#archaeology #history #ancientbluesky #Hadrian #England #Shropshire One of the most magnificent monumental inscriptions from Roman Britain once sat above the uncompleted Flavian forum in Wroxeter, Roman Viroconium Cornoviorum, Shropshire, England.

#archaeology #history #ancientbluesky A stone ‘distance slab’, from Old Kilpatrick on the Clyde, Scotland, marking the western end of the Antonine Wall.

#ancientbluesky #history #archaeology The original tomb of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus is in the Vatican, in Rome, whilst a copy sits in its place in the Tomb of the Scipios, which is in, you guessed it, Rome. But you can blame several Popes for this strange anomaly. shorturl.at/7Kg6l

Was Suetonius a curtain-twitching old busybody, an esteemed biographer or a bit of both? The answer is ‘a bit of both, ’ of course, but find out more by subscribing and reading this! - open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...

#ancientbluesky #history #archaeology #romans As Oscar Wilde once said, “With freedom, books, flowers, and the Moon, who could not be happy?” Well, now you can add “and a free article about the Romans” to the list of things that make you happy. shorturl.at/DHmh0

#ancientbluesky #archaeology #history #skystorians Romans could, on occasion, be rather friendly to people whom they might otherwise bash into submission. Here’s a little treaty they drew up with the fine denizens of a tiny Greek island. open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...

#ancientbluesky #history #archaeology #skystorians Why did the Romans invade Britain? It wasn't for the weather, I'll tell you that for nothing... jamescoverley.substack.com/p/why-did-th...

Who was Boudica? Apart from the woman on a chariot with swords on the wheels? Quite what a British Queen would have been doing with a Scythian war chariot is beyond me, but they were an excitable bunch, those Victorian sculptors! Anyway! Time for staggering amounts of death - shorturl.at/OiIvI

And oh how they danced, the little children of Stonehenge, beneath the haunted moon for fear that daybreak might come too soon. And where were they now, the little people of Stonehenge, and what would they say to us if we were here tonight? Let’s find out! #history #archaeology shorturl.at/nKjXN

#archaeology #history #ancientbluesky #skystorians In today’s Postcards From the Past, sumptuary laws, wild spending and elephants, because you can never have enough elephants. jamescoverley.substack.com/p/postcards-...

For #frescofriday the extraordinary 'black room' from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, dating to the end of the first century BC. It might look dark and gloomy now, but the walls would originally have been burnished to a glossy finish, filling the room with almost magical reflected candlelight.

#ancientbluesky #skystorians #history #archaeology Did the Romans tell each other ghost stories? Damn right they did! And one of the ones Pliny tells his chum in a letter includes a haunted house prowled by a chain-rattling phantom! shorturl.at/g9Plc

#ancientbluesky #history The study of history is not about whether the sources can be taken as accurate accounts of events they describe, but about the attitudes, context and intentions of the people who wrote them. There. I said it.

#Reliefwedensday #ancientbluesky #archaeology The woman is the main focus of this funerary altar, although the relationship between her and the two chaps is uncertain. Her hairstyle dates this to the early part of Hadrian's reign.

#ancientbluesky #history #archaeology #skystorians This week, I get to say 'piss' and 'shit' a few times and claim academic immunity from acting like a sweary oaf. Plus, you get to learn something about how Romans washed their clothes - it's win/win! shorturl.at/K2FIS

#ancientbluesky #skystorians #history #archaeology Corruption, death and taxes. The cornerstone of any power-grabbing empirical madness. Read more by clicking the link (and subscribe, will ya? It cheers me up!) open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...

Apart from being Cleopatra, who was Cleopatra? 'Cleopatra', obviously, but was she 'Cleopatra' (*big wink*) or 'Cleopatra' (*nudge nudge*). Find out who Cleopatra was in 'Who was Cleopatra?', which is, unsurprisingly, about Cleopatra. Confused? I am! Unlock the article today! shorturl.at/yQoQc

#archaeology #ancientbluesky #history #skystorians Were there good boys in ancient Rome? Of course! All dogs are good boys, and the girl ones are good girls. They mourned their pets just like we do, too. Let's find out how! shorturl.at/2mTdY

#ancientbluesky #histoty #archaeology #ancientbluesky Nero being dragged off into the inky abyss by the ghost of his dead wife, anyone? Nero crawling about in a swamp? I got ya! youtu.be/Y2FluR0kGLU?...

