TW Also, fuck Israel www.archivegenocide.com

With a billion dollars and all the truly beautiful, romantic places on the planet to choose from - if I also had fuck you money, I wouldn't have chosen to get married in somewhere as tacky and unsightly as Madison Square Garden...

My Dad is doing some genealogy and it turns out I have some Victorian ancestors from Ayrshire! I'll have to schedule in a visit...

On the show today! @belovedofoizys.bsky.social takes 14 of the most frequently repeated fallacies surrounding the Roman arena and demolishes them all in under an hour! Learn about the importance of fingers and thumbs, of beans and barley, and why Henry Cavill gets grumpy when he's thirsty...

Since writing this blogpost, the Heroes of History game have released a new clutch of characters, all from Homer's Odyssey. As promised, I've updated the blogpost to include them all.

Good question, what does everyone think?

Sidequest 35 – Gladiators in the Greek World Our next Sidequest takes us to Greece during the Roman era as we discuss gladiators with Alexandra Sills. Ms. Sills just released a book on the topic, "Gladiators in the Greek World: How a Roman Bloodsport Took Ancient Greece by Storm", which I highly…

My author copies are being delivered soon, and I was explaining the concept to my daughter and what I plan to do with them once they arrive, saying that we need to obviously keep one for ourselves. My husband interrupts that he's going to buy one. I say that we don't need to! I have author copies!

Shit, and I thought some of the Titanic museum gift shop was in bad taste...

👀 Set your alarms...

Executive function today is so low that my husband had to call me from work to instruct/cajole me into walking to the shop a whole 3 minutes from our house, only for me to have a medium sized panic attack when he hung up and I was left alone in the middle of Aldi

The steam powered vintage funfair is back. Thank god the heatwave broke in time for me to ride the Electric Skid 7 times... www.hortonssteamfair.co.uk/lightning-skid

I’m having an ancient history girl summerrrrr 🏺🌿 I test ordered a bunch of my ancient art merch so now its my entire wardrobe and room decor lol (1/3)

The Spartans have taken Thebes and installed a garrison in the city. How will Theban exiles take the city back? By raiding the costume box... Our full Thebes episode with @profboeotia.bsky.social is available now! www.ancienthistory101.org/p/thebes

This is another way of saying, by the way, that those colleagues might consider being more vocal in support of folk at risk of redundancy. When it comes their turn on the chopping block, who will be there to return the favour if there's no one left?

Agree to a point, but if our Oxbridge colleagues don't think their management are watching what's happening elsewhere and making their own plans, they are being hopelessly naive. No-one, anywhere, is safe.

I have so much work to do and I just can't do any of it, every ounce of strength is going on trying to make sure my stupid, banjaxed kidney doesn't decide to spontaenously combust.

Husband has found me a breezy, shady spot by both the river and a Mr Whippy van. I would marry him again in a heartbeat.

Solidarity with anyone else with health conditions fighting for their lives in this heatwave. The longer it lasts, the more exhausted we become. Might be worth checking in on any friends you know who might be struggling through this.

Posh fan doesn't work.

What should we do about those who are in prison for the thought crime of knowing this too soon? Those who died because the UN and the BBC wouldn’t say it? Since telling the truth was criminalised, what should happen to those who criminalised it and enabled this genocide with their lies??

Athenocentrism? I don't know her. Massive thanks to @profboeotia.bsky.social for tackling the big ask of cramming centuries of history and myth into a single episode with such aplomb. I think this makes a pretty perfect Thebes primer.

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

The next time you get annoyed with people arguing about antiquity, I highly recommend taking a cathartic look at the unhinged comments under any history post about the Wars of the Roses. I salute our comrades doing medieval public history, because those reply guys are... opinionated, shall we say.

I spent a very happy and relaxed day off last summer devouring this, and I highly recommend it for mystery fans. I've just pre-ordered the second book, too.

