Friends, Romans, fellow late antiquity fans! The first issue of Essays in Long Late Antiquity, a new journal published fully in open access by Liverpool University Press is out! We have a stunning volume for you to read with amazing contributions. 1/ liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/ella/cur...

The University of Exeter announces a sweeping programme of job cuts that places well over 500 staff - 14% of all academic staff - at risk of compulsory redundancy in the run-up to Christmas. c.org/rsLn5wJK8L

1659 painting by Elisabetta Sirani depicting Timocleia of Thebes pushing the Thracian captain who raped her into a well #womensart

Yes, I finally did THAT one... #ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky #BlueSkyAncient #AlexandertheGreat #PrideMonth

On This Day, c. 323 BC: Following Alexander's death, his generals gathered in Babylon to sort out who was in charge. They could not agree. They chose a compromised settlement nobody liked. The Wars of the Diadochi officially began.

I hope you enjoyed our latest episode! Next time, Demetrius II returns to Syria after ten years in Parthian captivity, much to the chagrin of his (former) wife Cleopatra Thea. As civil war grips the realm once again, Thea is determined to keep her long-held position at any price Stay tuned!

New Episode! 122: Ptolemaic Egypt - The Good, the Bad, and the Fatty Ptolemy VIII returns to Egypt in 145 and launches a wave of terror against his enemies, including his own family, as the manipulation of his two wives Cleopatra II and III leads to civil war in 132. tinyurl.com/4pjvr33e

Rendition of the Oresteia by writer and director Simon Stone in London's Bridge Theatre (2 Jul – 19 Sep 2026) www.bridgetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the...

On This Day: #AlexandertheGreat died in Babylon at age 32, setting off the greatest succession crisis in ancient history , which, conveniently, is what our podcast is about. He did not name a successor. His generals handled this extremely calmly. (They did not handle it calmly.) 👑

“Becklinger & Swist conclude the volume w/ a consideration of Alexander the Great, the mythic heroine Atalanta, & Emperor Nero in the Fate anime series), & explore how it adapts these classical heroes to recognizable Japanese character tropes that foster familiarity for an international audience.”

Stater: Alexander the Great (obverse) https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.994.a

By June of 317 #Antigonus had linked up with forces under #Seleucus and started advancing towards Eumene's position at Susiana www.podbean.com/eas/pb-k3h4k...

A gem from the 19th century: Beautiful Thoughts from Greek Authors, with English translations and lives of the authors, by Craufurd Tait Ramage, published in Liverpool in 1864. www.google.de/books/editio... "Each quotation is a separate bait, a temptation to feel greatly, and to do greatly"

Just maybe we want to continue funding scientific research. . . www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Publishing Opportunity for Students with Aôthen Magazine Aôthen Magazine is an award-winning literary magazine dedicated to making classics more accessible to all. This summer, the magazine is...

Why is it so damn tough to make a (decent) movie/series about Alexander the Great? AND what might be ways to fix that. (Hint: it's less about historical accuracy, more about figuring out what story you're telling.) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyAncient

Hope you enjoyed our latest episode! Next time, Ptolemy VIII returns to Egypt after his brother’s death in 145, enacting a wave of political violence and a ménage à trois with the mother-daughter pair of Cleopatra II and III. Is it any wonder that civil war followed suit? Stay tuned!

🚨 Darreres hores per participar al concurs fotogràfic #ExponaturaUAB! ✅ Obert a tota la comunitat universitària! 👉  https://www.uab.cat/ca/biologia-animal-vegetal-ecologia/exponatura-uab #UAB

121: The Seleucid Empire - The Man They Called Sidetes With the Seleucid Empire on its last legs, all hope lay in the hands of Antiochus VII Sidetes, who manages to reunite Syria and gambles everything on one last anabasis to reconquer Babylonia in 130 B.C. tinyurl.com/s7ctw9vd

In May 334 BC the Battle of Granicus took place between Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Empire learn more about it in our episode: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-gi9y4-...

Surgeons are able to cure blindness by implanting a tooth inside an eye now? Wow, science. OOKP (Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis), the "tooth-in-eye" surgery, is a complex, multi-stage ophthalmic procedure used to restore vision in patients with severe, end-stage corneal blindness. #science #progress

News - Ancient Stadium of Perge Was Remodeled for Roman Entertainments - Archaeology Magazine archaeology.org/news/2026/05...

'Xi warned Trump against the ‘Thucydides Trap’ – here’s what ancient Greece can tell us about US‑China relations' theconversation.com/xi-warned-tr...

