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Just one coin… (a Jugurtha eye candy post) Link to specimen in trade I started this post earlier this morning while I was waiting for an important meeting. Thus far I’ve graded, drafted a grant report, crafted an agenda to meet progra…

In case you need some modern classical reception and iconographic interpretation in your life. I needed to write a little today to keep myself sane. livyarrow.org/2025/10/23/j...

Unfortunately this performative compassion is spreading, and has presented as a gangrene on old social democratic parties. The sweeter they sound, the more secure is the status quo.

3. They proclaim themselves leftists, but without any solidarity with the working class. Words not deeds, kind thoughts, but no action. Rather Trump than Sanders, who would make real changes.

Three reasons to distrust liberals: 1. they present privileges as life style choices. 2. They claim adherence to Scandinavian social democracy, but are horrified when things cost more because of people earning a living wage and taxes paying for the system they admire.

The Far Edges of the Known World A revisionist history of the ancient world that shifts our focus from Athens and Rome to the long-ignored societies on the borders., The Far Edges of the Known World, Life Beyond the Borders of Ancien...

The Far Edges of the Known World is now available in North America! If you like ancient history, global history, reading about different cultures, or just fancy an escape - give it a look.

A photo of a hardback book, Slavery and Honour in the Ancient Greek World, edited by David Lewis, Mirko Canevaro and Douglas Cairns. The cover includes an ancient vase painting of a shackled humanoid figure.

Happy Friday! May I interest you in a free book? SLAVERY AND HONOUR IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD is out now in Open Access! This edited collection from David Lewis, Mirko Canevaro and Douglas Cairns explores the complexities of honour and dishonour in ancient Greek slavery.

Jennifer Barry, Podcast Episode · New Books in Late Antiquity · 09/29/2025 · 52m

If you would like to hear me talk about the main interventions of Gender Violence in Late Antiquity, check out this podcast interview with @mikemotia.bsky.social His careful engagement with my work really made this a great experience. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j... @ancientjewreview.bsky.social

I have a new article out today in Public Humanities, where I try to find some words for how historicide is (and has always been) a project of European colonialism - and I try to find some words for the historians who continue to support it. 🇵🇸✊🏻

Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This is a screen grab of the first page of the article, which includes the abstract and keywords.

Happy pub day for "The Autocratic Interpretation of Athens: Rethinking Regime Theory in Thucydides' 'Archaeology'," which appears in Polis 42,3 @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social

You can find a preprint on my academia page or access the article here: doi.org/10.1163/20512996-12340479

I made a ‘Where did Proscription come from?’ Comic for my classes:

What The Right Doesn’t Know About Rome Honor Cargill-Martin, a historian of the ancient world, discusses how myths about the Roman empire originated and continue to warp our political discourse.

Honor Cargill-Martin, a historian of the ancient world, discusses how myths about the Roman empire originated and continue to warp our political discourse. www.currentaffairs.org/news/what-th...

My next book review for @rheaclassical.bsky.social reviews #AncientBluesky ⚱️🦋

Really thrilled that my second book is now published! It explores the life of Tacfarinas, a C1st AD auxiliary soldier-deserter-bandit-rebel who came to lead a revolt against #Rome in NW Africa during the early reign of Tiberius. He is a truly fascinating figure in #Roman history! 🏺AncientBlueSky

Roman gravestones hint that ancient economies still shape the present A computer analysis of Latin inscriptions argues that economic complexity is “sticky” over time. Historians are skeptical

Roman gravestones hint that ancient economies still shape the present @aaas.org @netsciconf.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...

As Sanders put it: no wonder that the labour class left the Democrats, when the Democrats left the labour class long ago. Voting the republicans out will help matters, but I’m afraid the understanding of the need for substantial change which could win the labour class back, will evaporate then

You do not think this presupposes a solidarity, permanently broken as “communism”, and grassroots organisations broken in anti-unionism after Reagan? This rallying by leaders, i.a. the traction gained by Sanders and AOC: How far can it go? I fear the people can endure much more without rebelling

I guess this is the original from Florence. I have high resolution, which you can use, if you like

Public lecture at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome by Prof. Han Lamers - The Norwegian Institute in Rome DVX. A Latin Word in Fascist Propaganda—Semantic and Semiotic Multiplicity as Instruments of Power

www.hf.uio.no/dnir/english... Public lecture at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome by Prof. Han Lamers - The Norwegian Institute in Rome

I got I through my PhD-student Annika who got it from Eivind. Very much looking forward to it!

Will be using it in our course on classical reception 😀

It’s possible to love and respect jews, be against #anti-semitism, AND condemn the #genocidal ethno-state of #Israel.

Why intelligent and otherwise compassionate humans, complain that #Palestinians expelled from their land, occupied and mistreated since 1948, doesn’t “behave”, is beyond me

An aerial view of the extensive ruins of a Roman town, showing a well-preserved grid layout with stone foundations, streets, and colonnades. Visible landmarks include a large amphitheater, a central forum surrounded by columns, and monumental arches, all set within a geometric network of buildings and thoroughfares.

#RomanSiteSaturday: The architectural perfection of Timgad, Algeria, is consistently striking in photographs.
The Colonia Marciana Traiana Thamugadi was founded in 100 AD. Its plan, laid out with great precision, is Roman urban planning at its best.

📷 Georg Steinmetz
🏺 #archaeology

@tadstoermer.bsky.social is the American who doesn’t think a “strongly worded letter of resignation” counts as proper resistance. He gives me hope that there are people with a backbone in the US.

Book 4, The Far Edges of the Known World by @badancient.bsky.social. Ancient history, but by centering the narrative from the edges you get such a different perspective. Sections on the Black Sea were so interesting!

As Steelfest in Finland gets underway, which calls itself “a gathering of wolves,” now’s as good a time as any to mention that I wrote an article on the pervasive connections between lupine/lycanthropic themes and fascism/white supremacism in Metal, including in its reception of antiquity.

If in Palermo on Friday the 16th, drop in!