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@BadAncient

1 year

Ah yes, the one thing the Roman empire was famous for was its clear-cut succession laws for its emperors. 🙄 #BadAncient

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@BadAncient

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Ishtar is not pronounced Easter - it is pronounced Ishtar. In fact, Easter has absolutely nothing at all to do with Ishtar. Not even a little bit. #BadAncient

Judah🦁

@BachirSoHumble

2 years

What are the origins of Easter? Why do people celebrate it today? The truth is that Easter is a pagan holiday because it gives honor to Ishtar, the fertility goddess, who is known today as Easter. The bunnies are a sign of fertility and a sex symbol; they are one of the most

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@BadAncient

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We are once again asking you to not get your history from memes. Ishtar has nothing to do with Easter. Not even a little bit. #BadAncient

Nightwatch N8

@NightwatchN8

6 months

With Son of Man trending how many Christians alive today in this information age still aren't aware that Easter has nothing to do with biblical Christianity?

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@BadAncient

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Elon has an amazing ability to sound like he is stating facts, when he is not saying or proving anything. Get your history from historians folks! #BadAncient

DogeDesigner

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"Low birth rate was a problem in Rome in 50 BC. The same is true of Ancient Greece." Low Birth Rate = Decline of Civilization

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@BadAncient

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That's odd, our ancient sources tell us that Alexander was unable to speak for the last couple of days before he died. Cute story though. #BadAncient

Mind Money Notes

@MMNotes_28

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Alexander the great's last advice:

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@BadAncient

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We are often asked 'What's the difference between a Classicist and an ancient historian?' A Classicist is thinking that this is better in the original Greek. An ancient historian is thinking that the scutum (scuto) is the wrong type of shield. #BadAncient

Learn Latin

@latinedisce

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Aut cum scūtō aut in scūtō. “Either with the shield or on it.” — Spartan proverb

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@BadAncient

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Whenever you see an image like this, think to yourself - which way is north? It is odd how the northernmost star of Orion's belt lines up with the southernmost pyramid. It's because they don't line up. #BadAncient

Amazing Physics

@amazing_physics

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Orion’s belt aligned with the Giza pyramids.

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@BadAncient

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Mary Beard dropping some hard truths to the Musk-ateers on here. His ignorance of ancient history is matched only by his confidence in spouting it publicly. #BadAncient

BBC Newsnight

@BBCNewsnight

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"Nine times out of ten it is sheer rubbish". Classics professor Mary Beard's health warning on Elon Musk's posts about the Roman Empire #Newsnight

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@BadAncient

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These accounts just make stuff up and pretend to be profound. AtG did not invent the phalanx, he did expect special treatment (like, way too much), was a very bad friend who could not be trusted (ask Cleitus), and he did not conquer most of the known world. #BadAncient

Evan Amato

@RewiretheWest

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Alexander the Great conquered most of the known world by the time he was 32 More than 70 places in the world bore his name Become as great as Alexander with these 7 lessons from his life

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@BadAncient

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Can't work out what the point here is* - we have indigenous African writing scripts (eg. Ge'ez) from the 'green zone'. So even the point about writing is not true. #BadAncient *yes we can, it's racism. It is always racism.

Just Posting Ls

@MomsPostingLs

6 months

Please name a list of inventions from the green region.

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@BadAncient

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Hey guess what - this is not true! The exchange of words is in the evidence, but so is Philip's subsequent invasion. By this point, Sparta was a shadow of of its former self. #BadAncient

𝔓𝔩𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔩𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔲𝔪

@classicstudies

1 year

Sparta A legendary State Legend has it that after conquering the rest of Greece Philip of Macedonia sent a messenger to Sparta: “If I invade Laconia you will be destroyed, never to rise again”. The Spartans simply replied: “If”. Neither Philip nor his son, Alexander The

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@BadAncient

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Retrospective diagnosis in an entirely flawed method of ancient history - one where we have to trust our literary sources to accurately give us relevant, medical symptoms, which is rarely what they were trying to do. Without the body, this is all fantasy. #BadAncient

Creepy.org

@creepydotorg

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When Alexander the Great's body did not decompose six days after his death, ancient Greeks were in awe. This made loyal followers believe he was a god. But he was paralyzed by a rare brain disorder unknown at that time, which caused him to suffer terrible death for a week. He was

