Abigail Tan
@Symmetr1cGroupCambridge maths grad. Quizbowl player/writer. Spends too much time looking at ancient inscriptions.
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Very pleased to say that this weekend we won our annual Varsity quizbowl match against Oxford for the first time in 4 years, with a final score of 310-280 for the Cam A/Ox A game - couldn't have asked for a better team!
What fresh hell have I just woken up to?
#OnThisDay - 28 October - fall two notable anniversaries of the Emperor Maxentius. In AD 306 he was recognised as emperor; in AD 312, defeated by Constantine, he died at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. Image: RIC VI Ostia 6; BM (1864,1128.186). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.…
On August 20, 1400 the Electors Prince electors of the empire deposed their King, Wenceslaus IV, son of emperor Karl IV, for his “evil deeds and afflictions [that are] are so clearly manifest and well known throughout the land that they can neither be justified nor concealed”(1/
While some myths and religious texts were apparently not popular, others were widely read. An example of this is the Sumerian known in antiquity as "Enlil sudrashe" (Enlil forever) and is known by modern scholars as "Enlil in the Ekur." Ninety copies of this tablet are known
So let's maybe talk about what it I am doing here, because folks seem to be confused. I am an ancient historian. So my goal is to encourage enthusiasm in folks to learn about antiquity, but also to advance accurate knowledge about it and correct misconceptions. 1/
“In the early morning, just as day was breaking, Lutatius saw that a brisk breeze was coming down favorable to the enemy, but that it had become difficult for himself to sail up against the wind, the sea too being heavy and rough.” -Polyb. 1.60.6.
Back from a successful season at #Byzantine Amorium. Very happy to work at our favorite Anatolian site along our Turkish colleagues. We explored more of the 838 CE destruction and worked in the depots on past seasons material @IMS_Forth @ELIDEK_HFRI @ByzLands_BALAA
Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame.
It's #TabletTuesday! Here we have an unusual opportunity to read about the making of reliefs in Elamite texts from Persepolis, as well as to see the results of what it was that they created. Several of the Perepolis Treasury texts provide information about artisans
It's #TabletTuesday! In addition to being used to buy goods and services, coins were also be used on tablets as stamp seals. In a historic photo of the Persepolis Fortification Archive, Athenian owl coin here sealed a tag (PF 60330) which would have been used to secure a bag.
Finishing the Second War of the Diadochoi episode scripts, recording the Lamian War episode tomorrow. Looking at my shelf full of Achaemenid books like
For those interested in Gregorian Reform, the autograph signatures of Nicholas II, Peter Damian, Humbert and Hildebrand (!) in 1059. Published by Massimiliano Bassetti in Studi Medievali 2023.
#otd 1085 Pope Gregory VII died. These illustrations show (above) the flight from Rome, (below) exile and death. #medievaltwitter #medievaldeath Ms.: Jena, Thüringer Universitäts-Landesbibliothek: Ms. Bos. q. 6, fol. 79r
For Hellenistic monarchies, territory was the personal property of the king. Their claim is represented by the phrase “doryktetos chora” (“spear-won land”), a testament to the militaristic nature of their rule, and this could invoked for many generations after (see Coele Syria)
The year is 1312 and Henry VII is finally embarking on his journey to Rome that will bring about the first imperial coronation in almost a century and hence the formal end to the Interregnum, the time without emperors. historyofthegermans.com/2024/05/16/148…
This a long-term story: you can see parallels between e.g. the 1235 constitutio pacis of Frederick II, the Golden Bull of 1356, and the 1495 Ewiger Landfrieden. And it avoids the sense that Berthold von Henneberg woke up one day in 1486 and decided to reform the Reichsverfassung.
And Cambridge hold onto Varsity for another year!
Cambridge had a great day at Varsity today, winning 3 matches, including an immense comeback against Oxford A! Results: Cam D 60-305 Ox D Cam C 335-135 Ox C Cam B 265-245 Ox B Cam A 310-295 Ox A Thank you @OUQuizSoc for hosting, and for the post-varsity lunch and cricket match :)
New paper: *Rulers on the Road*. We map emperors’ itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire from 719 to 1519 and shed light on how they projected power without centralized bureaucracies. Very fun project with @c_muellercrepon @Clara_NW & Jørgen Møller shorturl.at/npKQ4
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