Rodney Mancuso @amancuso.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Time for a paleographical shot in the dark - can anyone help? This is from a 14th century indulgence letter near Stowe, England. It's written in Anglicana Formata script. The big question is what the "ex" with a superscript "cc" means. Can't find this abbreviation in my references. 012
Rodney Mancuso @amancuso.bsky.social · 13/09/2026My brother-in-law has written a book! It's in Spanish, so I cannot say for certain, but he tells me it is quite good and I, trusting soul that I am, believe him. The description sounds very interesting - early 20th c. Mexican Revolution historical fiction. www.amazon.com/Bajo-el-polv...amazon.comBajo el polvo de la frontera (Spanish Edition)Amazon.com: Bajo el polvo de la frontera (Spanish Edition) eBook : Bañuelos, Carlos César: Kindle Store 000
Reposted by Rodney MancusoRory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Early medievalists may be happy to know that Simon Keynes’s collection of maps of Anglo-Saxon England has now been made freely available via @trincolllibcam.bsky.social These were commissioned by Simon and drawn (by hand) by Reg Piggott between 1991 and 2012. archives.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php/ma...archives.trin.cam.ac.ukMaps of Anglo-Saxon England - archives.trin.cam.ac.uk 413568
Reposted by Rodney MancusoNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Just like today: A #Roman carpenter's plane (and a replica of it) from Üttfeld,around 300 AD. On display at Landesmuseum Trier 📷️ me 🏺 #archaeology 838393
Reposted by Rodney MancusoSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026🐈 At a Roman villa In Adramytteion (Turkey) 🐕 the owners put the name of their cat and dog in a mosaic—I am reading σμαράγδιη (“emerald”) for the cat. (I am a little bit mystified by the eta on the end unless it is a nu, but this is cool). Dog is named ὠκεανός (“ocean”) arkeonews.net/1800-year-ol... 28523
Reposted by Rodney MancusoBuckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 11/08/2026slow day in the office so we're starting beef with archaeologists 1302277558
Reposted by Rodney MancusoSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Like Loebs? Every fall semester, I like to remind people that while Perseus has many free Loebs sectioned up into book and chapter, if you want to download and read the public domain Loebs (277 of them) as PDFs or txt files, Duke U's very own Ryan Baumann created _Loebolus 📗📕_. ryanfb.xyz/loebolus/ryanfb.xyzLoebolus 615460
Reposted by Rodney MancusoDr Carolyn La Rocco 🏺🍃 @carrielarocco.bsky.social · 14/11/2024More late antique Iberian funerary inscriptions! This time, Anduires, a distinguished (inlis) woman who founded a church (hanc ecle[siam]) with her husband (viro suo) in Casa de Vildé (Burgos de Osma, Soria, Castilla y León) in the 6th or 7th century. (Illustration: me, after image from AEHTAM.) 🏺🗃️ 2355
Reposted by Rodney MancusoJohn Penniman @historiographos.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I'm working on a chapter about the pharmacology of eucharistic bread in antiquity, with some attention to the role of bread stamps. And because academic research is WILD I'm eagerly learning about how this history leads us directly to Waffle House waffles. 4469
Reposted by Rodney MancusoDr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 07/07/2026A #Roman clay tile, on which someone wrote out in Latin cursive the first lines of the 'Aeneid' before it was fired - well, that's one way to get some handwriting practice in! It was found in Italica (Spain), where it was written about 2000 years ago #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky 627349
Reposted by Rodney MancusoMichael J. Taylor @drmichaeljtaylor.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Whoa, just saw an inscription from Alba Fucens, 3rd century BC, dedicated by a colonial magistrate who calls himself a consul! He dedicated a statue to Hercules on behalf of the people (pro poplod) and the Alban muster (legioniquei Albesid, probably a cohort). 1142
Reposted by Rodney MancusoAncient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · 27/04/2026New pod! Susanna Elm and Tina Sessa talk with Mike about War and Community in Late Antiquity. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/episode/0jcw... 0149
Reposted by Rodney MancusoAndrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Late Roman era textiles preserved in the sands of Egypt. Red robe is 1.5m x 1.5m, akin a Chinese Imperial robe, red dye from Kermes insects that live oak tree sap. Green & beige child smocks. Decorative embroidery plaques red & black. Most vibrant and attractive. Allard Pierson museum Amsterdam 📸 me 0155
