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The BCE project combines pop-art and history to engage with the art and culture of the ancient world and the people who study or are inspired by it.

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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I am honoured to finally announce that a BCE minifigure of the late Prof. Pantermalis is on display at the #AcropolisMuseum in the LEGO Acropolis model as a memorial to his great work building the new museum and preparing a place for the Acropolis Marbles. greekherald.com.au/culture/aust...
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Australian artist’s LEGO portrait finds permanent home at Acropolis Museum
A LEGO minifigure portrait of Acropolis Museum Founder, Prof. Dimitrios Pantermalis is now on permanent display at the Acropolis Museum.
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Beware the ides of March! #legocaesar #bewaretheidesofmarch #IdesOfMarch #todohistoryistoplay
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Happy International Women’s Day! Today I would like to highlight 4 women who have received the Brick Classicist of the Year Award. Prof. Dame Mary Beard Dr. Donna Zuckerberg Dr. Stéphanie-Anne Ruatta Natalie Haynes Read more here: brickclassicists.com/awards #internationalwomensday #womensday
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
And that’s a wrap for the 10th Annual #InternationalLegoClassicismDay, 2026! A big thank you to our host, the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social, and all of the BCE Pantheon for your fantastic content on social media. #ILCD10 #BCEPantheon
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10th International LEGO Classicism Day | Brick Classicists
This years Host, The Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick, UK, and the BCE Pantheon for the 10th Annual International LEGO Classicisim Day 2026.
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
To celebrate this special 10th International LEGO Classicism Day, I added a new page to the BCE website, telling the story of the beginning of Brick Classicists and why we celebrate ILCD on 20th February. #ILCD10 #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay
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BCE The First Year | Brick Classicists Empire
The BCE has the Macquarie University Department of Ancient History and their Museum of Ancient Cultures, Sydney Australia, to thank for its strong start in 2016 and through 2017. In 2015, while workin...
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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
It's #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay! 🎉 This year I've been building a LEGO Katabasis Book Nook, which has been a ridiculous amount of fun! Here are a few pictures - and you can find the whole thing on my website: classicalstudies.support/2026/02/20/i... #ILCD10 #BCEPantheon
A cover page that says 'The Katabasis Book Nook', with a Lego book nook on a shelf surrounded by mythology and Underworld-related books.Side view of the book nook, with text that says, 'This year, for International Lego Classicism Day 2026, I'm building an Underworld Book Nook.View of the Lego book nook in the dark, with light-up Lego pieces providing illumination.Full side view of the book nook, with windows and characters.
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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Happy International Lego Classics Day everyone! My offering this year is a Duplo version of a recent research article about writing on Mount Hymettos, Athens, home to some very important inscriptions. viewsproject.wordpress.com/2026/02/20/w... #ILCD10, #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay #BCEPantheon
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Writing on Mount Hymettos… in Duplo!
I recently published an article about writing on Mount Hymettos over the last (nearly) 3,000 years – a bit of a departure for me personally because I was trying out some new place-centred app…
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
In between posting my students' work, I couldn't resist making this for International LEGO Classicism Day. Caesar acetaria Caesaris ferit (Caesar stabs a Caesar salad). #ILCD10 #BCEPantheon All the stories: www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-lat...
Photo of LEGO Julius Caesar with a dagger, doing unto a plate of Caesar salad what was done to him.
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
For International LEGO Classicism Day, the Amber team's story about Vibrissa stuck in a tree. Rufus in caput Iulii stat (Rufus stands on Iulius' head). Iulius in umeris patris stat (Iulius stands on his father's shoulders). #ilcd10 #bcepantheon Whole story www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-lat...
Photo of LEGO figures of Flavius, Iulius and Rufus trying to reach Vibrissa the cat, who is at the top of a tree.
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
For International LEGO Classicism Day, Ethan's story about an encounter with a crocodile. negotiator crocodilum videt et timet (The businessman sees a crocodile and is scared). #ILCD10 #BCEPantheon Whole story www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-lat...
Photo of a bowler-hatted LEGO man and a crocodile, in a street scene with a bookshop.
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I love this model by Sam Aquillano, Founder and Editor of Bricka Magazine. Sam said: "I built this small classical ruin MOC using parts on hand — a fragment of a column, weathered stonework, and a curious explorer (me) mapping the past." #ILCD10 #BCEPantheon #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
For International LEGO Classicism Day, Ares' story about a demanding deity. "nonne te immolavi diē Mercurii?" (Didn't I sacrifice you on Wednesday?" #ILCD10 #BCEPantheon Whole story www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-lat...
