Sarah E. Bond
Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic
Book 📕 Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/…
Pasts Imperfect:
https://pastsimperfect.substack.com
- Annual reminder that the “bikini girls” of Piazza Armerina in the Villa del Casale are life size. 👙
- May 12, 113 CE: Today we must remember the dedication of Trajan's famed column—which was an ancient graphic novel with 155 scenes of the Dacian war carved by skilled marble artisans & painted from tip to tail. Interactive polychromatic NatGeo version here: www.nationalgeographic.com/trajan-colum...
- Reposted by Sarah E. BondSometimes insults are served in battle. 🏹 There’s a great arrowhead at Harvard Museums w/ a retrograde ‘Φιλίππο<u>’ (of Phillipp) likely shot by Philipp II of Macedon’s troops at the siege of Olynthos in 348 BCE which is basically: This arrow is care of Philip. harvardartmuseums.org/collections/...
- A new open access article analyzing late antique tooth 🦷 enamel from a monastic, chained ascetic nun near Jerusalem (to determine sex) found altho extreme asceticism is often associated w/ men, women also participated more than prev. thought. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Some thoughts…
- Reposted by Sarah E. BondThere is a new, open access article on reconstructing the lighting in the ancient Parthenon at Athens by Juan de Lara. Great use of 3D modeling to reconstruct the reflective surfaces, skylights, and orientation of the building. This is digital humanities @ work! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... ⚡🌈
