Alex Cushing
@alexcushing.bsky.social
Roman Social Historian @ University of Rochester; epigraphy, enslavement, the formerly enslaved, and labour in the ancient Mediterranean.
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For more on epigraphy and women travelling in Roman antiquity, see Lien Foubert’s “The Spinning of the Wheels: Women’s Travel Stories in Latin Funerary Inscriptions” doaj.org/article/51a5... Happy birthday, Eufronia! 🛳️
The Spinning of the Wheels: Women’s Travel Stories in Latin Funerary Inscriptions – DOAJ
This contribution examines Latin funerary inscriptions in which the movements of middle-class women within and beyond the Italian peninsula constitute the...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
For more on epigraphy and women travelling in Roman antiquity, see Lien Foubert’s “The Spinning of the Wheels: Women’s Travel Stories in Latin Funerary Inscriptions” doaj.org/article/51a5... Happy birthday, Eufronia! 🛳️
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October 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
And if you enjoyed these episodes, you can check out all #PeoplingPodcast episodes and so much more at
peoplingthepast.com/category/pod...
#Ancient #Mediterranean #Podcasts /end
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I suppose if the question here is 'why don't these fields produce new discoveries at the same rate as the sciences' the answer is a pretty obvious, 'because they're not funded like the sciences.'
We could do a lot of archaeology with, say, a few billion dollars a year!
We could do a lot of archaeology with, say, a few billion dollars a year!
October 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I suppose if the question here is 'why don't these fields produce new discoveries at the same rate as the sciences' the answer is a pretty obvious, 'because they're not funded like the sciences.'
We could do a lot of archaeology with, say, a few billion dollars a year!
We could do a lot of archaeology with, say, a few billion dollars a year!
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Chicagoans have arrived at Trump Tower, chanting "all power to the people, no human is illegal!"
October 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Chicagoans have arrived at Trump Tower, chanting "all power to the people, no human is illegal!"