Photo of a god figure (actually Playmobil) standing in a pile of LEGO figures and animals, holding up a chef's skull.
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Mhairi White @mhairi-at-ou.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Happy #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay! My approach to using LEGO and Classics to reinforce school values (aimed at 9-12 year olds). #ILCD10 @theclassicslibrary.bsky.social @corabeth.bsky.social Full presentation can be see here: jumpshare.com/share/QV4rXC...
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The 2026 LEGO Classicist of the Year Award Goes to Emeritus Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill. Every year on this day we give this Award to an existing member of the BCE for their outstanding work in making the ancient world engaging & relatable to a general audience. #ILCD10
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
For International LEGO Classicism Day, Nouh's story about a mischievous squirrel. Vibrissa sciurum petit (Vibrissa chases a squirrel). sciurus gladiatorem offendit (The squirrel crashes into a gladiator) #ILCD10 #BCEPantheon Whole story www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-lat...
Photo of LEGO minifigures of a squirrel, a gladiator and Vibrissa the cat, against a LEGO baseboard background
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Introducing LEGO Prof. David Fearn on this special #ILCD10, in honour of today's host, the @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social Department of Classics and Ancient History. The real David Fearn is Prof. of Greek and Head of the Department. #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay
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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Snakes used to be dragons, in Greek (although dragons don’t always have wings in Greek myth). So the dividing line between snake and dragon is basically size: smallish snakes are snakes and big ones are dragons… #ILCD10 #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Our official host for the day, the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, tells us all about their participation over the years in ILCD. See link to there special web-page: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cla...
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
For International LEGO Classicism Day, Amelia's story of useless recruits and an exasperated centurion. testudinem habemus, centurio! (We've got the tortoise, Centurion!) di immortales! (Immortal gods!) #ILCD10 #BCEPantheon Whole story www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-lat...
Photo of two LEGO soldiers and a centurion. The soldiers are proudly holding a turtle.
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Lexie Henning @lexie-henning.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Happy 10th International Lego Classicism Day! This special occasion is celebrated every year on February 20th and invites people and organizations all over the world to play with ancient history through LEGO bricks.
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
To celebrate this special 10th International LEGO Classicism Day, I added a new page to the BCE website, telling the story of the beginning of Brick Classicists and why we celebrate ILCD on 20th February. #ILCD10 #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay
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BCE The First Year | Brick Classicists Empire
The BCE has the Macquarie University Department of Ancient History and their Museum of Ancient Cultures, Sydney Australia, to thank for its strong start in 2016 and through 2017. In 2015, while workin...
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Here are some photos of the process of printing my designs onto LEGO minifigure torsos to make Brick Classicist minifigures. Thank you to Ken Wilson from Print On Bricks for taking these photos for #ILCD10. Ken has been the official printer for the BCE since 2022 #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This Parthenon model comes in the official LEGO set "World of Wonders, No. 40585" that includes 3 ancient models: the Parthenon, the Great Wall of China, and the Al-Khazneh constructed in the 1st century CE. #ILCD10 #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Happy 10th Annual International LEGO Classicism Day - and we are kicking it off strongly with the Teece Museum, New Zealand, and their LEGO exhibition featuring the Odyssey! #ilcd10 #BCEPantheon
Teece Museum, New Zealand, and their LEGO exhibition featuring the Odyssey for International LEGO Classicism DayTeece Museum, New Zealand, and their LEGO exhibition featuring the Odyssey for International LEGO Classicism Day
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
We are nearly there! Less than 24 hours to the 10th Annual International LEGO Classicism Day and we are so proud to have the Department of Classics and Ancient History @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social to be this official host! #ILCD10 #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Do you have a LEGO Spartan Warrior? Well share it on social media on the 10th Annual International LEGO Classicism Day 20th February, 2026! #ilcd10 #InternationalLegoClassicismDay
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Carmen GB (0000-0002-6819-9525) @manuscriptagraeca.eurosky.social · 17/02/2026
Aquí mi colección de #Lego #referentesClásicos
