Last week, Carlos Machado and I received scholars from different academic backgrounds to discuss poverty drivers in the long Late Antiquity (300 - 800 AD). I had the opportunity to speak about Credit, Debt, and Social Mobility in Late Antiquity. It was an enriching experience.

Last Tuesday, I spoke at the event "Land and Power in the Later Roman World" in Tübingen about debt and land disputes in Late Antiquity. The event brought together scholars from diverse academic backgrounds to discuss land in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. It was a great experience!

A brief appreciation thread for some of my colleagues in Classics at Exeter, who the University of Exeter have put at risk of redundancy @exeter.ac.uk. A few are on here, most are not, but I'm going to say nice things about them anyway.

Yesterday I attended a great conference in Rio de Janeiro that brought together historians and economists to discuss the issue of financial crises. I had the privilege of being invited to speak on the crisis of the 3rd century and its consequences for public and private finances in Late Antiquity.

Admittedly competing with Augustine may be quite intimidating, especially since he is able to release new publications nearly 1600 years after his death.

"Poverty Dynamics in the Long Late Antiquity, AD 300-800" #Conference 📆 22 to 23 July 2026 📍 In-person: Room S4, Swallowgate, School of Classics, University of St Andrews 💻️ Online: MS Teams 🔗 View programme and register: bit.ly/4uRIBvq

"Poverty Dynamics in the Long Late Antiquity, AD 300-800" #Conference 📆 22 to 23 July 2026 📍 In-person: Room S4, Swallowgate, School of Classics, University of St Andrews 💻️ Online: MS Teams 🔗 View programme and register: bit.ly/4uRIBvq

"Land and Power in the Later Roman World " #Conference 📆 29 June to 1 July 2026 📍 Tübingen 🔗 View details: bit.ly/4tsST40 Please send enquiries to Dr Giordana Franceschini, giordana.franceschini@histsem.uni-tuebingen.de #AllWelcome

Associate #lectureships: Join us #tomorrow for information sessions at 8am and 4.15pm UK time. Get meeting links: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

St Andrews Classics@staclassics.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We're inviting applications for two Associate Lecturers (education focused) in Ancient History and Archaeology, to start on 1 September 2026. One post will be for two years, and the other for one year. We're holding two information sessions on 21 April. 🔗 Get session links: bit.ly/4sZ5AUx

🧶 Meu livro "Império Romano", da Editora Contexto, saiu esta semana. Neste fio, deixo a vocês um trechinho que dá bem a ideia da proposta:

How did gender shape who was seen and treated as a criminal in Late Antiquity? Read up on Julia Hillner's project. For an overview of all research projects, see the new Dependent: buff.ly/gi1LMwh @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

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And another press release from @unibonn.bsky.social, this time on our new project funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de The Nameless in History ...and in English www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/048-... @woodjamie.bsky.social

Greatest honour of my career so far. As founding editor I'm proud to announce @edinburghup.bsky.social Studies in Late Roman History. The world's first book series exclusively dedicated to the core domain of Late Antiquity. Like to discuss proposals or manuscripts? Reach out! tinyurl.com/dujjeuth

For all those interested in the early Middle Ages, economy, money, etc. Even more affordable now!

Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Now in #paperback, @rorynaismith.bsky.social's Making Money in the Early Middle Ages is an examination of coined money and its significance to rulers, aristocrats and peasants in early medieval Europe. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #History #ReadUP

Save the date! Join us for five inaugural lectures by our colleagues who were recently made professor: Prof Emma Buckley, Prof Alice König, Prof Myles Lavan, Prof Alex Long, and Prof Carlos Machado. ⏰️ 1 April 2026 at 4pm. 📍 Buchanan lecture theatre, St Andrews. #AllWelcome #InauguralLecture

Lançamento no final de março! Para quem quiser já garantir seu exemplar, o livro está em pré-venda no site da Editora Contexto e em outras livrarias!

Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics at Birkbeck, University of London www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQN461/l...

Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics at Birkbeck, University of London

Apply now for the Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

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Web – Mise en ligne en open-access des éditions du Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (volumes antérieurs à 2010) rmblf.be/2026/02/14/w...

Web – Mise en ligne en open-access des éditions du Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (volumes antérieurs à 2010)

Using current philological methods and editorial techniques, members of the commission, collaborators and scholars from various countries have been producing editions of the writings of Christian L…

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When did humans start using drills? “A new study reveals that Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool far earlier than previously suggested” (about 3250 BCE). It’s the oldest known rotary drill 🔩 you guys! www.austriaca.at?arp=0x0041300e

Save the dates! The Centre for Late Antique Studies begins an exciting schedule of seminars on 11 March, with papers from Timothy Greenwood and Becca Grose. 🔗 View schedule: bit.ly/4cexztV

More Research Training from the IHR . The term 2 calendar is now live. www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

Three rare 4th c. gold coins found in Aquileia – The History Blog www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/74629

Three rare 4th c. gold coins found in Aquileia – The History Blog

Three rare gold solidi minted by three different 4th century Roman emperors have been discovered in Aquileia, northeastern Italy. The issues are so rare they were likely not circulation coinage, but…

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I'm glad to be awarded this bursary by the @echistsoc.bsky.social This will be immensely valuable for this final stage of my PhD!

Chris Wickham's 'Framing the early Middle Ages, Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800' (2005) is widely seen as a milestone in early medieval studies. New research published by Robert Portass, Peter Sarris and Caroline Goodson (@cjg70.bsky.social) now offers a critical response to Wickham’s ideas ⬇️

Now available Open Access! academic.oup.com/past/advance...

Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664–687 in England*

Abstract. Bede and other authors describe a destructive wave of plague sweeping across Britain and Ireland in the period 664–87. In the decades around and

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Rory Naismith@rorynaismith.bsky.social · 2y ago

Very pleased to see this out now. Behind paywall for the moment, but hoping to have that changed … academic.oup.com/past/advance...

Yesterday, I had the great pleasure to be back at the Institute of History of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to present a conference entitled "The other side of the coin: credit in the late-antique taxation system" in a event full of great researchers. Loved it!

É exatamente isso que o Fux está dizendo.

José Carlos Souto (@jcsouto)@jcsouto.bsky.social · 11mo ago

@npto.bsky.social explicou a teoria de Fux ainda em 2023 na Folha

Meu texto na @folha.com sobre o voto do Fux. Me ofereci pra fazer de graça. www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/cels...