#ancientbluesky #history #archaeology There'll be a new video out on YouTube tomorrow with as much blood and gore as I'm allowed, and more about what was going on behind the scenes after Nero's death via my newsletter Acta Populi on Thursday. So sign up! jamescoverley.substack.com

#skystorians #ancientbluesky #nero #history #archaeology In which Nero dies and then everyone spends a year in total panic, followed by pretending that whatever happened next is exactly what everyone had intended all along. Politics then, basically. shorturl.at/N1bwr

#ancientbluseky #skystorians #history #archaeology Pliny was so upset with being told to shut his whining by Domitian that even four years after the latter's death, the grumpy little shit was still bleating about it. Get over it, man! shorturl.at/iUlfG

#ancientbluesky #skystorians #history #archaeology Want to see a link between mad drawings by William Blake and Tacitus!? I know I do! (Wait... I wrote this...) shorturl.at/Qbuan

#ancientbluesky #history #skystorians #archaeology #domitian Here, in all its finger-shredding, eye-gouging, blood-soaked, assassin-screaming, enraged-emperor glory, is the final day of the emperor Domitian! No terrified slave boys were terrified in the making of this terror tinyurl.com/25d64z6h

#ancientbluesky #skystorians #history #archaeology "...excessive care with regard to the cut of the toga,⁠ the style of the shoes, or the arrangement of the hair, is just as reprehensible as excessive carelessness...." Take note, gentlemen! Too much is as bad as not enough! shorturl.at/WwFFs

For #findsfriday, the beautiful 1stC BC 'Maiden of Vulci'. Her light corset and hairstyle date her to the early Augustan period, and if you look closely, you can see how her hair would have been decorated with the typical hair jewellery of the time. She also had a pair of earrings.

#ancientbluesky #History #archaeology #skystorians If you want to find out what this wonderful little gold thing is, you'll have to click the article and sign up for my rather awesome newsletter! You'll get an ebook copy of Suetonius if you do, mind! shorturl.at/lvJHv

#archaeology #history #ancientbluesky #skystorians #sex Let's talk about sex, as Salt-N-Pepa once famously said. Although I suspect they did not have Tiberius and Caligula in mind when they did. But let's talk about it anyway - Roman sex! open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...

Rome had the Acta Diurna, the daily gazette pinned to the Senate House. This week I'm reviving it with a twist: Acta Populi. A private dispatch for those who want to go deep into the scandals, discoveries, and chaos of Roman life. 👉 Read today’s announcement & claim your seat: shorturl.at/TPAi1

#ancientbluesky #history #archaeology #skystorians Number Three in the Postcards series, in which we dip a sickly toe into the slimy waters of Roman medicine, including vivisection on Egyptian criminals and medical quackery. Don't forget to subscribe! Enjoy! tinyurl.com/yzsu4jpv

Another happy customer! It's genuinely humbling to think that anyone finds my little corner of the historical world so inspiring. Why not join us and get a free ebook copy of Suetonius' Twelve Caesars, translated by yours truly? It's got sex and violence in it! 🤣

#ancientblusesky #skystorians #history #archaeology Issue two of the Newsletter is out, and this week we discuss Roman shoes, medieval scribes, witches and, of course, cauldrons! Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...

#Archaeology #Ancientbluesky #skystorians #history #England Want one! www.bbc.com/news/article...

