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History podcast with a sensory focus hosted by Classics graduate sisters. Current.. Series 4 - Romans II Series 1 - Imperial Rome Series 2 - Classical Greece Series 3 - Georgians open.spotify.com/show/5qLVnpQqaWGkH3zQLoBZ2U www.sistoryhistory.co.uk
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
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
You know you have the best gal pals when one of them will carry you on her back like she carries the weight of her invisible labour: effortlessly, and while dicking about playing a stupid game.
#internationalwomensday
On International Women's Day, we highlight the women in charge of Rome's top museums.
Roman funerary relief depicting a mid-wife helping a woman give birth. A second woman supports the woman in labour.
From Ostia Antica's Necropolis of Portus on the Isola Sacra, tomb 100. Around mid-2nd century AD.
#internationalwomensday #romanarchaeology #historicalfiction #ancienthistory
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Inserting ourselves into an Ancient Greek symposium for a spot of kottabos on this #internationalwomensday
#AncientGreece #Historypodcast #Skystorians
#AncientBluesky #Classicsbluesky
As it’s #Pisces season we thought we’d share this gorgeous, fish #Roman oil lamp with all those wonderfully creative Pisceans out there.
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📸 Us, Musei Civici #Padua 4-5th Cent C.E.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology #Skystorians
#AncientBluesky #Classicsbluesky #AncientRome #zodiac
Image shows a floor mosaic at #FishbourneRomanPalace near to #Chichester UK, where the occupants of what is a huge villa had decided to have a new floor covering (another floor mosaic) at some point, which automatically was added on top! A large surrounding margin in red-terracotta coloured tessellae, with partial upper mosaic showing an image of Medusa in a centrepiece, and mostly black and white pattern of tiles across the remainder of the floor. In the centre, the flooring shows a second layer of mosaic tiles approximately 1 inch (2.5 cm) below the other, partially-exposed with a black and white graphical design. Below this layer appears to be the earth layer.
#MosaicMonday has come around again. Always impressed with the Romans way of doing things… this photo is showing a floor within @romanpalace.bsky.social where the first mosaic was covered over with another floor mosaic… just when you think you’ve found one, you come across its predecessor too!
Another archaeology and nature job. Looks like a great opportunity www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...
#FrescoFriday - Ceiling fresco depicting Cupid and Psyche. From the ancient Roman civil settlement of Lauriacum, dated to the 2nd century AD.
Museum Lauriacum, Enn, Austria.
relief of chariot races and intaglio depicting Mars god of war
relief of chariot races and intaglio depicting Mars god of war
Today was the first the #Equirria, an ancient #Roman #festival of horse & chariot racing. The two events were held in the Campus Martius on Feb 27 & Mar 14. Believed to have been founded by Romulus in honour of Mars, god of war.
Chariot races zurl.co/0b0YS
Mars intaglio, 2nd C AD zurl.co/P3ZNI
A view through the main entrance (with 'prominent' wall painting of Priapus at top right) into the atrium, tablinum and garden portico beyond.
A real treat to be back in Pompeii again.
A glimpse of the House of the Vettii in the evening light.
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An Unprecedented Painting Technique in Hispania Discovered in a Roman Domus in Cartagena Using Cinnabar, the “Red Gold” of Antiquity
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/02/a...
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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Newport #Roman Villa is under threat of closure to the public (link below) so you better be quick @durotrigesdig.bsky.social if you like the look of that hypocaust! #hyposcaustgate @cbawessex.bsky.social #IsleOfWight
www.countypress.co.uk/news/2588404...
Today I've been making this, a replica of the Shakenoak Farm, Roman syrinx. 🏺 Sound on. You may note (excuse the pun), that my skill with ceramic technology is not matched by my musical ability. #Archaeology You'll find many more wonders at potted-history.co.uk
Square glass bead featuring a checkerboard mosaic border in tan, white, black, and reddish tones, surrounding a female face with prominent white eyes and a subtle smile on a black background
A #Roman face bead: the miniature human face was made either through the cold bundling of rods or the hot working of pre-made parts to form the visage, which was then stretched to make a cane that was cut into sections with identical faces. This facial design had a relatively short production...🧵1/2
open.spotify.com/episode/2w7X...
Join us for the season 4 finale on Rome's triumphal way, where we're watching the victory parades of her finest generals. We've saved you a good spot right at the front (watch out for all the elephant poo... 🐘).
"What a Triumph!"
#ancientrome #classicsteacher #sensory #ancientbluesky #skystorians
Mixed reaction in Rome to the new restyling around the Colosseum.
At first glance, Venus seems untouchable, divine.
However, when held in hand, her color changes to match the holder's skin. The goddess's form becomes a reflection of us.
💞 How do you see Venus reflected within yourself?
Totally Chaotic History: Roman Britain Gets Rowdy Tue 17 Feb 2026, 3pm Be astounded by unbelievable and hilarious facts as bestselling author Greg Jenner takes us on a riotously fun journey through Roman Britain. https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/totally-chaotic-history-roman-britain-gets-rowdy/
Hello, parents with young kids! I’m doing a very fun half-term event on Tuesday afternoon about Roman Britain, along with my book’s fab illustrator @rikinparekh.bsky.social
Tickets affordable, @southbankcentre.bsky.social is great London venue near Waterloo station, and it’ll be great fun!
New excavations at Villa Poppea open to the public
www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/02...
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Bronze drain strainer, circular disc, displayed on a museum stand against a light beige background with subtle shadows. The strainer features intricate radial patterns of small perforations forming concentric circles and mesh-like sections around a central open hole.
Have you ever seen a Roman plumbing device that is both genius and gorgeous? Just look at this bronze drain strainer, found in the Roman baths at Weißenburg, Germany, dating2nd/3rd century AD!
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Well! As it’s St. Valentine’s Day tomorrow we obviously got to thinking about lumens.
AND realised it’s only fitting we share this sexy oil lamp 🪔
Enjoy! ❤️
📸 Us, Musei Civici #Padua 1st Cent C.E.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology #Skystorians
#AncientBluesky #Classicsbluesky #AncientRome #Valentine
Having a hard time deciding between Ancient History and English Literature? At Reading, you can study both! Hear from Aster on the benefits of studying a joint honours Humanities degree:
youtu.be/WJkxna_auto
#ancientbluesky #history #romans
In this week's Acta Populi newsletter, there is grumpy misanthropy, whether a slave could get another job and juicy sausages.
Read it here - shorturl.at/azcSQ
Photograph of a pan flute, made from smooth, light-colored wood with visible grain patterns. The flute section is rectangular with one edge featuring several rounded notches. Two small holes are drilled into one side, and the piece is displayed upright on a clear stand against a dark background
A completely preserved #Roman syrinx (#panflute) made of one single piece of boxwood, length 11cm. It features seven precisely drilled pipes.
Dating around 50/60 AD, found in Eschenz, Switzerland.
On display at Archäologisches Museum Frauenfeld
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