The decline of Apollonius of Tyana’s following in the Roman Empire illustrates a key historical pattern: charisma alone rarely sustains a movement without institutional continuity. 👀🏛️
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https://brewminate.com/apollonius-of-tyana-cult-decline-roman-empire/
Terminus Britanniae: Tacitus’ Scotland
20 May, Edinburgh University – free
Scotland was on the fringes of the Roman world – but was by no means an unknown land. Prof Renato Oniga discusses Tacitus’ AGRICOLA & the latest excavation findings
In Italian with simultaneous English translation
https://iicedimburgo.esteri.it/en/gli_eventi/calendario/terminus-britanniae-tacitus-scotland/
#Scotland #archaeology #Roman #ancienthistory #classicalhistory #Tacitus #Agricola #MonsGraupius
Lecture: “Terminus Britanniae: Tacitus’ Scotland”, Wednesday 20 May at 5.30 pm at the University of Edinburgh (Old College, Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre – MAP HERE). Scotland has always remained on the fringes of the Roman world. And yet it was by no means an unknown land to the ancient world. The Italian Institute of Culture in […]
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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (20-27 April 2026): Over the past week the Pleiades editorial college published 10 new and 104 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee and R. Scott Smith.
A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-20-27-april-2026
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🐍👁️ Medusa 🐍 An exploration through time with classicist Natalie Haynes.
https://youtu.be/egNJXvg811g #Ancienthistory #Mythology #History #Medusa
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Scientists Discover Ancient DNA That Shapes Human Language
> New research [https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.07.641231] suggests that human language evolved through ancient genetic systems that predate modern humans. Scientists say some of the most important DNA regions linked to language are among the oldest parts of the human genome. > A team led by Jacob Michaelson at the University of Iowa examined how different regions of DNA relate to language ability. Their findings were published in Science Advances.
🐍👁️ Medusa. Conceived as both goddess, and primordial sea creature..
https://youtu.be/r6QY7lg7vHQ #Ancienthistory #Mythology #History #Medusa
DNA research just rewrote the origin of human species
> Humans may have evolved from multiple interconnected populations in Africa rather than a single ancestral group. > Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral population in Africa. By analyzing genetic data from diverse modern African groups—especially the highly distinct Nama people—and comparing it with fossil evidence, researchers found that early humans likely evolved from multiple intermingling populations over hundreds of thousands of years. Rather than a clean split, these groups stayed connected, exchanging genes even after beginning to diverge around 120,000–135,000 years ago.
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