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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

'The Irish Odyssey' - First known North European adaptation of the Odyssey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Fv... 📕@rogueclassicist.bsky.social

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'The Irish Odyssey' - Merugud Uilixis Meic Leirtis - First vernacular retelling of the Odyssey.

YouTube video by Dr Raoul McLaughlin

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

WOMEN OF THE ODYSSEY | Greek Myth Comix greekmythcomix.com/comic/women-...

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WOMEN OF THE ODYSSEY

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I don’t support tiger skin rugs. 🐅 But I do support tiger skin mosaics that look like a rug. (Museum of Bardo, 200-399 CE, image by Roberto Piperno).

Museum of Bardo: "panther skin rug" from Carthage (IIIrd/IVth century); a mosaic portraying a Barbary lion can be seen in the image used as background for this page

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Sending my Scripts to Hollywood. Historical Advisor on The Odyssey 2: The Pharoah’s Curse… youtu.be/XPiyDIum3aIng

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

A #Roman glass 'circus beaker' (so called because the animals portrayed on it - a lion & a big cat - would mostly have been seen in the arena), found in a burial in Himlingøje (Denmark) - did it get there through trade, as war booty, or a diplomatic gift, maybe..? #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Indian White Elephant in Ancient Rome🤯🤑💵 youtube.com/shorts/gzp9T...

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Checkout my MONSTER Youtube Video! – ‘Are you not entertained?’ youtu.be/rOAhvyWmdfA 🫨🤯@rogueclassicist.bsky.social

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Jeremy Simmons @caeliambulator.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"Sea of Treasures" is available to preorder at the PUP website, where you can use the following discount code for 30% off at checkout: P329 press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #AncientBluesky 🏺 🗃️

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Sea of Treasures

How goods and people in motion across the ancient world were entangled through consumption

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The Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire project @chreproject.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

📖 Newly published: B. Hellings, M. Spoerri Butcher (@gordien3a.bsky.social) and C. Howgego (eds), Roman Coin Hoards across Frontiers (Oxford, 2026). doi.org/10.1093/9780... An impressive amount of new evidence for our understanding of the reach of Rome and the connectivity of the ancient world!

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Roman Coin Hoards Across Frontiers

Abstract. The book presents an introduction and thirteen other chapters on the hoarding of Roman coin outside the Roman Empire from c. 30 bc to ad 518, and

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

A few people asked me about the image I used for the AAH this year. Years ago, @candidamoss.bsky.social and I went to the Met for the ‘Worlds Together, Worlds Apart’ exhibition and I fell in love with the Aedicula for Aglibol and Malakbel that points to a Palmyrene community in third century Rome. 🤝

Aedicula for Aglibol and Malakbel
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Marble
Rome
Musei Capitolini, Rome
This aedicula featuring the Palmyrene sun and moon gods Malakbel and Aglibol attests to the presence of a Palmyrene community in third-century Rome.
Malakbel wears Parthian-style clothing (trousers, a tunic, and an overcoat). Aglibol is dressed in a Roman-style cuirass and holds a lance; a lunar crescent is visible behind his head. The pair shake hands in front of a cypress tree that represents Malakbel's sacred grove in Palmyra. The inscriptions in Greek and Palmyrene Aramaic follow the Palmyrene custom of emphasizing the dedicator's lineage and record that he also dedicated a silver statuette, an exceptionally lavish offering.

Handshake Aedicula for Aglibol and Malakbel
February 236
Marble
Rome
Musei Capitolini, Rome
This aedicula featuring the Palmyrene sun and moon gods Malakbel and Aglibol attests to the presence of a Palmyrene community in third-century Rome.
Malakbel wears Parthian-style clothing (trousers, a tunic, and an overcoat). Aglibol is dressed in a Roman-style cuirass and holds a lance; a lunar crescent is visible behind his head. The pair shake hands in front of a cypress tree that represents Malakbel's sacred grove in Palmyra. The inscriptions in Greek and Palmyrene Aramaic follow the Palmyrene custom of emphasizing the dedicator's lineage and record that he also dedicated a silver statuette, an exceptionally lavish offering.

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Dr Raoul McLaughlin - Revising Roman Trade with India - Smithsonian Magazine: youtu.be/53PP9dHS5vg 📖📕@rogueclassicist.bsky.social

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Dr Raoul McLaughlin - Revising Roman Trade with India - Smithsonian Magazine:

YouTube video by Dr Raoul McLaughlin

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Fate of the Ninth Legion: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Ancient-Brit...

