Watching the Sparta Live! Webinar: Dr Paul Bardunias (Florida Atlantic University) talks about "Manifesting the hoplite: what reenactment can teach us about ancient Spartan warfare". #AncientBluesky

Longovicium Roman fort at Lanchester was built in the mid 2nd century AD. It was in use to c. AD 400. The remains of the large stone walls can still be seen in places. (Image © Darin Smith.) #RomanFortThursday #AncientBluesky

A glimpse of a couple of the pages I wrote for the news department of the fabulous @ancienthistmag.bsky.social issue 59. Grab your copy from your newsagent/stand or direct from Karwansaray Publishers. Photo is my own. #AncientBluesky

“The construction of a vessel and its maintenance requires waterproofing of its hull and protection against water corrosion and the aggression pests. Pliny the Elder already mentions zopissa, a mixture of pitch and beeswax (Nat. Hist. XVI, 23).” #AncientBluesky www.frontiersin.org/journals/mat...

The Anglo-Saxon Abingdon Sword dates back to around 875 CE and is one of the most important examples of late Anglo-Saxon silversmith art. The sword was found in 1874 at Bog’s Mill near the town of Abingdon in Oxfordshire.

The Ancient Warfare panel has come together again to record a new podcast. This episode: Augustus' wars in Germania — a subject close to my heart! Produced by The History Network for Karwansaray Publishers. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

"The line the Roman dictator actually uttered has been overshadowed by a far more famous quote." @mentalfloss.com.web.brid.gy www.mentalfloss.com/history/misc...

Armamentarium, our 1990s concept for an online book on Roman arms and armour, has almost vanished from the web, but if you know where to look on the Wayback Machine, it can still be found. Beware bitrot! web.archive.org/web/20010411...

Legio XX Valeria Victrix (AKA The Ermine Street Guard) return to camp. For #RomanFortThursday

"Minted in Troy in the third century B.C.E., the object might have been buried as a gift to the dead. Archaeologists don’t know exactly how it ended up in modern-day Germany." @smithsonianmag.bsky.social #AncientBluesky www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

Not again!

"Image generated and inspired by AI and therefore subject to possible inaccuracies." As AI slop surges through social media, content creators are now including disclaimers for inaccuracies. "Image ... inspired by AI"? C'mon! *Original* ideas, stories and art do that, not AI.

"Analysis of the mineralized encrustations revealed the presence of Taenia sp. egg, while ELISA identifed Cryptosporidium sp. in most samples – representing the earliest reliable Mediterranean evidence for this parasite – as well as Entamoeba histolytica." www.nature.com/articles/s40...

Watching 'Reviving the Past: Egyptian Portraits from a Period of Conquest' by Lawrence Berman, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, hosted by @gettymuseum.bsky.social. #AncientBluesky

Watching 'America 250 : The Vision of the Founding Fathers', a webinar hosted by Oxford University Press. Historians Colin Calloway, Lou Masur, and Emily Sneff discuss the Founding Fathers and how their vision fits into the contemporary moment.

San Jacinto Day, celebrated on April 21, commemorates the 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, where Texas won independence from Mexico. Led by Sam Houston, Texan forces defeated Santa Anna’s army in just 18 minutes, securing the creation of the Republic of Texas. www.tshaonline.org/texas-day-by...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROMA! 'Winged Victory in Flight with Trophy' from Rome, Italy, early 2nd century. One of the three 'Campana Reliefs' in the collections of National Roman Museum, inv. 4455. Photo is my own. #TerracottaTuesday

Your chance to see various lovely finds, including some military equipment, in an exhibition currently running at Segedunum museum in Wallsend on #hadrianswall. www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/exhibition...

"The sandstone monument [at Karnak] shows #Tiberius standing next to a family of local gods. Archaeologists say the scene illustrates the ruler’s role as a leader who upheld cosmic order in Egyptian society." www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/w...

The Roman Theatre at Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain) as it is may have looked when completed in 16/15 BC after its dedication by M. Agrippa (note the drop curtain is in the raised position), and how it looks today. #RomanSiteSaturday.

Lots of issues posting to @bsky.app today.

Just watched 'The Carlisle School of Gem Cutters' presented by Prof. Martin Henig for the Association of Roman Archaeology (ARA). Lovely carvings in miniature found in the drain of the Severan-era Roman baths at Stanwix. #AncientBluesky

A new interpretation of a cult site on the Hadrian’s Wall frontier system from a study of the collection of altars at Maryport Roman fort. #RomabFortThursday www.academia.edu/165599757/MA...

"The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a priestess." #ReliefWednesday #Pompeii www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

"Une cargaison romaine échouée au fond du lac de Neuchâtel ... la présence d’armes – des glaives – laisse à penser que le naufrage, survenu entre 20 et 50 ap. J.-C., fut celui d’une embarcation civile marchande, sous escorte militaire à bord." #AncientBluesky www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbEg...

