Ready for tomorrow? Learn how to celebrate New Year's Day the Roman way! flavias.blogspot.com/2011/12/anci... #AncientRomanNewYear #Ovid #Fasti
#Janus #TenThings #HappyNewYear #Happy2026
#FindsFriday 🏺
One of most evocative #Roman London finds ever: leopard as ivory knife handle.
Tiny little thing <6cm was buried 3-4 C in Lant St Southwark w 14 yr old girl who originated from southern med.
Inspired @carolawrence.bsky.social time travelling kids' book.
📷 @PCAarchaeology
4 quirky teams for #KidsBookFriday:
The Roman Mysteries series by @carolawrence.bsky.social
Brightstorm series by Vashti Hardy
All The Things That Could Go Wrong by Stewart Foster
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
Please join our discussion about disability in children’s literature set in ancient Greece & Rome on Thurs 20 Nov from 5-7pm. It’s free & all are welcome. forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Thanks to everyone at @butserancientfarm.co.uk for letting me play in your ancient world! And thanks to @greekmythcomix.bsky.social for taking such fab photos! 🥰 #ButserBookFest #ButserAncientFarm #RomanBritain #IronAgeBritain #TheRomanMysteries #TheRomanQuests #SpongeStick #AncientRomanToiletPaper
Are you #TeamDido or #TeamAeneas? Or do you thing it's not that easy? Have a listen to the latest podcast on #VirgilsAeneid via the #ClassicsPodcast and let me know what you think! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Was toothache a disability in ancient times? Having a club foot? Neurodivergence? OCD? Physical deformity? I have instances of all these in my children's books & more! Join our discussion tomorrow. FREE. Sign up here: forms.office.com/pages/respon... #WeAreUoN
Shoutout to the Classics Library at Senate House in our latest #VirgilsAeneidPodcast, in which we discuss whether Aeneas was a pious #Faithful or a #CelebrityTraitor! youtu.be/fmZZI5NtBbQ?...
Was Virgil's Aeneas a Faithful or a Traitor? His epithets tell us... or DO they? 😉
www.youtube.com/shorts/1HLWv...
#aeneid #pietas #Aeneas #epithets #Homer #Virgil #Virgil #pius #faithful #traitor #Alevels #Latin #revision #fun
My new interactive Homer's Odyssey Colouring Book is out now. Thanks to @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social, @wmarybeard.bsky.social, @greekmythcomix.bsky.social & many others for inspiration! 🥰 www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
Caroline Lawrence
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Two-faced Janus How did Romans celebrate the new year? Like us, the Romans celebrated the new year on January 1st, which they called ...
