Dr Jo Ball
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#Roman & conflict archaeologist; Lecturer at Manchester Met University; University Teacher at the University of Liverpool; Early Career Research Fellow at the Centre for Integrative Research in Conflict Archaeology.
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Worth noting that the name Africa, of probable Punic etymology, (later Ifriqiya) comes from that province, corresponding to today's Tunisia, more or less. "Germany"or "Sind" are other examples of exonyms initially designating small places to later designate much larger geographical areas.
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#AncientSiteSunday Augusta Emérita (actual Mérida) Badajoz, Extremadura 🇪🇦 España. Fue una colonia romana establecida por Augusto en el 25 a.C. Capital de la provincia de Lusitania y una de las más grandes de Hispania. #Hispania #Roma #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #AncientBluesky
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“We should expect that a person who has been first turned into a donkey, by witchcraft, and then transformed back into a human by the power of the gods, would be quite trusting to divine rituals.” Initiation and belief in the Golden Ass by Apuleius #AncientBluesky
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Swimming into #FindsFriday with this gorgeously detailed bronze mermaid, dated 2nd century CE. Loving the detail of the scales on her tail, and how protectively she's holding that cornucopia 🧜🏻♀️. 📸 us at Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija, Seville #Sevilla #archaeology ##skystorians #ancientbluesky
Show Post#FrescoFriday Fresco que representa a Hércules en el Jardín de las Hespérides. Procedente del tepidarium de la Vila Popea en Oplontis en Pompeya, Italia. #History #Roma #Archaeology #Art #AncientBluesky
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