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Catharine Edwards

@catharineedwards.bsky.social

Prof.of Classics/Ancient History at Birkbeck. Rome and the ancient Romans, especially Seneca and Cicero.

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The beautiful Baltic:

25.08.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stockholm’s archipelago is full of charming, classically inspired summer houses:

25.08.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Aeneid 5.709-10 β€˜wherever fate pulls or hauls us, there let us go’:

20.08.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So thrilled about Birkbeck's wonderful new Carena Institute!

09.07.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very much looking forward to being part of a panel on Female letter writers and addressees in Graeco-Roman antiquity organised by @janjasoldo.bsky.social and @gavinkellylatin.bsky.social at the Celtic Classics Conference in Coimbra next week:

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This woman is a biscuit-crafting genius!

29.05.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A privilege to encounter the wolf and Marcus Aurelius before the Capitoline Museums opened (filming a piece on Roman decadence for ARTE):

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This Roman monument in Athens - the Tower of the Winds - resonates well with the theme of our colloquium on Seneca’s Natural Questions (winds feature prominently in Book 5):

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This movie - whose title is inspired by Seneca’s Natural Questions - is quite something, though maybe not to the taste of Seneca purists…

29.03.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very much looking forward to taking part - with some world-leading Seneca experts - in what I am sure will be a fascinating colloquium on the Natural Questions in Athens this week:
www.sia.gr/en/events.ph...

26.03.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An amazingly rich deposit which suggests significant Iron Age links between elites in the north of England and continental Europe.

25.03.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Hellenic and Roman Library > Events > Event Registration

Hellenic Society & Roman Society Online Course

6.00pm - 7.30pm (UK time) + recordings will be available

Professor Tim Cornell: The Origins of Rome

Session 1. Wednesday 2 April.

www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...

10.03.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@cambridgeup.bsky.social

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Thrilled to have just received the rather lovely hard copy of the new edition of my *The politics of immorality in Ancient Rome* reissued with a generous foreword by Caroline Vout and a new intro by me in the *Cambridge Classical Classics* series.

10.03.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very honoured to be named here - and in such distinguished company! Coincidentally *The politics of immorality* has just been reissued with a generous foreword by C.Vout and new intro by me in the *Cambridge Classical Classics* series.

10.03.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very excited that my copy of Francesca Martelli's new Cicero book has arrived. A gorgeous cover, too:

17.12.2024 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's graduation season @bbkhistorical.bsky.social! Many congratulations to my lovely and v brainy sister-in-law Dr Frances Wedgwood who now also has an MA in Medical Humanities!

05.12.2024 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What an excellent devil!

05.12.2024 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Enchanting - but often poignant - Tirzah Garwood exhibition at @dulwichgallery.bsky.social . Such a distinctive view of the world.

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This will be a real treat!

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A doorway with an unusual triangular arch built from red brick at the foot of a church tower. In the background can be seen the main body of the church.

A doorway with an unusual triangular arch built from red brick at the foot of a church tower. In the background can be seen the main body of the church.

Is this England's best doorway? Leading into the tower of the Holy Trinity in Colchester, it was built in the 11th century but is constructed from Roman bricks plundered from the ruins of the ancient city of Camulodunum #AdoorableThursday

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Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra are bemused:

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