Bad Ancient community
Here are an ever growing list of Bad Ancient contributors, editors, reviewers and long time supporters for people to follow!
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@badancient.bsky.social
@gabrielbaker.bsky.social
Ancient History PhD. Teacher. H-War Network Editor. Author of Spare No One: Mass Violence in Roman Warfare. Views/opinions are my own.
@mscbristow.bsky.social
Classicist. Educationalist. Feminist. Gamer. Geek. 'Just the right amount of mad to successfully direct Aristophanes'
@susandeacy.bsky.social
Editor, Journal of Classics Teaching; Co-Founder ACCLAIM: Autism Connecting CLAssically-Inspired Mythology; Series Editor, Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World; Editor-in-Chief, BICS; Professor Emerita etc.
@jennycromwell.bsky.social
Historian of ancient Egypt & papyrologist | games researcher (analogue + digital) | Manchester Met Uni | Co-director of the Manchester Game Centre | Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society | Les Mills instructor & newly minted Blood Bowl enthusiast.
@mariapretzler.bsky.social
Ancient Historian with a scarf habit. Greek History and Archaeology, mostly in the Peloponnese. Arcadia. Pausanias. Ancient Travel Writing and Geography. Second Sophistic. Associate Prof and Subject Lead Swansea Classics, Ancient History & Egyptology.
@disabledarchaeo.bsky.social
Egyptologist & Disability Activist w/ CP. ♿ #DisHist of Ptolemaic Egypt & inclusive museums. Co-Founder UK Disability History and Heritage Hub. President Museum Education Roundtable. Co-Chair CripAntiquity. New Yorker in the UK. She/Her. Opinions mine.
@rhigarthjones.bsky.social
Burnley girl in 🇩🇰, PhD in early Abbasid visual language of power & relationship to Rome, general geek, chronically ill. 'Stealthily whimsical'. I want to live on a boat again. She/her. *All Roads Lead to Rome* out May 2025 with Aurum Press.
@diffendale.bsky.social
archaeologist, at the moment studying volcanic tuff as a building material but interested in all old trash ΟΣΟΝ ΖΗΣ ΦΑΙΝΟΥ he/him Pisa no image reposts without alt text
@clairemillington.bsky.social
Archaeologist and writer. Once-upon-a-time a diplomat. Rural. https://clairemillington.com (She/her)
@doccrom.bsky.social
Classicist, archaeologist, sci-fi and horror nerd and, most importantly, ginger. Oh, and... "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn". #EdgyPedlar #AncientStuff
@workingclassicists.bsky.social
www.workingclassicists.com 🏺A hub of resources, support & solidarity ⚡️Representing the working class in classics 🏛️ Run by @miri.bsky.social & @misterconnor1.bsky.social ✍️ Platforming working class academics ❤️ Woke AF email us: info@workingclassicists.com
@tinerassalle.bsky.social
Ex-curator, archaeologist, researcher of Jewish and Christian history, video gamer, museum studies, technology. Immigrant. PhD from @UNC
@lemoustier.bsky.social
Archaeologist, word-witcher, scicomm, consultancy 📚 KINDRED: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death & Art 🖋️ MATRIARCHA: Prehistory Re-imagined 🏛️ Honorary Researcher U. Cambridge & U. Liverpool 1/4 TrowelBlazers Rep: PEW Literary
@invitinghistory.bsky.social
A home for history! Tidbits, analysis, and more. History enthusiast, sometimes writer. Contact: annagibsonhistory @ gmail
@majoraz.bsky.social
Mesoamerican history-archeology enthusiast/consulting; Pokken; Halo, Digimon, Gash/Zatch Bell, DBZ, Sonic Adventure 2, Asura's Wrath, JJBA & G Gundam, Copyright reformist https://x.com/Majora__Z
@jwhoopes2.bsky.social
Anthropologist. Archaeologist. https://hoopes.academia.edu/ I’m not here to try and change your mind. I’m here to let other people who think as I do know they’re not alone. Be kind. Love one another.
@corabeth.bsky.social
Autistic Geordie illustrator and classicist. Assoc Lecturer at The Open University. National Teaching Fellow. Working class/first gen. Rarely seen without a cat.
@drdragases.bsky.social
Scholar of Fortune @History Department - Ghent University. Everything you wanted to know about The Fall of Rome but were afraid to ask. Gallivanter extraordinaire. Italophile.