#ancientbluesky #skystorians #history #archaeology Did the Romans have the equivalent of Sherlock Holmes, who would turn up with a magnifying glass, high on cocaine, and investigate crimes? Find out below, and while you're there, go ahead and sign up for a free subscription. shorturl.at/RwIA8

#archaeology #history #ancientbluesky #skystorians Mystery Monday question - How Did the Romans Solve Crimes? Did they have detectives or investigators/Latin-speaking Sherlock Holmes types? What do you think? All to be revealed tomorrow, so sign up for a free sub now! jamescoverley.substack.com

#writers #Occult #magick #witchcraft #alchemy #medieval #goth Available now in time for Halloween and terrifying people sitting next to you on the bus, the definitive version of Paracelsus' epic alchemical magick tome, 'Of the Supreme Mysteries...' Available now at this link shorturl.at/lMXWz

#skystorians #writers #witches #medieval #Halloween In time for Halloween, would you like a copy of what I believe is the only available English translation of Ulrich Molitor's 1489 'De Lamiis et Phitonicis Mulieribus'? Well, you're in luck, because I translated it! shorturl.at/cb9Qp

#Ancientbluesky #Skystorians #history #swearing #archaeology This article is cool because I can legitimately say 'fuck' a lot and claim that this is all part of academic discourse. So fucking read it, please. Oh, and please fucking subscribe to my shit. Thanks! open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...

#ancientbluesky #skystorians #history #archaeology #France This week in Postcards From the Past, we're off to Roman Gaul, where the people have unruly haircuts and wear excitable trousers. Plus ça change, mes amis.... open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...

#Britain #archaeology #history #ancientbluesky #skystorians I have a new YouTube channel, and if you lovely people would be so kind as to pop along there and click the 'like' and 'subscribe' buttons, I would be supremely grateful to all of you. youtu.be/ezU_rZHooqg?...

#archaeology #ancientbluesky #skystorians The first of the new weekly newsletters in which some Scottish chap gets angry, rightly so, at the Romans, I get angry, rightly so, at some electronics, and there’s a pig called Cecil who is always angry. And some archaeology news, too! shorturl.at/MEU7L

#ancientblusky #skystorians #archaeoloy #history All these are available for free, or take out a paid subscription for exclusive nice stuff and a FREE copy of my last book! (ebook only) jamescoverley.substack.com

#archaeology #ancientbluesky #skystorians #history Just a reminder that if you sign up for a $5 a month subscription on Substack, not only will you bring joy and peace to my soul, and support an independent writer, but I'll send you a free ebook of my latest book! I'm paying you to like me! 🤣🤣

#ancientbluesky #skystorians #archaeology #history So, in answer to yesterday's question - How do you address a Roman Emperor? - the answer is not as complicated as you might think - you just grovel, basically. Read the full article below (and please subscribe - it's free!) shorturl.at/XaM27

#MosaicMonday #ancientbluesky #archaeology Detail of the Nile mosaic of Palestrina showing a trireme and a huge Egyptian bloke in a tiny boat. Uncertain in date, but probably somewhere around 100 BC, I'd reckon, judging by the subject matter and style. The mosaic that is, not the bloke in the boat.

#ancientbluesky #history #skystorians #archaeology When talking to the emperor (or anyone) in ancient Rome, how would you address them? Big Boy? Boss? Sir? Jules? What do you think? Let me know, and tomorrow I'll take you through the minefield of speaking to someone without getting executed!

How did you address an Emperor? Caesar? Sir? Lord? Mr Augustus? Vespy Babes? There are rules for how one should address King Charles, but did similar rules apply to Roman Emperors, and if so, what DID one call them? Answer coming soon, but what do you think? #Ancientbluesky #history #skystorians

#ancientbluesky #history #skystorians #archaeology Were Romans short or tall? What does archaeology reveal, and what do the sources say, and what, if anything, can we surmise from this? Please subscribe - it's free! Or $5 a month if you can afford it! But free if you can't. shorturl.at/zo6TB

#ancientbluesky #skystorians #archaeology #Egypt #history In a new series of snapshots into the archives, we take a peek into the records of Roman Egypt! This is, naturally, free for everyone, so please subscribe! (or for $5 a month, for which I would be deliriously happy) shorturl.at/x483H