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@BadAncient

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'Cleopatra was the companion of Alexander The Great, renowned for her marriages and affairs with Marc Antony and Julius Caesar.' Cleopatra could do many things, but we are not sure that time travel was one of them! #BadAncient

Netflix accused of 'blackwashing' new docu-series Queen Cleopatra

Producer Jada Pinkett Smith said she wanted to tell the story because 'we don't often get to see or hear stories about black queens.'

www.dailymail.co.uk

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@BadAncient

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Socrates did not say this. If a Socrates quote makes him sound caring and empathetic, there is a good chance it is misattributed. #BadAncient

Beautifier | Read Pinned Tweet

@HistoriesDaily

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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” ― Socrates

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@BadAncient

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Wait, do people think we have mountains of documents from the early Roman Empire? So many, in fact, that it would include contemporary reference to an obscure religious prophet, from one small region of the empire, that had made no widescale impact in his lifetime? #BadAncient

Tori atheist

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@BadAncient

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Your semi-regular reminder that there is no evidence Socrates ever said this. If a Socratic quote makes him sound empathetic and caring, it is probably made up! #BadAncient

Learning Machine | Multidisciplinary Learning

@LearnMach_1

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15 Deep Philosophy Quotes From " Socrates " | Thread

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@BadAncient

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As we near the Easter period you may start to see lots of claims online about it being a pagan holiday, and that Easter is named after the goddess Ishtar. Do not feel like you have to spend time debunking, we have compiled some articles that can do that for you. #BadAncient 🧵👇

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@BadAncient

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This is not a fact. Alcohol is a byproduct of natural fermentation, ethanol even occurs is leavened bread. #BadAncient

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@BadAncient

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The top 6 degree subjects held in the House of Commons are: politics, history, law, economics, philosophy, and English. The fact that they want to stop more people studying many of those same subjects tells you how important they really are.

Greg Jenner

@greg_jenner

1 year

History degrees are superbly transferable - you learn how to write, how to argue, how to critique, how to reframe, how to read, how to be empathetic to other perspectives, and how to understand why the world is as it is. It is not a “fluffy” subject

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@BadAncient

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By this logic, western civilization was also safeguarded by Islamic scholars. . . that would be a great thread!

ThinkingWest

@thinkingwest

7 months

If you like Homer, Plato, or Cicero, you can thank a monk. More so than on any battlefield, Western civilization was safeguarded within the quiet confines of a monastery...🧵

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@BadAncient

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The Spartan army was 'untouchable' because they would very rarely actually send it anywhere. Many 'Spartan' victories are in essence 'Spartan-led' victories, in that the majority of the army were allies. And of course, much of the rest of this is just #BadAncient nonsense.

Archaeo - Histories

@archeohistories

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Sparta was one of most efficient and strongest of the leading Greek city states in its time. Spartans were highly organised and their land based army was almost untouchable, both in its battle skills and it’s mastery of warfare tactics and fighting. Sparta is believed to have

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@BadAncient

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Socrates is not recorded saying this. He was, like all Greek philosophers, a massive gossip and loved talking about people, as well as ideas and events. #BadAncient

The Stoic Code

@thestoiccode

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Strong Minds 🧠 Powerful Quote from Socrates

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@BadAncient

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Same nonsense as usual. But it is worth pointing out one of the other errors in these memes - Christians celebrated the day of resurrection before the time of Constantine. He did not invent Easter. #BadAncient

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@BadAncient

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Amazing to think the someone, maybe even some people, at the British Museum thought this post was a good idea.

Dr Claire Millington

@Claire_M

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Unrelenting fascist imagery and sexism dolloped on top. This is the BM's insta today.

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@BadAncient

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Where to begin?? There are two big issues here: 1. The Spartans did embrace homosexual/homoerotic relationships. 2. Leonidas' side lost. His stand was unsuccessful and the Persians swept through northern and central Greece. #BadAncient

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@BadAncient

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The ancient Greeks gave us the word melancholia, a term still being used to describe one form of depression. Ancient texts from Mesopotamia show that a depressive-type state in patients has been observed for thousands of years: #BadAncient

Joyce Carol Oates

@JoyceCarolOates

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just think, 100 years ago virtually no one was "depressed" because the notion hadn't come to them, nor the proviso that it was a way of bonding with other people by acknowledging, or seeming to acknowledge, a common weakness kept private/secret by most people, sensibly.

