Paul Johstono
@profpaulj.bsky.social
Ancient Military Historian at Air Command & Staff College; teaching leadership, ethics, strategy;
@DukeU PhD; @FurmanU
My opinions only
@DukeU PhD; @FurmanU
My opinions only
Happy Halloween from Captain Rex
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Happy Halloween from Captain Rex
In the flesh and it's fantastic. Great resource from @historianabel.bsky.social with beautiful set of figures
August 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
In the flesh and it's fantastic. Great resource from @historianabel.bsky.social with beautiful set of figures
Russian strategic Air Force has become the "How do you even stop this I mean seriously??" meme
June 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Russian strategic Air Force has become the "How do you even stop this I mean seriously??" meme
It's happening!!!!
April 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It's happening!!!!
Andor with the gifts for the childhood PC gaming nerds
April 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Andor with the gifts for the childhood PC gaming nerds
But, in related thoughts... any one who sees this happen to have the other frescos from the allegedly-from-Capua Voronezh sarcophagus?
April 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
But, in related thoughts... any one who sees this happen to have the other frescos from the allegedly-from-Capua Voronezh sarcophagus?
Rats. Surely I can find one. It's the slab not in this picture of the four other slabs...
April 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Rats. Surely I can find one. It's the slab not in this picture of the four other slabs...
Here's the example from the Athena Polias balustrade at Pergamon, so spoil from the Seleucids, perhaps a naval example. It is front-on, and you can see the arm a bit between the frame and the muscled cuirass.
February 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Here's the example from the Athena Polias balustrade at Pergamon, so spoil from the Seleucids, perhaps a naval example. It is front-on, and you can see the arm a bit between the frame and the muscled cuirass.
I'd not previously noticed the Galatian or Galatian-influenced sword with bilobate pommel here. There's also a trilobate pommel elsewhere on the Athena Polias weapons frieze. The details on the armor are intriguing as well.
February 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I'd not previously noticed the Galatian or Galatian-influenced sword with bilobate pommel here. There's also a trilobate pommel elsewhere on the Athena Polias weapons frieze. The details on the armor are intriguing as well.
I mean, look at these beauties
January 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I mean, look at these beauties
Fun in the Other place with Grawk being bad at drawing ancient things
January 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Fun in the Other place with Grawk being bad at drawing ancient things
Got a kick out of @nakhthor.bsky.social's term for the activity of Greek poleis in the decades after Roman power swept across the Eastern Med: "Indian Summer" #polis
In the text he mentions oval shields among Samian monuments; I'm hopeful he'll direct me to one. I know mostly aspides.
In the text he mentions oval shields among Samian monuments; I'm hopeful he'll direct me to one. I know mostly aspides.
December 24, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Got a kick out of @nakhthor.bsky.social's term for the activity of Greek poleis in the decades after Roman power swept across the Eastern Med: "Indian Summer" #polis
In the text he mentions oval shields among Samian monuments; I'm hopeful he'll direct me to one. I know mostly aspides.
In the text he mentions oval shields among Samian monuments; I'm hopeful he'll direct me to one. I know mostly aspides.
A doe has been dropping these two off in my backyard every morning for several days.
November 24, 2024 at 1:36 PM
A doe has been dropping these two off in my backyard every morning for several days.
It's been a pleasure, Utrecht. Great place to talk about the Seleucid army.
November 16, 2024 at 7:59 PM
It's been a pleasure, Utrecht. Great place to talk about the Seleucid army.
Writing on the Seleucids
November 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Writing on the Seleucids
Anyone ever seen an early photo or watercolor of the stele of Nikogenes of Kalymnos, a mercenary who was buried at Amathous in Cyprus? The stele is at the British Museum, but nothing is visible now. I've read descriptions, but never come across a visual.
December 11, 2023 at 10:06 PM
Anyone ever seen an early photo or watercolor of the stele of Nikogenes of Kalymnos, a mercenary who was buried at Amathous in Cyprus? The stele is at the British Museum, but nothing is visible now. I've read descriptions, but never come across a visual.
#OTD in 189 BC, a draft receipt recording how a local official received wine rations for Macedonian soldiers serving their liturgy. Considering there were armies fighting rebels in the Thebaid that year, a post in Philadelphia in the Fayum was a cushy gig.
P.Yale I 37
papyri.info/ddbdp/p.yale...
P.Yale I 37
papyri.info/ddbdp/p.yale...
September 22, 2023 at 3:07 PM
#OTD in 189 BC, a draft receipt recording how a local official received wine rations for Macedonian soldiers serving their liturgy. Considering there were armies fighting rebels in the Thebaid that year, a post in Philadelphia in the Fayum was a cushy gig.
P.Yale I 37
papyri.info/ddbdp/p.yale...
P.Yale I 37
papyri.info/ddbdp/p.yale...