Reposted by Rodney Mancusothedzarina.bsky.social @thedzarina.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Never forget that person who inscribed that they made bread on the 13th day before the Kalends of May (April 19) 091
Reposted by Rodney MancusoJon Dell Isola @medievaljon.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Never realized that we have the epitaph on Louis II's tomb in St. Ambrose in Milan, neat *you can find a transcription in MGH Poetae 3, p. 405. #medievalsky 085
Reposted by Rodney MancusoChristian Cooijmans @ccooijmans.bsky.social · 17/04/2026When Bulgar khan Boris sent Pope Nicholas a list of questions about Christianity in 866, he asked if it was sinful for Christians to wear pants (breeches). Nicholas replied that he couldn't care less, as long as we 'spiritually wear pants' against carnal hijinks (spiritaliter induimur femoralibus) 🩳 5305
Reposted by Rodney MancusoRicky Broome @karanthir.bsky.social · 15/04/2026My new post on the blog is an interview with @ericabuchberger.bsky.social in which we talk about her excellent recent article on identities in Visigothic Iberia #MedievalSky longhairedkingsblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/l...longhairedkingsblog.wordpress.comLocal Identities in Visigothic Iberia: An Interview with Erica BuchbergerThis interview is part of an ongoing series in which I talk to fellow researchers about topics more or less related to the themes of this blog and my own research. If you’re a postgraduate, early c… 02211
Reposted by Rodney MancusoJohn Penniman @historiographos.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Here's my contribution to the forum: "Spoliating the Fathers." I enjoyed the chance to think with Burrus about the impulse to take selfies at ruins and why this might be important for historiography. www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2026/4/...ancientjewreview.comSpoliating the Fathers: On Burrus, Ruins, & the Self-Reflective Gesture in Late Antiquity — ANCIENT JEW REVIEWIn Earthquakes and Gardens , Burrus pulls a few short lines from the very end of Jerome’s Life of Hilarion and applies immense analytical pressure to them. It is a mode of historiography as spoliat... 034
Reposted by Rodney MancusoMateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 31/03/2026History without historians is doomed to fail. With an interdisciplinary team of scholars we show how the purported link between late Roman conflicts and drought has been misunderstood. We also outline a path forward in the use of sources in paleoclimatic research. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comDrought, Conflict and the Use of Historical Data and Methodologies in Interdisciplinary Palaeoclimatic Research - Climatic ChangeClimatic Change - A major challenge in the interdisciplinary study of past climates is ensuring that evidence and data relating to different disciplines are analysed effectively using appropriate... 425784
Reposted by Rodney MancusoAnd-Boo 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 25/03/2026🗣️ new Element in Religion in Late Antiquity! 🗣️ @monikaamsler.bsky.social's EDUCATION IN RELIGIOUS CONTEXTS OF LATE ANTIQUITY ⚡⚡⚡ free through April 8! ⚡⚡⚡ www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgEducation in Religious Contexts of Late AntiquityCambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Education in Religious Contexts of Late Antiquity 24723
Reposted by Rodney MancusoKevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Conservatives love to celebrate Robert E. Lee, but in the attempt to respond and dismiss Lee, the liberal response often results in its own historical distortions. #CivilWarMemory 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...open.substack.comRobert E. Lee Was Already a Legend Before AppomattoxStop Blaming the Lost Cause for a Myth That Was Built During the War 5348
Reposted by Rodney MancusoUlla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 24/03/2026A bilingual inscription from the 2nd c. BC, written on a schist stone, discovered in 1960 in Piedmont. This boundary stone delimitated the land of Acisius "Argantomaterecus". One text in Latin with the Latin alphabet and the second in Gaulish with Gallo-Etruscan alphabet. #EpigraphyTuesday 1509
Reposted by Rodney MancusoDan Conway @magisterconway.bsky.social · 22/03/2026So, um... this is bad. Really bad. I looked at the letters that were translated by the AI, and the very first one I found was almost entirely hallucination. Thread: 3639212001
