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Lindsay Powell FRHistS

@lindsaypowell.bsky.social
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Historian. News editor at Ancient History and Ancient Warfare magazines. Author of 15 books, including MARCUS AGRIPPA, GERMANICUS and TIBERIUS. Appeared on History Channel, HistoryHit and The History Network. FRHistS. Website: lindsay-powell.com

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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 7h
Back home now, I want to thank the passengers of crossing Cunard line M622 from New York to Southampton for being such a great audience. The mid-week Q&A session (photo) was particularly fun. I hope to see you again on another trip as a speaker or as a passenger. @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Back home now, I want to thank the passengers of crossing Cunard line M622 from New York to Southampton for being such a great audience. The mid-week Q&A session (photo) was particularly fun. I hope to see you again on another trip as a speaker or as a passenger.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Detail of the Silchester 'Hexagon' mosaic from House 1 in insula XIV. The mosaic has a geometric design in colour of alternating flowers in hexagons and frets (swastikas), all within braid borders. In the collections of Reading Museum. Photo is my own. #MosaicMonday
Detail of the Silchester 'Hexagon' mosaic from House 1 in insula XIV. The mosaic has a geometric design in colour of alternating flowers in hexagons and frets (swastikas), all within braid borders. In the collections of Reading Museum. 
Photo is my own. #MosaicMonday
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thank you US readers for placing my two books (@penandswordbooks.bsky.social) about father and son, Nero Claudius Drusus and Germanicus, in the Top 100 Paid Best Sellers in Ancient Military History on Amazon.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Best Price in 30 Days!" 'Bar Kokhba: The Jew Who Defied Hadrian and Challenged the Might of Rome' Kindle edition) by @lindsaypowell.bsky.social w/ a foreword by @digkabri.bsky.social is just $2.99 today! Save $$! From by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social. Grab a copy! 👇 www.amazon.com/Bar-Kokhba-D...
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Bar Kokhba: The Jew Who Defied Hadrian and Challenged the Might of Rome
Amazon.com: Bar Kokhba: The Jew Who Defied Hadrian and Challenged the Might of Rome eBook : Powell, Lindsay: Kindle Store
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Coming soon! An exhibition about the Romans in Scotland is opening in Edinburgh this autumn, 'Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire', running from 14 November 2026 to 18 April 2027 at the National Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street. www.nms.ac.uk/exhibitions/...
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Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire | National Museums Scotland
'Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire' will reshape our understanding of Scotland’s relationship with the Roman world.    This exhibition will bring
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you're on Audible, take a listen. (Link below.)
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Starting at Warcop Parish Hall on 3 October, the free exhibition of A66 finds heads to Appleby Public Hall on 10-11 October, Kirkby Thore Memorial Hall on 24-25 October, Penrith Rooms on 30-31 October and Carlisle's Tullie Museum on 14-15 November. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Archaeological finds unearthed in A66 project go on Cumbria tour
Rare Roman shoes, jewellery, tools and a statuette are among the finds uncovered in Cumbria.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For #RomanSiteSaturday
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Model recreating the appearance of the amphitheatre at Calleva Atrebatum with scale ground plan. In the collections of @readingmuseum.bsky.social. Photo is my own. #RomanSiteSaturday
Model recreating the appearance of the amphitheatre at Calleva Atrebatum with scale ground plan.
In the collections of @readingmuseum.bsky.social.
Photo is my own.
#RomanSiteSaturdayModel recreating the appearance of the amphitheatre at Calleva Atrebatum with scale ground plan.
In the collections of @readingmuseum.bsky.social.
Photo is my own.
#RomanSiteSaturday
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Generous gift: a friend offered me his heirloom collection of Edward Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' just this week.
Generous gift: a friend offered me his heirloom collection of Edward Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' just this week.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For your weekend reading: 'Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus' (Kindle edition) by @lindsaypowell.bsky.social with a foreword by Steven Saylor (published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social) is just $2.99 today! Save $$! #Agrippa www.amazon.com/Marcus-Agrip...
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Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus
Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus - Kindle edition by Powell, Lindsay, Steven Saylor, Saylor, Steven. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Members of the @ancientwarfare.bsky.social panel are back together again recording a new podcast. This episode, we talk stratagems: what are they and how did ancient commanders, like Odysseus and Scipio Africanus, use them? www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-us/pages/...
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Ancient Warfare
Located in Zutphen, the Netherlands, Karwansaray Publishers produces both books and magazines with a historical focus. Our four magazines - Ancient Warfare, Medieval World: Culture & Conflict, Ancient...
