"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
Matthew Nisinson @mnisinson.bsky.social (He/him) poet/bureaucrat with poems out in Bullshit Lit, en*gendered lit, Los Angeles Review, Novus Literary, Southern Humanities Review, and others. Currently working on a deep dive project focused on Catullus 85.
On Instagram as lepidum_novum_libellum
@lylaahlb.bsky.social @lylaahlb.bsky.social
Dan Conway @magisterconway.bsky.social Latin/French/former IB/reluctant AP teacher. Sometimes tweets in Latin. Vergil fanboy. he/him
Julia M Perroni @juliamperroni.bsky.social She/her, writer among other things.
Classics grad: UBC ➡️ KCL ➡️ UWisc.
I like epic and tragedy and queer stuff of all kinds! Co-Host of Classically Trained Podcast.
Spencer McDaniel @spencermcdaniel.bsky.social I blog about premodern history, religions and myth, languages and literature, and gender and sexuality. BA history and classical studies @IUBloomington, MA @BrandeisCLAS, she/her.
Liana Brent @lianabrent.bsky.social Roman archaeologist and cultural historian at Bates College. PhD in Classical Archaeology from Cornell. FAAR ‘19. She/her
Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social I research Roman literature and history (solitude, environmental humanities, social epistemology). Ancient Studies for all. he/him 🇨🇦
Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social Roman historian at W. Mich U. specializing in gender, sexuality, & their reception in tv, music videos, games, & film. she/hers/ista Mom of 3. Avid baker & traveler. Antifascist. Always learning from unusual niche subject experts. Opinions are my own.
Carly Silver Feldman @carlyasilver.bsky.social Editor, writer, museum-goer, researcher, public historian, globetrotter, bespectacled legend
David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social PhD candidate in NT & Christian Origins @ University of Edinburgh | Religion Faculty @ St. Anthony School, Milwaukee | Student/teacher of Judaism & Christianity in Antiquity #firstgen
https://linktr.ee/davidaburnett
Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026) @tnflorvil.bsky.social Associate Prof. of History @UNM/Author of Black Germany (2023 @ChLinksVerlag)/ traveler/foodie/griever/working on several projects, including a bio of Black German activist and poet May Ayim/
https://www.tiffanynflorvil.com/
Jon-Paul Lapeña @jonpaulism.bsky.social PhD Candidate @Yale | NT/early Christianity/ies, ancient health care & addiction | first-gen
Michael J. Taylor @drmichaeljtaylor.bsky.social Associate Professor, University at Albany SUNY
Greek and Roman History
PhD UC Berkeley
Antiquity in Media Studies (AIMS) @antiquitymedia.bsky.social Reception Studies 📚, Classics🏺,
and the Ancient World 🌍
AIMS is a not-for-profit educational society
Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social Historian
http://earlymodernjustice.org/
Sample articles:
https://earlymodernjustice.org/publications/
https://earlymodernjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/SlaverySovereigntyInheritableBlood.pdf
Opinions my own
Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social W. Ford Schumann Distinguished Visiting Professor in Democratic Studies, Williams College, 2026–2027. Assoc. Professor ArtHist, UMass Amherst. Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England (UPenn, frthcmng). https://sonjadrimmer.com/
Sabrina Inowlocki @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social Mom of 4 in Oz
PI of the ISF Project Josephus Christianus
https://sinowloc.wixsite.com/josephus-christianus
Australian Catholic University
Melbourne
Late antiquity, books, Jews, Christians, humour, laughter etc.
🪔📚📜🦘
Cat Lambert @catlamb.bsky.social Assistant professor of Classics at Cornell, doing things with words and worms
I.T. Soon @isaactsoon.bsky.social Writer of music, fiction, and scholarship. Recovering nihilist.
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social PhD candidate at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Writing a dissertation on slavery in early rabbinic literature.
Teaching Fellow at University of Dayton, 2025-2027.
