Fun Classics Facts @fun_classics
Classics trivia, memes, quotes, and other tidbits Forever trapped in AD 69 Joined August 2023-
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A spotaneous reminder that ancient #Roman launderers collected urine from public toilets to wash clothes in, before treading on the urine-soaked clothing to clean it. A real piss take.
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A bit late to the Barbie-meme party, but oh well
The marginal "I'm special! I'm unique! I'm better than you!" energy is ironic, we swear.
Being a classics-minded young person is hard. Whilst everyone else shed precious tears over things like Fred Weasley's death, we were too busy crying over:
Being a classics-minded young person is hard. Whilst everyone else shed precious tears over things like Fred Weasley's death, we were too busy crying over:
*frowns critically*
The Brooklyn Institute for Social Research (@BklynInstitute) has launched a new language program, with courses in Critical Ancient Greek and Critical Sanskrit! Learn more: thebrooklyninstitute.com/programs/bisr-…
@tarqinthesuperb SPQRomance...? (saves for later)
the two types of #Latin #wordsoftheday posts
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An incredibly rare glass portrait of a man from Roman Egypt. The face of the young man wearing the golden wreath is not painted but crafted in mosaic glass, made by intricately fusing together glass canes of varied colours. 2nd century AD, Bertolami Fine Arts.
did they not consult... a single person... when making this movie poster?
Israeli actress Gal Gadot to play Egyptian Queen Cleopatra in new film greekcitytimes.com/2023/07/19/isr…
@butserfarm it has taken all the willpower in my body not to say "sounds fishy..."
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Bawk-tavian / Egg-ustus, first Emperor
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"We've deciphered Linear A"
@azforeman Tiberius: Fishy Ty (yeah, yeah, I know)
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Welcome to August, the second month named after a human being: Gaius Octavius, heir to Julius Caesar, last man standing in a brutal civil war. He became princeps, was granted the title Augustus by the senate, and declared divine upon his death.
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Swole Historian @swolehistorian
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Nina Willburger @DrNWillburger
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Sistory History Podca... @sistoryhistory
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Elly Polignano @EllyPolignano
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classic chiara behavi... @frescaedolce
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Archie Goodwin @ArchieG1946
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Johannes Wienand @wie... @WienandJohannes
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LSA Classics Outreach @lsaclassicsoutr
976 Followers 3K Following Supporting @lsaclassics President @profmcscott
Irene @irene_box50
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Marcus Terentius Varr... @VarroMarcus
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Centre for Latin Exce... @centreforlatin
188 Followers 275 Following Working with state schools across England to increase Latin uptake. Delivering the #LatinExcellenceProgramme
Shayna @mcleod_shayna30
649 Followers 3K Following tattoos music chaos and whatever else feels right
John @JohnKo71
858 Followers 877 Following Football, tech, black metal, Roman/Greek history. Husband, father of two. Passionate supporter of Melbourne Victory, Arsenal, and Olympiacos.
Art & Archeology @ArtArcheology
561 Followers 2K Following We are interested in archeology, history and art in a scientific, methodological and academic way. نهتم بعلم الآثار والتاريخ والفن .
Polly Lacy @lacy_polly
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Anushka Taribagil @ATari78028
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Massimo Giuseppetti @mgiuseppetti
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Simon Langton Girls' ... @LangtonClassics
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benr @benr85109879
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Krissie Costa @krissiecosta_
3 Followers 55 Following
Anne Hardy @BrandtSlurb
969 Followers 854 Following Mature student, Classics. Easily distracted by art.
Australasian Classica... @ACRSN_org
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hamoud charrah @MhhMhg1
107 Followers 2K Following
GlossaHouse @GlossaHouse
634 Followers 405 Following Publisher specializing in ancient and modern language resources for the global community.
Chiara Sulprizio / An... @ChiaraSulprizio
1K Followers 1K Following Creator of https://t.co/z2AF0dPMjl. Capricorn, Cartoon lover & Classics lecturer at @VanderbiltU Juvenal 2 and 6 translation out now: https://t.co/anCJTOTndo
James Matthew Wilson @JMWSPT
8K Followers 6K Following TFPPMA. Director of the MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Saint Thomas https://t.co/kKYOe0eHth
Michael Conway @MichaelConwayHB
470 Followers 3K Following
David Taylor-Smith @dtaylorsmith
1K Followers 1K Following Growth Manager @hipages. Always working on Growth for Startups and Scaleups 📈 | Former Pro MMA Fighter 👊 | Studying Ancient History and Languages for fun 🤓
Dr Jo Ball @DrJEBall
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Mujer que sabe latín... @Womanoncanvas
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Luna Christothanopoul... @lunachristo27
84 Followers 817 Following OU Student currently studying Classical Studies. Research interests in witchcraft, folklore, mythology, and their histories. Often pondering why...