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

McLaughlin: “Roman society found other uses for incense (....) Celsus advised that myrrh or frankincense gum should be used to agglutinate a wound and ensure that flesh closed over the injury.” www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Raoul... 📕@rogueclassicist.bsky.social 📖

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

“Myrrh, frankincense, carthamus, cinnabar, musk, and borneol. This ointment is the base for Yunnan Bai Yao, a popular remedy today, reputedly carried by the Vietcong during the Vietnam War to stop bleeding from wounds.” (Ben-Yehoshua, ‘Frankincense, Myrrh, and Balm of Gilead’)

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Back to the Distant East. I'm resuming work on my 'Oasis Kingdoms'. Third Volume of my Eastern Trade Series 📕@rogueclassicist.bsky.social 📖 www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Raoul...

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Io Saturnalia – University Book Launch in Belfast for a third Ancient Germany Volume 📕 📖 Dr Raoul McLaughlin www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Raoul... 📖https://youtu.be/IP2J5Kb4Iy0

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Io Saturnalia – Book Launch in Belfast for a third Ancient Germany Volume

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Dr Raoul Mclaughlin - The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean

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The Blogographer @blogographer1.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Not mentioned in the written sources? Then how do we know anything about Silbannacus Augustus? ptcrawford.wixsite.com/blogographer... @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social

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Silbannacus Augustus: An Unrecorded Emperor of Rome

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harry @sysop.ooo · 21/07/2025

In Belfast for the week to take a very short beginner’s course in ancient Greek at Queen’s University. Today, the alphabet, diphthongs, diacritic marks, & first transliterations. Homework tonight: more transliteration (of English words received from the Greek more-or-less whole - eg ambrosia). 📚

A view of the inner court at Queen’s university, showing a very collegial two story red brick building.

My Greek primer, “Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek”

My course schedule - two sessions daily along with two guest lectures (and a film for fun).

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Good luck with your studies! Your hard work will be worth it 🙂

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Whatever happened to Eudoxus 🤔 I've written about him in my new piece on the Indo-Greeks 🙂@classassocni.bsky.social‬

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Dr Raoul McLaughlin, Germania: The Ancient Germans in Greek and Roman Sources: Geography, Society, Warfare, Religion, and Customs www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Germania-The... 📖 youtu.be/DGmiG9EDZPg @classassocni.bsky.social @rogueclassicist.bsky.social

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Dr Raoul McLaughlin, Germania: The Ancient Germans in Greek and Roman Sources

YouTube video by Dr Raoul McLaughlin

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

‪Caesarion - Son of Caesar and Cleopatra? @rogueclassicist.bsky.social‬ ‪@classassocni.bsky.social‬ youtu.be/dCZv83z_3WM?...

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Caesarion - Son of Caesar and Cleopatra?

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Great to see @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social & the #Roman battle site at Burnswark (Scotland) in the news a few days ago. Burnswark is a fascinating place, the site of a battle during the reign of Antoninus Pius - & I can personally confirm the 3D experience is amazing! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Crime scene forensics used to recreate British hillfort siege

A dramatic 3D walkthrough brings to life the historic events at Burnswark Hill in southern Scotland.

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

CANI Newsletter July 2025 « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland classicalassociationni.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/c...

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CANI Newsletter July 2025

CANI July Newsletter 2025Download

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Brilliant to see! I still have your Varus book on my shelf. And North Africa is another fascinating region...

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Back to work on the ancient Greeks in the Distant East - tomorrow!

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Helen McVeigh @helenmcveigh.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

The Belfast Summer School hosts a series of online guest lecture every year. Our talks and workshops are open to everyone. Zoom links and reminders are shared via my mailing list; join the list here: subscribepage.com/hmclassicsacademy and I look forward to seeing you! #Ancientbluesky 🏺📚

Monday 30th June, 4.15pm BST
Guest lecture: Dr Aimee Hinds Scott, Zero to Hero: Mapping Heracles from Antiquity to the Present.

Tuesday 1st July, 4.15pm BST
Guest lecture: Caroline Lawrence, “Greek and Latin Words as Windows to the Past”

Wednesday 2nd July, 4.15pm BST
Guest lecture: Dr Ben Dewar (Institute of Classical Studies), "The First Half of History": An Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamia.

Thursday 3rd July, 4.15pm BST
Guest lecture: Dr Jan Haywood (University of Leicester), The Trojan War in contemporary historical fiction.

Friday 4th July, 4.15pm BST
Dr Antonia Ruppel: Introduction to Sanskrit (I)

Tuesday 8th July, 4.15pm BST
Guest lecture: Dr Pamela Zinn (Texas Tech University), Love in Lucretius

Wednesday 9th July, 4.15pm BST
Guest lecture: Professor Susan Deacy, Ad Astra! Lessons for autistic children using classical myth (or.... What would Hercules do?)

Thursday 10th July, 4.15pm BST
Dr Antonia Ruppel: Introduction to Sanskrit (II)

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Or I could notebook my ancient Irish material here and assemble the Greco-Indian research on Twitter. I also have to promote the German Volumes 🙁

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Any idea yet about the possible contents? Pottery style or trace residue?

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raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social @raoulmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I always assumed that this was quite a small object?

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