Tim Elliott

Having a great time at the #M4C21 induction - my project is about populism, and how it provides a framework for reinterpreting the last century of the Roman republic

Uber is really spoiling me tonight

Sometimes something arrives in the post and you really don't know if you should open it or not. 😬

Apparently Horace wrote research proposals

She puts her glasses on like she's in an Iliadic arming scene.

COVID-19: For the first time in its history UNICEF will help feed kids in the UK news.sky.com/story/covid-19…

Big shout out to my fellow blood sucking activity lawyers ❤️

When #pubs close too early "they came after I closed, banged the door: "we want #wine I said "no wine, too late", they broke in; I ran up the roof, cried for help. Sir, please look into my case" innkeeper's complaint 2266 years ago @BLMedieval Papyrus 2339 #TuesNews #Tuesday

@CraigJCG @chiggi .. full-throated support. It would start to get a bit long though!

@CraigJCG @chiggi Yes, absolutely a factor. The political milieu of 50's Rome was -I'm sure- absolutely felt Sulla's shadow. But why stop there? Pompey's extraordinary commands were a remarkable shift - from 68-7 (lex gabinia to lex manilia) the senate went from complete opposition to ....

While we chew our lips and wait, this piece by @TimMaxElliott on the collapse on Roman republican democracy in the wake of populist Julius Caesar is fascinating politico.com/news/magazine/…

@ProfessorJackie @quidamabo @sizzleleg @politico That sounds good! Best of luck

@quidamabo @TimMaxElliott @sizzleleg @politico With this I have to get back to work, but many thanks to @TimMaxElliott for starting this conversation. It's nice to have a water cooler chat during a pandemic. :) Maybe we can do an "America and Rome" conference once the nail-biting ends!

America Is Eerily Retracing Rome’s Steps to a Fall. Will It Turn Around Before It’s Too Late? politi.co/3oO50sh via @politico Fascinating read by @TimMaxElliott

@ProfessorJackie @quidamabo @sizzleleg @politico I'm glad to have started a conversation! The question of Rome as a democracy or not is a great example of what I mean as the 'reception' angle here - a hermeneutic/phenomenological reception-based approach suggests the question tells us more about our own interpretation of Rome-

@quidamabo @TimMaxElliott @sizzleleg @politico Also true of the early US republic (hence the electoral college) -- it's a feature, not a bug. Not sure what emoji goes there.😂😰😡

@ProfessorJackie @quidamabo @sizzleleg @politico Milo and Clodius make another compelling case to look at through this lens. Please do let me know which other areas you found problematic -as someone quite early on into their academia it would be great for me to discuss the disagreements you have on the historical analysis.

@ProfessorJackie @quidamabo @sizzleleg @politico Although I didn’t discuss it, I agree the popularis/optimate distinction is indeed fascinatingly nebulous – I lean toward Robb’s analysis of it as a rhetorical conceit, though I wonder if we need to make sharper distinctions between Sallust and Cicero's ‘populares’? ...