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just submitted the news for @ancientwarfare.bsky.social issue 109. This tranche features exciting stories of archaeological discoveries from Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Egypt, France, Norway and Turkey. www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-us/pages/...
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The Magazine AH
Located in Zutphen, the Netherlands, Karwansaray Publishers produces both books and magazines with a historical focus. Our four magazines - Ancient Warfare, Medieval World: Culture & Conflict, Ancient...
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In the Roman Army, discipline and attention to detail matters. Here, The Ermine Street Guard's centurion ensures the eagle standard bearer (aquilifer) looks his best. Photo: pic credit to Andrezej Stasiukiewicz #RomanFortThursday
In the Roman Army, discipline and attention to detail matters. Here, The Ermine Street Guard's centurion ensures the eagle standard bearer (aquilifer) looks his best.
Photo: pic credit to Andrezej Stasiukiewicz
#RomanFortThursday
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you're on Spotify, take a listen: open.spotify.com/show/3dgJt2P...
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Marcus Agrippa: The True Story
Lindsay Powell · Audiobook
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Roman Emperors, Medieval Monarchs, and their Illnesses: The Challenges of Diagnosing the Past", a lunchtime lecture for the The Society of Antiquaries by Dr Nick Summerton. Tuesday, 6 October 2026, 1:00pm – 2:00pm. See details: www.sal.org.uk/events/diagn...
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The Challenges of Diagnosing the Past - Society of Antiquaries of London
Dr Nick Summerton outlines a fresh approach to characterising the illnesses of historical figures with reference to specific Roman Emperors and Medieval Monarchs.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And that's a wrap! Just recorded another interview for the @wellthatagedwell.bsky.social podcast with Erland Hedegart, this time discussing common misconceptions about the Julio-Claudian emperors.
And that's a wrap! Just recorded another interview for the @wellthatagedwell.bsky.social podcast with Erland Hedegart,  this time discussing common misconceptions about the Julio-Claudian emperors.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Geophysical surveys provide new evidence for a theory that the Egyptian pharaoh was interred in the outer rooms of an existing burial complex. Researchers are trying to get approval to investigate for themselves." www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...
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Mysterious 'Anomalies' Have Been Detected Beyond King Tut's Tomb. Could They Be Secret Passageways Leading to the Long-Lost Remains of Queen Nefertiti?
Geophysical surveys provide new evidence for a theory that the Egyptian pharaoh was interred in the outer rooms of an existing burial complex. Researchers are trying to get approval to investigate for...
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Watched the ‘Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire’. The ‘talking heads’ explain the history well but the dramatized scenes with the ‘Hollywood Romans’ costumes are total anachronistic BS. It could have been so much better with just a little more care. www.history.com/shows/the-ri...
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Watch The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire Full Episodes, Video & More | HISTORY
Catch up on The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, only on HISTORY. Get exclusive videos, pictures, bios and check out more of your favorite moments from seasons past.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Detail of the Silchester Black and White Mosaic. The mosaic has a geometric design in black and white of alternating interlaced frets (swastikas) and squares with simple motifs. It measures about 4.7 by 4.3 metres. In the collections of Reading Museum. Photo is my own. #MosaicMonday
Detail of the Silchester Black and White Mosaic. The mosaic has a geometric design in black and white of alternating interlaced frets (swastikas) and squares with simple motifs. It measures about 4.7 by 4.3 metres. In the collections of Reading Museum.
Photo is my own.
#MosaicMonday
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And do to Reading. www.readingmuseum.org.uk/bayeux-tapes...
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Britain's Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the world’s most famous pieces of medieval art. It is 70 metres long, and chronicles the legendary tale of the Norman conquest of England, when William the Conqueror inva...
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just submitted an article about Robert Harris’s ’Agrippa’ for the next issue of Historical Novel Review. #history #fiction #bookreview historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/
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Reviews Archive - Historical Novel Society
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Roman senior officers wearing helmets with crests of feathers and horse hair talk among each other at Xanten, Germany. Photo: Andrezej Stasiukiewicz. For #RomanFortThursday
Roman senior officers wearing helmets with crests of feathers and horse hair talk among each other at Xanten, Germany.
Photo: Andrezej Stasiukiewicz.
For #RomanFortThursday
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy birthday Imp. Caesar Divi Filius Augustus! #OTD #OnThisDay 23 September 63 BC. Photo is my own.
