Bluesky friends, I am happy to advertise a conference on ancient and medieval slave trading in the Mediterranean, co-organized by myself and Elizabeth Fentress, to be held in Toronto next month (April 15-17, 2026). Contact me via email (rather than here) or the email on the poster for more info!

On advance access: "Slavery, Prosperity, and Inequality in Roman Pompeii" by @profbernard.bsky.social (@uoft.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...

The search for the next director of the Classical Summer School at the AAR, to start in 2027-28, is now open. Be my successor! www.aarome.org/about/open-p... Please share with anyone who might be interested in applying. You’d get to shadow me for a week in 2026. Happy to answer any questions!

How much interaction did the Romans have with Ancient India? The discovery of graves for pet monkeys on the Egyptian coast suggest that some Romans, including soldiers, likely kept exotic pets in their households.

yes, Sarah, don’t overlook the monkey buried with its own pet kitten! Of everything @gregwoolf.bsky.social, Mantha, and I have edited for #JRA so far this year, this one is up there with my favorites—don’t sleep on the human skull from La Loma on #FirstView either. The Dec ‘25 issue is absolutely🔥

Now out, the field report of the 2024 campaign at Falerii Novi! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Amazing! Check out the new 3 volume Cambridge Urban History of Europe, now out, best contributor reward to hit my desk in a v long time.

On advance access: "Slavery, Prosperity, and Inequality in Roman Pompeii" by @profbernard.bsky.social (@uoft.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...

Delighted to see Corinna Riva's outstandingly innovative essay on the 1st millennium BCE now published link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📢 Did you know the the Journal of Roman Archaeology is flipping to #OpenAccess? All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq

Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...

Friends, please share the attached CfP widely and consider submission: "Climate, landscape and human impact in Italy during the Etruscan period" (Pisa, May 25-27, 2026). Deadline for submissions is February 13, 2026, more info here: etrusco.dst.unipi.it

Happy to see my book reviewed in @antiquity.ac.uk!

Congratulations @darcytuttle.bsky.social on a superb study of a critical Roman monument!

We're happy to announce the latest volume of the Journal of Roman Archaeology #JRA now out in print and online! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Summer Beach Read #2: @profbernard.bsky.social 's *Historical Culture in Iron Age Italy.* Fascinating survey of the material evidence for how Italians conceptualized their past, and how those conceptualizations changed alongside the development of urban states.

New collaborative OA publication on the state of early Roman coinage studies www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

How did Pompeii come to reach such levels of success and affluence? A new study argues that this was largely due to the labor of enslaved people, who were indispensable to the city’s growth until its demise in 79 CE.

@sarahebond.bsky.social writes about my new @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social paper on #Pompeii slavery and inequality for @hyperallergic.com, great to see the study catching notice!

Thanks, Sarah!

Rarely post here, but check out my new, highly ambitious study of slavery and the Roman economy!

@carlosfnorena.bsky.social are you writing for #ESPN these days?

So has anyone else been finding powerpoint's AI design generator a bit problematic?

Announcing the 2023-2024 SATHER LECTURES at UC Berkeley THE POETRY OF BEING AND THE PROSE OF THE WORLD IN EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY Victoria Wohl, University of Toronto Lecture 1: "The Poetry of Being" Today, 7:00 PM 315 Wheeler Hall [I believe these will be recorded/uploaded]

Toronto people, come get a signed copy of my book at the Arch Centre on Friday! Unless of course you’re otherwise chronologically engaged.

The Drususstein, on a beautiful blue day. The massive concrete core once clad in marble, set up to commemorate Drusus’ death by his troops in the #Roman city of his founding, Mogantiacum (Mainz)

Looking forward to some sleuthing in Mainz on Monday! Tune in to find out whodunnit!

First post on blue sky to say my new book is here!