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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

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

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

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

(Let's pause for a moment to award mad props to this imaginative child. My friend the teacher didn't let her get away with it, but in retrospect we agreed that she probably should have.)

Anyway, so now I'm wondering, and asking the don in the hopes that some #ClassicalHistory #historians might see this and weight in:

Are there any records or evidence of 'voter fraud' in the classical world, in which disenfranchised people assumed false identities to vote?

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

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)

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)