Neville Morley @nevillemorley.eurosky.social Classics & Ancient History at Exeter (at risk of redundancy), Leverhulme Major Research Fellow; much Thucydides, Marx and decadence, but also beer, cats, bats and obscure European jazz. STILL trying to keep the blog going: https://thesphinxblog.com.
Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social Classicist and linguist, Durham. Working on multilingualism in ancient Italy, the written landscape and the linguistics of slavery.
R F Kennedy (not Jr.) @kataplexis.bsky.social Ancient Historian and Professor. First gen, public school, state college kid teaching at a SLAC. PhD OSU, BA UCSD. “Come on down here, third string. Let me show you how outclassed you are.” ~Full Metal Alchemist
Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com Professor, historian, author THE BRIGHT AGES (2021), OATHBREAKERS (2024), and VIOLENCE: A CHRISTIAN HISTORY (coming soon). Host podcast "American Medieval"
nostalgia/apocalypse. religion/violence. medieval/modern. Neutral Good. He/ him.
profgabriele.com
Kat Huemoeller @khuemoeller.bsky.social
Dr. Melissa Funke @melissakafunke.bsky.social Classicist and lover of fragments. Winnipegger. she/hers
Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org A podcast all about the Ancient Mediterranean world hosted by @belovedofoizys.bsky.social
Info: www.ancienthistory101.org
Donate: https://ko-fi.com/ancienthistory101
Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/AncHist101/shop?asc=u
Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Classics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Public Engagement Coordinator for @peoplingthepast.bsky.social
Gif Enthusiast.
My own unique mix of 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸
victoriaausten.com
Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social Ancient Historian. Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. PhD UChicago. Seleukid Empire, ancient archives, Hellenistic law, inscriptions, coins, antiquity in video games, & otters. 🇵🇷 (Bayamón) & 🏳️🌈
Cait Mongrain @caitmongrain.bsky.social Classics PhD @Princeton, MA, BA @Texas Tech | Flavian cultural history, occasional baking, sundry animal rescue | she/her
Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social associate prof. of Shakespeare | book: “queer pregnancy in Shakespeare’s plays” | proud CUNY alum | bylines: Chronicle, Boston Globe, LA Review of Books, Electric Lit, Catapult, American Theatre, LitHub, Huffington Post, etc
aliciaandrzejewskiphd.com
Dr. Zoé Elise Thomas @archaeadne.bsky.social she/her Roman archaeologist @ LSU working on public architecture and politics, esp in Gaul, plus projects on osteology and reception. Malcontent and “feistful” according to some. Opinions are mine alone.
Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social Human being. Educator. Archaeologist working in Italy. Struggling writer. Lover of 🐶 and 🐱 and well crafted things. Associate Prof (Lecturer) of Classics @ U of Utah. *all opinions are my own*
Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social she/they | 🤖 research fellow |🏺PhD candidate | queer, feminist, mythologist, philologist, digital scholar, martial artist | AAUW alumna
Kim Connor @theotherkim.bsky.social Archaeologist, food historian, digital humanist. Working on historical archaeology of institutions of immigration in the British Empire (AUS, GB, IE, CA). More info at kimberleyconnor.com. All opinions my own.
Χριστίνα @drchristinah.bsky.social “A twat” — Andrew Mastrandonas @andrewmceo, founder of Pillar Health
Amalia S. Levi, PhD @amaliasl.bsky.social Archives, life writing, history. Research focus: slavery & dependency; record-keeping & archives; Caribbean Jewish history; digital humanities. https://hcommons.org/members/amaliasl/ and https://heritedge.org/
Eric Orlin @ericorlin.bsky.social
Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social Romanist who has just left the empire, prof at U of Toronto
Alex Cushing @alexcushing.bsky.social Roman Social Historian @ University of Rochester; epigraphy, enslavement, the formerly enslaved, and labour in the ancient Mediterranean.