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@BadAncient

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We often think the same with the Sparta fan boys. These were wealthy elites, a minority, that would not have included you 😘. #BadAncient

Legonium

@tutubuslatinus

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One thing Mary Beard said that has really stuck with me: When folks say they want to ‘restore the Roman Empire’, they always assume they’ll be the senate, never the enslaved.

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If you use that many decimal places to record the latitude (which is not even its centre), then there are actually thousands of lines passing through the pyramid at Giza - making this irrelevant. And that's before you remember that m/s meant nothing to the Egyptians. #BadAncient

Physics In History

@PhysInHistory

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One of the interesting aspects of the pyramids is their relation to the speed of light. Some people claim that the location of the Great Pyramid of Giza, which is the largest and oldest of the three, is somehow aligned with the speed of light in a vacuum. This is because the

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@BadAncient

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Oh look, a stupid meme claiming false origins to Christian stories - we must be nearing Easter. #BadAncient

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@BadAncient

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A proverb that causes much confusion for historians, because the Spartans did not bring back their war dead from the battlefield. Some say it is about falling on your shield in battle, others say it is an allusion to an older practice that fell out of fashion. We can't be sure!

Learn Latin

@latinedisce

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Either with the shield or on it. — Spartan proverb

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@BadAncient

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This is an intriguing shift in the reception of ancient Sparta. We have not really seen it used as an insult like this before. #BadAncient

Putin ally compares Ukraine's military to Sparta: "Unified through gay sex"

Ex-Putin adviser Sergei Markov suggested Ukraine is trying to force members of its military to become gay.

www.newsweek.com

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@BadAncient

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If you are going to pretend to be like the Spartans, remember 2 things: 1. They did not oppose their own government's decisions. They were opposing a foreign army. This modern use is very un-Spartan. 2. That foreign army did, in fact, come and take them. #BadAncient

Ted Cruz

@tedcruz

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Come and take it.

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@BadAncient

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That's Nike, the ancient Greek deification of victory. Often portrayed with Zeus, the giver of victory at sporting events ... like at Olympia, which hosted a big sporting event every 4 years. You know: the Olympics. Seriously, read a book before posting this stuff. #Badancient

Still🏝️Roaming

@roaming_rn

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Nothing to see here…the closing ceremony of the Olympics has a headless angel with no arms.

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@BadAncient

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Arminius and Boudicca would beg to differ. #BadAncient

Mike Lee

@BasedMikeLee

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At the height of the Roman Empire, nobody dared mess with a Roman citizen—anywhere in the world—because Rome looked after its own, bringing justice to any who had been wronged abroad Brazil messed with a U.S. company in a big way—for really petty reasons We can’t ignore this

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This is a good example of why ancient Sparta should not be your go-to historical comparison. Sparta was not constantly at war, but it was often worried about an indigenous population they displaced and oppresively ruled over. Choose your comparisons carefully. #BadAncient

Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט

@naftalibennett

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Israel needs now to live as a Silicon Valley in Sparta. Part of Israel’s colossal failure of October 7th was a result of complacency. Your typical Israeli was enjoying life, thinking about work, the next startup and the upcoming vacation. Wars? Nah..that’s passé. We got

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Just in case ideas like this take off: Alexander the Great did not have ADHD. Hannibal Barca did not have ADHD. There is just no good evidence to suggest that. The fact that you think they did says more about you than it does them. #BadAncient

rogueclassicist ~ david meadows

@rogueclassicist

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How Has Neurodivergence Shaped Human History? | Discover Magazine -

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@BadAncient

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Never, in a million years, would Socrates stay this quiet during a conversation this boring. #BadAncient

The AI Solopreneur

@aisolopreneur

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Podcasts will never be the same. AI-generated podcasts are making impossible conversations happen. Here's some previews of what the future of podcasting might look like: 1. Steve Jobs x Socrates x John Lennon

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@BadAncient

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As a fact checking site we can often be seen to suck the fun out of history, but we do also verify things as true or mostly true as well! Here is a #BadAncient thread that backs up stories you may have heard: 🧵

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@BadAncient

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There is not a chance in hell that Socrates would take part in this conversation and not rip apart the idea of what 'intelligence' is. Let alone artificial intelligence. Oh and this idea for podcasts is just silly. #BadAncient

Linus Ekenstam

@LinusEkenstam

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Is this the future of podcasts? AI conversations | Bill Gates x Socrates I think very realistic conversations like this will be bread and butter in any streaming app. Let’s take it one step further and imagine this but personalized towards you? 🤯 What do you think?