Modester Offor @modestoffor
0 Followers 4 Following Just another Nigerian obsessed with the Ancient Greeks.
Chris Wryder @wryder52833
6 Followers 22 Following Classics fanatic from Long Island 🏺Academic Editor of @mugitus 🏺Working on a book series in Ancient Greek 🏺DM me for queries
Mark Potter @MarkPotter51881
4 Followers 10 Following Semi-retired investment banker spending most of his days in Stratford. Studied Literae Humanories a long, long time ago.
rogueclassicist ~ dav... @rogueclassicist
23K Followers 1K Following Curating, amplifying, and contributing to #ClassiXTwitter ; sharing #ClassicalReception in the real world (for better or worse). Capitals and apostrophes vary.
Sharon longden @sheridan11
56 Followers 1K Following Happily retired with 1dog and 3 cats. I keep busy with day to day stuff. wish I made more time to read.
LenguasClásicas IEDA @clasicasIEDA
47K Followers 44K Following Meli San Martín, profesora de Lenguas Clásicas.
Jess Yarbrough-Bates @JessicaY21465
4 Followers 8 Following Yes, that really is my surname. Yes, I study Classics, like any good bearer of the Yarbrough-Bates bloodline. Yes, I speak higher RP. (Two truths and a lie)
Gracie Cheung @CheungGrac71326
6 Followers 5 Following Classics student in England, crying over various books of the Iliad and Tacitus (for very different reasons).
Jack Henry Yates @Debate_JY
6 Followers 1 Following Classics. Mostly here to view and observe (this dying platform). DNI with people I don't know personally.
Sisi Joplin @JoplinSisi58851
7 Followers 14 Following Waiting for the day they DNA-test me and reveal that I'm related to Scott Joplin. Then I live off his estate and read Ovid for the rest of my life.
Gavin Kelly @GavinKellyLatin
1K Followers 848 Following Professor of Latin Literature and Roman History, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Classics @EdinClassics
2K Followers 900 Following Department of Classics at University of Edinburgh -- we've been here since 1583 in one shape or another
Exeter Classics @ExeterClassics
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Centre for Latin Exce... @centreforlatin
188 Followers 275 Following Working with state schools across England to increase Latin uptake. Delivering the #LatinExcellenceProgramme
Carl L. Thunberg @carl_thunberg
5K Followers 5K Following Historian & archaeologist. Swedish/Scottish. Board member of Blue Shield Sweden.
Art & Archeology @ArtArcheology
561 Followers 2K Following We are interested in archeology, history and art in a scientific, methodological and academic way. نهتم بعلم الآثار والتاريخ والفن .
The Working Classicis... @LancsClassicist
487 Followers 531 Following 🌹 A Working Class Lancashire Lass 🏛️ Latin Autodidact 👩🏫 🎓 Made at the University of St Andrews 👓 Views are my own
Dr. Chelsea Gardner i... @archaeoctopus
1K Followers 887 Following Archaeologist/Classicist @AcadiaHistClass. Co-host @peoplingthepast 🎤 DH, pedagogy, sacred space, Mani. Love sass & arguing. Friend of animals 🐕🐙🦖 she/her.
peoplingthepast @peoplingthepast
2K Followers 127 Following free, open-access resources for teaching and learning about real people in the ancient world #PeoplingPodcast #PeoplingVideos #PeoplingBlog
ACL Classics @ACLClassics
2K Followers 141 Following The American Classical League supports teachers of the Classics in the US and around the world.
GlossaHouse @GlossaHouse
634 Followers 405 Following Publisher specializing in ancient and modern language resources for the global community.
JACT Durham Greek & L... @JACTLatin_Greek
424 Followers 437 Following The official Twitter feed for the JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School held annually at St John’s College, Durham University.
Excellence Through Cl... @etclassics
1K Followers 501 Following A standing committee of @ACLClassics for promotion & support of elementary, MS, & intro classics programs.
Anushka Taribagil @ATari78028
3 Followers 10 Following
Baker Academic @BakerAcademic
13K Followers 389 Following Baker Academic serves the academy and church by publishing works that further the pursuit of knowledge and understanding within the context of Christian faith.
Ancient and Medieval ... @CSAMP_UofT
577 Followers 162 Following The Collaborative Specialization in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (CSAMP) at University of Toronto
Jason Nethercut @JN67676767
816 Followers 387 Following Associate Prof of Classics, author of Ennius Noster: Lucretius and the Annales (OUP, 2021), all opinions are mine, tweets delete after 30 days
Kimmie Regler @KimmieRegler
1K Followers 1K Following formerly @10percent, @thecut on tuesdays from @gimletmedia, @onthemedia; recovering classicist.
Calloway Scott @CallowayScott
364 Followers 795 Following Asst. Prof of Classics at the University of Cincinnati. Ancient Greek history and history of medicine. retweets=echolalia.
Purdue Languages @PurdueLanguages
798 Followers 255 Following Ancient Greek, Arabic, ASL, Chinese, Latin, French, German, Hebrew, Korean, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, & Portuguese. Opinions not endorsed by Purdue.