With @jpnudell.bsky.social, on the importance of Greek Ionia in 4th century (BCE) Greek + Macedonian politics, and possibly the worst cover image evah. This was best of 3! (Josh, if you want to send a better landscape-oriented image of you....) #blueskyancient #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky

New Classicists Special Issue No. 14 (2026) www.newclassicists.com/publications @ics.bsky.social @newclassicists.bsky.social #openaccess Human and Non-Human Animal Relationships in Antiquity II @guendmtaietti.bsky.social @jordonhouston.bsky.social

Antipater II’s nickname, Etesias, which he was given because he came to the throne at the time when the “Etesian winds” were blowing, putting the date of his ascension to somewhere around May or September. Learn more here, www.podbean.com/eas/pb-bdt8z... 👑

Euripides' Trojan Women | Ancient History 101 shows.acast.com/ancient-hist...

120: The Seleucid Empire - Writing on the Wall The civil war of Demetrius II, Antiochus VI, and Diodotus Tryphon destabilizes Syria and the west, allowing Mithridates I of Parthia to conquer Babylon in 141 and forcing Demetrius to command a (botched) expedition to retake it. tinyurl.com/2etbwhua

#Archaeoloy Archaeology with Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social A Pig in the Roman Empire youtube.com/shorts/PXOs9... via @YouTube

Now reading: “Cleopatra’s Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen” by J. Draycott (@jldraycott.bsky.social) This biography covers the life of Cleopatra Selene II, who despite being overshadowed by her famous parents enjoyed successful reign as queen of Mauretania in post-Hellenistic world.

Who's a good boy? Paw print 🐾 on a hypocaust tile from the East Bath at ancient Roman Cemenelum (Nice, France)

Maybe it’s just me and my feed, but I haven’t seen enough chatter about the discovery of this marble statue of Athena in Turkey, specifically Laodicea.

Crab on a silver tetradrachm from Akragas, Sicily, dated 479–412 BC, photographed at Casa de la Moneda in Madrid. More than 2,400 years later, the design is still sharp and instantly recognizable. #AncientCoins #Numismatics #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #Museums #Crab

How I foresee my retirement

🌹🐲 | Celebra Sant Jordi regalant cultura! Vine a les #bibliotequesUAB i gaudeix de la campanya "1 llibre 1 euro" A la #bibcomunicacioUAB, a més de llibres també pots adquirir pel·lícules de cinema, documentals i revistes... @uabmedia.bsky.social @uabcomunicacio.bsky.social @uab.cat 1/2

An Alexander statue in Nebraska? Maybe. At least an Alexanderized young Herakles. Joslyn Museum. (Yes, I want/plan to write an article on this one.) #ancientbluesky #blueskyancient #classicsbluesky #alexanderthegreat

#Sculpture, Relief plaque with quail chick, Ptolemaic Period, #Egypt (400–30 B.C.) #art

'Ancient Greek Inscription Discovered on Mosaic in Turkey Tells the Envious to Burst With Envy' #MosaicMonday

In April 334 #AlexandertheGreat picks up where #PhilipII left off and crosses into Asisa with over 54,000 troops

A 1st century BCE Roman marble sculpture of four puppies asleep together, discovered in the House of the Faun in Pompeii, and now preserved at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. 🐾💕

Summary of a chapter I wrote that I'd promised to discuss. Why did Alexander annihilate an entire people who'd surrendered to him? What might he have thought he was doing? Looks at religious motivations in ancient warfare. #blueskyancient #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky #alexanderthegreat

Minoan amphora with floral design. 3,800 years old and still blooming gorgeous! 🌸 From Phaistos, Crete. Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

Unlike Athens, Sparta doesn’t generally offer much art, but a common theme for what they produced was female athletic prowess, something for which the city was famed. This bronze figure is a typical celebration of that prowess. This young Spartan woman hitches her skirts & sets off. 🕰️c550BC 🏛️📷BM

Happy Mermaid day! Did you know there is a Greek legend that Thessalonike became a mermaid after the death of Alexander the Great? Learn more here, www.dailyartmagazine.com/alexander-th...

A general discussion of Macedonia's court society (to use Elias's term). What was the locus of power at the Macedonian court, and how did Philip II and Alexander the Great change it? (Insofar as we call tell.) #Classicsbluesky #Ancientbluesky #Blueskyancient #AlexandertheGreat

Warwick Classics' 2026 production of Aeschylus' Oresteia (Libation Bearers and Eumenides) www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH6S...

Latin Morph! A new site for practicing your Latin word forms (morphology). You can practice nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns. latin-morph.streamlit.app

The Delian League: Ancient NATO? | The Ancients shows.acast.com/the-ancients...

In response to a viewer query about Alexander the Great's court. It's not quite so simple as the age of the individuals; at a court, it never is. #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky #blueskyancient #alexanderthegreat