RIP Averil Cameron (1940-2026)

🚨 BREAKING: uOttawa has RE-SUSPENDED Greek & Roman Studies for 2026-27 just weeks after reinstating the programme. Seems to violate Ontario's regulation on designation. Department: "We are shocked at the willingness to ignore the interests of Franco-Ontarians." More soon. #SOSClassicsUO #ONfr

Now it is at the University of Calgary that Classics & Medieval studies are threatened. Please sign the petition : c.org/WrCPMhK2rm

🚨 SAVE CLASSICS AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY! 🚨 University leadership has rejected an innovative new program developed by faculty in good faith, citing budget constraints. This decision would eliminate the Classics major at Calgary! Read more : 👉 www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/supp...

🚨 SAUVONS LES ÉTUDES CLASSIQUES ET MÉDIÉVALES À L’UNIVERSITÉ DE CALGARY ! 🚨 L’administration universitaire a rejeté un programme innovant élaboré de bonne foi par le corps professoral, invoquant des contraintes budgétaires. Cette décision supprimerait la majeure en lettres classiques à Calgary!

Sign the petition! www.change.org/Save_Classic...

In 2021 I got a 5-year SSHRC insight grant to look into soldiers and civilians in Roman Arabia from Trajan to Heraclius. That same year, I got back into video games (thanks Covid). In November of 2023, I went to Jordan and Saudi Arabia to visit a bunch of sites. In October of that year…

The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa

La pétition est EN LIGNE ! L'UOttawa a suspendu Antiquité grecque et romaine sans consultation, mettant fin au seul programme de langues anciennes en français en Ontario. Signez, partagez et suivez pour les mises à jour. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSÉtudesanciennesUO #ONfr #FrancoOntarien

Rance on @conorwhately.bsky.social : www.uni-muenster.de/Ejournals/in...

Until we have Philip Rance’s new translation, Dennis’ translation of Maurice’s Strategikon has been re-printed.

Classicist Dr. Conor Whately and psychologist Dr. Stephanie Bugden are this year's recipients of the Chancellor's Research grants. LEARN MORE ⬇️

Coming soon: www.routledge.com/Ancient-Warf...

Seeing lots of posts about Leeds IMC 2025. I’m on a bus on my way to Poland, where I’ll be, briefly, at FIEC 2025 to talk about Roman soldiers in/around the Red Sea. I started the trip in Berlin, where I spoke on rituals & ritualized behaviour among Roman soldiers in late antiquity.

Should have added to that last set of posts my surprise at seeing a Greek depiction of Superman punching a horse at the British Museum but there you go. The lengths studios won’t go to advertise their films.

Am on my way to Oxford for a workshop on the Komneni with @chrysoboullon.bsky.social among others. Spent the night in London. Bit wild to be here after a hectic week of co-hosting the @cacscec.bsky.social with @drpeterjmiller.bsky.social, @melissakafunke.bsky.social and others.

about to land in Winnipeg to attend my first meeting of the @cacscec.bsky.social at @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. i will be giving a keynote talk "Rehumanized: The Iliad on Violence, Lament, and Becoming Human". the invitation was a great honor. my secret hope is that Canada will adopt me.

Time for the @cacscec.bsky.social

The annual meeting of the @cacscec.bsky.social is underway @uwinnipeg.bsky.social! 160 Classicists, ancient historians, and archaeologists are gathered on campus for a week of interesting papers and conversations.

Quite excited to announce that @ekaterinanechaeva.bsky.social & I have started a new talk series which we are calling the Ērān, Tūrān, and Hrōm series, focusing on the global history of the 1st millennium CE, viewed from Central & West Asia. Find more info at globallateantiquity.com/the-eths-tal...

In celebration of International Children’s Book Day today, April’s #ImageOfTheMonth is a unique Oxyrhynchus papyrus fragment featuring an illustrated story on the labors of Hercules (3rd c. CE). While we do not know for certain, the papyrus has been interpreted as a type of children’s book 📚

An ancient celebration : a dancing scene with a double-reed flute in the black desert some 2000 years ago. BES19s 30: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8o-...

