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Promoting Classical Studies @classassocni.bsky.social https://nitter.gq/t.co/elV4fUITqb @CANI@archaeo.social

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#Caesar Shorts - Thanks to All the Speakers

#Caesar Shorts - Thanks to All the Speakers

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NEW: After 2,000 years of Roman imperial history and 183 #Caesar shorts... this is the end... youtube.com/shorts/uWUYVbpW7…
181. Constantine XI – The End

181. Constantine XI – The End

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NEW: With the Empire teetering on the edge, religious union was considered one of the only options to ensure its survival... but did the Empire want it? youtube.com/shorts/ZXKwFY2Le…
180. John VIII – Religious Desperation

180. John VIII – Religious Desperation

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The ‘Donation of Odoacer’ Part II: Documenting the Donation

The ‘Donation of Odoacer’ Part II: Documenting the Donation

We saw last time that the career of Pierius must have been significant enough before his appearance in the historical record for Odoacer to promote him to his chief bodyguard, comes domesticorum. T…

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NEW: Was a desperate personal plea the last chance for the Roman Empire? Manuel II was going to give it go... youtube.com/shorts/nuTlIIMQK…
179. Manuel II – The Grand Tour

179. Manuel II – The Grand Tour

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‘Classical Influences in Harry Potter’ Helen McVeigh

‘Classical Influences in Harry Potter’ Helen McVeigh

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‘Latin and Romance Loanwords in Early Irish’ Dr Paul Tempan

‘Latin and Romance Loanwords in Early Irish’ Dr Paul Tempan

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The ‘Donation of Odoacer’ Part I: The Career of Pierius

The ‘Donation of Odoacer’ Part I: The Career of Pierius

Flavius Odoacer is most famous as the man who deposed the ‘last’ western emperor Romulus Augustulus in 476, becoming the first non-Roman ruler of Italy for centuries. He did technically act as a vi…

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CANI Annual 2023

CANI Annual 2023

CANI 2024 AnnualDownload

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Crowned in utero – the Youngest Ruler in History?

Crowned in utero – the Youngest Ruler in History?

History is littered with instances of power being thrust upon children of a young age. Ivan the Terrible became Grand Prince of Moscow aged 3; Puyi, the last emperor of China, ascended at just 2 ye…

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The Thermopylae Gardens at Kilwarlin Moravian Church

The Thermopylae Gardens at Kilwarlin Moravian Church

Kilwarlin Moravian Church is situated in the countryside of Co. Down, near Hillsborough.  As a member of University Road Moravian Church, Belfast, I first visited Kilwarlin some 40 years ago during…

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The Tombstone of the Unknown Goddess

The Tombstone of the Unknown Goddess

As I am sure many of you know, history can be open to interpretation. Of course, the same can be said for the iconography, cult, norms and values of the various historic societies in question. Many…

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When Scribes Mess Up: An Ambrosian Doublet in the Muratorian Manuscript

When Scribes Mess Up: An Ambrosian Doublet in the Muratorian Manuscript

We all make mistooks when writing. I made one in teh first sentence of this blog. And the second… (and my word processor informs me that the third is a fragment that I should consider revising…) &#…

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NEW: Why not have one more civil war...? Its only the very existence of the Roman Empire at risk... youtube.com/shorts/xPU_Wu9Cd…
178. John VII – Well Remembered By Some

178. John VII – Well Remembered By Some

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Classics in Primary Schools (Take Two): Let’s Add Philosophy!

Classics in Primary Schools (Take Two): Let’s Add Philosophy!

Around this time last year I found myself writing a blog about my experiences in running a Classics Club for the first time as a student teacher. In my second year at Stranmillis University College…

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The Original Christian Heretic

The Original Christian Heretic

Throughout its history, the Christian Church has had to deal with its own ever-developing understanding of aspects of its own faith as various thinkers raised questions that had yet to be answered.…

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The Last Vestal?

The Last Vestal?

The Vestal Virgins are one of the most evocative establishments of Ancient Rome. They might not know exactly what they were or what they did, but the name of Vestal Virgin can spark something in ma…

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Fooling a Forger: ‘Pompicus’ and the Renegade Deserter

Ancient Greek philosophers – the term conjures up the names of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, with the stories of hemlock, the Academy and teaching Alexander the Great not far behind. But how…

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Silbannacus: An Unknown Emperor

Silbannacus: An Unknown Emperor

We have been here before: the cusp of the rabbit hole… While none too keen for such a return, this author’s attempt to collect a coin of every emperor (cataloguing has been a little slo…

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My Favourite Picture of Ancient History III

My Favourite Picture of Ancient History III

Recently I saw this famous photograph of Louis ‘Satchmo’ Armstrong serenading his wife described as one of the most romantic photographs ever taken. But there was more to this stop at the Egyptian …

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