Gareth Harney

Moneta is out today in paperback! "Riveting ... An utterly original history of Rome that compels from start to finish. A wonderful read." ― Mail on Sunday "An excellent 1,000 year history of Rome told in an engaging new way ... well worth a few denarii." ― The Times

‘He who is born with only one testicle, or has lost one by accident, may legally serve in the army, in accordance with the decree of the Divine Trajan; for the general Sulla is said to have been in this condition.’ – Arrius Menander, On Military Affairs

@EntelechyInc The more the better!

@OptimoPrincipi Even the penis has a penis!

Reminder that when you say something is ‘fascinating’ you are actually saying you have been enchanted by this guy – Fascinus, the embodiment of the divine phallus. ‘Fascinate’ derives from the Latin verb ‘fascinare’, meaning to bewitch through the magical power of the fascinus.

'Young Octavian has incredible natural qualities. I just hope that once he gets rank and influence we will be able to keep him in line. The boy is convinced - and I may have done some of the convincing - that he is the one who will save us.' - Cicero (Letters to Friends, 1.3)

1/3) "Early on in the production somebody kept playing a Dead Can Dance CD with Lisa Gerrard singing. The more we listened the more we asked can’t we do something like that? Can we find a singer to do that? Finally the answer of course was, let’s phone Lisa herself.. #Gladiator20

I enjoy the possibility that the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great was buried in a Roman bathtub. The large porphyry 'labrum' basin was likely taken from a nearby Roman bathhouse in Ravenna and was centuries old when it was reused as the king's sarcophagus in 526 AD.

Finally acquired a copy of this epic tome 📚

A Roman soldier’s frying pan with folding handle (3rd century AD), belonging to a soldier of the II Legion Augusta based at Roman Isca (modern Caerleon, Wales). Shown with a US Army mess tin for comparison. Caerleon Legionary Museum

1/5) Graceful female herms dating to the Augustan era, unearthed in the area of the Temple of Apollo on the Palatine Hill in 1869...

I particularly love how the electric-blue silver toning of the denarius makes it seem that Jupiter is glowing with energy as he charges up his next thunderbolt. ⚡️

The balance and harmony of the Pantheon. Equal in height and diameter, the building's rotunda creates a perfect sphere measuring 43.2 metres (150 Roman feet). The Pantheon, completed in 126 AD, still holds the record for the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome.

The Norway team travelling to Miami ahead of their next match.

2/2) 'I, who loved hunting, and did not cause resentment to anyone, was unbearably snatched away in the land of Macedonia. If you are looking for my name, bless you, call me Pyrilampes, who lived unmarried, a short life.'

Join me and @twhiddleston for a time- traveling adventure: Out of Time Pompeii - July 22 on @DisneyPlus @NatGeoTV!

Roman votive scalps left at healing sanctuaries as offerings to Asclepius, perhaps by individuals suffering from chronic headaches ..or men hoping for a cure for hair loss. London Science Museum

@BillHuntBits @thedigitalbits Still no UK listing for this or Enemy at the Gates yet. 🤔

Some of you may have seen that there's a new 4K Steelbook of Denis Villeneuve's ARRIVAL coming on 9/8. Contrary to rumors (and logos on the teaser packaging image), this is the SAME disc as before. It does NOT include Dolby Vision HDR. Adjust your plans accordingly. @thedigitalbits @ParamountMovies

@HeQuietly Easy to forget the innocent wider families caught up in scorched-earth Roman revolutions. Wherever possible, I try to highlight those human tragedies too. Also see Caligula's poor baby daughter. 😭

@OptimoPrincipi Just read the part of your book about Sejanus. His poor wife and children!

Step with me into the darkness of the Tullianum prison or carcer (giving us 'incarcerate') at the edge of the Roman Forum, an ancient oubliette where famous enemies of Rome like Vercingetorix, Jugurtha, and Sejanus were all imprisoned before their executions.

@LenoresEvrmore @AncientHistorry Nope. worldhistory.org/image/9911/ner…

Anyone know what this statue is?

@AncientHistorry Nero and Agrippina, found in the Sebasteion at Aphrodisias, 1979. worldhistory.org/image/9911/ner…