Mastodawn

Juvenalia, or blast from the past: Some Thoughts on Wealth in Greece and Mesopotamia (2007) https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/showthread.php?tid=8973 #economicHistory #economics #histodons #antiquidons #cuneitoot #ancMedToot

Some thoughts on wealth in Classical Greece and Mesopotamia

bookandswordblog 6d ago

W.V. Harris "Revisionist View of Roman Money" Jnl. Rom. Studies 2006 is very good, although the first section is a catalogue of learned people saying things which are contracted by most of their sources (Aristotle and the Roman jurist Hermogenianus are explicit that money can be coins, goods valued in coins, or a promise). #antiquidons #economics #ancMedToot #economicHistory

bookandswordblog Apr 6

I expanded some comments on David Sim's theory about ancient roller mills for making sheet metal #archaeology #antiquidons #archaeometallurgy https://www.bookandsword.com/2026/04/06/on-trip-hammers-and-rolling-mills/

bookandswordblog Mar 19

An article in the Roman praetor Quintus Antistius Adventus Postumius Aquilinus https://www.livius.org/articles/person/antistius-adventus/ #romanEmpire #histodons #antiquidons #ancMedToot

Quintus Antistius Adventus Postumius Aquilinus - Livius

bookandswordblog Mar 16

In the last winter of the Before Times, I told a cheerful winter story about a hundred years of scholars repeating what a German professor told them not what any ancient source actually says https://www.bookandsword.com/2019/12/21/herodotus-meyer/ #histodons #antiquidons #ancMedToot

Zylla Black Mar 14

Surprise! Saturday stream-day! Can Tortoise and I find any pie for pi day in #Hades2 ? Is pie even Greek?! (Kinda!) 3 p.m. EDT on my Twitch channel

#archaeogaming #antiquidons #histodons
https://www.twitch.tv/zyllable

zyllable - Twitch

Hello and welcome! I'm Zylla, and this is where I'll be streaming. I'm primarily planning to use this space to play and comment on video games that touch on my areas of expertise, particularly the ancient world.

Twitch

bookandswordblog Mar 11

Want to hear what a conference on Alexander the Great was like in the before times? Check it out here https://www.bookandsword.com/2018/06/23/monarchy-and-power-in-ancient-macedonia/ #histodons #classics #antiquidons #alexanderTheGreat

Zylla Black Mar 7

Hey #archaeogaming, it's Saturday stream-day! Tortoise and I will be playing some #Hades2 and chatting about mythology, etymology, history, and more, 3 p.m. EST on my Twitch channel!
#Antiquidons #histodons

https://www.twitch.tv/zyllable

zyllable - Twitch

Hello and welcome! I'm Zylla, and this is where I'll be streaming. I'm primarily planning to use this space to play and comment on video games that touch on my areas of expertise, particularly the ancient world.

Twitch

Zylla Black Jan 24

It's Saturday stream-day! Time for some more #Hades2 with Tortoise playing and me nattering on about mythology! 3 p.m. EST on my Twitch channel.
#archaeogaming #antiquidons #histodons
https://www.twitch.tv/zyllable

zyllable - Twitch

Hello and welcome! I'm Zylla, and this is where I'll be streaming. I'm primarily planning to use this space to play and comment on video games that touch on my areas of expertise, particularly the ancient world.

Twitch

bookandswordblog Jan 18

A quick note on "two battles in three years" https://www.bookandsword.com/2026/01/18/a-quick-note-on-two-battles-in-three-years/ #histodons #researchHistory #ancMedToot #antiquidons #militaryHistory