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Alex Gough author @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social · 18h

Look what just arrived! Out on 12th November. mybook.to/HadriansJack...

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Alex Gough author @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My podcast with the @partialhistorians.bsky.social Nervous to hear it back! www.facebook.com/share/19WpES...

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The Partial Historians 🏺 @partialhistorians.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

✨New to Patreon - Mark Antony with Alex Gough✨ We sit down with @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social to learn more about his historical fiction series on Mark Antony which explores Antony’s career and follows him all the way through to his demise.

Book cover for ‘Caesar’s Nemesis’ by Alex Gough which shows a Roman soldier looking over a naval battle with a flaming shield in the background.

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Alex Gough author @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

From armpit hair pluckers to urine collectors, have a read of some of the weird jobs that were commonplace in ancient Rome. alexgough71.substack.com/p/weird-jobs...

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Weird jobs in Ancient Rome

The trades and professions we might consider unusual that Romans thought were perfectly normal!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/09/2026

Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/historians-politely-re…

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Book Review Finis Britanniae: A Military History of Late Roman Britain and the Saxon Conquest, by Murray Dahm tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/09/book... #History #BookReview

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Alison Morton Author @alisonmorton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

So... How often do you think of the #RomanEmpire? Pick up this fabulous story of Mark Anthony by @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social from the #SummerBookDive alisonmortonauthor.com/2026/08/01/s... #Kindle #Romanfiction

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 17/08/2026

‘Over the past two generations, the boundaries of the classical world have been stretched to the steppe frontier of China, the Gulf of Aden and Ethiopia. But Scandinavia and the Baltic have remained stubbornly invisible.’ Michael Kulikowski on Roman Scandinavia. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Michael Kulikowski · Polar Bears in Rome: Roman Scandinavia

Over the past two generations, the boundaries of the classical world have been stretched to the steppe frontier of China...

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Aiyana White @aiyanaewhite.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

My very favorite thing about history is that if you look hard enough there is always somebody making a joke or drawing a weird little guy in the margins or sculpting their enemy’s face on a gargoyle. Goofballs unite❤️

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Alex Gough author @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

My latest newsletter about Ancient Rome is also topical. How did the Roman concept of class change and how did populist leaders exploit it. I'm donning my tin helmet as I'm expecting flak for this one! open.substack.com/pub/alexgoug...

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Populism in Ancient Rome

How did the Roman concept of class change, and how did populist leaders exploit it?

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Alison Morton Author @alisonmorton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

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Alison Morton Author @alisonmorton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I was very fussy about books and authors I invited to my #SummerBookDive and I'm delighted @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social joined it. #othererasareavailable ;-)

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Summer is here – Dive into a book! alisonmortonauthor.com/2026/08/01/s... @alison_morton Caesar's Soldier (The Mark Antony Series, 1) by Alex Gough www.amazon.co.uk/Caesars-Sold... @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction

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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/07/2026

SPARTA, OH—Noting that her desires were becoming increasingly less subtle, local man Tommy Hull confirmed Monday that his girlfriend, Bess Glickstein, kept dropping hints about wanting a 17-hectare mausoleum complex.

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Alex Gough author @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I'm in New Scientist for the second time! Both times in the joke pages unfortunately!

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Sal Gentile @salgentile.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

the odyssey discourse is a beautiful perfect window into right wing culture war psychosis. they went from hysterial racist mania over a character that’s on screen for 5 minutes to claiming there’s a massive conspiracy to fake ticket sales. this is just what they do for everything now. they’re insane

BREAKING: The Odyssey is FAKING ticket sales by buying up theaters/seats (Fraud) to make the movie look like a success (already $400 million in the hole) moviegoers are reporting having to take terrible seats (because full) but when they show up the theaters are mostly empty.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Gabby: What was your highlight of the half time show? Wayne Rooney: When it finished. I thought it was crap. 10/10 punditry. No notes.

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Alex Gough author @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

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Populism in Ancient Rome

How did the Roman concept of class change, and how did populist leaders exploit it?

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Author has moment of moderate inspiration, swiftly scribbles down a few lines and posts them on Bluesky. Nine months pass. Author wakes up one bright breezy July morning, finds proof copy of his latest book has arrived. Sometimes social media *can* be creative. www.tom-cox.com/my-next-book...

Great toaster illustration by Joe McLaren. DIVISION OF LABOUR:
I dust my house. My AI Robot watches.

"It should be you doing this."

"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."

"That's not why you were invented."

"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."

"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."

"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."