@drmaimusie.bsky.social
Ancient Historian| Public Engagement Specialist | Co-founder @ClassicsinComm @UniofOxford |Trustee @TheRomanSoc @classicsforall Agent:www.hkmanagement.co.uk Website: https://www.drmaimusie.com
@metalclassicist.bsky.social
VAP in Classics at Grand Valley State University. Late antiquity & classical reception in Metal. he/him “Julian Augustus: Platonism, Myth, and the Refounding of Rome” out September 26th with Oxford University Press. Curriculum vitae: tinyurl.com/SwistCV
@mythsbaby.bsky.social
✨Greek myth author & podcaster!✨🏛✨ I share the ancient Mediterranean on my pod; here, if you’re wondering if I’m being sarcastic, I am. mythsbaby.com; podcast: linktr.ee/mythsbaby; books: linktr.ee/livalbert
@cultarchaeo.bsky.social
🇨🇦 (BC)Archaeologist & PhD student: Brother XII & the Aquarian Foundation | pseudoarchaeology & far-right uses of pseudoarchaeology | archaeology of conspirituality & conspiritual landscapes (she/her) https://bonesstonesandbooks.com/publication
@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.
@elliemackinroberts.net
Slow runner. Historian of Ancient Greek religion. Amateur sewist. Free Palestine. #ActuallyAutistic. 🏳️🌈 🇦🇺in🇬🇧: Immigrant, not expat. https://www.elliemackinroberts.net/links.html
@archaeologytube.bsky.social
Archaeologist, educator, science communication. Also talk a lot about games and media, art, politics, and labor issues
@timoneill.bsky.social
History writer, medievalist, blogger, atheist, sceptic and expatriate Tasmanian. http://linktr.ee/timoneill
@dsaarchaeology.bsky.social
Archaeologist specializing in Mesoamerica, #Pseudoarchaeology, and Appalachia . Posts my own, unless I’m a brain in a jar! He/him
@flintdibble.bsky.social
⛏️ Archaeologist at Cardiff University. Ancient Greek animals, food, & environment Fighting Atlantis pseudoscience 🌊🏛 2024 Ockham Award for skeptical activism Tavros is our rescue 🐈 from Knossos It's my real name | he/him www.youtube.com/@flintdibble
@spencermcdaniel.bsky.social
Studies ancient Greek cultural and social history, BA history and classical studies @IUBloomington, MA @BrandeisCLAS, she/her.
@helenking.bsky.social
Sort of retired (not), Professor Emerita, The Open University. Classics, history of medicine/the body/gynaecology. Writer, blogger, C of E lay preacher, chair of Together on General Synod (formerly Gender & Sexuality Group). She/her. Likes flowers.
@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
@jldraycott.bsky.social
Roman historian and archaeologist. Lecturer @UofGlasgow. She/her. Represented by @pew_literary, published by @HoZ_Books.
@roelkonijn.bsky.social
Ancient historian (Greece, Persia, war, history-writing). Darby Fellow in Ancient History at Lincoln College, Oxford. Moderator at r/AskHistorians. Ditch guy on YouTube.
@belovedofoizys.bsky.social
Ancient Historian. Writing a book about gladiators in greek provinces. Public history devotee. ClusterC. Sweary. Expect typos. Birkbeck and Leicester alum https://linktr.ee/alexandrasills #pinksky
@josephinequinn.bsky.social
Historian at Cambridge. In Search of the Phoenicians (2018) and How the World Made the West (2024). I like cats.
@indyfromspace.bsky.social
Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her
@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
@drjeball.bsky.social
#Roman & conflict archaeologist; Freelance archaeological writer; Lecturer in Ancient History at Manchester Met University; Honorary Research Fellow & University Teacher at the University of Liverpool.
@fakehistoryhunter.net
I hunt fake history and correct it, but also post amazing real history stuff. Rude, obscene, vulgar, racist people who can't act like grown-ups get blocked. https://fakehistoryhunter.net/
@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
@badancient.bsky.social
Ancient Historian: Global history, ancient disability, veteran studies, etc. Also runs Bad Ancient: Fact-checking common claims about the ancient world. Website: www.badancient.com Newsletter: https://owenrees.substack.com/