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Matthew Scarborough 𓀀 @mattitiahu.bsky.social · 7h

This is now downloadable for free on the Faculty of Classics website.

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A Practical Reader for Euripides' Ion | Faculty of Classics

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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 04/10/2026

So much to look forward to in Series 2, including our first ever episode recorded in front of a live audience! Keep an eye out for ticket announcements...

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For #MosaicMonday, a colossal discovery. This is the Great #Mosaic, which I visited last Tuesday beneath the #BathsofTrajan in #Rome. Though fragmentary, this wall mosaic almost defies comprehension due to its quality and vastness. Let's have a look. #AncientBluesky 🏺🧵

HALL OF THE GREAT MOSAIC, 64-98 CE. MUSEO DELLE TERME DI TRAIANO

A steep downward perspective into a subterranean space beneath heavy brick vaulting. A vast vertical wall dominates the centre, covered in the remains of a monumental mosaic. This hall measures 10 by 15 metres and is 12 metres tall. The ground level has not yet been excavated, and the lower three metres, still buried, were originally faced with marble slabs. At the centre of the long wall, part of a rectangular niche is visible, which must once have contained a statue. It is far too large to be part of a private domus and is built on lands expropriated by Nero for the Domus Aurea, whose main Oppian pavilion is nearby. The gigantic size and high quality of the surviving mosaic suggest an imperial commission, but of what? And was it a Neronian building or a Flavian or Domitianic one? At the very bottom right edge, a modern blue metal railing provides a sense of the staggering scale.

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Can you really shoot an arrow through 12 axes like Odysseus? Let's see... www.instagram.com/reel/DdW01HK...

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

North Americans!! Gladiators in the Greek World is now available to buy! Pick up a copy and learn about how Greeks enthusiastically greekified the most Roman of professions...

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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 30/09/2026

It's time for Part 2 of our Series 1 Finale Special Event: Boudica - Unfettered Fury. In Part 1, we set the scene in an Iron Age Britain gradually falling under Roman dominion. In Part 2, we see Boudica wreak havoc on specific targets: Colchester, London and St Albans.

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have a Wednesday deadline, but I am just so ill. I feel like I've been hit by a bus, and my medication is making me too drowsy to do anything. I am so stressed right now

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As everyone has observed already, if ONLY she'd dressed in a balaclava and shouted at a hotel, all this could've been avoided!

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've been getting increasingly sick over the last couple of days so I've been off of the internet. I've just caught up with what happened at Cornell, and maybe it's because I feel so wretched, but I feel a profound sense of despair instead of my usual white-hot rage. Essays? Are you joking? In 2026?

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have a very loud, very persistent cat mewing outside my window. Is this a Lassie situation? Does she want me to follow to to find a child trapped in a well?

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The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What is happening on the 2nd Serve it Forth Food History Festival? -How to get into it -Anchovies -Gladiators! -Regency food on the move! -Norman Conquest! open.spotify.com/episode/0H29... Book your tickets x #foodsky #history

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What's on the menu of Serve It Forth 2026?

The Delicious Legacy · Episode

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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 23/09/2026

Featuring Ben Paites, Senior Curator at @colmuseums.bsky.social, Kate Sumnall, Curator of Archaeology at @londonmuseum.bsky.social and Lexi Diggins, archaeologist and guest curator at @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social... Ancient History 101 presents: BOUDICA Part 1: Prelude to Destruction

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Nobody, and I mean this, nobody is more excited about Fat Bear Week than my husband.

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This has been such a joy to put together, and I'm really proud of what we all created. Part 1 is Prelude to Destruction - and introduction to Iron Age Britain, the development of Roman interactions, who Boudica was and what on Earth could make her so angry...

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm gathering good roasts for a thing....what are the best clean/not punching down ones you know? Or your kids know? Kids often know best on these matters. Every joker who replies with a picture of some roast lamb will be stopped. Perhaps not today. But one day. I mean insults and you know that.

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This time last year I was in Ephesus. Today I am very much not in Ephesus...😭

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Insomnia has struck. I do not do well when sleep deprived😬

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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 16/09/2026

This week we have one of our significant ancient events episodes! @belovedofoizys.bsky.social chats about the conflicting and astounding accounts of what happened to the body of Marcus Licinius Crassus after he was killed...

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My laptop is getting fixed so I spent the morning watching a (fictionalised) TV movie about how Agatha Christie met Max Mallowan. It was fine. I *was* confused as to why Leonard and Katherine Woolley were portrayed as horny old goats, surely the reality would make a better plotline?