Reposted by Rodney MancusoMedievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Early Medieval Mosaic with Playful Inscription Discovered in Turkey www.medievalists.net/2026/03/earl... #archaeology #Turkeymedievalists.netEarly Medieval Mosaic with Playful Inscription Discovered in Turkey - Medievalists.netA 1,500-year-old mosaic discovered in Syedra, Turkey, features a playful inscription warning the envious, offering insight into daily life in late antiquity. 1144
Reposted by Rodney MancusoStephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 10/03/2026::nods approvingly in Isidore of Seville at the logic of both:: 1507
Rodney Mancuso @amancuso.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Seeking an acting career in New York, Tallulah Bankhead was warned by her father to avoid alcohol and men. "He didn't say anything about women and cocaine." 000
Reposted by Rodney MancusoSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 06/03/2026I guess I didn’t wake up thinking I needed to know the names of the 279 named triremes ⛵️in the 4th century BCE Athenian navy, but it appears we all do. link.springer.com/article/10.1... I do like that 3.58% had animal names like Λεοντῆ (lion skin) and Λέαινα (lioness). Greek epigraphy is fun! 🪦link.springer.comNames of Athenian Triremes: Investigating Group Cohesiveness and Social Identity in the Athenian Navy of the 4th Century BC - Journal of Maritime ArchaeologyThe set of inscriptions known as the Naval Inventories of Athens (IG II2 1604–IG II2 1632) provide a wealth of information regarding the state of the Athenian navy in the fourth century BC. The inscri... 39838
Reposted by Rodney MancusoMichel Summer @leafandstream.bsky.social · 25/02/2026A large early medieval settlement from the #Merovingian period was discovered in Rolleng (Luxembourg) in 2019. The excavation, which is still ongoing, has yielded around 6000 objects so far. Article in Luxembourgish and German w. link to the French press release: www.rtl.lu/kultur/news/...rtl.lu6.000 Géigestänn aus der Merowenger-Zäit um Site zu Rolleng fonnt: "Um europäesche Plang gekuckt, ass eis eng Sensatioun gelongen"D'Ausgruewungen um Site, déi mëttlerweil scho sechs Joer amgaange sinn, si just ee Brochdeel vun der Aarbecht. 0146
Reposted by Rodney MancusoThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 22/02/2026Wow, they found medieval painted planks under a house in Toledo! Look, MORE COLOUR ;) www.eldebate.com/espana/casti... 718616
Reposted by Rodney MancusoLaprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Precisely. The subject of one of my favorite pieces by Lynn Hunt, which I love teachinghistorians.orgHow Writing Leads to Thinking (and Not the Other Way Around) – AHAWriting is stressful. Sitting in my computer chair my neck and shoulder muscles almost immediately tense up as I dig around in my brain for the best phrase or even any coherent string of words. 8354103
Reposted by Rodney MancusoMinimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 15/02/2026#fabulamurina (mouse story) 489 hodie breviter ningit, itaque Silvius foris festinat et traheam novam experitur. (Today it's snowing for a little while, so Silvius hurries outside and tries out his new sledge). carpe nivem! (Seize the snow!) 48021
Reposted by Rodney Mancusorogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 13/02/2026[old news]Roman mosaic in Britain reveals a 2,000 year old Trojan War secret | ScienceDaily www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...sciencedaily.comRoman mosaic in Britain reveals a 2,000 year old Trojan War secretA remarkable Roman mosaic found in Rutland turns out to tell a forgotten version of the Trojan War. Rather than Homer’s famous epic, it reflects a lost Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, featuring vivid scen... 031
Reposted by Rodney MancusoCaræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 13/02/2026!!! a new manuscript was recently discovered written in the Syrian Monothelite community in the early 700s that describes the end of the Roman / Sassanian war *and the rise of Islam in the Levant!* www.medievalists.net/2026/02/prev...medievalists.netPreviously Unknown Medieval Chronicle Discovered - Medievalists.netA newly discovered chronicle from the early eighth century is giving medieval historians a rare new window onto the political shocks and religious debates that reshaped the eastern Mediterranean in th... 716944
