100AD: St.John the Apostle died of natural causes aged 94'ish. Other Disciples weren’t quite so lucky. Being beheaded, crucified, burned, clubbed, sawn in two (top to bottom- not the Paul Daniels way), stoned (not the Snoop way) speared to death and hanged. Merry Christmas🎄

Caesar would like to remind everyone that today is #KissAGingerDay VENI VIDI GINGI

Now vs Then of Ancient Cities. This thread will make you think how advance we were in ancient times 🧵 1. Rome, Italy (320 vs 2023)

Timeless beauty of the Pantheon 🏛️ and restored fountain in the piazza

Roman’s brought pies to Britain. When I visited I noticed the southerners chose to ignore them & continued to scoff eels for some unknown reason; however the (close to my heart) Notherners began to stuff every bloody thing they could lay hands on under a pastry. #britshpieweek

Celebrating Women’s Day with a fresco from #Pompeii. #WD2025

Celebrating my Grandmother Livia Drusilla, the greatest woman who ever lived (in both my and her own opinion). #InternationalWomensDay  #IWD2025  #IWDAncientRome

Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay  -who are the women of Ancient Rome you’d like to acknowledge? I remember Drusilla, the beautiful daughter of my friend Herod Agrippa, who died aged 40 in Pompeii when Vesuvius erupted. Her son Marcus Antonius Agrippa also died. #WDAncientRome

This #internationalwomensday I'd also like to remember (how could I ever forget) Locusta. Chemist, entrepreneur, celebrity chef, Changer of the Ancient World.

To all Americans, PBS has just confirmed that the brand new episode of ‘Pompeii: The New Dig’ documentary that lovingly follows the current excavations of a large and sumptuous house in Region IX will air on Sunday 8th June 2025.

Thread of ancient wonders reconstructed 🧵 1. The Colosseum, Rome (70–80 AD)

17. Temple of Jupiter, Pompeii, Italy (mid-2nd century BC)

2000 years of drinking red wine and it’s only today i realise what I’ve actually been craving is 12% proof Ribena! 🍷

Couple with masks, AD 45-79, Herculaneum, National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

A coin depicting a Roman soldier leading a Barbarian for resettlement on Roman territory. Inscribed: "Happy times are here again", 337-350 AD.

Herodian loved Marcus Aurelius. Cassius Dio loved Marcus Aurelius. The Augustan History loved Marcus Aurelius. Future emperors loved Marcus Aurelius and even named themselves after him. Edward Gibbon loved Marcus Aurelius. It’s ok for you to love Marcus Aurelius too ❤️

I am doing a new tour next year with some new Secret Histories of Rome. See here:

#WorldToiletDay🚽 The public latrines at Ostia, with more than twenty seats, are among the best-preserved latrines in the Roman world. followinghadrian.com/2013/05/09/how…

Saying of the day: 'Corvus oculum corvi non eruit' (a crow will not pull out the eye of another crow) ie: honor amongst thieves. #latin

On this #WorldToiletDay, after a taking on board some dodgy mussels in Ostia last night, I’ve been out panic buying toilet rolls.