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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 15/09/2026

Thucydides wants us to think that Athens was completely ignorant of Sicily and had no idea what they were walking into, but is he fudging the truth? @roelkonijn.bsky.social explains all in our Sicilian Expedition episode, out now

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Gladiators in the Greek World is apparently already in 3 university libraries and one community college. That blows my mind a little.

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Don't get me wrong, I'm as disappointed in Pink and Ed Sheeran as anyone, but the person I really feel let down by is Deborah Lipstadt. What a fucking hypocrite.

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Tony Keen @tonykeen58.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Morning. Currently halfway through Gladiators in the Greek World by @belovedofoizys.bsky.social, which is giving me many thoughts.

Cover of Alexandra Sills, Gladiators in the Greek World: How a Roman Bloodsport Took Ancient Greece by Storm, with a relief sculpture showing two phases of a fight between two gladiators.

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I was required to go to Legoland yesterday, so I intend to spend my day in silence, lying on a sofa under a weighted blanket, with the curtains drawn. It's not going to happen, but it's what I want.

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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 11/09/2026

Also if I had a penny for expert guests who want to emphasise how attractive Alcibiades was, I'd have 2 pennies. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice. #supersexyAlcibiades www.ancienthistory101.org/p/the-sicili...

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The Sicilian Expedition - Ancient History 101

with Roel Konijnendijk

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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 11/09/2026

When the Athenians were deliberating over whether to send an expedition to Sicily, they made a pros and cons list. And according to Thucydides, one prominent Athenian was all pros, and another was 100% cons... Our full Sicilian Expedition episode with @roelkonijn.bsky.social is out now!

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Perhaps of interest to some: on Thursday I'll be interviewed by Giles Brown on Talk Radio Europe, talking about my book. I believe the show is available on Spotify for those outside of Spain! I may post a link when it's uploaded there.

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It is amazing how much you can get done when your hurricane of a 10yo is at school.

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The Partial Historians 🏺 @partialhistorians.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

✨New Episode - You Are Odysseus with GreekMythComix✨ We chat with Laura Jenkinson-Brown about her amazing book ‘You Are Odysseus’ which shakes up Homer’s epic poem by placing the reader in the centre of the story and all its complexities.

Book cover for 'You Are Odysseus' with a boat, an eye, a siren, and other ancient motifs on a teal background.

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

FB tells me that it is exactly 9 years since two friends convinced me to enroll at Birkbeck after we drank limoncello and watched Gladiator during a holiday in Campania. They are now namechecked in the acknowledgements of my book.

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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 09/09/2026

After his wonderful episode discussing the Thirty Tyrants, @roelkonijn.bsky.social has returned to give us a crash course in the Sicilian Expedition this week! Crack open your copy of Thucydides, we're going sailing...

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My transcript software thinks the best eels are B-Ocean.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

My first cartoon for adults for a while, on the Dover business

A one panel cartoon showing three male-looking figures in all black wearing balaclavas, so you can only see their eyes. Below it says: 'Spontaneous' protest. The figure on the right is saying: 'OMG, SO EMBARRASSING, WE ALL WORE THE SAME OUTFIT!

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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 05/09/2026

Was dedicating their life to the goddess Vesta a calling for young Roman women, or were Vestal Virgins selected from a pool of girls who couldn't fully understand what they were committing their lives to? Our full episode of the Vestal Virgins with Peta Greenfield explains all...

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My daughter has been back at school for approximately 6 hours and I already have 9 (nine. NINE.) emails from her school.

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Moira Rose: And So It Begins Again

ALT: Moira Rose: And So It Begins Again

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Now that the weather is cooler and 10yo is back at school, I have taken my first ADHD pill in over a month. I COULD TAKE OVER THE WORLD

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Question: do I bother replying? And does anyone want to help draft a reply that is less expletive-filled than my initial, kneejerk response?

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Someone just emailed me asking if I want to flip my @ancienthistory101.org format - instead of interviewing an expert, do I want to interview their (AI) Aristotle?

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Dr. Evil's 'How 'Bout No?!' (Austin Powers)

ALT: Dr. Evil's 'How 'Bout No?!' (Austin Powers)

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We got married btw x

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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 02/09/2026

We've got an episode on religion for you this week, and it focuses on one of the most extraodinary priesthoods in the ancient world. Welcome to the world of the Vestals! Our special guest expert is Peta Greenfield of @partialhistorians.bsky.social renown.

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm no Paul Mescal fan, but he's like the 6th worst thing about Gladiator 2, and Ridley Scott should not be blaming Mescal for it flopping.

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