Dr Renske Janssen🟥 @renskejanssen.bsky.social Law, Religion & Power in the Ancient World | Tacitus | Classics & Ancient History | Initiator of Dutch-language series 'Wegen naar Rome' (Roads to Rome; @wegennaarrome) on Antiquity in Popular Culture | VU Amsterdam (NL) | She/her | Posts in Dutch&English
Pratima @ismipratima.bsky.social historian | indian ocean & geniza | amateur potter
Candida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social Professor. Writer. Columnist. Erratic historian. Typo Queen.
Society for the Study of the Past @socstudyofthepast.bsky.social The Society for the Study of the Past is a new subject organisation that believes solidarity with the oppressed, liberation of the occupied and a more just future are core concerns of the historian. 🍉 Join us! ⬇️
societyforthestudyofthepast.com
Debby Sneed @debscavator.bsky.social nondisabled researcher of disability in ancient Greece
who do you think you are? I am
she/her pronouns in bio, every time
🍉
Christine Sawyer @christinesawyer.bsky.social Educator with a passion for STEM
Working to remove barriers to STEM for families & students | Broadway Lover | ❤️ Disney | Swiftie | She/Her #EduSky
Creator of @stemwithmrssawyer.bsky.social
Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social Teacher-scholar at the intersection of World History, Jewish Studies, and Islamic Civilizations Studies. New book in 2026: https://bit.ly/PerrySlavery. Co-editor: The Cambridge World History of Slavery vol. 2: https://bit.ly/CWHS2
Dimitri Nakassis @dimitrinakassis.bsky.social Greek archaeologist, Professor of Classics at the University of Colorado Boulder; Michigan (BA 1997) & Texas (PhD 2006) grad
Maia Kotrosits @maiakotro.bsky.social https://maiakotrosits.wordpress.com
PhD. Ancient things. Early Christianity & Cultural Studies.
Out now: After Transformation: A Lyrical History of Christian Late Antiquity (Duke UP). Recently: The Lives of Objects (Chicago UP, 2020).
Liz Sepper @lsepper.bsky.social Law Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Fan of health law, religious liberty, and reproductive rights
Rachel C. Morrison @rachelconstance.bsky.social Classics postdoc | she/her | Roman letters | early American classical reception | themed cocktails | Oscars predictions | personal assistant to a very small corgi
Dr. Torie Burmeister @mercurywitch.bsky.social VAP in Classical Studies at Wesleyan. PhD on witches/space in Latin lit (BU). “If I had to describe Torie’s interests in one word: Dark.” - my advisor
have written here: https://mercurywitch.wordpress.com/
She/her
It Means What It Means Podcast @itmeanswhatitmeans.bsky.social A podcast in which a guy with “some college” and a day job has long-form conversations about biblical texts. http://patreon.com/ItMeansWhatItMeansPodcast
Talitha Kearey @talithakearey.bsky.social I work on Latin literature: authorship, ghosts, wordplay, poetics, pleasure •🏳️🌈✡️ • views my own • in process of transferring from The Other Place
Del A Maticic @maticiceronian.bsky.social I have a PhD in Classics and teach HS English. Latin lit, environmental humanities, anime, Phoebe Bridgers, and ancient mining. My co-edited volume, Working Lives in Ancient Rome, is out with Palgrave
Isabel Köster @iotasubscript.bsky.social PhD; associate professor of Roman history and literature; particularly enthusiastic about Roman religion and insults; author of Stealing from the Gods: Temple Robbery in the Roman Imagination (Michigan, 1/2026); never speak for my employer
Dr Christine Plastow @chrissieplastow.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University | Co-artistic director of Theatre of the @GentleFuries | researching Athenian forensic oratory & theatrical receptions of myth | she/her | catposting
Christy Cobb @christycobb.bsky.social PhD in New Testament & Early Christianity /
Associate Prof @ Univ. of Denver /
Slavery, Gender, Sexuality /
Single Mom by Choice (SMC) to a 8 yo
Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social Advisor and Lecturer @ UVA
Working on early Christianity, slavery, & Roman Palestine
Cat dad | Minnesotan | 🏳️🌈 | http://chancebonar.com
Books: bit.ly/3R8LXbo + bit.ly/4iMBSwy + bit.ly/4dBmCSk- B Eric J. Harvey, Ph.D. @blindscholar.bsky.social PhD in Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East from Brandeis, postdoc at Stanford. Interests in disability, myth, economics, and materiality. More at www.blindscholar.com.