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There was something about this image that was niggling at us - we got there in the end! An ancient Greek would take one look at this beardless man and raise questions about his 'peak masculinity'. It is almost like masculinity is not a universally defined quality? #BadAncient

Evan Amato

@RewiretheWest

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Protect. Provide. Procreate. This is what peak masculinity looks like.

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@BadAncient

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That slaves built the pyramids. This is still taught in primary school. #BadAncient

UberFacts

@UberFacts

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What are some common misconceptions that people still believe today:

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@BadAncient

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Ancient history has quite a few. Our biggest annoyance is either the idea people back then all died in their 30s, or that parental love is somehow a new idea. Oh, or that they all share done brain ('the ancient Greeks thought ...'). Anyone got some others? #BadAncient

Amy Colleen

@sewistwrites

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Tell me about a common historical myth that makes your hackles rise. I don't mean actual disinformation like Holocaust denial; I mean stuff like "Napoleon was short!" For me it's probably "corsets were torture devices for the rich" and "romantic love is a very modern concept."

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@BadAncient

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A conversation with an AI Socrates ... remind me, which of his surviving works will this have been trained on? #BadAncient

Peter H. Diamandis, MD

@PeterDiamandis

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Soon, students will have CONVERSATIONS with Aristotle, Socrates, or Plato rather than just reading about them. This is how AI is REVOLUTIONIZING education.

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@BadAncient

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The Iliad was meant to be sung, in ancient Greek. Any other format is about accessibility - so just do what's best for you and ignore him. #BadAncient

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

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Listen to The Iliad as an audiobook. It was meant to be spoken.

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@BadAncient

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Sometimes a fact check takes no time at all. The height of the great pyramid was just over 146 metres, not 149.4. 3 metres may not sound a lot, but 3 million kilometers is! #BadAncient

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@BadAncient

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The only version of this terrible meme that actually makes sense!

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@BadAncient

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And then he gets killed, his body mutilated, and his army is thoroughly defeated. #BadAncient

Trump History

@Trump_History45

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King Trump leads his 300 Spartan warriors to the battle of Thermopylae where they held the Persian army at bay for three days.

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Conspiracy 101, ask a leading but ultimately rhetorical Q: 'Where is all the money from the Roman Empire?' Then answer with no evidence in a matter of fact way. Quickly move on to something that seems related, but actually isn't. Start again. #BadAncient

Mario Nawfal

@MarioNawfal

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JIMMY CARR: THE ROMAN EMPIRE DIDN'T FALL; IT BECAME A CHURCH "I don't think the Roman Empire fell; I think it became a church. Rome fell, but the Roman Empire became the church. Where is all the money from the Roman Empire? In the basement of the Vatican." Source: Joe Rogan

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'years before the birth of Jesus a legend identical to his was the accepted life story of the Persian Son of God, Mithras' Ok, this December, all we want is for this Mithras lie to die a death. Their stories are not even close to being similar. #BadAncient

Ancient Origins

@ancientorigins

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Delve into the Ancient Roots of the Christ Myth. Explore the intriguing roots of this enduring legend. #AncientHistory #LegendsUnveiled

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@BadAncient

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Nope. Just nope. No, no, no, nope. The armour is just plain wrong (chainmail? really?!), and the article also ignores the fact that the weaponry of the Spartans was the same as all the other Greek city-states. It didn't make them special, it made the ordinary. #BadAncient

Ancient Origins

@ancientorigins

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Spartan armor / breastplate. Learn more:

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@BadAncient

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So Netflix turned him gay? Netflix turned **Alexander the Great** gay? Well there we go. #BadAncient

End Wokeness

@EndWokeness

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Netflix made a new documentary about Alexander The Great. Within the first 8 minutes, they turned him gay.

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@BadAncient

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... by using their own technology, obviously. #BadAncient

Ancient Origins

@ancientorigins

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How do you think the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids without modern technology?

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@BadAncient

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Day one of Latin class: 'These are personal pronouns, and these are the three genders. Make a note, they are quite important. Now read this speech in Tacitus about why Rome is evil.' #BadAncient

Jeremy Wayne Tate

@JeremyTate41

1 year

A small percent of American students are learning the classics and how to translate Latin. The other 90% are learning gender pronouns and why America is evil. I wonder who will produce the leading entrepreneurs, doctors, artists, writers, and lawyers in the next generation? 🤔

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'Sulla now busied himself with slaughter, and murders without number or limit filled the city. Many, too, were killed to gratify private hatreds, although they had no relations with Sulla, but he gave his consent in order to gratify his adherents' Sounds great 🙄. #BadAncient

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

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@DavidSacks Perhaps we just need a modern day Sulla

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Neither, its disinformation. #BadAncient

Ancient Origins

@ancientorigins

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Ancient Astronaut Theory – fact or fiction?

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@BadAncient

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The discovery in 2019 was Cornish tin off the coast of Israel dating to 1,000 years before Jesus was alive. Which is very cool, but does not support any of this much later folklore. #BadAncient

Culture Critic

@Culture_Crit

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Did Jesus of Nazareth visit England? It sounds like a wild theory — it's actually far less absurd than it sounds. In 2019, an exciting discovery was made... (thread) 🧵

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@BadAncient

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I mean, sure if you ignore *all* of the evidence for Christianity before the 4th century. What is it with all these #BadAncient claims about Christianity at the moment?

The Skeptic

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Origin of Christianity in a capsule 😃

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@BadAncient

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Tell that to the ancient Germanic peoples! #BadAncient

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

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@MartijnBAARDA The main reason Rome won was because they had the best engineering

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@BadAncient

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Posts like this really discredit the idea that people will stop believing lies once they are shown the evidence. Also: Dionysus born of a virgin? Never heard Zeus called that before! #BadAncient

There are some who call me...TIM 𓅐

@TimNoEgo

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Have you decided which christmas god you're going to honor next month? 😏

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@BadAncient

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Oh, oh! We know! We know! No. #BadAncient

Jimmy Corsetti

@BrightInsight6

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Do these 16ft Statues depict the Biblical Giants known as Nephilim?? “We even saw Giants there, sons of Anak, who come from Nephilim. Next to them we felt like Grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them” -Numbers 13:33 …These statues were found in Mesopotamia (Biblical Iraq)👇🏻👀

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@BadAncient

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Love this pun (we are a sucker for a good pun), but it also made us wonder: which ancient Greek name would shock people most when they realise we use the Latin version? We reckon it would be that the hero's name is not Achilles.

Eduardo García-Molina

@eduardo_garcmol

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Given that Rome often overshadows Greece and Latinization is so frequent, it’s only fair we try to give exact transliterations when rendering Greek names. As they say, an ai for an ae.

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@BadAncient

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Pro tip: if you read the Odyssey and come away thinking that he is a good role model for young men, you may want to read it again. #BadAncient

Jeremy Wayne Tate

@JeremyTate41

1 year

Classical education, formerly known as simply “education”, inspires young people to live lives of heroic virtue. If we want young men to act like Odysseus, they need to hear the story.

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@BadAncient

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Some ancient civilisations did consider the world to be flat. The Greeks hypothesised it was round and then later proved it with mathematics. They also suggest that Indian intellectuals knew it as well. We are also pretty sure that Eratosthenes was not a Jesuit. #BadAncient

† 🦾JUGGERNAUTTBRAH⚡️

@dontrece_hd

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Every ancient civilisations believe the earth is a firmament flat earth Including the Babylonian // Egypt civilisation Then it changed when The jesuit order puppet Copernicus Convinced the masses it was A globe earth all to support the great deception of demonic aliens

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@BadAncient

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Yes, since the beginning of history. Herodotus describes this event: "the Athenian women learned what was afoot, one calling to another and bidding her follow, they went on their own impetus to the house of Lycidas and stoned to death his wife and his children." #BadAncient

Richard Dawkins

@RichardDawkins

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Have you ever in your life encountered a genuine woman who would stand up before a crowd and incite them to punch people "in the fucking face"? No, I thought not.

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@BadAncient

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Am impressive picture considering that no full Denisovan skull has ever been found. #BadAncient

Jimmy Corsetti

@BrightInsight6

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The skull of modern Humans compared to Neanderthal and Denisovans Were they the Nephilim? “Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also afterward, when the sons of God went to the daughters of Humans and had children by them. They were the mighty men of old, men of renown”

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@BadAncient

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No he did not. This Oath was invented in the 20th century by Christos Zalokostas in his book 'Alexander the Great, the forerunner of Jesus'. #BadAncient

Archaeo - Histories

@archeohistories

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Alexander the Great used to say: "See whole world as your homeland, with laws common to all, where best will govern regardless of their race". Detailed Post - #archaeohistories

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@BadAncient

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I bet that degree does something on source analysis and how to read a text, rather than just rely on a misleading headline for your point scoring. Remember this the next time people are talking about low-value degrees ...

Katharine Birbalsingh

@Miss_Snuffy

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We have moved beyond the realms of lunacy. 😳😳😱

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@BadAncient

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Poor Hypatia, her life has been reduced to a meme full of weird lies. Her story is fascinating, and amazing, and horrific, you don't need to make stuff up about it. #BadAncient

Of The Oestrimnios (Ausländer Raus!)

@Funchal99

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In March 415 AD the superstitious and ignorant christian mob stripped Hypatia naked and murdered her using ostraka, (translated as "roof tiles" or "oyster shells") and flayed her skin off her body. Damascius adds that they cut out her eyeballs and, 1/2 #TheChristianDarkAges

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@BadAncient

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Asking for evidence and then pointing out that the evidence does not prove what the person claims, is not 'attacking'. It is critiquing. If your evidence is bad then you need to be told, so you can go back and reassess your ideas. #BadAncient

Graham Hancock

@Graham__Hancock

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Gunung Padang featured as Episode 1 in my Netflix docuseries Ancient Apocalypse. Archaeologists hated the series and now the hatred has spread to attacks on scientists featured in the series. Check out this excellent YouTube video by UnchartedX:

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@BadAncient

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The public education system of Sparta (agoge) was not *joining the army*. Also, think about stories of Spartan mothers chiding their older children - they weren't literally taken away from their families, the responsibility of education was. #BadAncient

The Hellenist ☀️

@The_Hellenist

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Boys must be taken from their parents at age seven and enrolled into the military: all else is folly.

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@BadAncient

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Our team has recently been interviewed to give some insights into the new Gladiator II film trailer! It is not all doom and gloom and it is fair to say @DrJEBall @BelovedOfOizys and @reeshistory are very excited to see it come out later this year:

The Gladiator II Trailer Looks Epic, But Is Any Of It Accurate? We Asked The Experts

It's definitely a spectacle, but how much is fact and how much is fantasy?

www.iflscience.com

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@BadAncient

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This analogy makes no sense. The Spartans lost many battles throughout their history. They lost wars, + wars they won required a lot of outside help. Although we agree, the Spartans were not fascists - they became one of a few key models for many fascist leaders. #BadAncient

Roman Helmet Guy

@romanhelmetguy

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The Spartans were universally acknowledged as the greatest warriors in Greece from about 600-400BC. Saying Spartans were losers because of things that happened in the 300s BC is like saying Napoleon was a bad general because France lost WW2.

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@BadAncient

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The kingdoms of Kush and Aksum would both like a word. #BadAncient *We know this is just baiting for engagement, but the claim is actually quite a common one.

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@BadAncient

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Tell me you don't read archaeological works without telling me ... Assumptions on gender and race have caused loads of errors over the years - this is a common methodological problem recognised decades ago. Look up Renate Rolle's work on female warrior graves! #BadAncient

Ancient Origins

@ancientorigins

2 years

‘Woke’ activists are warning archaeologists not to assume the gender or race of ancient skeletons. Read more:

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@BadAncient

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This is not a historical fact. The Spartans underwent a massive citizen-population decline during the 5th and 4th century. Anyway, in 480 BC, Herodotus says, there were only 8,000. #BadAncient

History Facts

@UnfadingWisdom

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In 400 BC the Greek city of Sparta had just 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves. That’s 20 slaves each!

