Imagine seeing a Roman building in ancient Wales, the tiled roof lined with antefixes proudly proclaiming the presence of the Legio XX Valeria Victrix with their name and symbol, the wild boar. The Twentieth was among the legions involved with the construction of Hadrian's Wall. 🏺 1/ 📸 me

#RomanFortThursday with Birdoswald along Hadrians Wall

Alright Military #HATM, curious as to the thoughts on the presentation of the Battle of Oriskany...

Inoculations...#smallpox and Washington's decision is one that I have my students spend time with. It remains a powerful lesson in command. #HATM

$20 dollars and 100 acres of land the US didn't own - it was a hustle to recruit, but it became a means of obtaining recruits - regardless of their backgrounds and motivations - that would turn the tide. #HATM

Was able to see the Princeton Monument on a trip where I truly wish we could have seen so much more. The reality of trying to keep the Continental Army together really is being well explained. The winter soldiers who remained in 1776/77 and then in 1777/78 were the true heroes. #HATM

Trenton was a blow to the British, but they also tried blaming it all on the Germans. Washington's trap at Trenton was a strategic move and it blunted the British with a hard thump to the pug dog's nose. His silent removal, perfectly executed. #HATM

Oh, and the French wanting revenge...good way to add to the slog in the mud. #HATM

Watching #TheAmericanRevolution E4 tonight (PNW) and commenting with the #HATM fam. Was not able to do so Monday or Tuesday. Starting off with the slogging in the mud...welcome to warfare. #HATM

Hey folks/#HATM The #NationalTreasurePodcast is doing a fund raiser for the #OldPineCemetery with a drawing for a NT movie prop! The inyerview,see the comment, is really with listening to. The fundraiser will help the volunteer charity that helps maintain the cemetery. givebutter.com/oldpine

A Reminder of "The Great Task Remaining Before Us" open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.

ROMAN WALL BLUES “Over the heather the wet wind blows, I’ve lice in my tunic and a cold in my nose. The rain comes pattering out of the sky, I’m a Wall soldier, I don’t know why.” W. H. Auden. #PlaymobilInfestation #HadriansWall

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Let's remember that white Loyalists forced enslaved people into Dunmore's floating town. For example, Jenny Cook (top-left) is seen in a record of Black women. A year later she said a "Mr. Wilkins" brought her into British lines and a Capt. Marshall forced her to Bermuda. #HATM

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The filmmakers behind Ken Burns’ The American Revolution say they didn’t set out to make an argument. They made a discovery. What will YOU discover when you revisit the Revolution through their lens? 🎧 Listen here: benfranklinsworld.com/425 #KenBurnsPBS #AmericanRevolution $Revolution250

Q: Do you acknowledge that by voting for this discharge petition today, that's a reversal for you? You could've put this on the floor months ago MIKE JOHNSON: It's not a reversal

#OTD 5 years ago, I began working on a historical novella about James Armistead Lafayette. It's remained my best seller. My next project is an essay collection of African American stories during the AmRev period (concept art below). (All published works are available at the link in my bio!) #HATM

This bronze lebes (for mixing water and wine) used as a cinerary urn is a favorite of mine. I love the parade of mounted Amazons around the lid, each holding a bow. Very Scythian, actually. The larger couple may be dancing or he could be abducting her; she wears an Etruscan outfit. 🏺 1/ 📸 me

We are watching Episode1 #TheAmericanRevolution over #HATM

Really think they did a good job to start this series. I would be interested in a discussion of episode #2, not sure how we could do that, but it would be a great watch party here. #HATM

The imagery being used in this is absolutely perfect to give a visual context and reference for this series. #HATM

I do like the discussion about what war meant, what it was causing people to think about here as we close this first episode of #TheAmericanRevolution #HATM

Committees of Safety - they are doing a very good job here to also explain the huge hatred that grew between the loyalists and the revolutionaries... Thinking about the Penamite War and its echoes into the Revolution. #HATM

I think, not sure as I am trying to listen to the series, the four historians, and process... but, it seemed that the series skipped over that the King, literally the Crown and person, was one of the major beneficiaries of the East India Company... #HATM #TheAmericanRevolution

I am very glad that they have clearly stated and restated the role of slavery in all of the colonies, making it very clear how slavery was part of colonial life. I think that that has to be a key aspect of this series #TheAmericanRevolution #HATM

Wait, wait, I was supposed to be chatting here too??? Good lord, too many screens for this. #HATM #AmericanRevolution

Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.