AncientGreekSandals @AncientGreekSan
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David S. Sytsma @SytsmaDavid
3K Followers 596 Following Prof @TCU_jp. Director @PostRefDL. 📚on R. Baxter (OUP 2017); Beyond Dordt & De Auxiliis (Brill 2019). 16/17thC historian and lover of wisdom ✍️ now on ethics.
Jennifer Guo @jenniferguo
5K Followers 630 Following Acquisitions Assoc. @BakerAcademic | PhD cand. in Christianity & Judaism in Antiquity @NotreDameCJA * views my own * Insta: ajenduh123 Bsky: jenniferguo
Gregory Stringer @GregoryStringer
2K Followers 1K Following Teacher of Immersive Latin at Burlington (MA) Public High School, making #Latin accessible to all, Ancient/Medieval Historian, Rome travel, Trek 🖖 he/his #BLM
Scott R. Swain @scottrswain
22K Followers 915 Following President and James Woodrow Hassell Professor of Systematic Theology at @rtsorlando. Genus: catholic; species: Reformed.
ὁ Μέλητος... @Meletuslatinist
1K Followers 880 Following Latine loquor, et doceo, et disco. Vocor anglice Michael, sed latine graeceque (Magister) Meletus appellor. Is, eum, etc. Sto studiando e scrivendo l’italiano.
Madison N. Pierce @MadisonPierce
7K Followers 875 Following Same on 🦋 • Lecturer in NT & EC (@divinitysta) • Editor (@rbecs_org) • Cohost (@TheTwoCities) • PhD (Durham) • Hebrews is my thing. I don't know who wrote it.
Latinitas Animi Causa @lacvolo
2K Followers 214 Following Sumus Latīnitās Animī Causā ubi linguae mortuae vīvescunt! We are Latin for Fun where dead languages come to life! https://t.co/DbUiLXwsHi
Daniel Hadas @DanielHadas2
8K Followers 35 Following Catholic humanist | Lecturer in Latin and Greek Editor at @CAmericain_mag 𝐸𝑐𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑚 / 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑚.
Ancient Greek SF @AncientGreekSF
87 Followers 87 Following The Ancient Greek Reading Group in San Francisco meets weekly after work. It's informal. No cost. Check our site and join us! Photo Brinkmann Stiftung Archäolog
KoineGreek.com @KoineGreekcom
3K Followers 1 Following "Koine Greek is not a dead language ... " (Website and account run by Benjamin Paul Kantor)
James Tauber @jtauber
8K Followers 255 Following Web & Python developer; corpus linguistics and DH for Tolkien, Ancient Greek & Germanic philology, and language learning; music theory & composition.
Koine-Greek.com @KGLinguistics
2K Followers 298 Following Not quite a blog, not quite a journal. Ongoing writing on Post-classical Greek Linguistics. Join us at: https://t.co/oJSYACZPGw
Jacob Cerone @ceronej
1K Followers 622 Following PhD cand. NT @ Friedrich-Alexander-Universität. Apostolic Fathers. 1 Clem. In-house editor of EBR, De Gruyter. Editing, copy editing, translating ≠ endorsement
Biblingo @biblingoapp
4K Followers 520 Following Become a fluent reader of the biblical languages! App: https://t.co/HfnC1CSiM9 // YouTube: https://t.co/q3Tr3ozUmj // Community: https://t.co/neZILbmzkO
Peter Gurry @pjgurry
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Fresch @cjfresch
2K Followers 855 Following Geek • Musician • PhD @camdivinity • Lecturer in Biblical Languages & Linguistics @BibleCollegeSA • Research in linguistics/Hebrew/Greek/LXX • Texan-Australian
Learning Greek @learning_greek
435 Followers 4 Following Experiments to help people learn Ancient Greek and to research how to improve the way people learn Ancient Greek. Tweets are from @jtauber
Nick Brown @NickBrownAuthor
2K Followers 2K Following Archaeologist and author of 'Ancient Gramarye' series of thinking supernatural thrillers, ancient Greek historical fiction, 'Luck Bringer' Cycle and art books.
r gone bsky @spottedg... @mirabiledicktu
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Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle
1K Followers 1K Following Latinist. Loves Flavians, SciFi, and crochet. Also really enjoys bitterballen. 🏳️🌈🇪🇺
Anne Hardy @BrandtSlurb
970 Followers 855 Following Mature student, Classics. Easily distracted by art.
cala-Mar-i 🦑 @mostly_voids
1K Followers 1K Following 'Gleeful! Soft! Tentacular!' Aspiring umarell. They/it/he. Mostly ADHD-posting through Classics academia. Profile pic @Liminalitea.
Wiseblood Books @WisebloodBooks
3K Followers 798 Following Wiseblood Books fosters works of fiction, poetry, & philosophy that find redemption in uncanny places & people. Be wide-eyed.
Heraclitus | Greek Ph... @HeraclitusSays
1K Followers 24 Following Quotes by Heraclitus | Ancient Greek, pre-Socratic, Ionian philosopher | “Time is a game played beautifully by children.”
LLB @LylaahLB
437 Followers 390 Following
Dan Conway @MagisterConway
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