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Evan Schultheis

@evanschultheis.bsky.social

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M.A. History, Winthrop University. B.S. Chemistry. Specializing in Late Roman and Byzantine Military Archaeology, Culture, and History. Author, "The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields, A.D. 451." Reenactor. Views are my own. #ActuallyAutistic

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hello new followers! I wrote and published my first book as an undergrad!

The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields, the 5th century Roman Army, Huns, and Flavius Aetius were my first research interests. Thanks to @penandswordbooks.bsky.social for giving me a chance.

The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields AD 451 - Casemate Publishers US

Evan Schultheis reconsiders the evidence for Attila the Hun’s most famous battle, the climax of his invasion of the Western Roman Empire that had reached a...

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 58m

It's said that only 1/9th of known Byzantine manuscripts have ever been translated. Before even considering Persian, Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, etc. etc.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 1d

Again, it is worth keeping in mind when comparing the rate of discoveries that public funding for medicine and the sciences is orders of magnitude larger than for the humanities. We work slow in part because we work on a shoestring.

A pie-chart of federal research funding, using 2023 figures. The funding slices for the NIH (83%) and NSF (17%) are so large that the slices for the NEH and NEA round to 0%.

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 1h

The Italian one?

Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 1h

I mean this is already the whole reason DeviantArt has become unusable as a platform so he's already missed the boat on that market...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 1h

The AlGoreRythm is the name of my new favorite culturally appropriated Reggae group.

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 1h

I was promised comically oversized shoulder pads and I feel whelmed. @infinata.bsky.social

Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 4h

Trapping tonight.

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RJB / Mallacore 🇨🇦 @rjb-mallacore.bsky.social · 6h

Some of my Star Trek based art.

Enjoy.

#scifiart #scifi #fanart #startrek

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 12h

Photo by Tom Billiter.

(You can tell I learned Marozzo lol)

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Blue Axeman @blueaxeman.bsky.social · 1d

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 2d

It's kind of funny as it becoming an in-joke almost like the Oberth.

Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 4d

If you can foster a cat please don't wait for someone else to step up. Every cat in a temporary home saves multiple lives.

Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 4d

If your protest is allowed, it's not a protest.

Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 4d

Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.

An easel sign reads, “UCLA
ATTENTION
No events are permitted in this area today. Per Policy 852, this location is NOT designated for public expression activities.
Individuals participating in an event or a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest.
Scan for policy information.”

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 4d

A real protest is when you chuck this sign in the garbage.

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah it's a mix of Burgundian fashion and heroic armor.

Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 4d

No I meant in 1470.

Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 4d

It's certainly alla Heroica on a few figures but otherwise most of the armor is actually contemporary.

Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 5d

Really this misses the whole point. Games are art and art should have depth. That doesn't necessarily correlate to game length or graphics quality.

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Tranquility Press @tranquilitypress.bsky.social · 5d

If you want some amazing art, give @ncc-60205.bsky.social a look, they have done some amazing work for the Tranquility Press Projects!

A selection of Starships against a blue background

The Saucer of a Galaxy Class Starship being raised from the suraface of Mars

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 5d

I still need to do a Stark Hyperspace War commission with you...

Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 5d

Your artwork is fantastic BTW. When I'm not broke as hell I might have to have you do a commission...

BTW if you want to check out more inspiration for this era go back and look through the old 2000 WOTC Star Wars RPG. Acolyte was directly inspired by it.

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 5d

This manuscript is also very interesting because it paints a much different portrait of what Ottoman soldiers looked like in this period, with lots of Western European export armor that matches the archaeology.

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · 5d

YAY!!!