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Terminus Britanniae: Tacitus’ Scotland
20 May, Edinburgh University – free

Scotland was on the fringes of the Roman world – but was by no means an unknown land. Prof Renato Oniga discusses Tacitus’ AGRICOLA & the latest excavation findings

In Italian with simultaneous English translation

https://iicedimburgo.esteri.it/en/gli_eventi/calendario/terminus-britanniae-tacitus-scotland/

#Scotland #archaeology #Roman #ancienthistory #classicalhistory #Tacitus #Agricola #MonsGraupius

Standing at the northern edge of the Roman Empire

#History #Histoire #Kirkintilloch #AntonineWall #photography #photographie #architecture #AuldKirkMuseum #Glasgow #Scotland #Ecosse #AncientRome #ClassicalHistory

Been meaning to capture a pic of this mural for ages on a visit to dad, annoyingly a car in the way, but snapped some pics anyway.

#Art by Fraser Gray, it commemorates the Antoine Wall, which runs through #Kirkintilloch , #Glasgow

#StreetArt #Mural #History #Histoire #photography #photographie #AncientRome #ClassicalHistory #AntonineWall

"Vergil’s secret message."

Long derided as mere coincidences, acrostics in ancient poetry are finally being taken seriously – with astonishing results.

#Culture #Classics #ClassicalHistory #Vergil #Acrostics

https://aeon.co/essays/why-it-pays-to-read-for-acrostics-in-the-classics

Unpacking this new Classical History book by Myke Cole today, barely resisting the urge to yell "This. Is. SPARTA!!!" 😋

#books #BronzeLie #MykeCole #Sparta #history #ClassicalHistory #AncientGreece #livres

https://archive.org/details/historia-ya-dunia-ya-kale

Historia ya Dunia ya Kale by F. Korovkin; V. Makarenko

Topics
#history, #historia, #ProgressPublishers, #ancienthistory, #classicalhistory, #classicalcivilizations, #historiayadunia, #worldhistory, #urumi, #uyunani, #romayakale, #ugirikiyakale

Yaliyomo:

• Maisha ya Binadamu wa Awali.
• Mashariki ya Kale.
• Uyunani ya Kale.
• Urumi ya Kale.

(missing two pages at the beginning which are presumably blank)