A couple of frescoes from Pompeii depicting muscled cuirasses with pteryges, providing the sort of coloured information that cuirassed statues seldom supply. These have now been added to our galleries romanmilitaryequipment.co.uk/galleries-of...

The Rhos Rydd Shield is a large, exceptionally well-preserved Yetholm-type shield dating to the Late Bronze Age (c. 12th–10th century BC). Found in a peat bog (called Rhos-rydd, near Glan Rhos Farm), Wales. Photo is my own, 2022. For #ArtefactSunday

“It is the past that tells us who we are. Without it, we lose our identity.” — Stephen Hawking in a lecture given at Harvard University in 2016. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

20 years on: Remembering 'ROME'. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...

This is a special issue of @ancientwarfare.bsky.social magazine to me: news reports and two feature articles — that's 12 pages of my research in all!

#ICYMI BBC In Our Time: The Roman Arena. "Misha Glenny and guests discuss the countless venues across the Roman Empire which for over five hundred years drew the biggest crowds both in the Republic and under the Emperors." www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...

This #Etruscan terracotta votive portrait head of a man is clearly modeled on a real individual. It was part of a votive deposit associated with the Manganello sanctuary in Caere, where people went to pray for healing or thank the gods for recovery. 🏺 1/ Late 2nd-early 1st c. BCE. 📸 me

"Restorers have slotted two new marble blocks into long-empty gaps high on the temple’s western end — the view visitors see when they first enter the ancient monument in Athens." #AncientBluesky apnews.com/article/gree...

"Ad signa!" Legionaries of The Ermine Street Guard forms up around the military standards on the parade ground. For #RomanFortThursday Photo: The Ermine Street Guard.

The Ancient Greeks have a lot to do with it: author Edward Brooke-Hitching take us on a tour through some of history’s musical oddities. #AncientBluesky theworld.org/segments/202...

[The] project at Stanton Cross had uncovered "a series of historical insights", [said MOLA Archaeology] including intricate decorative pottery. The majority were from the Roman and Iron age periods (400 BC onwards). #AncientBluesky www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thank you, dear readers, for placing my books published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social in Amazon USA's 'Best Sellers in Ancient Military History Top 100 Paid' listing!

In this notable episode of the Ancient Warfare podcast we talk about the pivotal war the Romans fought in Germania, 17 BC-AD 16. Take a listen; it's free! #AncientBluesky thehistorynetwork.org/aw413-early-...

The stunning Warren Cup, now in the collections of The @britishmuseum.bsky.social. Made in The Levant of chased silver, c. AD 10. Photo: The British Museum. #ArtefactSunday

Just submitted the news for @ancienthistmag.bsky.social: exciting stories from Chechnia, Egypt, England, Italy, Sardinia and Turkey. Look for issue 60 soon at your newsagent/stand. #AncientBluesky www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-us/pages/...

"At least 149 Cypriot graffiti have been identified on Egyptian monuments, dated from the Archaic to the early Hellenistic period (seventh to second century BC), but predominantly from the fourth century BC." —History Today. #AncientBluesky www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...

"Hadrian’s Wall is a microcosm of the Roman world—its military strategy, building techniques, material culture, and the lives not only of its soldiers, but also of the thousands of men, women, and children." #RomanSiteSaturday archaeology.org/collection/t...

"Clash of the Titans, which premiered on June 12, 1981, was meant to be Harryhausen’s magnum opus. ... [It] became the swan song." #AncientBluesky www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

This is rather interesting: some new thoughts on how Newstead-type lorica segmentata were fastened. www.academia.edu/168640533/Ty...

"The Adventures of Bess and Bernard. Episode 1: Embracing the Past": an experiment with AI and a 3D digital reconstruction model of Rome by Flyover Zone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ls...

"When filmmaker Christopher Nolan decided to adapt The #Odyssey to the big screen, he wanted the movie not only to look like ancient Greece but to sound like it too." The soundtrack by composer Ludwig Göransson may prove to be the best aspect of the film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XhK...

The distinctive art of Eberhard and Elfriede Binder brought the Greek myths to a generation of children and young adults in the late 1960s. kyleshoneyman.blogspot.com/2016/12/eber...

"Laxate otiose!" The men of The Ermine Street Guard stand at ease. For #RomanFortThursday. #AncientBluesky.