The relentlessly opportunistic Marjorie Taylor Greene hasn't had a change of heart, much less politics. She is just literate enough to read the writing on the wall. She knows that Trump is damaged goods now. So she may have taken to singing like a bird, but she's really just a canary in a coal mine.

KARL: The president claims that Thanksgiving costs are down 25%. Does he know that's not true? HASSETT: Well if you look at Walmart-- KARL: Wait a minute. I've gotta stop you. The Walmart package this year contains much less than the one last year. That's why the price is less.

An #Egyptian glass inlay of a jackal. Jackals were linked with the dead, because they were present in the desert regions near to the cemeteries. The most popular jackal-shaped god was Anubis, the god of embalming. Dating 5th -1st c. BC. 📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg 🏺

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It's moments like this, between misty eyes, that reading #whatsnext by @melissafitzg.bsky.social and @marymccormack.bsky.social makes it a great way to spend time. Loved this!

Helps if I add the picture #onehourreads #onehourread

Not going to get in my full #onehourread of these two great books #Whatsnext by @melissafitzg.bsky.social & @marymccormack.bsky.social And #BetweenTwoRivers by @moudhy.bsky.social But as brief visit with both is better than none at all for my #onehourreads.

Here's a link of you would like to listen to #MidnightBurger Season 5 | Midnight Burger share.google/2F4WR7u5RtWA...

@midnightburger.bsky.social Wow, Episode 46...the age of Fiona was an incredible listen. Wow.

I don’t have time for your nonsense, I am DANCING HERE The Vicarello Goblet, 25 BCE - 25 CE, Cleveland Museum of Art. Info card below.

And now, live from Orkney for #StandingStoneSunday, the Stenness 360.

Just a few more... FRIENDS! ROMANS! COUNTRY(WO)MEN OF SOCIAL MEDIA ANTIDEMOCRACY! FEED MY SHAME!

youtube.com/watch?v=zSmf... Fab to appear on Dan Snow's History hit pod chatting about The African Emperor. Here on You Tube, and all audio platfroms! Enjoy! @ritterton.bsky.social @dariusarya.bsky.social @romanarchaeouk.bsky.social @ale @davidebb.bsky.social @romansinscotland.bsky.social

RAW STORY: “The first woman nominated to lead the Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her promotion abruptly canceled — military sources blame Hegseth's hostility to women in combat roles.” 🤔 www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...

This is fun. Met a lovely man in Carmona, Spain who makes wines like the ancient Romans, using ancient grape varieties and recipes. He even sells them in amphora. How cool is that?

Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...

That cover mention of #ArthurCClarke's The Star instantly takes my mind to watching the TV series that had that story that I remember watching. Powerful story and screenplay. Source: YouTube share.google/WuOcaZD0BLkf...

An idea for your Christmas tree this year - stacks of Celtic gold torcs! Known as the Ipswitch Torcs after the location where their hoard was found, the terminals are decorated in the swirly La Tène style (Tène II), save the top one which is unadorned. 🎄🏺 1/ 150-50 BCE. 📸 me #BritishMuseum

How often can you say that you've seen a kantharos-rhyton? This cup has a bridled donkey head attachment, usually seen only on rhyta. It mirrors the donkey seen on the reverse of the cup, ridden by Dionysos. When you drank from this vessel, you looked like an ass! 🏺 1/ Greek, 520-500 BCE. 📸 me

This week Historians At The Movies talks about something not relevant at all. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, November 9 at 8pm eastern for A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE. Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!

This gold spray of myrtle was found in a tomb, inside a bronze vessel, resting atop the cremains of the tomb's occupant. Gold myrtle wreaths were buried with the dead to signify the deceased’s importance or as an offering to the gods for safe passage into the next world. 🏺 1/ Greek, 400-350 BCE