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Working in the Alt-Ac world and loving it. Ph.D. in Classics and former educator. Drawing for fun. zazzle.com/classicsgraphi… Joined January 2015
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Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi

5 years ago

1) A stranger than fiction Roman ring mystery thread: this enigmatic Roman gold ring was found in a ploughed field near Silchester in 1785. The square bezel has a portrait of the pagan goddess Venus, inscribed backwards SUNEV for use as a signet ring by the owner. Curiously...

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Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi

2 years ago

In 211 BC, Rome also rebranded with an 'X'. The first Roman denarius - centrepiece of a new monetary system launched as Hannibal ravaged Italy and prepared to besiege Rome itself. Previous Roman money had been based around bronze ingots and crudely cast units of the bronze…

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Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi

2 years ago

Roman marble relief showing a childbirth scene. A midwife or 'obstetrix' cleans the mother after a successful birth, while a smiling assistant holds the newborn child. Modern 'obstetrics' derives its name from the female obstetrix who assisted mothers during childbirth - with the…

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Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi

2 years ago

The Roman 'Cannibal'. While this marble statue might initially seem to show a cannibal tucking into a human arm, it is in fact just one half of a larger statue group depicting two boys playing the popular ancient game of knucklebones. Quarrelling over the game, one of the boys…

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Lytham St Annes CA @lsaclassics

2 years ago

Revealing our 10th Anniversary programme! Event #2: the much anticipated... LSA CA ROMAN DAY @AKSSchool Saturday 23 September 10.30am-4pm Gladiatrix, Crafts, Family Fun, Roman Dress Lecture & Talks Free and open to all - prizes to be won! 🍕🧁 💐 @lsaexpress @leafylytham

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ClassicsGraphics @ClassicsGraphic

3 years ago

JCL competition returns - It’s been good to see colleagues again for all of the Junior Classical League (JCL) regional competitions underway.  Bonam fortunam, discipuli! tmblr.co/ZfsMWldJN-N8Sa…

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8 years ago

Don't forget your Mother! 15% off site wide! Code: MOMTHANKSZAZ ow.ly/M9XF30bIfbc

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9 years ago

Tweet us pics from your last visit to a US national park. Rangers love feedback. Even if they can't officially tweet it back now.

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9 years ago

This is the National Park Service's Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy. Pls download before it is removed. nps.gov/subjects/clima…

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ClassicsGraphics @ClassicsGraphic

9 years ago

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9 years ago

30% OFF SITEWIDE 50% Off Cases - TODAY ONLY Code: ZCUSTOMGIFTS ow.ly/j3IL100tpe1 #christmasgifts #classics #latin #greek

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Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi

9 years ago

Uncanny digital reconstruction of the Flavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum) in Rome, by Atavistic #roman #archaeology

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Mélanie @mln_lnv

9 years ago

Stèle funéraire aux trois personnages; bel exemple de polychromie! #Samara

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Roma Aeterna 🏛 @ValeriaAugusta8

9 years ago

Vue aérienne du #Palatin (vidéo) via @GettyImages : gettyimages.fr/detail/vidéo/w… #histoire @APHG_National

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Folger Shakespeare Library @FolgerLibrary

9 years ago

Need a project this weekend? Try making pickles the 18th century way. More #EarlyModernFood from @rare_cooking. ow.ly/1ZOp302YvuK

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9 years ago

Les mots issus de la langue #étrusque : linkiesta.it/it/article/201…

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Latin Language @latinlanguage

9 years ago

School yourself on a new language and save 30% on Transparent Language Online! ow.ly/jITy303bpls

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Per Lineam Valli @perlineamvalli

9 years ago

*thinks* that's an awful lot of cider, or not quite so much calvados ;-)

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Normandy Then & Now @Normandythennow

9 years ago

*thinks* that's an awful lot of cider, or not quite so much calvados ;-)

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The History Press @TheHistoryPress

9 years ago

The #PoorLaw Amendment Act is passed introducing #workhouses for the healthy poor #OTD 1834 bit.ly/2b4f0qO

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