The Palatine Hill is definitely the place to relax.
#rome #ancientrome #palatinehill

Filling in one of those publisher marketing forms for the release of Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Greece & it's asking me for selling points. Resisting the urge to just type: IT HAS A CHAPTER CALLED PENISES WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?
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Two former slaves and their 4 children are remembered on this grand funerary stele.

The Cartorii were very wealthy brick-makers and many terracotta bricks in the region bear the CARTORIANA stamp.

📸 Us, Musei Civici #Padua

#Archaeology #TombTuesday
#AncientBluesky #Classicsbluesky #AncientRome

A view of the Circus Maximus from the Palatine Hill. #rome #palatine #circusmaximus #ancientrome

without doubt!

I forgot about Falco, great point!!

The Aventine Hill and foreign cults #ancientrome #aventine #rome YouTube video by Ancient Blogger

I recently visited Rome so there will be various content which I hope you will enjoy. First up a video about the Aventine (sporting a tshirt from the fab @partialhistorians.bsky.social )
#rome #ancientrome #aventine
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Coming this week!

Part 1 of our Military Matters chat with @ancientblogger.bsky.social

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A Roman submerged port structure discovered off Asini in the Argolid, with foundations of several piers and docks An underwater archaeology campaign carried out between September 29 and October 1, 2025 in the waters near the site of Asini, in the municipality of Nauplia in the Argolid (Greece), has made it possib...

A Roman submerged port structure discovered off Asini in the Argolid, with foundations of several piers and docks
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Day FOUR of #Glass-tonbury, our experiment @butserancientfarm.co.uk where we try to recreate Roman window glass. 🔥🍷 We have a parallel experiment running where we try to find out how many near-identical pictures of hot things we can post on Bluesky before we get complaints. 😬😳

Let's see.... 🧵👇

Ancient Roman gemstone shows a grasshopper driving a butterfly-led chariot Roman jewelers created whimsical designs: this carnelian shows a grasshopper chariot led by butterflies, glowing in light.

Ancient Roman gemstone with grasshopper chariot - Boing Boing
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Ancient History Hound: Sparta in the Spotlight. Part II In this episode I look at how the Spartan soldier fared in battle. What advantages had they been given through the agoge and syssitia? What was hoplite battle like and how good were the Spartans? I al...

New episode out. How did the agoge and syssitia give Spartans an advantage in battle and how good were they exactly? #sparta #ancientgreece
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March 26, 375 CE: Honoria, a 30-year-old mom is buried in the city of Salona (Croatia). She is buried in the sarcophagus with her parvula ("little girl") who died earlier—likely after childbirth (CIL III, 9506). mappola.eu/index.php/20... 0.5-2% of Roman women died in childbirth (versus 0.01 today).

New Sparta episode dropping this week on the Ancient History Hound podcast. #sparta #ancientgreece #hoplite

It is sometimes astounding to see the evidence of how skilled #Roman glassmakers could be... 🏺 #AncientBlueSky

Boar on a plate from Rhodes (circa 600 BC). Quite the character!!
#ancientgreece #boar #rhodes

Got a burning question about the Roman military? 🗡️🗡️

We’ve got special guest
@ancientblogger.bsky.social
(AKA Neil from Ancient History Hound podcast), joining us to explore the weird & wonderful side of life in the legions!

Comment below or email us your questions.

#ancientrome #ancientbluesky

Image is of Dr Jeremiah McCall smiling. Text reads: ‘Special Episode - Swords and Cinema with Dr Jeremiah McCall’ which is filed under our categories of ‘AT THE MOVIES’, ‘PODCAST’ and ‘SPECIAL EPISODES’.

✨Special Episode - Swords and Cinema with Dr Jeremiah McCall ✨

We’re thrilled to chat with Dr Jeremiah McCall all about the depiction of the Roman military and battle scenes in all your favourite Roman movies and TV shows. You will need your popcorn for this special episode!

Had a wonderful afternoon volunteering at a school in Hove. Chatted with two classes about ancient Rome and had some great questions. Shoutout to the teachers and LPAs, you are amazing! (Photos taken by the school and cleared for posting). #ancientrome #hove #schoolvisit #brighton

Tomb plate belonging to a centurion of the First Italic Legion discovered at Nove Rescue excavations in the western necropolis of the Roman military camp at Nove, near Svishtov, have brought to light a fragment of a tomb plate belonging to a centurion of the First Italic Legion (Le...

Tomb plate belonging to a centurion of the First Italic Legion discovered at Nove
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Ancient History Hound: Sparta in the Spotlight. Part I Sparta, what do we know about it exactly and what's been exaggerated, or just made up? In the first of three episodes I look at the education system (agoge), communal mess (syssitia) and get into...

First of three episodes about Sparta is now out. In these I'll be weighing up what we know about Sparta versus common depictions of it. Up first is the Spartan education system, communal mess and Krypteia. #sparta #ancientgreece #krypteia #agoge #syssitia

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I remember being told that a basic chocolate milkshake was equally good as a recovery drink than most of the expensive options (this was years back though).

Having a cuppa at a cafe in Brighton called Boudica. Lovely place, but perhaps a different tshirt the next time I pop in 😄 #brighton #boudicca #ancientrome

Remains of the Roman amphitheatre at Chester

Ancient History Hound: Festivals in ancient Rome: February Continuining the miniseries I dive into three festivals celebrated in February. There's much nudity, a spell and  a festival with a name which might be a bit misleading. If you can rate and/or re...

In ancient Rome February was a time for purification, grab a cuppa and have a listen! #ancientrome #february #ancienthistory
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Have an upcoming school volunteering day, been asked to talk about the later Roman empire. This is my slide image for the 3rd century AD #ancientrome #brighton

Excellent ideas, my podcast has always had the angle of trying to do something different with mainstream topics as well.

A recreated Roman watchtower from Burgsalach on the German frontier. Similar structures existed across the Gask Ridge in Perthshire

I've got lots of researched content from my podcast epsiodes and articles from my old website. I wondered if this could form a book of random articles/essays about the ancient world. Thoughts from publishers welcome (though not expected) 😄🏺📖

Neck amphora from Athens, dated to circa 700BC. A chariot procession ensues whilst on the neck whilst a lion attacks a deer. #ancientgreece #ancienthistory