!

‘Myth, History and Archaeology’

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January 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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#LatinForTheDay – 5 January #Ovid

“perdiderint cum me duo crimina, carmen et error,
alterius facti culpa silenda mihi:
nam non sum tanti, renovem ut tua vulnera, Caesar,
quem nimio plus est indoluisse semel.
altera pars superest, qua turpi carmine factus...
January 5, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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Copy of an Ephesian statue of Artemis made from marble and bronze.

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January 6, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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#LatinForTheDay – 7 January #Tibullus

“hic mihi servitium video dominamque paratam:
iam mihi, libertas illa paterna, vale.
servitium sed triste datur, teneorque catenis,
et numquam misero vincla remittit Amor,
et seu quid merui seu nil peccavimus, urit....
January 7, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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#LatinForTheDay – 1 January #Ovid

“Iane biceps, anni tacite labentis origo,
solus de superis qui tua terga vides,
dexter ades ducibus, quorum secura labore
otia terra ferax, otia pontus habet:
dexter ades patribusque tuis populoque Quirini,...
January 1, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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Io Saturnalia! (You can never say that enough.) We are logging off our socials now, we hope that you have a good break and enjoy the festivities. #ClassicsBluesky 🏺
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December 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Io Saturnalia!! This is the temple of Saturn in the forum of Rome. #ClassicsBluesky 🏺
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December 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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We saw a ship come sailing in... a rather fine Narbonnese sailing ship going past a lighthouse on this mosaic from Ostia. #MosaicMonday #ClassicsBluesky 🏺

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December 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Two tur-tur doves (oh yes they are!) for advent.

Our posting sequence of vaguely Christmas images from our IMAGO image library is a bit out of sync this year but please enjoy anyway.

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December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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'The Roman mosaic discovered in the Roman villa of Rutland contains a lost version of the Trojan War that does not appear in the Iliad' 🏺

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The Roman mosaic discovered in the Roman villa of Rutland contains a lost version of the Trojan War that does not appear in the Iliad
An academic study by the University of Leicester has conclusively determined that the celebrated Roman mosaic discovered in Ketton, Rutland, does not depict scenes from Homer’s Iliad, as initially…
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December 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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'The Roman mosaic discovered in the Roman villa of Rutland contains a lost version of the Trojan War that does not appear in the Iliad'

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The Roman mosaic discovered in the Roman villa of Rutland contains a lost version of the Trojan War that does not appear in the Iliad
An academic study by the University of Leicester has conclusively determined that the celebrated Roman mosaic discovered in Ketton, Rutland, does not depict scenes from Homer’s Iliad, as initially bel...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Catch up on week one of my Ancient Greek Art Advent here! #ClassicsBluesky 🏺
elliemackinroberts.net Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net · Dec 1
Ancient Greek Art Advent: Day 1!

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Beaten gold Mycenaean death mask showing the idealised face - with a thin nose, closed eyes, and slightly pursed lips.
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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🏺 Tomorrow we’ll release our in-depth conversation w/ classicist Richard Janko about his research on the Derveni Papyrus, Europe’s oldest surviving manuscript from the 4th c. BC.

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December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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🦒 Modern art? Nope, these are charred scroll fragments that were part of a gift of several scrolls that King Ferdinand of Naples had sent to George IV in England in exchange for a royal giraffe for his private zoo.

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A frame with charred scroll fragments were part of a gift containing a number of scrolls that King Ferdinand of Naples had sent to George IV in England in exchange for a royal giraffe for his private zoo.
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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#LatinForTheDay – 2 December #Ovid

“membra iacent diversa locis, caput, Hebre, lyramque
excipis: et (mirum!) medio dum labitur amne,
flebile nescio quid queritur lyra, flebile lingua
murmurat exanimis, respondent flebile ripae.
iamque mare invectae flumen populare relinquunt...
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid

“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM