Conor Whately

Professor of Classics @ the University of Winnipeg, Canada, lover of 🌲 🌳 , eater of 🍩, ideally feeder of goats 🐐.

[Conor Whately @ConorWhately]

Now the sales pitch. If you’re looking for an introduction to the Roman military that takes a bottom-up approach, and which is centred on the perspective of 3 historical Roman soldiers, this might be for you. @WileyHumanities

[Michael Edward Stewart @mikeaztec28]

Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa! - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/BSNDINKp0Z via @ChangeAUS

[Michael Edward Stewart @mikeaztec28]

Looking forward to this one: Brill's Companion to Courage and Cowardice in Ancient Warfare https://t.co/ZH0hq79qqY

[Michael Edward Stewart @mikeaztec28]

Byzantine Military Literature: Review of C. WHATELY (ed.), Military Literature in the Medieval Roman World and Beyond (Leiden 2024), pp. xiii, 454, in: Byzantine Review 7 (2025) 396-406 https://t.co/k04QJP05eo via @academia

[John D. Hosler @medievalist1]

New Byzantium book series, led by an outstanding editorial team!

[Conor Whately @ConorWhately]

@AntiqueThought G Paul, “urbs capta…” Phoenix 36, 1982 is a bit old but maybe what you’re looking for?

[peoplingthepast @peoplingthepast]

In celebration of International Children’s Book Day today, April’s #ImageOfTheMonth is a unique Oxyrhynchus papyrus fragment featuring an illustrated story on the labors of Hercules (3rd c. CE).
The papyrus has been interpreted as a type of children’s book 📗 /1

[David Parnell @byzantineprof]

While Justinian I dispatched a successful military expedition to Crimea in 530 AD, his namesake Justinian II's expedition to Crimea in 710 AD was one of the causes of his downfall. The difference between the two shows the empire's changing relationship with Crimea. 🧵

[OCIANA @OCIANA_OSU]

"Life is nothing" , lament a poor barber and lyrist, stationed with a Roman troop deep within Jordan's Ḥarrah. This harsh desert suits #Safaitic nomads, not those accustomed to the bright lights of Bostra.

Read their inscription here on #OCIANA: https://t.co/5gg7kF8nFd

[peoplingthepast @peoplingthepast]

In today’s #PeoplingBlog, Mohamed Kenawi discusses the work of the Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) Project and the important work they are carrying out documenting the endangered heritage of the region : https://t.co/Kob2Dr1m6E

[CAC SCÉC @cac_scec]

York University recently announced that admissions to the Classics and Classical Studies programs have been suspended for Fall 2025. Classical Studies colleagues and students at York would be grateful for letters of support.

How you can help: https://t.co/4PIYOmqlWT

[Chrysobull @chrysoboullon]

Publication day! My article 'Manuel I Komnenos’ policy towards the sultanate of Rum and John Kontostephanos’ embassies to Jerusalem, 1159–61' appeared in 'Crusades'.

Did Kontostephanos go to the Holy Land once or twice? I look at Byzantine grand strategy in the mid-12th c.

[David Parnell @byzantineprof]

This Friday the inimitable Florin Curta will be speaking on Zoom. Title is "Imperial borderlands to the north and to the west of the Black Sea, 6th to early 7th centuries." Michael Decker and yours truly will offer comments. Join us!

[OCIANA @OCIANA_OSU]

One of the most important inscriptions for the history of Arabic now on #OCIANA: an Arabic-language inscription (pre-4th c. CE) written entirely in Greek letters, shedding light on the pronunciation of Arabic centuries before Islam.
A 1: https://t.co/b39YXPNoNM

[CAC SCÉC @cac_scec]

Didn't submit your CFP? Don't fret - the deadline has been extended to January 31st. 🤓

[Michael Edward Stewart @mikeaztec28]

New Issue dedicated to Dariusz Brodka, highlighted by articles by @byzantineprof on the rivalry between Procopius & Antonina @ConorWhately on Procopius & the Palm Grove & Michal Stachura on Audacity & Fortitude in Procopius

[Omar Coloru @OmarColoru]

Finally out! John Hyland
and Khodadad Rezakhani (eds.)
"Brill’s Companion to War in the Ancient Iranian Empires" (with a contribution of Yours truly)

[Prof Rob Collins, FSA @duxBritanniarum]

The Northern Lights over #hadrianswall !

[CAC SCÉC @cac_scec]

Join us in Winnipeg from May 14th to 16th next year for our annual conference, hosted by @UWinnipeg_CLAS!

CFPs are now available in French and English here: https://t.co/XFtUPKObUF

Please visit the conference website for full details: https://t.co/k1hL03qz3G

[Sean W. Anthony @shahanSean]

Join us for the launch of OCIANA 2.0! (Click the link to register to attend the Workshop virtually via Zoom)
https://t.co/PotzhVWBXi

[Brill Classics ➡️ Bluesky / Facebook @Brill_Classics]

Tomorrow, August 28th, the workshop “Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean World” kicks off with a keynote by Dr. Michael Speidel @UvA_Amsterdam. Open to all! 🕒 15:00-17:00. Part of Brill’s Companions to Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean series: https://t.co/kpRhZ4JIln