Joseph Foltz @jofoltz.bsky.social New Testament Studies / Late Antique & Medieval Christian Art PhD Student @ Univ. of Denver
Jen @cassiciacum.bsky.social Making Texas higher education great again. Classics/late antiquity/early Christianity. Sports ball fan.
Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social Antiquity. Cats and kids. Books. Humanities. Education. NY/MA/TX
contact JoelChristensen @ gc.cuny.edu
Check out Storylife: On Epic, Narrative, and Living Things:
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300269239/storylife/
avatar by Beverly Beverung
Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave') @profyarrow.bsky.social Numismatics. Ancient History. ANS Fellow. Professor of History and Classics, CUNY. Typo-Queen.
I treat this space like the office water cooler.
Blogging at livyarrow.org
Evan Jewell @quidamabo.bsky.social Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University - Camden. Roman history, epigraphy, archaeology inter alia. Views are my own. He/him.
Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net I play running. Historian of Ancient Greek religion. Amateur sewist. Free Palestine. #ActuallyAutistic. 🏳️🌈 🇦🇺in🇬🇧: Immigrant, not expat.
https://www.elliemackinroberts.net/links.html
Laura Harris @lauraliora.bsky.social Classics PhD Student at University of Washington and Crake Fellow at Mount Allison University
Latin Literature and Asexuality
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social always concerned about the state of the world. often teaching Latin and writing about the ancient Greek and Roman worlds and issues related to race. never tolerating race science. don't even get me started on IQ
Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social Reader at the Classics dept at Royal Holloway; mater; deacon in the C of E; comms for RHUL UCU; feminist. Sharing my thoughts, not those of my employer. She/her. #TinyJoys curator.
Caroline (Carrie) T. Schroeder @ctschroeder.bsky.social Solo mom, teacher, writer, friend, Chloe's person. Author/ed Children & Family in Egyptian Monasticism http://tiny.cc/umx8lz, Monastic Bodies, Melania. carrieschroeder.com. Co-founder copticscriptorium.org. Prof @ OU. Opinions mine not my employer's
Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social I’m a Latin professor and book historian working on slavery and scribal labor in Ancient Rome. Co-edited volume “Writing, Enslavement and Power in the Roman Mediterranean” out now from OUP. Find my other writing in The Nation.
Josephine Quinn @josephinequinn.bsky.social Historian at Cambridge. In Search of the Phoenicians (2018) and How the World Made the West (2024). Photos by Sukant Deepak (in Jaipur, 2024) and Carlotta Cardana (at St John's College, Cambridge, 2025).
Zenobia Neil @zenobianeil.bsky.social Writer of historical fiction and mythic retellings.
Might talk too much about Medusa, Dionysus, sexuality fluidity and diversity in the ancient world.
Jenn Wong @jennwong.bsky.social The shining city on the hill...was Carthage. Dress history, hand embroidery, native plants, and dogs. Lots of dogs. Recreating ca.1600 jacket V&A 173-1869 in silk on linen.
Jeremiah Coogan @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social Historian of religion, textuality, and enslavement in the Roman Mediterranean | Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity
Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social historian of early christianity, scholar of magic & heresy, critic of empires, neurospicy, bleeding heart
books: magic and heresy (https://bit.ly/4mo1fY4) and smoke & mirrors (https://bit.ly/43ygshX). now writing about teleology, epistemicide, and empire.
Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social Picks books up and puts them down. Will work 4 مسمن.
Professes Arabic and History @ UMD
Hears selectively. Reads voraciously.
Dr Aimee Scott @aimeehindsscott.bsky.social 'Classical' reception and pop culture scholar and professional tea drinker.
David Ryan @ryangenealogy.bsky.social Historian/genealogist. APG board member. Recently completed MA Public History and Cultural Heritage in University of Limerick. Passionate about heritage, oral history and anything that connects to our past https://ryangenealogicalresearch.com/
Zach Herz @zacharyherz.bsky.social Rural jurist at the University of Colorado. All opinions yours.
Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social News and notes relevant to the study of Greco-Roman world and its reception very broadly considered, especially notices of new journal publications, with a particular interest in pre-modern philosophy in a global context. https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/
Curtis Dozier @curtisdozier.bsky.social Documenting White Nationalist Appropriation of Greco-Roman Antiquity at pharosclassics.vassar.edu
Tony Keddie @tonyk.bsky.social Associate Professor, Ancient Mediterranean Religions, UT Austin. Specialist on the texts and material culture of ancient Jews and Christians, ancient imperialism and economics, and the modern politics of biblical interpretation.
Gabriel Bodard @palaeofuturist.bsky.social He/him. Reader in Digital Classics @dh-researchhub.bsky.social & @ics.bsky.social University of London. #EpiDoc #DigiClass #Epigraphy #Papyrology #AncientMagic #LinkedOpenData #Prosopography #3Dimaging #CulturalHeritage. Writes 100% in personal capacity.
Arum Park @profarumpark.bsky.social Korean American; she/her; Classicist at University of Arizona. Opinions are my own. http://press.umich.edu/11853864 https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/q524jr02p
Kiran PM @phaedotimaeus.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Classics at Brown. Plato, among other things. He/him 🇮🇳🇵🇭
https://brown.academia.edu/KiranPizarroMansukhani
Michael König @08mikowitsch15.bsky.social Historian/Archaeologist; #museum & #SocialMedia - head of visitor service and events @unesco Roman Monuments Augusta Treverorum
Taylor Petrey @taylorpetrey.bsky.social Professor of Religion at Kalamazoo College.
Early Christianity, Gender Studies, Mormonism
Dr Jordan D. G. Mitchell @jordgmitch.bsky.social Ancient History • Assistant Professor of Classical Studies and History at George Mason University • Augustan Resonances in Post-Augustan Literature • Petronius • Gender Studies • Toxic Masculinity • Respue Quod Non Es
Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com ♑️🌕 Associate Professor, Classics at UCLA. Cicero and the Rhetorics of Race, co-authored with Mathias Hanses, under contract with Yale University Press. Co-founder and editor, Res Difficiles, The Journal. She/her.
resdifficiles.com
opietasanimi.com
A. C. "Al" Duncan @adclassics.bsky.social Associate Professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, working on ancient Mediterranean drama and issues of performance, aesthetics, reception, cognition, and materiality. Parenting and DIYing when not emailing...
Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic
Book 📕 Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/strike/
Pasts Imperfect:
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/
Christie Vogler @voguearchaeology.bsky.social Ancient Mediterranean archaeologist & scholar (Ph.D in Anthro). I study women's roles in ancient medicine. Co-host of the podcast Movies We Dig (@movieswedig.bsky.social). She/Her
https://linktr.ee/voglercm
Ashley Lance @aerl.bsky.social Yurok and Wiyot. Race and Aristotle. PhD student in Classics @ Cambridge. She/Her.
Nicole Giannella @tiamopatata.bsky.social assistant professor of classics | slavery and law | minor seneca obsession
Cristina Rosillo López @lordscribonius.bsky.social Historiadora de la Antigüedad. Catedrática en la Universidad @pablodeolavide
Autora de "Romanas. Voces rescatadas" (Desperta Ferro).