It's my first attempt at podcasting, and I really want to provide information that's useful, so your very kind feedback is really encouraging.
Thank you!!
04.02.2026 12:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A 1790s sketch of a basket or vase with an acanthus plant growing beside it.
A drawing of a Corinthian capital
Was this really the inspiration for the Corinthian capital?
Seems as good a theory as any.
04.02.2026 07:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Blocks of clay and straw
Credit: M. Turner
Roman concrete have lost its surface of fired brick
A Roman wall of Opus vittatum reticulatum
Alf.68 via Wikimedia Commons
Opus Reticulatum Pompeii
Jensens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Some of the masonry mentioned in the podcast
03.02.2026 18:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Brick and Tile
Podcast Episode Β· Build Like a Roman Β· 03/02/2026 Β· 23m
Episode 3 is now available:
Roman Brick and Tile
#romans #rome #history #archaeology #brick #tiles
03.02.2026 14:09 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Stone: Tuff, Travertine and Marble
Podcast Episode Β· Build Like a Roman Β· 01/02/2026 Β· 13m
Episode 2 is now available: Stone: Tuff, Travertine and Marble
#romans #rome #history #archaeology
02.02.2026 11:06 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 2
The Introduction Episode
Podcast Episode Β· Build Like a Roman Β· 31/01/2026 Β· 6m
Podcast Episode 1: The Introduction
#romans #rome #history #archaeology
02.02.2026 11:03 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
A medieval art historian & archaeologist @ Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Leiden, Dr, FSA, loves Rome & Roma, birds & books, proprietor of the Rose & Parrot π π¦€
"History is an illusion caused by the passing of time" (Douglas AdAms)
Ancient Historian/Classicist. IT/Cognition/Law. | Fellow @GuggFellows.bsky.social and American Academy in Rome | Never, ever speak for my employer | Also cooking @foodoriented.bsky.social
Nautical Archaeologist & Ancient Historian β’ Greek & Roman Maritime History & Archaeology β’ Naval Warfare, Warships, & Naval Rams β’ Postdoc Research Fellow at Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China β’ PhD from TAMU.
http://stephendecasien.com
Antica (dentro), scavastorie, compagna di passeggiate di Arturino. Quippini!
Malcolm Shifrin FRHistSβ"Victorian Turkish Baths": 'a major act of historical recovery', 'readable', 'scholarly', 'something in it for everyone'. Profusely illustrated. worldcat.org/title/931082056. Complementary website http://www.victorianturkishbath.org
Teaching Fellow in Global Medieval History, Uni of Leeds. PhD in early Abbasid visual language of power & relationship to Rome, general geek, chronically ill. I want to live on a boat again. She/her.
*All Roads Lead to Rome* out now with Aurum Press.
Teacher and researcher at Bristol University. Research: humour, comedy, and parody from Ancient Greece to the future!
Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Leicester. Research on Roman religion, magic, dirt/dirtiness, stigma, and marginalisation. Always happy to get involved with public-facing history projects and to talk about Roman dirt!
Latin literature and Roman history at University of Reading. Especially keen on histories of race; imperialism and colonialism. Problematically keen on the humanist tradition. he/him
Open University Classical Studies lecturer. Recovering Oxford don. Critical Ancient World Studies person. Podcast host @ Radio ReOrient. Childrenβs author by night.π πShe/her. Writing a π on the Islamophobia of Classicism.
Editor, Journal of Classics Teaching; Co-Founder ACCLAIM: Autism Connecting CLAssically-Inspired Mythology; Series Editor, Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World; Editor-in-Chief, BICS; Professor Emerita etc.
Classicist and Roman Historian at University of Leicester; mum to a toddler and two whippets.
Senior Lecturer @ics.bsky.social, Uni of London
Former A/Director, British School at Rome
Archaeologist πΊ Ancient wine & oil ππ·
Co-director, faleriinoviproject.org ποΈ
FSA FRHistS FHEA.
π: https://sas.academia.edu/EmlynDodd
Historian of Ancient Mediterranean science and medicine. Mother of two. Feminist. Plant lover. Trade unionist. Super Belgie. Welsh by adoption. Many typos.
The Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) in the School of Advanced Study. Promoting and supporting research into all aspects of Greek and Roman antiquity and beyond.
www.workingclassicists.com
πΊA hub of resources, support & solidarity
β‘οΈRepresenting the working class in classics
ποΈ Run by @miri.bsky.social & @misterconnor1.bsky.social
βοΈ Platforming working class academics
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email us: info@workingclassicists.com
archaeologist, at the moment studying volcanic tuff as a building material but interested in all old trash
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he/him
Pisa
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simultaneously more and less fun than profile suggests
PhD; associate professor of Roman history and literature; particularly enthusiastic about Roman religion and insults; author of Stealing from the Gods: Temple Robbery in the Roman Imagination (Michigan, 1/2026); never speak for my employer
Edinburgh. Newfoundland. Canada. Political Scientist. I curate the afripolsky feed for those studying or interested in African Politics (broadly conceived). Previously @srdorman and @afr_pol
