Dr Alex A.

Lots of #TEIFriday planning going on today. Some highlights:

We're going to hold an #EpiDoc training workshop in Glasgow this December! Details and signup to follow very soon. A great group of people involved @ndefaoite.bsky.social @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social @dralexa.bsky.social 💯

Talking about Roman priests and purity at the St Andrew’s CA/CAS

Proofs! Time to learn how to create an index…….

Cover image featuring statue of Augustus with head veiled, under title of the book: Roman Priests from Republic to Empire by Alex A Antoniou

Cover reveal! Can’t believe it’s going to be out in the world soon! @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

A fantastic achievement @dralexa.bsky.social ! 👏🎉

What is the most interesting thing that our audience will learn from "Roman Priests from Republic to Empire", or do they have to read to find out...📗🗃

Lucius Volusius Saturninus (consul 3) - Wikipedia

Of the 500 or so priests discussed in the book - everyone from Romulus to Hadrian - perhaps my favourite is L. Volusius Saturninus, who died at 93, held multiple priesthoods, and was honoured by the senate and emperor Nero with a whopping seven statues in Rome en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_...

How John North changed Roman Religion My friend, colleague, co-author and onetime PhD examiner, John North, died a few days ago. He had taught at University College London for decades before

I have a few words on why John North (who died at the weekend) was so important in the study of Roman religion. tinyurl.com/bdezvkdm

My first monograph is currently available for pre-order with OUP! Still genuinely cannot believe it is almost out in the world! @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

Finishing the teaching year with more coin handling with the Hunterian collection #ancienthistory #numismatics #romanhistory #hunterianmuseum

Handling late republican coins with my honours students from the Hunterian’s collections, not a bad way to end a stressful week @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social

Teaching Beginner’s Latin for a group of 40+. I set two pieces of homework a week - one I mark, one that I have them peer-mark, and only go through in class those exercises they struggled with. I also set a formative, marked, practice test and exam. It’s a lot of work, but find it helpful!

Image of the buildings of University of Glasgow

Only three more days of teaching for the calendar year!

‘The ancient hearth was soaked in the blood of its priest’: Priesthoods in the Collapsing Roman Republic | Home Alex Antoniou, University of Glasgow Thursday 7th November 2024 6.30pm The Late Republican period and the collapse of the Republic have captured the attention of scholars for generations. Yet the im...

Looking forward to talking to the Classical Association of Glasgow and the West next week about Roman priests and their involvement in the collapsing Republic: www.classicsglasgow.co.uk?pgid=l71nipk...

After an overwhelming and stressful few months, relieved to finally have broken the back of the manuscript of my first monograph #AncientBluesky