Another talk, another satisfied audience! This subject, 'The Greco-Persian Wars: Battle of Marathon, 490 BC'. Suitably illustrated with art from @ancientwarfare.bsky.social magazine #AncientBluesky

Watching 'Quinctilius Varus, Give Me Back My Stones: Recovering Auxiliary Soldiers Raised under Augustus from Tombstones' by Dr. Jared Kreiner at War in the Ancient World International Conference (WAWIC) 2026. #$AncientBluesky

Grab a copy! 'The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (Modern Library Classics Kindle edition)' by Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides, edited by Mary Lefkowitz and James Romm, is just $1.99 today! #AncientBluesky www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

"VEX(i)LAT(io) LEG(io) II AVGVST(a)": a newly discovered a centurial stone found near turret 35a (Sewingshields) about 530 metres west, near the highest point of Sewingshields Crags, on Hadrian's Wall. #HadriansWall

Grab a copy! Marcus Aurelius' 'Meditations' (Penguin Classics Amazon Kindle edition) translated by Martin Hammond is just 99 cents today! Save 96% off the Print List Price of $25.00. #AncientBluesky www.amazon.com/Meditations-...

"Somewhere along the line, academia parted company with readers. Academics sniff at history books that the public enjoys." — Catherine Nixey, Culture correspondent, The Economist. How did we get to this point in writing history? #AncientBluesky

"The evidence obliges us to reconsider the important role played by the Roman army on the northern frontier in the spread of Christianity amongst the northern British." — Christopher Scargill. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A reconstruction of the Imperial Fora, Rome by illustrator Rocío Espín Piñar for @ancienthistory.bsky.social magazine. #RomanSiteSaturday

The panel has gathered again to record a new Ancient Warfare podcast. This episode, 'Augustus' campaigns in Germania'. With @clogfather.bsky.social and @lindsaypowell.bsky.social. Produced for Karwansaray by The History Network. www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-us/produc...

A new book, Ancient Identities in Britain by Richard Hingley, Kate Sharpe, and Thomas Yarrow is available for download as an open-access PDF and includes a chapter 'Re-enacting Iron Age and Roman pasts': uclpress.co.uk/book/ancient...

"Ordinem servate!" The Ermine Street Guard reenactment society demonstrates how Roman legionaries went into battle. For #RomanFortThursday

“In a global environment of fact-dodging, misreporting, conspiracy theories, fake news and outright lies, skills in reading difficult things are those that the world most needs." — @wmarybeard.bsky.social #AncientBluesky www.npr.org/2026/06/02/n...

@rhigarthjones.bsky.social Congratulations on your new position as editor of Medieval World: Culture & Conflict! www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-us/blogs/...

Watching 'America 250: What’s Worth Fighting For' in which Greg Daddis, David Preston, and Craig Symonds examine U.S. military engagement over 250 years and how America’s place in the world has been shaped through war. Hosted by Sarah Butcher of OUP.

What did the ordinary people of Greco-Roman Egypt write about? Find out in my blog for @ancienthistmag.bsky.social about my visit to Harry Ransom Center to see ‘Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt’. #AncientBluesky www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-us/blogs/...

"Host Mary Harrington is joined by historian and bestselling author Tom Holland to explore why Rome’s long shadow still falls across the modern imagination, and why Americans are particularly drawn to learning about this great empire." #AncientBluesky www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKI...

Grab a copy! 'The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus', Penguin Classics 1st Edition (Kindle Edition) by Sophocles, translated by Robert Fagles. Just $1.99! Save 76% off the Print List Price of $8.27. #AncientBluesky www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Just submitted a blog to Ancient History magazine about my visit to Harry Ransom Center to see ‘Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt’. Look for that next week! #AncientBluesky www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/...

Meeting William H. McRaven, admiral United States Navy (ret.).

Excited! Attending a discussion on ‘Legends and Leaders’ with William H. McRaven, admiral United States Navy (ret.), Nan McRaven and Susan Engelking.

"They all march without noise ... and everyone keeps his own rank, as if they were going to war. The infantry are armed with breastplates and head-pieces, and have swords on each side." — Josephus, The Jewish War 3.5.5. Photo: The Ermine Street Guard. #RomanFortThursday

#OTD 26 May AD 17, Germanicus Iulius Caesar rode the triumphator's chariot along the Via Sacra in Rome to the Captolium. The occasion recognized his victories in Germania, AD 14-16. #AncientBluesky upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

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"Ancient musicians preferred pure intonation. However, ... they recognized the necessity of slight deviations from pure intonation during vocal performance to allow for more tonal complexity." #AncientBluesky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Watching 'Germanicus: the crisis and the responses of Agrippina, Antonia and Livia' presented by Dr Marja-Leena Hänninen (Helsinki) Non Perm MCR. #AnientBluesky

#OTD 24 May 16 BC, Germanicus Iulius Caesar (né Nero Claudius Drusus) was born. He would grow up to be a popular Roman, an emperor who might have been, but never was. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

According to a new study, which emperor's images were most frequently subjected to reworking (i.e. recarved to be another emperor)? o Caligula o Nero o Domitian o Commodus upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...