And for the Ides we have a gem from last year. Alas, I have no idea who came up with this thing, so can’t give credit where a lot of credit is due.

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!

New map application from the Ancient World Mapping Center at UNC Chapel Hill: The Geography of Pliny the Elder "... compiles and maps the geographic data in Pliny's Natural History. The database, available for download from the ISAW website, includes some ..." pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/ne...

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While preparing slides for a Roman Society (1st year intro) class, and looking through my pics, I came across these two, a good boy and girl (?), from the Altes Museum in Berlin.

Archaeologist at the recently-discovered location of the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah. Declassified American spy satellite imagery in comparison with historic texts helped pinpoint the location of one of the most famous battles of early Islamic history. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Phryne: a life in fragments – Bryn Mawr Classical Review bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.02...

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Associate Professor in Byzantine History The Oxford Faculty of History and Corpus Christi College seek a highly motivated, inspirational person to join their thriving academic community and bring exciting perspectives to the teaching and study of Byzantine History at Oxford.

The Camel Site in northern Saudi Arabia is such a gem. About 7,000 years ago, people used stone tools, raised platforms, ladders, and incredible skill to carve life-sized camels into the rock faces. Fascinating article by @mariaguagnin.bsky.social and colleagues anetoday.org/guagnin-came...

RT if you think people should follow me on here for #NHLJets and NHL content. I'd love to build more engagement over here.

York University recently announced that admissions to the Classics and Classical Studies programs have been suspended for Fall 2025. Classical Studies colleagues and students at York would be grateful for letters of support. How you can help: www.cac-scec.ca/2025/02/supp... AncientBluesky

Looking for undergraduate spring/ summer language course offerings at Canadian universities? Look no further - we've compiled a list for you! www.cac-scec.ca/2025/02/spsu... AncientBlueSky

One of the most important inscriptions for the history of Arabic now on #OCIANA: an Arabic-language inscription (pre-4th c. CE) written entirely in Greek letters, shedding light on the pronunciation of Arabic centuries before Islam. A 1: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions...

Really excited that my book 'Roman military households' is now published! Available from BAR Publishing (below) or from all good archaeology libraries.

Shout out to the Roman officers' wives Claudia Severa and Sulpicia Lepidina whose correspondence at Hadrian's Wall sparked my interest and led to my book. #RomanFortThursday romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions...

A good sandwich will solve a lot of problems in your life, if only for an hour or so.

Please sign and share this student-led petition to save Ancient History here at Cardiff University www.change.org/p/save-cardi...

No biggie, just an ancient equivalent of a clay photograph that shows a man walking his dog 3,800 years ago in the city of Borsippa 🥹

For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources. On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names. dan rigiššu “loud is his bark” munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe” mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”

"When I saw it marked 'Nabataean,' I exclaimed, 'It's Greek to me!", papyrus expert Hannah Cotton said. 🏺

My @cambridgeup.bsky.social Element, “The Author in Early Christian Literature,” is officially out and free to download for the next 4 weeks! I hope you enjoy these thoughts on Paul, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Eusebius, and a host of other ancient folks. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

When Thucydides meets Tecumseh | The Manitoban themanitoban.com/2025/01/when...

If you’ve wanted to submit to @cacscec.bsky.social in Winnipeg in 2025 but have been distracted by - *waves hands around * - everything(!), fear not. We’ve extended our deadline to Jan 31!

21 curse tablets were found in an unusual Roman cemetery in France — at least one is written in the extinct language Gaulish. 🏺🧪

'Sutton Hoo & Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?' This is one of the most exciting things I've written (so far..!). Thanks to everyone who helped. academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

A very exciting and important new piece of reading from @helengittos.bsky.social on connections between 6th/7th-century England and the Near East. Highly recommended! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...