#ROMAN

Matthew Hazell

M_P_Hazell

(1/13) I'm currently researching a paper I'll hopefully be presenting next summer on the spirit and intentions of liturgical reform between 1948-1963, specifically looking at the suggestions for a reform

Georgia Data Bear, PhD 🇺🇸🍑🏳️‍🌈 | Jan 5, 2021

dataandpolitics

This is the USPS Board of Governors.Robert Duncan:[email protected] Barger:[email protected] Bloom:[email protected] Martinez:[email protected] Moak:[email protected] Zollers:directoraccessmailbo

Bret Devereaux

BretDevereaux

I don't want to trash the fellow who did this interesting project, but I think he needs to rethink some of the skin-tone choices.We have a lot of frescos which

James Palmer

BeijingPalmer

"Americans refer to the center of their country as the 'heartland,' indicating their belief that American is the 'heart' of the world." (this is going to be an Occidentalism thread,

Julia Gottschalk

JuliaCLST6

#CLST6 The continuative narrative on Trajan's column leaves us with many small scenes to look at when examining this monument! One of the themes I found very interesting that I

Bardylius

RomanBardylius

This is roughly what the population density of the Balkans looked like right before the Slavic invasions. The region was severely depopulated and only real area of interior settlement is

AstralNaught

FlightAstral

Thread: Y “Bronze Age?” Is conquering spirit the main attribute admired by @bronzeagemantis? Bronze Age on equal or lesser footing with Roman, Crusader, & Mongols as conquerors...no. Bronze Age has

Max

Max08013598

#CLST6 #RR17 Trajan's column is a spectacular victory monument honoring Trajan (and his soldiers) for defeating the Dacians in two different warsA 625 foot frieze winds 23 times around the

Gareth Harney

OptimoPrincipi

1/6) It is important to remember that without modern medicine, many in the ancient world endured chronic conditions that today we could treat. Seneca suffered from asthma and described how

John Ma

Nakhthor

More thoughts on Millar, Emperor in the Roman World (1977). THREAD Hopkins' review (rehashed in a recent essay in the TLS) wished for another book, of "new" social history. Millar's

Gareth Harney

OptimoPrincipi

1) Thread: Does this intriguing Roman epitaph reveal a succession conspiracy playing out during this week in 117 AD? Marcus Ulpius Phaedimus, 28 year-old freedman and main attendant of the

National Trust Archaeology

NatTrustArch

Something rather special for #FridayFinds this week; a tale of a #Roman treasure, a curse tablet & a *possible* link to JRR Tolkien. If you're sitting comfortably then I'll begin...Once

Minorityism

brumbyism

Let’s examine the Libbu allegation of majoritarianism in relation to Hagia Sophia. Does this allegation stand scrutiny? Hagia Sophia was built on top of a pagan Temple using columns brought

Isaac Wilks 🎤🐢

wilks_isaac

“post-industrial society” is not real. it’s just what happens when an empire outsources it’s critical systems. our jobs didn’t magically sublimate into Knowledge Work—they just left. our institutions didn’t progress

Joy Bhattacharjya

joybhattacharj

Julius Caesar was born today in 100 BC. His assassination by Brutus, Cassius and other conspirators on the Ides of March is well known, but there is another amazing story

The Market Dog ™️

TheMarketDog

Currency and the Collapse of the Roman EmpireHow debasement can drive the end of a civilizationThread 1/5Around 200 AD, inability to pay for the state expenses lead treasuries to

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