Aristotle, Historia Animalium 7(8) 595a3-5: "The otter also bites humans and does not surrender, so they say, until it hears the crack of bone."

@sazandorable Actually no, but already planning on downloading it! Thank you for this!

The current vulnerability of government information to tech bros demands we return to a more secure ancient medium for state communication. Time to bring back clay tablets and stone steles.

@mattyheron Legitimately delighted to see! Let’s hope more feel the same

Welcome back, mural crowns.

Men will literally download a mobile game that tells you about your anger issues instead of reading Seneca’s De Ira.

Also if want to stay in touch, you know where I’ll be (UIUC, feel free to shoot me an email for projects) and will post animal pictures every now and then here:

@BretDevereaux Lightning in a bottle, mixture of an established community and the pandemic crowd meeting.

Oh so in the US one can perform the “Roman” salute just fine, but a pastor calling for mercy, a virtue actually celebrated by Romans (clementia), is too much?

RIP Cronus, you would’ve loved eating the baby in a king cake.

Spotted on campus yesterday a Frosty Kallipygos (or more aptly, Chillipygos?)

I just want Livy-loving Roman historians who don’t play video games to know that a video game, Imperator: Rome, actually has a devotio mechanic where the player can sacrifice their faction leader for boons.

Today’s attempt to work from home is going well…

RT @Vicky_Austen: Sooooo excited to share the promo and preview episode for our upcoming #PeoplingPodcast season on Cultural Heritage and t…

Need to work on campus today, the siren call of Path of Exile 2 is too strong…

If there’s one thing that Attalos enjoys more than leaf piles, it’s fresh snow.

Well for those interested in antiquity within horror games, just found the newly released game, Amenti, that has you play as a "historian and photographer" seeking proof for aliens in the Ancient Egyptian "tomb of Rudamon," but end up finding spooky spirits.