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@BadAncient

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Headline: Cavemen may have been vegan! *Reads article* Hunter-gatherers ate a lot of plant food. They ate less meat than people assumed ... so, not vegan then. #BadAncient

Cavemen 'may have been vegan', remarkable new study suggests

An international team of scientists examined the diet of early humans who lived in Africa thousands of years ago - the results showed a surprising amount of plant-based food in their diet

www.mirror.co.uk

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@BadAncient

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The idea of Atlantis being the source of a pure, advanced, Aryan race, and used to prop up far-right ideas, is not new. It was established well before even the Nazis took it on. The belief in Atlantis has its own history, it is worth taking a look. #BadAncient

Jimmy Corsetti

@BrightInsight6

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PhD’s in Archaeology are now associating the belief in Atlantis with “far-right extremism and Fascism” They’re selling these Textbooks for hundreds of dollars. Mainstream Academia as been corrupted to its core. Totally shameful @Cult_Archaeo 👎🏻👎🏻

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@BadAncient

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We predicted a while back that Nan Madol would become one of the new pseudohistory obsessions. We even made sure we had an article of our own written about the site from one of the leading archaeologists. It has been studied a lot. It has been written about a lot. #BadAncient

Archaeo - Histories

@archeohistories

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Nan Madol, Micronesia : If you ask to many archaeologists what greatest archaeological mystery on earth is, 99% of them will answer: city of Nan Madol, Micronesia. Mysteries surrounding this city are so great and incomprehensible that virtually no one wants to talk about them.

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@BadAncient

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No. We don't. #BadAncient

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

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@dogeofficialceo That would be great. We need a Socrates bot powered by Grok!

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@BadAncient

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This great thread offers a useful reminder: just because you have not looked at the evidence, does not mean there is no evidence.

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@BadAncient

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8 million deaths over a period of two centuries as a direct result of ... the fall of Rome. We can't even work out what that means. #BadAncient

If Books Could Kill

@IfBooksPod

8 months

You might think WWII is the worst thing humans have ever done to each other but Steven Pinker would like to correct you: Once you control for population (but not duration), it is merely the 9th.

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@BadAncient

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Not much would be different really because it was not the only big library in the ancient world. We would be able to read some other rich authors telling us similar things. But we would probably have all of Sappho's poetry, and that would be cool. #BadAncient

Historic Vids

@historyinmemes

1 year

What if the Library of Alexandria had not been destroyed?

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@BadAncient

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The opening of the Iliad is not about how we should behave, it is about the wrath of one man. Note what happens to other heroes in that section: '[his wrath] sent forth to Hades many valiant souls of heroes, and made them themselves spoil for dogs and every bird.' #BadAncient

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@BadAncient

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Happy Easter - this person is lying to you! Ishtar has nothing to do with Easter. Look at some languages other than English and you might realise how ridiculous this idea is. #BadAncient

Bo Polny

@BoPolny

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HAPPY EASTER???? Have you been LIED too???? Think TWISE before saying ‘Happy Easter’ this RESURRECTION Sunday!!! Ishtar: pronounced ‘Easter’ ‘Easter’ was originally the celebration of the god Ishtar, the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility, animal sacrifices,

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@BadAncient

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New theory: Pseudohistory relies on overloading you with so much 'evidence', on a wide variety of topics, so that correcting every mistake takes you too long - by which time their views are already taking hold. #BadAncient

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@BadAncient

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These were not Roman signs pointing to a brothel ... there would have be too many around, pointing in a variety of directions to be of any use. You would just get lost in a sea of cocks. #BadAncient

Archaeo - Histories

@archeohistories

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Lupanar (Brothel) Sign, Pompeii : In Pompeii; Penises can be found not only as graffiti roughly drawn and carved onto public walls, but built into the roads as well. It is guessed that phallic symbols on the streets point towards nearest brothel, to direct foreign sailors who

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@BadAncient

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Don't assume people read research papers correctly. From the article: 'The Iron Age individuals exhibit highly variable ancestries, hinting at multiple sources of migration into the region during this period.' #BadAncient

Tom Rowsell

@Tom_Rowsell

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A new study on Roman DNA from the University of Palma has confirmed what earlier papers such as Antonio et al (2019) found: that the Roman Republic was built by native Italians, but that Imperial Rome was swamped with migrants from Anatolia and the Levant. Links below

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@BadAncient

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The Church of England's roots go back to what now? #BadAncient

The Church of England

@churchofengland

6 months

The Church of England is the established Christian church in England. Our roots go back to the time of the Roman Empire, when the church came into existence in what was then the province of Britain. Find out more about our history at .

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@BadAncient

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This story's a good example of why we should always check the primary sources first. Pheidippides was not the runner who went from Marathon to Athens, he's the one who ran from Athens to Sparta and back without dying. He didn't run a marathon he ran the spartathlon. #BadAncient

Military History Now

@MilHistNow

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On this day in 490 BC, the Greeks crush a Persian invasion army at Marathon. According to a popular legend, a messenger named Pheidippides runs 26 miles to Athens with news of the triumph... and promptly drops dead from exhaustion.

