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Alexandra Sills

@belovedofoizys

Ancient Historian in the UK. πŸ“–'Gladiators in the Greek World' coming summer '26. Public history devotee. ADHD + ClusterC. Sweary. Expect typos. Birkbeck and Leicester alum www.ancientalexandra.co.uk https://linktr.ee/alexandrasills

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IRGC terrorisrs are trolling Americans & Israelis, copying their cruel practice of writing messages on missiles. This one says β€œFor the memory of the victims of the E*st*in island.”

It’s enraging that Western leaders are so corrupt & incompetent that they give space to genuine evil to mock them.

10.03.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Sing, goddess, of epic rage: The irony behind "Epic Fury" The U.S. military's latest operation evokes Homeric rageβ€”but its meaning is lost on the leaders who named it, while war's human cost is already unfolding

"The choice of Epic Fury for this campaign tells me they haven’t been reading Homer at all. If they have, they have failed to understand what epic means."

neoskosmos.com/en/2026/03/1...

10.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pages of a brightly illustration children’s retelling of the Odyssey

Pages of a brightly illustration children’s retelling of the Odyssey

Pages of a brightly illustration children’s retelling of the Odyssey

Pages of a brightly illustration children’s retelling of the Odyssey

Pages of a brightly illustration children’s retelling of the Odyssey

Pages of a brightly illustration children’s retelling of the Odyssey

Pages of a brightly illustration children’s retelling of the Odyssey

Pages of a brightly illustration children’s retelling of the Odyssey

Just a taste of what my Odyssey has to offer… the book is full of stunning illustrations, Homeric turns of phrase, an unaltered timeline, ancient world fun facts, seal-men wrestling gods, and even (somewhat) historically accurate features like the palace of Pylos! πŸ₯° geni.us/TheOdysseyBook

10.03.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

My daughteris going to LOVE THIS

Also, how beautiful is that cover!?

10.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!

10.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

For context, I have forgotten to eat lunch for the last... at least 9? days in a row.

10.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I remembered to eat lunch today! I'm guessing anyone else familar with lisdexamfetamines will appreciate what an accomplishment this is...

10.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've just seen someone predict that "[a ground invasion of] Iran will be America's Teutoberg Forest"...

09.03.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every student matters. Every student should be celebrated.

08.03.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're in UK uni offers season so I address this to all college teachers:

If you only boast about the students who get into Oxbridge but not the students who get offers from elsewhere, or say "7 students got offers in my subject *including* 1 for Oxbridge", then you are a knob and I don't like you.

08.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunshine for our impromptu detour to revisit Hadrian's Wall, and we managed to fit in Magna, Birdoswald and a few milecastles into our morning. Now for the long drive south...

08.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so sorry, and I hope your Mum is as OK as she can be.

08.03.2026 09:18 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A quick visit to the wall to say hi to Hadrian before the long drive home, I think...

08.03.2026 09:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My set came with a broken wing, which I wrongly assumed was deliberate!

07.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

An absolute joy talking at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social today: fabulous museum with a top notch team, an engaged audience and a lot of thoughtful questions afterwards. My favourite way to spend an afternoon!

07.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's definitely been a steep learning curve...

07.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't have the spoons to talk about this now, but I'll most definitely be unpacking this in my upcoming @anihoproject.bsky.social article on the American far-right and their love affair with Maximus...

07.03.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Consider a copy sold already! How exciting

07.03.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, Curtis. How depressing...

07.03.2026 06:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm on my way to Carlisle! I'm looking foward to giving my Women of the Roman Arena for the third time tomorrow. It's such an enjoyable talk to give, and I'm rather sad that this will be its last outing (for a while, at least.) Hoping to go out on a high...

06.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

New podcast coming soon, hosted by @belovedofoizys.bsky.social! I have already recorded two with them: one on Xenophon and one on the Spartan Mirage.

06.03.2026 08:21 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ancient History 101 Learn Everything About Ancient Greece, Rome and Beyond...

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05.03.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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05.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

New classical reception just dropped...

05.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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04.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dexter Sol Ansell is 11 and has already played major characters in the Hunger Games and Game of Thrones universes. I find this *less* surprising than the fact that his Dad was in G4...

04.03.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This might be the best event title I have ever seen.

03.03.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you ever do a kid friendly version of this, I'm there with bells on. I wish I lived closer!

03.03.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Silence is complicity, and we're now in the FAFO stage of letting a genocidal apartheid state know that we are more than happy to sit back and watch them do whatever they want to do, consequence free.

03.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0