Happy birthday Imp. Caesar Divi Filius Augustus!
#OTD #OnThisDay 23 September 63 BC.
Photo is my own.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#OTC in 1976, the first episode of ‘I, Claudius’ aired on BBC. An adaptation of Robert Graves’s novel by Jack Pullman, a stellar cast made household names of the members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Photo: BBC.
#OTC in 1976, the first episode of ‘I, Claudius’ aired on BBC. An adaptation of Robert Graves’s novel by Jack Pullman, a stellar cast made household names of the members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
Photo: BBC.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Watching the ‘Civilizations: Rise and Fall’ episode on Honorius on BBC iPlayer. The ‘taking heads’ explain the history well, but the dramatized scenes with the ‘Hollywood Romans’ costumes are total BS. It could have been so much better with just a little more care. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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BBC Two - Civilisations: Rise and Fall, Honorius’ Gold Coins – How propaganda was used to legitimise Rome’s child Emperor
A weak emperor. A divided empire. Enemies at the gate. Is this the end for ancient Rome?
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As a writer, sitting in a garden, reading a selection of the weekend’s newspapers while sipping a hot cup of tea, is one of my favourite things to do when sojourning in England. Photo is mine.
As a writer, sitting in a garden, reading a selection of the weekend’s newspapers while sipping a hot cup of tea, is one of my favourite things to do when sojourning in England.
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Velite Aquila @veliteaquila.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A paper just dropped recently on some of the recovered Symes and Becchina frescoes, including some new ones that I I wasn't familiar with! One includes cavalrymen with montefortino helmets, with trident crests and plumes, and one of the shields includes a helmet with a transverse crest!
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today I give the last of my four lectures onboard the QM 2 in which I discuss the women on the imperial family of Augustus. And even signed some books!
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"What’s believed to be a Parade Wall has been uncovered, along with some excellent examples of Roman engineering and some small finds that give us more clues as to how the population of Caerleon lived at that time." #RomanFortThursday www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2655598...
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Remarkable Roman road and wall uncovered beneath school sparking full excavation
A Roman parade ground wall and road have been uncovered beneath Caerleon Comprehensive School
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#OTD AD 14, Tiberius assumes the role of princeps: “Tired at last of the general outcry, and individual appeals, he [Tiberius] gradually yielded, not by acknowledging that he undertook the sovereignty himself, but by ceasing to refuse when entreated” Tac. Ann. 1.13. academic.oup.com/book/47253/c...?
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Tacitus on Tiberius’ Accession
Abstract. In the autumn of AD 14, probably on 17 September, there took place in the senate the so-called ‘accession debate’, at which the formalities of Ti
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Intente!” Men of The Emine Street Guard stand to attention. Photo: The Emine Street Guard. For #RomanFortThursday
“Intente!” Men of The Emine Street Guard stand to attention.
Photo: The Emine Street Guard.
For #RomanFortThursday
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“The myth of optical corrections has its origin in the writings of Vitruvius more than 2000 years ago, and was renewed in the 19th century when curved profiles were carefully measured,” the new study, in the journal Royal Society Open Science, states. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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Longstanding myth about ancient Greek Parthenon debunked
Researchers say there is no evidence that ancient Greeks held any knowledge of the particular visual illusions attributed to the iconic structure
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In my third lecture for @cunardline.bsky.social Insights, I talked about the life and times of Germanicus Caesar, the man marked out to be emperor of Rome but never was.
In my third lecture for @cunardline.bsky.social Insights, I talked about the life and times of Germanicus Caesar, the man marked out to be emperor of Rome but never was.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Guests on board Cunard QM2: you can now purchase copies of my bestselling books from the Bookshop next to the Library on Deck 8 and I will sign them for you after my lectures.
Guests on board Cunard QM2: you can now purchase copies of my bestselling books from the Bookshop next to the Library on Deck 8 and I will sign them for you after my lectures. Guests on board Cunard QM2: you can now purchase copies of my bestselling books from the Bookshop next to the Library on Deck 8 and I will sign them for you after my lectures.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Meeting Dave Mallinder, a historian of the popular music of the twentieth century, and his wife aboard the Cunard Queen Mary 2. Photo is my own. #expertspeaker #historian
Meeting Dave Mallinder, a historian of the popular music of the twentieth century, and his wife aboard the Cunard Queen Mary 2.
Photo is my own.