En la imagen se ve el interior de un armario de vitrina tenuemente iluminado. Sobre la balda de cristal hay varias figurillas de Lego y una caja expositor con más figuritas de la misma marca. Todas tienen en común compartir referentes clásicos de la historia o la mitología grecorromanaEn la imagen se ven dos figurillas de Lego de cuerpo entero y dos cortadas. Las enteras son una Medusa y un fauno. Están dentro de una caja transparente que sujeta una manoEn la imagen, una mano sujeta una caja expositora de plástico transparente en la que hay 15 figurillas de Lego relacionadas con la historia o la mitología grecorromana
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Do you have a LEGO Medusa? Well share it on social media on the 10th Annual International LEGO Classicism Day 20th February, 2026! #ilcd10 #InternationalLegoClassicismDay
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Happy St. Valentines Day! Here is the LEGO Group's Minifigure of Cupid/Eros that was released in 2025 as part of Series 27 of the Collectable Minifigures. Cupid’s origin is the Ancient Greek God Eros, god of love, desire, and fertility. #valentinesday #eros #cupid #legocupid
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
diēs magni momenti appropinquat (The very important day approaches). discipuli et magistra simulacra parva conferunt et fabulas imaginesque parant (Pupils and teacher are collecting little figures and preparing their stories and pictures). #ILCD10 #BCEPantheon
Photo of a collection of LEGO pieces and figures. The bricks spell out LEGO. Perched on the letters are Dr Forte (with Minimus book cover), Rufus, Minimus and Vibrissa, and a collection of creatures. They will all feature in students' posts for International Lego Classicism Day later in February!
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Only one week to go to the 10th Annual #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay! Need inspiration or even a place to find Classical themed LEGO, check out our new page dedicated to cataloguing Classics in LEGO #ILCD10
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Classics in the LEGO System
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Michael Turner and the LEGO Acropolis Model at the #AcropolisMuseum #ILCD10
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Michael Turner: Curator of the LEGO Acropolis
The LEGO Acropolis model holds more than 120,000 bricks and took about 300 hours to build.
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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Oh I have just worked out what I'm going to do for International Lego Classics Day this year! It may involve these little dudes but that's all I'm saying 😁
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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Harpies are the snatchers of Greek myth, from the verb harpazo, meaning to snatch. They’re the embodiment of short, sharp storm winds, seizing whatever they lay their hands on! Happy International Lego Classicism Day! #ILCD25 #ILCD2025 #InternationalLegoClassicismDay2025
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Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Got to love International Lego Classicism Day! Click the hashtags and take a look 😀#ILCD25 #ILCD2025
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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Today is International Lego Classicism Day! 🎉 #ILCD25 #ILCD2025 And I was thinking... Wouldn't it be amazing if there was a bookshop where you could buy all the books that have been lost? So I built one.😂 Check out the website for all my Lego lost books... classicalstudies.support/classics-and...
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International Lego Classicism Day 2025!
It’s that time of year again, when classicists, historians, archaeologists and others do silly things with Lego to celebrate the ancient world! I’m thrilled to be joining the ILCD Panth…
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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Happy International Lego Classics Day! #ILCD #ILCD25 To celebrate, we're thinking through Classicists' least favourite question: why bother studying "dead" languages? Our Lego people will explain! viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/d...
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“Dead” languages… in Lego!
If you study Latin, or ancient Greek, or the ancient world in any way at all, I bet at some point you’ve been asked why. Why study dead languages? Why study long-dead people? And I’m su…
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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
#ancientbluesky you do all know that it's International Lego Classics Day tomorrow, right? There is still time to get building - anyone can take part with a bit of Lego and enthusiasm. Lego Me is getting some inspiration in Pompeii... www.brickclassicists.com/ilcd #ILCD #ILCD25 Please share!
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Dr Philip Boyes @philipjboyes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
It's #InternationalLegoClassicsDay #ILCD #ILCD25! Unfortunately I haven't had time to build anything this year so I'm going to have to make do with reposting my stop-motion guide to the early history of the alphabet in the Mediterranean from a few years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-J...
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The Alphabet - A History in Bricks
YouTube video by CREWS Project
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 20/02/2025
It's #InternationalLegoClassicismDay! Whether you're still an apprentice or experienced enough to build an aqueduct, we want to see your best Classical creations made from Lego. #ILCD
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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Messing around with Lego today in preparation for International Lego Classicism Day on Thursday... 🎉 #ilcd25
Part of a Lego build including columns and books.
