This has been something I've been meaning to write for quite some time and the Homer contretemps gave it the opportunity.
The thing I most wanted to draw out is that it isn't one fool on Twitter with a helmet, but a radicalization pipeline designed to lead antiquity-curious young men into fascism.
🤩 I would love to do this in another life time but I am neither a teacher or a student 👇
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux
FULLY FUNDED MA IN CLASSICAL STUDIES! 🧵
2026 Leventis MA Studentships @openuniversity.bsky.social
The Leventis Foundation/ Open University are offering paid studentships for candidates who meet one or both of the following criteria:
Working Classicists
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The OU department is full to bursting with wonderful people. Wave this at anyone you know who's eligible!
FULLY FUNDED MA IN CLASSICAL STUDIES! 🧵
2026 Leventis MA Studentships @openuniversity.bsky.social
The Leventis Foundation/ Open University are offering paid studentships for candidates who meet one or both of the following criteria:
Working Classicists
"It’s unfortunate that almost none of the people behind these accounts know very much about the ancient world." Unfortunately, ignorance is not the only thing wrong with them.
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social on Elon Musk's X and the fascist statue accounts: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-stone-...
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ICYMI you can now pre-order @belovedofoizys.bsky.social’s upcoming book!
We’ve been SO excited about this work from an incredibly impressive working class scholar, exploring the complex role of gladiators in Ancient Greece. ⚔️
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Gladiators-i...
ICYMI you can now pre-order @belovedofoizys.bsky.social’s upcoming book!
We’ve been SO excited about this work from an incredibly impressive working class scholar, exploring the complex role of gladiators in Ancient Greece. ⚔️
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Gladiators-i...
It was once assumed that the sophisticated ancient Greeks rejected Roman gladiators as the most barbaric cultural import possible. Surely Greeks who loved philosophy and…
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk
It was once assumed that the sophisticated ancient Greeks rejected Roman gladiators as the most barbaric cultural import possible. Surely Greeks who loved philosophy and…
If you use the above link, you’re buying straight from the publisher which may be easier in the UK. If you’re looking for a US alternative, we’ve got you:
bookshop.org/p/books/glad...
How a Roman Blood Sport Took Ancient Greece by Storm
