😬 Matthew 5:1 (Vulgate): Videns autem Iesus turbas, ascendit in montem: et cum sedisset, accesserunt ad eum discipuli eius.

Oof. 😬

On Cassandra and the omphalos in #Pompeii : read Dr. Virginia L. Campbell's excellent 🧵 below!

As I said, a 'good boi', sine dubio. ✨🐶

More discoveries at Pompeii! Dr. Virginia L. Campbell has just published a blogpost on an electoral dipinto found in the new excavations: pompeiinetworks.wordpress.com/2024/04/11/thr… We now have more evidence for electoral naming practices and the political career of a certain Aulus Rustius Verus. #Classics

These ancient textile fragments from Iraq are excellent! 👇A salutary reminder that we are missing much of the fabric of the ancient world. For current research on ancient textiles, see e.g. the Centre of Textile Research Københavns Uni: ctr.hum.ku.dk/research-progr…

👇✨ Important EDI initiatives in #Classics with a UK focus. Collated by Dr Victoria Leonard. I wholeheartedly agree with Dr. Debby Sneed that we should focus our energies on these.

👇What Talitha said.

The mask has slipped. What rot.

👇✨✨✨Amazing news!

Friends, if you are in London between 17-26 November, do consider going to 'Lady J' at Waterloo East Theatre, a brand new translation and adaptation of August Strindberg's classic 'Miss Julie' by Christina James and me. For more details and tickets: waterlooeast.co.uk/lady-j