Nina Willburger(@DrNWillburger) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For today's an early 4th century AD mosaic, discovered in the basilica of Aquileia, depicting the fight between a rooster and a turtle, commonly interpreted as the representation of light/good (rooster) and darkness/evil (turtle).


For today's #MosaicMonday an early 4th century AD mosaic, discovered in the basilica of Aquileia, depicting the fight between a rooster and a turtle, commonly interpreted as the representation of light/good (rooster) and darkness/evil (turtle).

#LateAntiquity
#RomanArchaeology
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St Andrews Classics(@StA_Classics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The book 'Lived Spaces in Late Antiquity' was published today by Routledge.
routledge.com/Lived-Spaces-i…

Congratulations to the editors: Carlos Machado, Rowan Munnery, and Rebecca Sweetman.

The book 'Lived Spaces in Late Antiquity' was published today by Routledge. 
routledge.com/Lived-Spaces-i…

Congratulations to the editors:  Carlos Machado, Rowan Munnery, and Rebecca Sweetman.

#ClassicsTwitter #LateAntiquity
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Anthony Majanlahti(@antmoose) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For Sunday we're looking at an ivory consular from , reused as the front cover of a . Or are we? The Diptych of David and Gregory is not at all, but a idea of spolia executed almost perfectly.

For #spoliaSunday we're looking at an ivory consular #diptych from #lateantiquity, reused as the front cover of a #Bible. Or are we? The Diptych of David and Gregory is not #spolia at all, but a #medieval idea of spolia executed almost perfectly. #Monza #Rome
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Aed Thompson 🌲🔨⛺️ 🏳️‍🌈(@chaseAEd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A controversial opinion:
C5-6th men in lowland Britain may have casually worn the “peplos style dress” without transgressing gender norms.

What we think of as “male costume” in AS is completely entangled with “military costume”…

A controversial opinion: 
C5-6th men in #anglosaxon #lateantiquity lowland Britain may have casually worn the “peplos style dress” without transgressing gender norms.

What we think of as “male costume” in AS #archaeology is completely entangled with “military costume”…
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Anthony Majanlahti(@antmoose) 's Twitter Profile Photo

this week takes us to in to look at a dedicatory and its successor, where a solicitous urban prefect was quietly trying to restore the in after the sack of 410 CE. With a surprising twist at the end.

#EpigraphyTuesday this week takes us to #Rome in #lateantiquity to look at a dedicatory #inscription and its successor, where a solicitous urban prefect was quietly trying to restore the #Forum in #Rome after the #Visigoth sack of 410 CE. With a surprising twist at the end.
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Lev Cosijns(@LevCosijns) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Always fun to be at IMC_Leeds ! If anyone is interested in relationships, listen in to the sessions tomorrow! Haggai Olshanetsky and I will be speaking about Indo-Roman trade in light of Roman-Sasanian relationships.

Always fun to be at @IMC_Leeds ! If anyone is interested in #Roman #Sasanian relationships, listen in to the sessions tomorrow! @Olshanetsky_H and I will be speaking about Indo-Roman trade in light of Roman-Sasanian relationships. #lateantiquity
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