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Tim Zee<p>The Ancient Romans would be puzzled by the use of the Hitler salute in films and TV shows about them. It was apparently invented in the late 19th century and used in theater productions about antiquity. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncientRome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientRome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Claudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Claudius</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitlerSalute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitlerSalute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hitlergru%C3%9F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hitlergruß</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a></p>
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD<p>Let's talk about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> salute, which some ignoramuses have called a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RomanSalute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanSalute</span></a>. There is no Roman salute. Musk's gesture was invented by radical nationalists.<br>Also, on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisDayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisDayInHistory</span></a> a coup toppled <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Caligula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caligula</span></a> and instaled <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Claudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Claudius</span></a>. :-)</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/UGn1vtyA_xM?si=dC2TNJBbAbdN85NM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/UGn1vtyA_xM</span><span class="invisible">?si=dC2TNJBbAbdN85NM</span></a></p>
Roman<p>🪔 <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> in 10 BC Claudius was born in Lugdunum - modern day Lyon. This marble statue of <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Claudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Claudius</span></a> with an oak wreath - the Republican civic crown - is dated to the 41-46 AD and it was found during the excavations of the roman theater in Vaison la Romaine, France. 📸 me </p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/romanarchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romanarchaeology</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/antiquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiquity</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/ancientart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientart</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/ancientrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientrome</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/ancienthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancienthistory</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/archaeodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>archaeodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span></p>
Roman<p>🪔 For the <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/RuinOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuinOfTheDay</span></a>: the fontain of <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Claudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Claudius</span></a> in Lyon, roman Lugdunum. This fountain was discovered in 1983 in Fourvière, at a crossroads of ancient streets. The pillar is topped by a capital bearing the letters CLAVD(ius) AVG(ustus). <br>🪔 Emperor Claudius was born in Lyon in 10 BC, and the fountain probably dates from the emperor's stay in his home town on his way to or from his expedition to Britain in 43 AD. 📸 me</p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/romanarchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romanarchaeology</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/archaeodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>archaeodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span></p>
David August<p>The supporting characters of The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark 🎭 as imagined tonight by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/me" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>me</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hamlet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamlet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Shakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shakespeare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ophelia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ophelia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Gertrude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gertrude</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Horatio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horatio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Claudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Claudius</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/drama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drama</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tragedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tragedy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theatre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WilliamShakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamShakespeare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ShakespeareSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShakespeareSunday</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Of the many emperors of Rome, there is one who has been given considerable attention and is often portrayed in a negative light. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nero</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Claudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Claudius</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoryFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryFacts</span></a> <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/review/388/nero-emperor-and-court/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/review/388/ne</span><span class="invisible">ro-emperor-and-court/</span></a></p>
BBC Radio 4<p>🏛️ You'll probably want to know all about Claudius' equally notorious wife empress Agrippina the Younger (most people thought she'd killed him with poison), played by Barbara Young in I, Claudius.</p><p>A really fascinating episode of In Our Time, on BBC Sounds.</p><p><a href="https://bbc.in/3qxDsgq" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bbc.in/3qxDsgq</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.bbc/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rome</span></a> <a href="https://social.bbc/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://social.bbc/tags/EmpressAgrippina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmpressAgrippina</span></a> <a href="https://social.bbc/tags/Claudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Claudius</span></a> <a href="https://social.bbc/tags/Caligula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caligula</span></a> <a href="https://social.bbc/tags/InOurTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InOurTime</span></a> <a href="https://social.bbc/tags/RomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanEmpire</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) was Roman emperor from 37 to 41 CE. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Caligula/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldhistory.org/Caligula/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgrippinatheYounger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgrippinatheYounger</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Caligula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caligula</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Claudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Claudius</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Claudius was Roman emperor from 41 to 54 CE. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/claudius/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldhistory.org/claudius/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgrippinatheYounger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgrippinatheYounger</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Caligula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caligula</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Claudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Claudius</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Britannicus (41-55 CE) was the second child and only son born to the Roman emperor Claudius (r. 41-54 CE) and Valeria Messalina (c. 20-48 CE). Seen as a threat by Claudius' fourth wife, Agrippina the Younger (15-59 CE), and her son, the future Nero (r. 54-68 CE), Britannicus was poisoned the night before his 14th birthday. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ValeriaMessalina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ValeriaMessalina</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nero</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Claudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Claudius</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoryFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryFacts</span></a> <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Britannicus/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldhistory.org/Britannicus/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Antinous the Gay God<p>🪷 "People really are despicable," <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/JohnHurt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnHurt</span></a> as <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Caligula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caligula</span></a> says to <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Claudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Claudius</span></a> and <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Tiberius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tiberius</span></a> in the BBC series "I, Claudius." He's referring to perfidious Patricians. But Tony McMahon suggests the same could be said for critics who loathed <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/IClaudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IClaudius</span></a> in 1976. 🪷</p>
Spektrum (inoffiziell)In England endeckten Archäologen einen Knochenkamm der seltenen Art. Er wurde aus dem Schädel eines Menschen geschnitzt. Doch zum Kämmen nutzte man ihn offenbar nicht. <br><a href="https://www.spektrum.de/news/england-eisenzeitlicher-kamm-geschnitzt-aus-menschlichem-schaedel/2114394" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eisenzeitlicher Kamm, geschnitzt aus einem menschlichen Schädel</a><br><a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Eisenzeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eisenzeit</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Britannien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britannien</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Gro%C3%9Fbritannien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Großbritannien</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=MOLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MOLA</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Grabung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grabung</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Arch%C3%A4ologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archäologie</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Kamm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kamm</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Knochen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knochen</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Sch%C3%A4del" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schädel</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Menschlich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Menschlich</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Siedlung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Siedlung</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=BarHill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarHill</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Cambridgeshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridgeshire</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=NationalHighway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalHighway</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=A14" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>A14</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Anh%C3%A4nger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anhänger</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Amulett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amulett</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=R%C3%B6mer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Römer</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Eroberung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eroberung</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Claudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Claudius</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Kaiser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kaiser</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Kultur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kultur</span></a>
Ralph Brooker<p>Cross between <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hamlet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamlet</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LOTR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LOTR</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gwaihir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gwaihir</span></a> the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Windlord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windlord</span></a> hears and fast comprehends the ghost’s intention, immediately proceeding to rip <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Claudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Claudius</span></a>’ head clean off. Job done. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hamlet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamlet</span></a> (“My fate cries out"), meanwhile, charged with getting the ring destroyed at Orodruin, The Mountain of Doom onerously accepts the Council’s challenge, but sets off for a gap year from Wittenberg Uni with student loans.</p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) was Roman emperor from 37 to 41 CE. Among the great emperors of the Roman Empire stand Augustus and Marcus Aurelius. At the other end of the spectrum is Emperor Caligula who the historian Suetonius (c. 69 – c. 130/140 CE) simply calls a monster. In his The Twelve Caesars he further added:<br><a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Caligula/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldhistory.org/Caligula/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgrippinatheYounger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgrippinatheYounger</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Caligula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caligula</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Claudius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Claudius</span></a></p>