#dailysyrus 90 Bona comparat praesidia misericordia. Pity gathers together good assistance.

#dailsyrus 726 ubi omnes peccant, spes querelae tollitur. When everyone sins, the hope of complaint is removed.

#dailysyrus 588 Quod improbis eripitur donatur probis. Whatever is seized from the wicked is given to the good.

#dailysyrus 632 Regnat non regitur qui nihil nisi quod vult facit. She rules, and is not ruled (by others), who does only what she wishes.

#dailysyrus 149 Dixeris male dicta cuncta cum ingratum hominem dixeris. When you call a man ungrateful, you have exhausted all your words of abuse.

#dailysyrus 673 Se damnat iudex innocentem qui opprimit. If a judge condemns the innocent, it is he who is overthrown.

Oh my goodness, #classicstwitter have you seen this? It’s a puzzle box! karakuribox-webshop.com/category/selec…

I can apparently handle EITHER being an assistant professor OR moving house and calling various handymen, but not both. #dailysyrus is on hold until I get the new house livable and myself in it. Have a picture of four of the SIX boxes of tea I moved last week as an apology.

I’ve been getting my act together this week, & so planning to restart my daily Syrus posting, but (on top of all the nonsense rebranding) the app is currently so buggy that I can’t even access my main feed without force quitting. I’ll think about getting back to it next week…

I stand with GEO, UMass Lowell—the union of graduate student employees at UMass Lowell fighting for fair wages, fair benefits, and a better contract. The university should answer their call. lowellsun.com/2023/07/18/uma…

Gotta praise v's burner acct for her amazing, professional, worry-free indexing work! I’m so pleased with my index and would have spent weeks agonizing over how to do it myself, but I didn’t have to! It got done! Early! And WELL! Hire her! Pray she has the time to do yours!

fyi to anyone interested in ancient rome: Jane's book is coming out and it's EXCELLENT

My book is available for pre-order! Coming January 2024! press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-Re…

Delighted to announce to #classicstwitter and #twitterstorians that H-Net has just launched H-Antiquity! Come check us out, sign up, and share your announcements. I’m a book review editor, so watch this space for that ongoing work. networks.h-net.org/h-antiquity

Psst: there’s a sale at the site and it’s cheaper to preorder than to wait ‘til January. press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-Re…

New: "The Reputation of the Roman Merchant" by Jane Sancinito. Defying a reputation for deceit and greed, Roman merchants strategized to present their good traits and successes! Learn more at press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-Re…

And mine! Lurking on the left in the second photo. Congrats, Dr. Park!

Contributors include Tom Geue, Jane Sancinito, PhD, Nicole Giannella 🫣, Claire Holleran, and others who aren't on X. The front matter and intro can be found here: academia.edu/124302170/Work…