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@andrewconnor.bsky.social
Ancient historian and papyrologist, interested in religions and Romans in Egypt. Wrote "Confiscation and Coexistence: Egyptian Temples in the Age of Augustus" (from University of Michigan Press).
@walterscheidel.bsky.social
Historian @ Stanford | https://sites.google.com/view/walterscheidel/home
@gregwoolf.bsky.social
Historian and archaeologist of the ancient world. New York and the East Neuk of Fife.
@mikoflohr.bsky.social
Leiden University // Ancient History // Editor @ Babesch // Postcolonial Eurasian //
@platanoclassics.bsky.social
He/his. Dominican Diaspora classicist. Undocumented (Penguin 2015) and Divine Institutions (Princeton 2020); Rome, Empire of Plunder (CUP 2017) and Making the Middle Republic (CUP 2023). Father of Boots the Corgi (rip) + Romulus and Remus.
@iotasubscript.bsky.social
PhD; assistant professor of Roman history and literature; particularly enthusiastic about Roman religion and insults; never speak for my employer
@davidrafferty.bsky.social
Historian. ARC DECRA Fellow @ Adelaide with project “How Republics Die: Rome’s democratic breakdown in the 1st century BCE”. Husband and father. I’m the one who set cats and dogs against each other. Not endorsed by employer. https://davidrafferty.org
@quidamabo.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University - Camden. Roman history, epigraphy, archaeology inter alia. Views are my own. He/him.
@drestellestrazdins.bsky.social
Cultural Historian, Choromancer, Gallivantrix Lecturer in Classics, ANU. she/αὐτή/ea; views own.
@ancient-tokens.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Classics at Warwick, Numismatist, Tokenista. she/her
@carolinebarron.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Classics (Roman History) @Durham_Classics. Latin inscriptions & the ancient world by day. Rome, dogs, wine & friends by all other means.
@samagbamu.bsky.social
Latin literature and Roman history at University of Reading. Especially keen on histories of race; imperialism and colonialism. Problematically keen on the humanist tradition. he/him
@jldraycott.bsky.social
Roman historian and archaeologist. Lecturer @UofGlasgow. She/her. Represented by @pew_literary, published by @HoZ_Books.
@anisekstrong.bsky.social
Roman historian at W. Michigan U. specializing in gender, sexuality, & their reception in tv, music videos, games, and film. she/hers/ista Mom of 3. Avid baker & traveler. Always looking to learn from unusual niche subject experts. Opinions are my own.
@sarahebond.bsky.social
Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic Book 📕 Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/strike/ Pasts Imperfect: https://pastsimperfect.substack.com
@carlosfnorena.bsky.social
Ancient Historian @ UC Berkeley • 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 • Series Editor, Antiquity in Global Context (CUP) • VP Communications & Outreach, Society for Classical Studies • interests: world affairs, sports, literature, electronic music • He/Him
@hannahecornwell.bsky.social
Roman historian, sometime (historically) archaeologist, occasional seamstress & baker.
@janesancinito.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. of Ancient History at UMass Lowell. Research: Roman merchants, ancient numismatics, greed, stereotypes. Self: embroidery, tea, long walks, and ice hockey. Author of: https://press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-Reputation-of-the-Roman-Merchant
@profyarrow.bsky.social
Numismatics. Ancient History. ANS Fellow. Chair of Classics, Brooklyn College. Typo-Queen. I treat this space like the office water cooler. Blogging at livyarrow.org
@laurenginsberg.bsky.social
she/her | associate professor of classical studies: Roman literature, culture, theater, civil war, & all things Nero | pedagogy geek | passionate about equity in graduate education | lover of travel and food | never speak for my employer
@pjgoodman.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in Roman history. Appreciator of the Gothic. Lib Dem. She / her.
@nevillemorley.bsky.social
Classics & Ancient History at Exeter, Leverhulme Major Research Fellow; much Thucydides, Marx and decadence, but also beer, cats and obscure European jazz. STILL trying to keep the blog going: https://thesphinxblog.com.
@isisnaucratis.bsky.social
History+ancient Lands+Beings; Prof. @UofT /@UTSC; 12th generation French settler; YQB born CAI love; I decipher power; EverydayOrientalism; past=now; مصر دائما 🐍; I also draw; #Landback
@christophersmith.bsky.social
University of St Andrews; Executive Chair, Arts & Humanities Research Council; International Champion and Creative Industries Sector Champion UK Research and Innovation All views my own, but none of the poetry.