#expertspeaker #historian
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/09/2026
Archaeologists Discover More Old Shit That Sucks theonion.com/archaeologists-discove…
Archaeologists Discover More Old Shit That Sucks
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“You’ve been a great audience!” My second talk aboard the Cunard Queen Mary 2.
“You’ve been a great audience!”
My second talk aboard the Cunard Queen Mary 2.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My first Insights presentation for Cunard line was well received by the audience aboard the Queen Mary 2. I’m looking forward to delivering the three others in the series. #Agrippa
My first Insights presentation for Cunard line was well received by the audience aboard the Queen Mary 2. I’m looking forward to delivering the three others in the series. #Agrippa
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
All aboard! The @cunardline.bsky.social Queen Mary 2 will be my home for the week during which I’ll be a guest @pastpreservers.bsky.social speaker talking about some of my favourite Romans.
All aboard! The @cunardline.bsky.social  Queen Mary 2 will be my home for the week during which I’ll be a guest @pastpreservers.bsky.social speaker talking about some of my favourite Romans.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Temple of Dendur (Roman period, reign of Augustus, building completed by 10 BC; from Nubia, Dendur). In The Met, NYC. Photo is my own. #RomanSiteSaturday
The Temple of Dendur
(Roman period, reign of Augustus, building completed by 10 BC; from Nubia, Dendur). In the @metmuseum, NYC.
Photo is my own.
#RomanSiteSaturday
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This was just published in The Irish Times: my review of @robertharrishome.bsky.social’s latest novel, ‘Agrippa’. #Agrippa #AncientRome #historicalnovel #bookreview www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Agrippa by Robert Harris: Augustus’s best friend tells all in his fictional memoir
The master of historical fiction reveals why Marcus Agrippa was so devoted to his friend’s grand design for ancient Rome
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It was remarkable to be in NYC on the day of the 25th anniversary of 9-11. I was in Atlanta on the awful day the terrorists attacked the USA. The country changed forever.
It was remarkable to be in NYC on the day of the 25th anniversary of 9-11. I was in Atlanta on the awful day the terrorists attacked the USA. 
The country changed forever.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I made it to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York for the first time!
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Just published in The Daily Express, my feature on the real Marcus Agrippa. #Agrippa www.express.co.uk/entertainmen...
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'A birth so jinxed it could have blighted his life, instead Agrippa rose to top'
As novelist Robert Harris's new bestseller retells story of Roman general and statesman, Agrippa's biographer on the real man behind the myth
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Ad signum!” The Ermine Street Guard at Vindolanda. Photo: @vindolandatrust.bsky.social For #RomanFortThursday
“Ad signum!” The Ermine Street Guard at Vindolanda.
Photo: @vindolandatrust.bsky.social 
For #RomanFortThursday
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I am feeling chuffed (as we say in the UK). chuffed/CHəft/ "Chuffed is a British informal adjective that means very pleased, happy, or delighted about something." #Agrippa
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"The “Painted City” fresco and “Great Mosaic” were discovered in an underground gallery during excavations in the 1990s of the Baths of Trajan on the Oppian Hill near the Colosseum." #MosaicMonday #FrescoFriday #RomanSiteSaturday www.euronews.com/culture/2026...
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'Back to the city': Italy unveils biggest frescoe from ancient Rome
Trajan’s Baths in Oppian Hill will host a new museum where visitors to Rome can admire the Great Mosaic and the Painted City, two massive ancient artworks buried near the Colosseum that are estimated ...
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I'm excited to see both my books on Marcus Agrippa joined by Germanicus in Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers in Ancient Rome Biographies this Labor Day weekend. Thank you, readers of America! #Agrippa @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
I'm excited to see both my books on Marcus Agrippa joined by Germanicus in Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers in Ancient Rome Biographies this Labor Day weekend. Thank you, readers of America!
#Agrippa @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If you've enjoyed 'Agrippa' by @robertharrishome.bsky.social, read 'Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus' by @lindsaypowell.bsky.social for the true story. As recommended by Robert Harris. From @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #Agrippa
Robert Harris has brought Marcus Agrippa back to life in fiction. Now meet the real man - the one Augustus could not do without.‘Marcus Agrippa’ by @Lindsay_Powell is the extraordinary true story of Caesar Augustus's right-hand man. Published by @penswordpub."The best biography written of Agrippa. Fascinating and invaluable.”
— Robert Harris, ‘Agrippa: A Novel of Ancient Rome's Descent into Dictatorship’.
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