#Salamis

We're excited to highlight a particularly inaccessible piece of Athenian history!While we're waiting for tonight's webinar on the Battle of Salamis, let's explore where its most famous participant may be

1/ This is an Alexander issue coin from the Greek city of Salamis, #Cyprus. Alexander may still have been alive when it was minted. King Pnytagoras of Salamis, as well

Today’s digital day trip from #Athens takes us to #Salamis, largest island in the Saronic & fastest way off the mainland. If you’ve only visited for its beaches & fish,

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Check out these shots of the new temporary exhibition “Glorious Victories: Between Myth & History,” just opened at the @namuseumathens!The exhibition commemorates 2,500 years since Thermopylae & Salamis & features

2,499 years ago, approximately #OTD, the straits between the Greek mainland and the island of Salamis became the site of one of the most famous naval battles in history.Have you

HistoryofPersia

Well they did a good job of distilling all of the worst takes about that war into one article I guess. Some highlights:"Had this happened, there might have been no...

2,499 years ago, approximately #OTD, a more interesting battle took place off the coast of Thermopylai - the naval battle of Artemision. Unlike Thermopylai, this one actually mattered.It is not

Derek | The Hellenistic Age Podcast

In ~301 BC, Demetrius I Poliorcetes hosted a banquet, & according to Plutarch a toast was made to his kingship. His rival Diadochi, on the other hand, were referred to:

Stephen DeCasien

1. All this Salamis talk makes me think of the Olympias! A thread on the background and information of the experimental archaeological trireme the Olympias! #ClassicsTwitter #trireme #ancienthistory #ancientwarfare 2.

Secret SoSHHiety

That's the story, but...(Thread)https://twitter.com/SandyShuze/status/1253778493550333959 In Judaism, "Jewish" girls were betrothed at 14. Most early church fathers believed Mary was married off when she was 12 years old & Joseph th

Since "Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit (once defeated, Greece conquered its savage captor, Horace)" #theaters were an essential features in both Greek & Roman towns. Let's use today's #MuseumsUnlocked for

Today, I have shortlisted 21 Centre-Forward players perfectly suit for @ChennaiyinFC, @KeralaBlasters, @NEUtdFC, @sc_eastbengal, @OdishaFC and @bengalurufc. These players are in supreme form in the last couple of years.Let's see

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The Hodoeporicon of Willibald:The Englishman who Lived For Two Years in C8th Constantinople #Byzantium #England It's nt written by Willibald himself (WHO'S A SAINT BTW). Author remained anon for long

If you like the archaeology, museums, & landscapes of Greece, Jordan & beyond, take a look at this thread of threads highlighting my posts on their monuments, artifacts & sites!