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40 BOOKS IN ROMAN HISTORY WRITTEN BY WOMEN
A killer reading list of great books (and personal favorites!) in Roman History to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay 2025.
Limited to English (to keep it manageable!) and listed in order of publication.
Let's go!
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Comical Greyhound Laws
Important information for every greyhound owner, from deep in my adoption files. Read 'em and laugh.
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A perfect angel, just like this one 😇
16.02.2025 21:16 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Photo of the front and sides of a clay tablet that is a light grey colour with some darker discolouration patches throughout. It preserves around 15 lines of cuneiform text visible on the front and partially on the sides as well. The background is black
“This is nice behaviour, that I write to you again and again, and you pay no attention to me.”
This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time
Oops I slipped and fell into a bookshop 🙊
#booksky
Is the era of mass literacy over? And what might a post-literate society look like?
🗣️ @alastairbenn.bsky.social is joined by James Marriott
and @paullay.bsky.social to discuss literacy and its uses.
🎙️The dawn of the post-literate society | EI Podcasts
audioboom.com/posts/864485...
An one-handled vessel designed as a cow's head, showing intricate detailing of the eyes, ears, and horns. On the side, a painted scene in classical Greek style features a robed figure in motion.
We all need a timeline cleanse right now...
An adorable #Greek rhyton in the shape of a cow's head. Vessels such as this one were used in drinking parties. Since they didn't have a base, the content had to be consumed before the vessel could be put down
Dating ca. 460 BC
📷Metropolitan Museum
🏺
A fragment of Roman tile with a dog’s paw print imprinted into the surface of the clay. Excavated at Richborough Roman fort.
A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾🐕 😍
This imprint was made about 2,000 years ago, when a dog walked across the wet clay tile as it lay out to dry before firing.
Perhaps not such a good boy?😂
Richborough Roman fort 📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
Too cute 🥹
#greyhound
A book shelf decorated with classical busts, christmas decorations, and books. An overlaid text in burgundy and gold says: Working Classicists Solidarity Saturnalia. The Working Classicists fist logo is also pictured.
It's time for...
🎁🎄SOLIDARITY SATURNALIA 2024 ✊📚
This year our theme is 'Library Starter Packs', a collection of carefully curated bundles for Classicists and ancient historians of all ages and abilities!
Read on for bundle details and how to enter
#SolidaritySaturnalia2024
