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Seth Bernard

@profbernard.bsky.social

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Romanist who has just left the empire, prof at U of Toronto

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Publication day: new book on the Roman censorship! Check out my chapter, a global history of water power, censors, and Roman state-formation www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Bluesky friends, I am happy to advertise a conference on ancient and medieval slave trading in the Mediterranean, co-organized by myself and Elizabeth Fentress, to be held in Toronto next month (April 15-17, 2026). Contact me via email (rather than here) or the email on the poster for more info!

Bronze figurine of an enslaved person from Roman Britain on a conference poster advertising a conference next month in Toronto

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Amazing! Check out the new 3 volume Cambridge Urban History of Europe, now out, best contributor reward to hit my desk in a v long time.

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

The Chigi vase, perhaps made in Corinth, but the prized possession of an Etruscan aristocrat. And one of the clearest visual depictions of hoplite combat. I find it hard to think our owner didn't recognize this warfare style!

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Andriuolo 114 is an odd scene, however, maybe not typical warfare. The soldiers may also simply be lying in ambush. And then the cows behind the mountain... and the naked guy... and the weird helmet on the right...

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Friends, please share the attached CfP widely and consider submission: "Climate, landscape and human impact in Italy during the Etruscan period" (Pisa, May 25-27, 2026). Deadline for submissions is February 13, 2026, more info here: etrusco.dst.unipi.it

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

What needs explaining?

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

@carlosfnorena.bsky.social are you writing for #ESPN these days?

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

So has anyone else been finding powerpoint's AI design generator a bit problematic?

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Toronto people, come get a signed copy of my book at the Arch Centre on Friday! Unless of course you’re otherwise chronologically engaged.

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 10/09/2023

The Drususstein, on a beautiful blue day. The massive concrete core once clad in marble, set up to commemorate Drusus’ death by his troops in the #Roman city of his founding, Mogantiacum (Mainz)

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

No cat; dog

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

Looking forward to some sleuthing in Mainz on Monday! Tune in to find out whodunnit!

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

First post on blue sky to say my new book is here!

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