#Vespasian

Gray Connolly

GrayConnolly

Good morning all & OTD in 69AD, the Roman Senate declares Vespasian - Rome's leading General whose troops had acclaimed him Emperor on July 1 - as the last Emperor

Durotriges Project

Durotrigesdig

OK, so we're not sure if this is (or will become) a *thing* but if it does, here's our 1st thread for #RomanFortThursdayThis is Lake Farm a legionary fortress

Dr Rob Cromarty

DocCrom

Ancient Artefact of the Day: The Arch of TitusStanding at the eastern end of the Roman Forum, the arch was erected ca. AD 81 as a commemoration for the Emperor

Dr Rob Cromarty

DocCrom

This is what happens when I get a little hyper and distracted.... Plus it merges two of my interests: #Romans and #Wrestling 'Roman Emperors as 1980s Wrestlers - A Non-Exhaustive

Daniel Sugarman

Daniel_Sugarman

I know the Rabbis said that the Second Temple was destroyed because of Sinat Chinam (baseless hatred) between Jews with different opinions, but let’s face it, the presence of the

𝔇𝔯 𝔈𝔩𝔦𝔷𝔞𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔥 𝔈. 𝔗𝔞𝔳𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔰

ElizETavares

Teaching Shakespeare plays alongside counterparts that feat. characters of color in repertory is not only possible, but historically representative! A quick thread here to amplify Horacio Sierra’s arguments made in

Gareth Harney

OptimoPrincipi

1) The Temple of the Divine Claudius was a vast temple complex on Rome's Caelian Hill, overlooking the valley that would later be occupied by the Colosseum. Though almost nothing

Dr Rob Cromarty

DocCrom

For today's #EpigraphyTuesday thread here's a Romano-British tombstone, that of Titus Valerius Pudens, ca. 1st Century AD, discovered on Monson Street in Lincoln in 1849.Image: British Museum (1853,1108.1) Text:T(itus) Valerius

Rauðgrani ᚱᛆᚢᚦᚴᚱᛆᚿᛁ

GraniRau

3rd-4th century mosaic. The Sun God Sol. He is holding the sphere of the heavens in his hand. What makes this notable is that this is from a Jewish synagogue.

גלעד בצלאל יפה, ארכיאולוגיה אונליין Gilad B. Jaffe

TheOnionGod

1/ Between Rome, Jerusalem & Masada, a #thread on the Great Jewish Revolt against the Romans. In 79 AD Titus was appointed emperor of Rome, but before that he was

Gareth Harney

OptimoPrincipi

1) The best preserved Roman military diploma to survive from the ancient world: These highly prized bronze legal documents were issued to retiring non-citizen soldiers upon successful completion of their

Syed Shaheer Raza

Shaheer_PCS

The Mighty Roman Empire which started with 19 years old Gaius Octavius (The Grand Nephew of Gaius Caeser) in 27 BC, who assumed the title of Augustus (The Venerable) after

Truthist

LifeToDryBones

History Of Israel...in a nutshellFirst of all, scriptures tell us of The Israelites going into slavery in Deuteronomy 28, into all nations.It also goes on to tell us that we

Caleb

Chinekenonso

Children of Zion, after much thought and study, I have 'officially' come to the conclusion that truly, the Great Tribulation was actually the slave trade, specifically starting from the Spanish

Gray Connolly

GrayConnolly

I am starting a thread below to link together all of the naval & military history, as well as modern war and security writing, that I find interesting and which

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