Jeremy Simmons

Laws of All the Greeks: International Law as Social Reality in Ancient Greece Abstract. This book offers the most comprehensive account of ancient Greek international law published in English in a century, while exploring the social

So excited to dive into this new book, now out online @academic.oup.com. Congrats to Jesse, a close friend and excellent scholar! #ancientbluesky 🏺

Two perforated altar reliefs from the Mithraeum at Mundelsheim. One depicts Sol, the sun god, with the radiant. the other shows Luna, the goddess of the moon, with the crescent.

In Roman times, they were illuminated from behind, creating a striking play of light and shadow that must ...🧵1/2

Tamil Brahmi inscriptions found in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings shed light on ancient trade links Tamil Brahmi inscriptions in Egypt reveal ancient trade links between Tamilagam, India, and the Roman Empire, highlighting cultural connections.

More South Asian epigraphy in Egypt!

Reorganizing the College of Liberal Arts at UT Austin. Announced today by the president.,

Trainspotting

In mid-2023 I was invited to speak about the 3rd Century Crisis at a conference in Copenhagen. By the time I was writing the paper later that year, the irony of writing about ancient crises from a position of safety in a world full of real violence (in the very same places) was almost too much.

Literally my first thought as well

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Today is our last day at the @archaeological.org & @scsclassics.bsky.social meeting, but you still have time to stop by our booth (113)! Not only do we have fascinating new classics titles, but we’re also giving out code EXH30 for 30% off (in the US & Canada) through 1/31! #AIA2026 #SCS2026

It is indeed on the banner 😊 bsky.app/profile/prin...

Hey historians, if you're sick of AI and digital slop then come to our Jan 9th #AHA2026 panel at the Field Museum to explore artifacts of the Java Sea Shipwreck collection! 🌊 12th-13th cen recovered objects will be on special display for the session. aha.confex.com/aha/2026/web... @historians.org

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Sea of Treasures How goods and people in motion across the ancient world were entangled through consumption

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Thanks! Here's hoping the contents live up to such judgements

People keep writing me that the cover for my book (out later this year) is on the @princetonupress.bsky.social booth's banner at the AIA/SCS, so I thought I'd share it here! Just overjoyed and so grateful to the PUP team for bringing it to life

I sadly won't be at AIA/SCS this year, but I hope to follow along from afar. This feed I made last year should hopefully still work (it collects #AIASCS and similarly tagged posts)—in case it's of use to anyone else! bsky.app/profile/did:...

I sadly won't be at AIA/SCS this year, but I hope to follow along from afar. This feed I made last year should hopefully still work (it collects #AIASCS and similarly tagged posts)—in case it's of use to anyone else! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Studying history and reading novels both get us out of our own heads, the first by helping us to imagine different worlds, and the second by prompting us to inhabit different subjectivities.

Those who do neither are forever imprisoned in the here, the now, and the self.

Agreed! I imagine there’s a lot to say especially in the context of the late British Empire (especially the Raj and other territories in the IO). A colleague of mine at Chicago is thinking a lot about the construction of the Suez Canal and the historical thinking it inspires, which seems related

I recently peer-reviewed an article that discussed the 17th/18th c. context (not out yet). But there’s definitely something unique to the thinking in 19th/20th c.—e.g., Wheeler’s “Indo-European” framing or Bryce’s “The Ancient Roman Empire and the British Empire in India”—that elicit the comparison

V good q! First thought: it’s often noted in passing, but not really explored as an explicit historiographical development. Most scholars position it within broader trends in intellectual history (e.g., how it plays in Gibbon or Montesquieu) or specific contentions in Roman/Indian economic history

Open Positions The American Academy in Rome is seeking candidates for Chief Operating Officer and Director of the American Academy in Rome Classical Summer School.

The search for the next director of the Classical Summer School at the AAR, to start in 2027-28, is now open.
Be my successor!
www.aarome.org/about/open-p...
Please share with anyone who might be interested in applying. You’d get to shadow me for a week in 2026. Happy to answer any questions!

📖 Feiertags-Lesetipp: Jahrbuch des DAI

Die aktuelle Ausgabe 140/2025 des #JdI wartet u.a. mit indischen, größtenteils lokal hergestellten Artefakten auf, die im ptolemäisch-römischen Berenike am Roten Meer in Ägypten ausgegraben wurden.

👉 Das und vieles mehr: publications.dainst.org/journals/jdi

today is all about watching people come up with entirely new ways of being wrong

like we're experiencing breakthroughs in the field of error studies

nobel committee rushing to cobble together a Prize for Inaccuracies

epistemologists' heads spontaneously exploding from the falsity vibrations

Divine Egypt - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Divine Egypt showcases 250 works revealing how ancient Egyptians used images to connect with their gods, blending art, ritual, and daily life across millennia.

Here’s a link to the objects on display www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/... #ancientbluesky 🏺

Managed to stop by the Met’s “Divine Egypt” exhibit. Some of my favorites were on the later side!

Why the world is running out of frankincense The precious, fragrant resin is the scent of the festive season and rising in popularity in the wellness industry – but its natural source is being decimated.

www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Some important monkey business!