“There’s lots of drama, there’s lawsuits, there’s insults, there’s gossip. They definitely had a life very similar to what we see here.” — The Daily Texan on Harry Ransom Center’s 'Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt'. thedailytexan.com/2026/04/13/n...

The Roman Triumph: the spectacle of the Ancient Roman parade, explained by @wmarybeard.bsky.social in the Big Think. #AncientBluesky bigthink.com/series/the-b...

Thank you, dear readers! Three of my biographies are listed in the Amazon Top 100 Best Sellers in Ancient Rome Biographies today! #AncientBluesky

Plan your visit to 'Ancient Splendor: Roman Art in the Time of Trajan' at Saint Louis Art Museum today and immerse yourself in the Roman Empire through works created when it was at its zenith. #AncientBluesky www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEvk...

In this new episode, the @ancientwarfare.bsky.social podcast team discuss the 'Marian Reforms', what they actually were, and how far their impact has been understood or misunderstood. With @lindsaypowell.bsky.social. Produced by The History Network. thehistorynetwork.org/aw404-the-ma...

Welcome to all my new followers. To be clear, I share news from the world of archaeology, ancient history and warfare, and I write about my articles and books. I do not comment on politics or religion. Photo: Alex Chavez.

"Artifacts uncovered ... include a silver ring, a bronze lion’s head that likely served as the foot of a chair, and a bronze vessel handle whose serpentine shape and green coloring mirrors the common description of the Loch Ness monster." #artefactsunday www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

#ArtefactSunday - This exquisite bronze oil lamp from Vani, an important centre of ancient Colchis, depicts Zeus as an eagle carrying Ganymede to Olympus, with three spouts for flames. It was designed to hang, as indicated by attachment points. Dated 250-100 BC. Vani Archaeological Museum, Georgia.

Just submitted the news for @ancientwarfare.bsky.social magazine no. 107. Exciting stories from Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, and Norway. Look for that issue soon! #AncientBluesky #AncientHistory www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-us/pages/...

For #RomanSiteSaturday

"The trade of frankincense is something that's well over 6,000 years old ... Traded on the Silk Route into China and also, of course, brought into Europe, so widely used across the ancient world, right up till today." www.npr.org/2026/04/09/n...

'Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt' "brings to life the voices of a multilingual, multicultural society from Greco-Roman Egypt." Opens at Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Tex. on April 11, 2026. Runs to August 2, 2026. www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/...

The Ermine Street Guard marching back to camp. For #RomanFortThursday

‘Jason and the Argonauts’ (Penguin Classics) by Apollonius of Rhodes (Penguin Classics Amazon Kindle edition) is just $1.99 today. Save 88%! www.amazon.com/Argonauts-Pe...

Iran’s civilization is much deeper and is more complex than East vs. West or Judeo-Christian nations against the Islamic Republic. Touraj Daryaee, director of the Center for Persian Studies at the University of California Irvine, explains. #AncientBluesky theworld.org/segments/202...

'The Lives of the Caesars' (Kindle Edition) by Suetonius, translated by Tom Holland is just £5.99 today! #Romans #AncientHistory www.amazon.co.uk/Lives-Caesar...

This Easter I’ve been working on my tax return. I am reminded of Mark 12:17 and Matthew 22:21, viz. "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's" (Ἀπόδοτε οὖν τὰ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι καὶ τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῷ Θεῷ). cccrh.org/publications...

Robert Fagles' acclaimed translation of Homer's 'Odyssey' in the @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social Classics Amazon Kindle edition is just 99p today. Save 90%! www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

Robert Fagles' acclaimed translation of Homer's 'Odyssey' in the @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social Classics Kindle edition is just $1.99 today. Save 90%! #AncientBluesky #Homer #Odyssey www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

“You get to be 71 and you don’t think, I’ll put that off for a bit. It’s not the young that are in a hurry, it’s the old.” Wise words, @wmarybeard.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/article/d2d8...

Marvellous news! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

The @ancientwarfare.bsky.social panel is back together again! This time we're discuss the truth or falsehood of the so-called "Marian Reforms". Produced for Karwansaray by The History Network. www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-us/produc...

Recreation of the fort of Salinae at Middlewich: it is approx. 110 metres by 125 metres with entrances clearly shown in the middle of all four sides. For #RomanFortThursday

Archaeologists are analyzing DNA from Neanderthals to figure out, well, what happened to them. New research reveals that around 65,000 years ago, a major disruption wiped out most Neanderthal lineages ... archaeology.org/news/2026/03/30/study-tracks-genetic-lineages-of-europes-last-neanderthals/

'ROME: Empire, Power, People' opens this Wednesday in Melbourne Museum, Carlton! Over 180 objects, direct from Italy, never before seen in Oz! museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemus...