Nic Terrenato

Archaeologist. ⛏️ I study early #Romans. 🏛️ Also 1000-1 BCE #Italy. #imperialism and #stateformation. Director of @Kelseymuseum
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[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

So, uh, this happened. Absolutely unexpected, especially since I didn't think there was enough archaeology in it. Very happy of the connection with Jim Wiseman who has been an inspiration for decades. His pioneering vision of a unified archaeology is still central to my views.

[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

I have migrated.
Hope to see you all there, or anywhere else, but for sure not here anymore...

[Amelia W. Eichengreen @AEichengreen]

Thrilled to announce the conference "The Origins of the Forum and the Basilica", organized by myself, Alessandro Pierattini, & @NTerrenato at the University of Notre Dame-Global Gateway, Rome, on June 5-6. For more information & registration visit: https://t.co/YVtgZnfJ64

[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

@LauraAmalasunta Ma, ma... e' un passaporto sinistrorso, forse etrusco!?

[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

The Fauci tweet does it for me. I've requested the archive and will be out of here soon.

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@meddiss I've always thought that's a sign of better, more thorough scholarship. I am especially in awe of those who have footnotes that they will not read, of course.

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@meddiss She is like a 21st century, crazy Micali

[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

@meddiss I know right? I'm strangely drawn to her crude deconstruction of Romanness. There _has_ been an overemphatisation of it for nefarious colonialist purposes, but not of course in the absurd conspiracy way that she thinks...

[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

Italy, on the right wearing the mural crown, kissing France

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@carlosfnorena @CSMFHT Elite negotiation?

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@meddiss Swimming in EVOO of course. It's the greasy pasta you eat at 2am to sober up!

[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

@meddiss Not the way I make it!

[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

@meddiss But if the sauce had the right runniness, you'd spatter everywhere!

[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

@diffendale we have no place to hide...

[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

@AnnaLeo05395890 @BritishCouncil @DrLisaMol @ArcDurham @dcchp_Durham Ma brava!

[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

An old friend died...

[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

AFAIK, the excavations by Panella in the area show that the Colosseum foundations cut buildings that burned in Nero's fire of 64, as well as Domus Aurea structures that surrounded the pond. This would make the hypothesis untenable.
We have to wait for the full article, of course

[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

New archaeological hubbub in Rome
Roemische Mitteilungen would be about to publish an article by Freyberger speculating that the Colosseum would have been built on top of an earlier amphitheater, possibly the one of Statilius Taurus.
https://t.co/RxEVdZezNK

[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

The paper is still embargoed but the media writeup is by Rinaldi Tufi, a very respected senior archaeologist who taught at U Trieste for decades.

It is certainly a bold hypothesis, that appears to be based on architectural and stylistic analysis more than on stratigraphy.

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making fun of the media frenzy about the new discovery in Tuscany...

[Nic Terrenato @NTerrenato]

@meddiss @LB_Klein Lol no. Certainly not for the committee. How you celebrate with your friends is your business...