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Associate Professor in Classics (Roman History) @Durham_Classics. Latin inscriptions & the ancient world by day. Rome, dogs, wine & friends by all other means.

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Heading to Cambridge this morning to give a research seminar on Latino-Punic Inscriptions in a Christian Funerary Landscape. Nice thing to do on a sunny Monday!! See you in the Faculty of Divinity at 2pm!

16.02.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Manuscripts and Surrogates

Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Manuscripts and Surrogates (online discussion led by Gabriel Bodard and @carolinebarron.bsky.social), Friday 20th February 2026 at 14:00–15:30 GMT
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11.02.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Happy Monday, 246th January 😩😩😩

26.01.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Research leave is well and truly over! Was back to it @durhamclassics.bsky.social today, kicking off a new term with Pliny, Epistulae II in Advanced Latin! And you know what, it’s so nice to be back!

(Remind me I said this when I’m tired and grumpy in week 18…)

13.01.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t hate this…

13.01.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Officially in print, rather that just first view! Check out vol. 56 of Libyan Studies, featuring a plethora of delightful articles about Libyan epigraphy!

06.01.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Romeward Bound ❀️

The last 6 months have not been easy, but I’m going Rome for a few weeks and something tells me that everything will get better as a result. A tra poco, cittΓ  mia!

05.11.2025 07:41 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s true! EpiDoc workshop coming to Durham in April 2026! Watch this space for further details.

24.10.2025 17:10 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’₯ Congratulations to Dr @carolinebarron.bsky.social , who has a new publication in the journal 'Libyan Studies'!

πŸ‘‰ Dr Barron reassess 53 Latin, Greek and Latino-Punic inscriptions from a late-antique tomb excavated in 1926 at Sirte, Libya

πŸ”— Read here for free, open-access: doi.org/10.1017/lis....

25.09.2025 07:01 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

More than anything, I am just delighted that you are looking out for fakes! It makes me so happy!!

11.08.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This one is flummoxing me! It's not totally dodgy, but there's something off about it. My guess would be that the top inscription is genuine and that the bottom one was added later, but who knows when. It could also be a very well-executed fake! There will be hundreds of them out there deceiving us!

11.08.2025 12:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is an important piece from a senior Holocaust scholar (who grew up in Israel and is an IDF veteran), and it’s important that it’s published in the NYT.

15.07.2025 07:26 πŸ‘ 1314 πŸ” 526 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 10

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.

14.07.2025 23:05 πŸ‘ 7587 πŸ” 5274 πŸ’¬ 128 πŸ“Œ 463

Thank you!!

30.06.2025 12:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Jammy πŸ₯°

30.06.2025 12:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!! 😘

30.06.2025 12:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!

30.06.2025 12:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, tesoro mio!! I am so pleased!

30.06.2025 11:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!

30.06.2025 11:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Liz! I’m very pleased!

30.06.2025 11:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

30.06.2025 11:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!

30.06.2025 11:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve had a rotten couple of months with various things not going particularly well. But today I have been promoted to Associate Professor @durhamclassics.bsky.social, which is very exciting and the mark of a new chapter! Better things ahead!

30.06.2025 10:58 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent display!!

14.06.2025 21:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for coming! I’m so pleased you got to see the work the @arcdurham.bsky.social students produced!

09.05.2025 20:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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My lovely students from the Pompeii module are exhibiting their visual reconstruction projects today in @durhamclassics.bsky.social! They’ve produced some excellent work and I am very proud of them.

Poster by Eleanor Paxton 😊

09.05.2025 08:41 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I hear you. I’m in the middle of an insomnia wave and it’s debilitating. Getting out is a great plan. Solidarity love x

26.04.2025 09:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“š Congratulations to @carolinebarron.bsky.social on the publication of 'Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Etchings from the Research Collections of the British School at Rome'!

πŸ–ΌοΈ This book follows a 2021–4 exhibition at @bsrome.bsky.social co-curated by Dr Clare Hornsby and Dr Caroline Barron

24.04.2025 07:02 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Solidarity like. It’s so depressing. We’ve lost our funding at Roman Statutes 2.0 (Chicago) too…

16.04.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On my way to St Andrew’s today to give a paper in the School of Classics’ research seminar series. Excited to catch up with lots of good people there, and to see the beach!

16.04.2025 09:14 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0