nomadic, tex-pat. historian of the ancient mediterranean. she/her. phd student @GC_CUNY. alumna of @ClemsonUniv (ma) and @UHouston (ba) insta: kittyiswitty
y’all, let’s talk about the Porticus Octaviae, Octavia’s portico, and why we should def think it was patroned by Octavia Minor herself (rather than young Caesar-Octavian-Augustus) a thread 🧵
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