@drblankam.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow @viennacogscihub.bsky.social Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow @univie.ac.at Researching Roman religion through cognitive science of religion approaches. New book on Roman rituals from @cambridgeup.bsky.social - https://bit.ly/44orx2D
@claudeeilers.bsky.social
McMaster Classics. Roman history, Greek epigraphy, card tricks, and show tunes
@tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social
Ancient, late ancient, and later ancient historian Research Fellow, Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities [email protected] #FRHistS #WCCWiki More on me: https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/victoria-leonard
@tiamopatata.bsky.social
assistant professor of classics | slavery and law | minor seneca obsession
@antiquethought.bsky.social
Ancient Historian/Classicist. IT/Cognition/Law. | Fellow @GuggFellows.bsky.social and American Academy in Rome | Never, ever speak for my employer | Also cooking @foodoriented.bsky.social
@historiantillo.bsky.social
Opinions my own, though they probably reflect the deep structures and contradictions of late capitalism.
@oslandd.bsky.social
Claim to be a Roman archaeologist, actually work on late Roman Iberia, very interested in Portuguese soccer, NZ politics, California Nü Punk, and tertiary education. Personal views here, none endorsed by my employer (the University of Otago).
@devoretext.bsky.social
Ancient Mediterranean historian, Cal Poly Pomona. History, the human past (those 2 aren't the same), politics, some baseball. Views here not of my institution.
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social
Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring. Blogs at acoup.blog
@josephinequinn.bsky.social
Historian at Cambridge. In Search of the Phoenicians (2018) and How the World Made the West (2024). I like cats.
@amchristensen.bsky.social
Human being. Educator. Archaeologist working in Italy. Struggling writer. Lover of 🐶 and 🐱 and well crafted things. Associate Prof (Lecturer) of Classics @ U of Utah. *all opinions are my own*
@chancebonar.bsky.social
Researching early Christianity, slavery, authorship, antisemitism, violence, and more Cat dad | 🏳️🌈 http://chancebonar.com Books: https://bit.ly/3R8LXbo & https://bit.ly/4iMBSwy
@debranousek.bsky.social
Beholden to my canine overlords. And otherwise a stationery nerd and Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario, working on Caesar and Latin historiography. She/her 🏳️🌈
@renskejanssen.bsky.social
Law, Religion & Power in the Ancient World | Tacitus | Classics and Ancient History | Editor-in-chief of Dutch-language series 'Wegen naar Rome' (Roads to Rome) on Antiquity in Popular Culture | Leiden (NL) | She/her | Posts in Dutch and English
@emlynkd.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer @ics.bsky.social, Uni of London Former A/Director, British School at Rome Archaeologist 🏺 Ancient wine & oil 🍇🍷 Co-director, faleriinoviproject.org 🏛️ FSA FRHistS FHEA. 🔗: https://sas.academia.edu/EmlynDodd
@carrielarocco.bsky.social
Classicist and Early Medievalist at Oxford. Working on: female patronage in the late- and post-Roman west; late Roman + Visigothic Iberia. Sometimes I make Roman recipes ☺️ (she/her) #MosaicMonday ♾️
@jmharland.bsky.social
Late Roman & Medieval History & Archaeology @dependencybonn.de Exploring what happens when empires die. Book available at http://t.ly/LfaV http://jmharland.hcommons.org
@partialhistorians.bsky.social
After surviving exposure at birth, these unconventional academics realised they were destined to found the greatest Ancient Roman History podcast! 🏛📯⚔️ 📘‘Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire’ is out now! https://linktr.ee/ThePartialHistorians
@kristadalton.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Religious and Jewish Studies at Kenyon College. Author of How the Rabbis Became Experts (Princeton, 2025). Co Editor-in-Chief http://ancientjewreview.com.
@megannutzman.bsky.social
Soon to be teaching at Ohio State! Assoc Prof at ODU; PhD in Classics from UChicago; MTS + ThM from HCHC; history + material culture of ancient religion; chanter, knitter, weaver; author of Contested Cures (Edinburgh University Press) bit.ly/3sMTELi
@drnwillburger.bsky.social
Archaeologist | Permanent Representative of the Director, Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg | Adjunct lecturer State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart | Private account, views are mine 🖖
@bigfridge224.bsky.social
Researching Roman magic and trying not to accidentally summon demons. Forever DM, Dad and Catholic.