Dr Raoul Mclaughlin - The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean

Silbannacus Augustus: An Unrecorded Emperor of Rome

Not mentioned in the written sources? Then how do we know anything about Silbannacus Augustus?

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YouTube video by Dr Raoul McLaughlin 'Updown Girl' - Anglo-Saxon Burial of a Girl with Part African Ancestry (Updown, Kent).

'Updown Girl' - Anglo-Saxon Burial of a Girl with Part African Ancestry (Updown, Kent). #Updown #Anglo-Saxon
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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...

Conference - The Classical Association
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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).

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). 📚

Good luck with your studies! Your hard work will be worth it 🙂

YouTube video by Dr Raoul McLaughlin 'Horatius at the Bridge' by Thomas Babington Macaulay (1842)

Reception Studies - 'Horatius at the Bridge' by Thomas Babington Macaulay (1842) youtu.be/omNlLzZbnTE 📖 @classassocni.bsky.social @rogueclassicist.bsky.social

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...

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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Whatever happened to Eudoxus 🤔 I've written about him in my new piece on the Indo-Greeks 🙂@classassocni.bsky.social‬

YouTube video by Dr Raoul McLaughlin Iggy Pop - Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire - 'Caesar Lives' - Classics Ireland (1995)

Iggy Pop - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 🎤📖
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YouTube video by Dr Raoul McLaughlin Dr Raoul McLaughlin, Germania: The Ancient Germans in Greek and Roman Sources

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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YouTube video by Dr Raoul McLaughlin Caesarion - Son of Caesar and Cleopatra?

‪Caesarion - Son of Caesar and Cleopatra?
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YouTube video by Dr Raoul McLaughlin Caesarion - Son of Caesar and Cleopatra?

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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.

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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CANI Newsletter July 2025 CANI July Newsletter 2025Download

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Brilliant to see! I still have your Varus book on my shelf. And North Africa is another fascinating region...

Back to work on the ancient Greeks in the Distant East - tomorrow!

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)

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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I hope its produce and something exotic!

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…

My write-up is online! Roman material found in Ireland 😃 classicalassociationni.wordpress.com/2025/05/25/s...

Or I could notebook my ancient Irish material here and assemble the Greco-Indian research on Twitter. I also have to promote the German Volumes 🙁

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Any idea yet about the possible contents? Pottery style or trace residue?

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I always assumed that this was quite a small object?

John O'Keeffe was saying that the traditional population estimates for ancient Britain and Ireland might be too low. Maybe the 'barbarian' world was bigger than we think?

The potential might be there 🤔Arab historian Masʿūdī on the Alani: "The kingdom consists of an uninterrupted series of settlements; when the cock crows (in one of them), the answer comes from the other parts of the kingdom, because the villages are intermingled and close together."

Does Ammianus Marcellinus say anything about hand signals?

I might use Bluesky as a notebook for all my Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek material.