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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A Roman terracotta figure of a cat, presumably playing a harp(?). It was made in Egypt when it was part of the Roman Empire 80-100 AD. Held at the Museum August Kestner in Hannover, Germany. #History #HistoryMatters

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Step aboard the Golden Hinde with Sir Francis Drake in Drake – Tudor Corsair — a gripping tale of adventure, ambition, danger and discovery on the high seas: 🇺🇸 www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCTYQF4 🇬🇧 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FCTYQF4 #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobooks

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Follow Jasper Tudor's remarkable journey through the turbulent Wars of the Roses as loyalty is tested and the future of England hangs in the balance. mybook.to/JasperBook2 #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #Audiobook

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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

A mosaic from the House of Orpheus in Pompeii. Before even reaching the atrium, a visitor would see the homeowner’s boundary marked on the floor. Now housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. #History #HistoryMatters

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Alex Gough author @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Quite pleased with this counterfactual article about how the world would look if Mark Antony had won at Actium (clue - no Trump!). Let me know if you agree alexgough71.substack.com/p/what-if-ma...

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What if Mark Antony won?

How our whole world could have been different if Antony and Cleopatra had defeated Octavian.

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Brendan Greeley @bhgreeley.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

So Brutus straight up had a denarius struck that says “Yep, I killed Caesar.” Two daggers, a cap that represents freedom and the inscription EID•MAR.

A silver coin in a collection box, as described in the main text

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Steve O'Gorman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @steveeditor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I'd like to thank you and Craig for inviting me to join the great man on his extraordinary journey! The cover looks amazing.

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Alex Gough author @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Just got my Broken Bindings editions of Caesar's Nemesis, dedicated to the great man himself! Thanks for the copy edit @steveeditor.bsky.social

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Book Launch Spotlight: Caesar's Nemesis (The Mark Antony Series) by Alex Gough tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/06/book... @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch

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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

#WorldOceanDay - Two Roman altars dedicated to Neptune and Oceanus by the Sixth Legion Victrix Pia Fidelis, showing symbols associated with each deity. The altars are thought to have formed part of a shrine on the Pons Aelius bridge (Newcastle), which the legion helped build around AD 120/2.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

That face you make when you’re a historian and someone asks you if you’re reading any good fiction books? And all you can say is, um, the Historia Augusta.

Porta Marina, Ostia. Opus sectile panel depicting a youth (the patron?). Rome, Museo Nazionale dell'Alto Medioevo, Roma-EUR (after Becatti 1969, Tav. LV.1

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Lauren Deschain @thatnerdchick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Alexandria Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, located in Alexandria city. Considered the largest #Roman burial site in #Egypt, that dates back to the 2nd C AD. It was discovered by pure chance in 1900 when a donkey-drawn cart fell into the access shaft. #TombTuesday #Archaeology

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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

York was built on layers of history. This weekend we celebrate when York was Eboracum & part of the Roman Empire at the ANNUAL EBORACUM ROMAN FESTIVAL. I'll be in the Museum Gardens peddling A DAY OF FIRE: A NOVEL OF POMPEII. P.S. Yes, this is my idealized vision of Aemilia #historicalfiction #york

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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Legions will march this weekend at the Eboracum Festival in #York. #HistoricalFiction authors will be out too. Swing by the Museum Gardens and see us. I'll be representing my fellow authors of A DAY OF FIRE Kate Quinn, @elizaknight.bsky.social @benkaneauthor.bsky.social Vicky Alvear and Steph Dray

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lioneltwigg.bsky.social @lioneltwigg.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

RIP Michael Keating! Blake was the moral core, Avon the super cool antihero but Vila was us; often described as a coward he was a human being facing a horrible situation with humour and reacting like any of us would have done, even turning to drink at the end. A wonderful performance. #blakes7

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A 4th century depiction of Mars found in 1904 at Fullerton Roman villa #Hampshire Holding a spear and shield (but in the buff apart from cloak and hat) Mars has been placed rather awkwardly in the central octagon Lifted, he now resides in the excellent Andover Museum 📷 Sept 2019 #MosaicMonday

Mosaic depiction of the Roman god Mars, largely naked except for a cloak and hat, holding a spear in his right hand and shield in his left

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A Roman toddler stepped on this clay tile before it was dried around two thousand years ago, and this might be the only proof of the toddler's existence. Original post

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

A late Roman burial, discovered at the former Essex County Hospital site in Colchester, will be on public display. The woman was buried in a decorated lead coffin accompanied by jet hairpins, a group of rare glass flasks, and other grave goods.

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Roman woman's remains found during Colchester hospital dig

The lead coffin found in Colchester contains the remains of a high-status woman, experts say.

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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

On the 23rd & 24th of May a collection of authors--myself included--will occupy tents in the Museum Garden as part of York’s annual Eboracum Roman Festival (16-31 May). Come out and see us #historicalfiction fans! List includes @sjaturney.bsky.social @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social & more! #YorkUK

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