Reposted by Rodney MancusoNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 10/02/2026New discovery: During excavations in Cologne, archaeologists have unearthed a lararium, a household shrine, dating back to the 2nd century. This discovery is considered unique north of the Alps. Similar examples were found in Pompeii and Herculaneum. www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft... 🏺 732869
Reposted by Rodney MancusoSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 09/02/2026February 9, 71 CE: A Roman military diploma notes: Liccaius, veteran of the Classis Misenensis (“Fleet of Misenum“) received citizenship, along w/ land, right to marriage, & citizenship for his children & wife. 5% of American troops are foreign born. They’re not guaranteed citizenship (RMD IV 204) 514647
Reposted by Rodney MancusoR F Kennedy (not Jr.) @kataplexis.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Xenophanes adds: “But if cattle and horses or lions had hands, or were able to write with their hands and do the works that men can do, horses would draw the forms of the gods like horses, and cattle like cattle, and they would make their bodies such as they each had themselves.” [fr. 15] 171
Reposted by Rodney MancusoEthan Gruber @ewg118.bsky.social · 23/01/2026After reindexing the Roman Republican coins in the ANS database, there are 350 (up from 123) objects featuring architecture, after NLP-derived concepts in descriptions like 'temple' link to Wikidata. The 123 previous objects contained the word 'architecture' explicitly in the textual description. 1113
Reposted by Rodney MancusoJesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven) archives.yale.edu/repositories... 15686250
Reposted by Rodney MancusoMonica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Nearly finished reading all 59 (!) essays in the Centenary issue of Speculum. And I have to say that this paragraph (to me, someone utterly clueless about music history) has been one of my great delights. Camprudi, "Unwriting the History of Medieval Music," www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10..... 1153
Reposted by Rodney MancusoMorgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 07/12/2025I haven't felt this seen in a while. Highly recommended! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...nytimes.comWhy Does A.I. Write Like … That? 0139
Reposted by Rodney MancusoNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Fascinating glimpse into everyday Roman life: This samian ware bowl was repaired with lead rivets, clear evidence that it was valued enough to mend rather than discard. The repair reflects either the practical mindset and economic realities of a Roman household, or it may have been a...🧵1/3 📷 me 🏺 426560
Reposted by Rodney MancusoAdam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 02/12/2025A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database. An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️theconversation.comWe built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it revealsWe created the database in order to challenge assumptions about the lack of professionalism of everyday soldiers. 14538218
Reposted by Rodney MancusoGreg Woolf @gregwoolf.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...view.updates.cambridge.orgCambridge University Press 410836
Reposted by Rodney MancusoDan Conway @magisterconway.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Omg this is great. The initial reading is so bananas www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/ifa...uni-koeln.de 0175
Reposted by Rodney MancusoSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 05/11/2025There is and was only one Curtis Lemay and one Thomas power Jr. So why is every Hollywood portrayal of the SAC/STRATCOM commander the same: a man deep in Nebraska who is ready to initiate Armageddon at a moments notice without deliberation or hesitation? I explore in my latest⬇️secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.comA House of Jack RipperThe Nuclear Warlord and a Hollywood Portrayal that Refuses to Die 1632546
Reposted by Rodney MancusoSam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 30/10/2025I’m delighted to hear that the translation has been useful! You can find it and many others by myself and @ralphtorta.bsky.social here: salutemmundo.wordpress.com/primary-sour...salutemmundo.wordpress.comPrimary Source TranslationsOften on this blog, we translate primary sources for 9th-11th century France and its neighbours into English, and it occured to me that it might be useful if I put them all together. So here they a… 1122