If you asked me, off the top of my head, to name a non-Oxbridge university in England synonymous with excellence in the Humanities - I would probably think of Exeter first. This feels like a very deliberate, targeted and ideological Bonfire of the Humanities

An absolutely stunning photo! The 35m-long #Roman shipwreck, along with its cargo of 6,000 (!) amphorae was discovered in 2019 off the coast of the Greek Island of Kefalonia. It’s one of the largest Roman shipwrecks found in the Mediterranean. 📷 Ionian Aquarium

Please buy my book, my husband just invested in a really posh fan thing

More disgusting complicity by Zionist ASOR, w receipts spanning from the 1940s to last week's Zionist conference on "Judea & Samaria" ( = occupied West Bank). Thanks, @archagainstaparth.bsky.social for yet another well researched, & ethically solid, essay #boycottasor 🔗 tinyurl.com/3p2mxjt5

The release of 'Gladiators in the Greek World: How a Roman Blood Sport Took Ancient Greece By Storm' is imminent, so here's a thread of where you can order it from!

My firstborn book (from @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social) is coming out in a new paperback edition in October, and because I like it when books are affordable I wanted to let you know that Barnes and Noble’s will give you 25% off preorders of it this week with this code: PREORDER25. Happy reading! 🦉🏺

May I present a less nauseating podcast for discerning listeners? I've heard good things about @ancienthistory101.org...

Starmer should be in the Hague, let's see if he suppresses tears there like he did at that podium.

Fuck it, if you’re complaining about people being happy that Starmer has resigned or claiming that anyone who disliked him is immature and selfish, you’re a bigot! If you can’t understand or acknowledge how much harm he did to marginalised people in this country, you probably approved of it!

I get lots of emails a week asking for $$ to have WOMEN IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS on summer book clubs, summer reading lists, in social media posts. I’ve never said yes. Remember this as you see ads for books this summer! Also, why not check out a solid non-fic?? www.amazon.com/Women-Valley...

Carmen et Error + Actaeon and Diana = an Ovid mystery we will never solve. Just what did Ovid see!? Our full Ovid biography with @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social is out now! www.ancienthistory101.org/p/ovid-a-bio...

I've been medically advised not to take my ADHD meds in heatwaves, particularly with my kidney condition, so guess who is giving herself a whole week off work!? I will 100% not stick to it, but wish me luck.

Augustus had a clutch of what might be called 'court poets' - was Ovid one of them? Listen to our full biography of Ovid with @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social, out now! www.ancienthistory101.org/p/ovid-a-bio...

One month until Nolan's movie comes out, but somehow this book is available electronically today and in print for the movie! Why Odysseus? Survivor, Scoundrel, (Anti)hero link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Having a banjaxed internal organ the doctors refuse to remove is ridiculous, because what do you mean a serving of onion gravy put me out of action for 36 hours?

Calling all primary school teachers in the UK... Please take 5 mins to complete our survey. Please share with any teachers you know! Thanks! @theclassicslibrary.bsky.social @workingclassicists.bsky.social @cascotland.bsky.social @aceclassics.bsky.social s.surveyplanet.com/dwkpo1k8

I once brought home an almost-to-scale bust of the diadumenos, all the way from Corfu, in my hand luggage (back in the days when hand luggage was bigger than a wallet.) I love him, and I endorse this message.

On the show today! @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social chats about the whirlwind life of a fascinating Roman poet: Ovid. Warning: this episode contains adult themes and may not be suitable for younger students.

🔆 Some mid-week writing prompts for our Young People's Issue! 🔆 Until July 1, we are reading submissions *exclusively* from writers and artists who are 18 and under as of July 1. Submissions are free as always and we pay a small 10USD honorarium. #poetry #writing #booktok #youngwriters #classics

Today is feeling horrifically old, I just got a targeted ad for a 90s grunge event in my town. It is scheduled to finish by 8pm.

Podcast Episode 19 is out www.patreon.com/BuildLikeARo...

A completely unserious post about the cutesy and often a bit weird depictions of various historical figures in the Heroes of History mobile game... There are some surprises, not just in the artwork but in which figures have been included at all... ancientalexandra.weebly.com/blog/heroes-...

I need to record today, so of course the red kites have chosen today to be particularly gobby.