Steven

Thoughts are my own.

[Antigone Journal @AntigoneJournal]

OK, our final -and biggest- Loeb give-away for the summer: 31 of them by the looks of it! Sophocles, Euripides, Cicero, Sallust, Suetonius, and the dirtiest poet of all, Martial in 3 vols. Draw 10pm Thurs BST: just RT and follow us before then! And vote below for 1 or 2 winners!

[Steven @PlugersSteven]

@FGSixtensson @yvanspijk Ha, 'uitbenen' is the same in Dutch, to remove bones.

[Steven @PlugersSteven]

@dterryn Don't forget, it's noon. Some might be open later today.

[Steven @PlugersSteven]

@dterryn In style.

[Antigone Journal @AntigoneJournal]

So, as per your votes, here is the coin to be raffled: a silver denarius minted in Rome in 89 BC, when Marius, Sulla and Cicero roamed the world. The moneyer, Lucius Tatius Sabinus, plays upon his last name by depicting the King of the Sabines, Titus Tatius on one side, and Roman men on the reverse abducting Sabine women from their husbands. This was an infamous tale so often told about the turbulent first year of Rome (753/2 BC). The coin has clearly done the rounds in many an ancient hand, but the last picture from a much better specimen gives a good idea of how it once looked.
If you would like to be in the draw, on the evening of Sunday 24 September, just RT this message and the first name we draw from our followers will have it sent to them, anywhere in the world.
Felix esto : good luck!

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

GIVEAWAY 🚨: Enter for chance to WIN 1 of 3 copies of ROME & PERSIA by Adrian Goldsworthy from @basicbooks

A “sweeping and panoramic” history of the 700-year rivalry between the ancient world’s two great superpowers

Repost to enter. Winners drawn Friday.
https://t.co/4uFF0VpraG

[Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi]

This polished black glass is actually the brain matter of an unfortunate Roman, killed instantly when superheated pyroclastic flows from Vesuvius swept over the town of Herculaneum in 79 AD.
During excavations in the 1960's, the charred skeletal remains of an adult male were found lying face down on a wooden bed. Archaeologists were surprised to discover shards of this glossy black material inside the victim's skull. While the obsidian-like substance was suspected to be an incredibly rare example of preserved cerebral tissues, it was not until a 2020 study in the New England Journal of Medicine that the glass was confirmed to be the man's vitrified brain matter.
The man, believed to be in his mid-20's, had evidently sought refuge from the ongoing Volcanic eruption in his bed when an avalanche of hot ash blasted through the town. Temperatures of over 1000°F instantly vapourised his soft tissues and ignited his body fat, while his brain underwent the rare process of vitrification – suddenly liquifying before being rapidly cooled – essentially turning it into glass.
Intriguingly, the black glass has not yet been found elsewhere in Herculaneum, suggesting an unknown variable resulting from the man's location or position as he sheltered in his bed may have contributed to the exceedingly rare preservation his brain matter.

[Steven @PlugersSteven]

@Naomi___Grace

[Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon]

"They used every trick they knew." Under occupation, staff of the children's hospital in Kherson darted across a war zone to bring newborns in for treatment - then foiled a Russian attempt to "evacuate" their young patients ahead of the city's liberation https://t.co/wreaw1i5A9

[Steven @PlugersSteven]

@StandaertD @pampoezie Ha, lang geleden 😄

[graham starr @GrahamStarr]

William Shatner on his Blue Origin flight to space: "It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered." https://t.co/CI1WDV17oe

[CommodoreBlog @CommodoreBlog]

This device could predict incoming phone calls.

[Steven @PlugersSteven]

@dterryn Huh, I still have mine. Time to check.

[Madi Hilly @MadiHilly]

MYTH: We don't have a solution to nuclear's "waste problem"

REALITY: Nuclear waste isn't a problem. In fact, it’s the best solution we have to meeting our energy needs while protecting the natural environment!

Here's what you need to know:

[Steven @PlugersSteven]

@dterryn Apparently, this was an excercise in worldbuilding, and not something serious.

[Steven @PlugersSteven]

@Daelthaz One proud dad

[Steven @PlugersSteven]

@dterryn Honestly, I've been wondering about that myself. If you read the reports of the state of the US nukes, what might the state be of the Russian ones?

[Steven @PlugersSteven]

@mikeduncan Excellent book and excellent trilogy. Enjoy!