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Minimus, Silvius and all my Latin students are looking forward to this year's International Lego Classicism Day on February 20th! #ilcd25 #ilcd2025
Photo of Minimus and Silvius the Latin mice, preparing for this year's International Lego Classicism Day. Minimus is holding a Lego cheeseboard, and Silvius has a seagull in one paw and a tile representing the Minimus book. There are two pillars with Lego characters standing on them: Flavia, Rufus and Vibrissa the cat on one, and Helen Forte (me!) with mini-Mininus in the other
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Lego Latin soap opera from Ellie: "tu non es pater!" "quomodo scis?" "quod ego sum pater!" [conlabitur] ("You are not the father!" "How do you know?" "Because I'm the father!" [faints]) #ilcd25 #ilcd2025
Dramatic story in photo collage form by Ellie,showing a Lego figure pushing a pram, a baby, and a man with a shirt and tie. The first image shows the man looking shocked at the pram-pusher and baby; the caption is "tu non es pater!" (you're not the father). The second picture shows the man asking the pram-pusher  "quomodo scis?" (how do you know). The third image reveals that the long-haired figure pushing the pram has a beard, and is saying "quod ego sum pater!" (because I'm the father!). In the final picture, the man is prone on the ground, and the caption reads [conlabitur] (faints). 
Another post for this year's International Lego Classicism Day. 
Find them on https://www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-latin---ilcd-2025.html
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
#fabulamurina (mouse story) 393 #ilcd25 #ilcd2025 Silvius in diē specialē interest, de instrumentis lusoriis ad fabricationem (Silvius takes part in a special about toys for building). duas significationes verbi "lego" monstrat (He points out the two meanings of the word 'lego' in Latin).
Photo of Minimus, the little Latin mouse, making his contribution to this year's International Lego Classicism Day. He's holding a cheese board in one hand, with a speech bubble saying "LEGO - I choose" and in the other hand he has a Minimus book in tile form, with a speech bubble saying "LEGO - I read".
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
iocus bellorum stellariorum /Minimi (A Star Wars/Minimus joke). Luccus: haec est Ala X mea (Luke: this is my X-wing). Rufus: sed alas IV habet (but it has four wings). #ilcd25 #ilcd2025
Photo of Lego Luke Skywalker with a mini X-wing flyer, and Lego Rufus from the Minimus family.
Another post for this year's International Lego Classicism Day. 
Find them on https://www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-latin---ilcd-2025.html
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Happy International Lego Classicism Day! Here's a taste of what my online Latin students have done with the challenge. Another post for this year's International Lego Find them on www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-lat... #ilcd25 #ilcd2025
Collage of frames from my online students' stories for International Lego Classicism Day.
Pictured: a giant chicken attacking Vindolanda; two boys at a Roman camp in Dacia; a doctor treating a patient; Hercules wrestling with Cerberus. Stories by Orla; Elijah and Simeon; Evangeline; Thomas
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
ubi sunt parva simulacra Helenae et Minimi? (Where are the little models of Helen and Minimus?) in poculum coffeae ceciderunt - Helena etiam minutum poculum coffeae tenet! (They've fallen into a cup of coffee - Helen is still holding her tiny coffee cup! #ilcd25 #ilcd2025
Photo of Lego minifigures of Helen (illustrator and mouse wrangler) and Minimus the Latin mouse, at the bottom of an almost empty cup of coffee.
Another post for this year's International Lego Classicism Day. 
Find them on https://www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-latin---ilcd-2025.html (more as I finish editing them!)
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
porcus volare temptat (The pig is trying to fly). porcellus perplexus est (The piglet is confused). porcellus: quid facis, tata? (Piglet: what are you doing, Daddy?) porcus: vespa sum! (Pig: I'm a wasp!) #ilcd25 #ilcd2025
Photo of a Lego piglet staring at a Lego pig that is wearing little wings and a yellow hat with antennae. One more contribution (from Amelia) to this year's International Lego Classicism Day.
Find them on https://www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-latin---ilcd-2025.html
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Brick Classicists Empire @brickclassicists.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
10th Annual International LEGO Classicism Day 20th, February This Year’s Host: @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social Department of Classics and Ancient History. #ilcd10 #InternationalLegoClassicismDay
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Int. Lego Classicism Day | Brick Classicists Empire
International Lego Classicism Day is a social media event celebrated across the world every year on the 20th February, the anniversary of the formation of the BCE. Each year, individuals, organization...
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