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@BadAncient

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If you cut out major events, individuals and reforms between two different historical periods, you too can create a popular thread comparing empires to make an, as yet unclear, point about the modern world. #BadAncient

Fugitive Caesar

@ThomBrady5

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Rome is often compared to modern America. History rhymes. We examine a pair of decaying superpowers, perhaps doomed to collapse. In this thread, I will explore 2 questions: What are the parallels? Major differences? When can we expect to find our CAESAR?

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@BadAncient

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This film is still the most authentic presentation of the ancient world that has appeared on screen ... alongside maybe Plebs. #WeWillDieOnThisHill

popculture

@notgwendalupe

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'hercules' premiered 26 years ago today

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@BadAncient

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One of the most important parts of assessing any statements or critiques online is knowing what qualifies that person. So when they tell you outright, it is worth paying that the most attention. This is not a good basis to critique a translation . . . from anc Greek. #BadAncient

Max Meyer

@mualphaxi

1 year

Disclaimer: I took a year of classical Greek at Stanford I was an average student, definitely not as good as the experts here, including Wilson herself. I couldn't translate it myself But I think you will see that many of my criticisms don’t require any knowledge of Greek

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@BadAncient

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Because they are presented as the 'good' version of Nazi ideologies. They can say the things they want to say, while hiding behind the idea of western freedom. #BadAncient

Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens

@CSMFHT

1 year

Writing my next piece, on why the Spartans are the darling of the extreme/alt right/fash crowd. Why do you think these guys are so idolised?

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@BadAncient

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These are not 2 names we thought we would see together. Socrates is not a wise choice here considering he approved of human trafficking, had no real respect for most women, and influenced men who tried to overthrow democracy. #BadAncient

Sulaiman Ahmed

@ShaykhSulaiman

2 years

Andrew Tate and Socrates In ancient Greece they feared the impact Socrates was having on the youth and so they accused him of corrupting their minds. He was put on trial and executed. The focus of the establishment is to control the minds of the youth because they will be the

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@BadAncient

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Herodotus (7.89) says outright: 'the Phoenicians with the Syrians of Palestine furnished three hundred [war ships]' And that was in the 5th century BCE. So, no. Palestine is not a new concept at all. #BadAncient

Bad History Takes

@bad_histories

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The region has been referred to as Palestine (or near equivalents like Peleset, Palashtu, Palaistine, Palaestina, etc.) throughout history, long before the KGB existed. It just usually wasn't independent. Palestinians too have existed for a long time.

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@BadAncient

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Because we already found it, it is next to Narnia and Neverland. Everyone knows that! #BadAncient

Barstool Sports

@barstoolsports

2 years

Why Aren't We Looking For Atlantis ALL The Time?

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@BadAncient

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@Thekeksociety This is made up. Learn some critical thinking skills and ask better questions of memes, like where is the evidence for this claim? And is this relying on the idea that Ishtar and Easter almost sound alike in the English language? Do other languages have this same connection?

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@BadAncient

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It is not often we see a politician look to reject the 300 Spartans analogy. His reasoning could not be clearer. #BadAncient

CNN

@CNN

3 years

“I don’t want Ukraine’s history to be a legend about 300 Spartans. I want peace.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses his country in the face of the Russian invasion.

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@BadAncient

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Socrates was not executed for making 'the elites' look like fools - he was teaching many of the elites! That was part of the problem... #BadAncient

Toby Rogers

@uTobian

1 year

Socrates, exposed the elites of Athens as fools, was forced to drink hemlock. Jesus, right about everything, was nailed to a tree. Thousands of midwives and natural healers, wanted to reduce pain and suffering for ordinary people, burned at the stake for being witches.

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@BadAncient

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This is clearly not true - the desert (the Red Land) was very important in the history of ancient egypt (quarrying, policing, movement of people, etc). As it was to the so called Medjay, and other Nubian groups. #BadAncient

Archaeo - Histories

@archeohistories

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Ancient Egypt was a green land just as ancient Greece; (desert had nothing to do with egypt at all). Ancient Egypt was a fertile green land, in which plentiful rivers extended, and huge gardens and mesmerizing orchards were spread throughout country.

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