RIP 847 years ago Hildegarde von Bingen, abbess, mystic, theologian, musical composer, astronomer, pharmacist and doctor, and among many other things inventor/discoverer of the sacred language “Lingua ignota”, who died #onthisday in 1179 CE. (Pictured, her conception of the world as a "cosmic egg")

Geographical and Spatial Data in the Digital Classicist Wiki, Chiara Palladino (Durham University) and Tom Elliott (New York University). 5th October 2026, 17:00 BST (online only) Register at ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Geographical and Spatial Data in the Digital Classicist Wiki

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Last call! Classics Librarians and the Digital Classicist Wiki, run by Sue Willetts (Joint ICS/Hellenic and Roman Library) and Gabriel Bodard (ICS & DH). This afternoon 14:00 BST ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Classics Librarians and the Digital Classicist Wiki

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Happy 235th birthday to the "Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne" published by Olympe de Gouges #onthisday in 1791 in protest at the lack of gender progress in the French Revolution. (A supporter of a moderate faction in the Revolution, she was executed by guillotine 2 yrs later.)

Over the decades, scholars have proposed many interpretations: A fertility figure, amother goddess, a good‑luck totem, an aphrodisiac, even a self‑portrait, made by a woman looking down at her own body, explaining the proportions and facelessness. On display at Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna. 2/2

Happy 2534th anniversary to the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus in Rome, the largest and most important temple in Rome for most of the Republican period, dedicated #onthisday, the Ides of September, in 509 BCE.

The 2515th anniversary of the conventional dating of the Battle of Marathon, when an outnumbered Athenian-led force defeated an invading Persian army on Greek soil, #onthisday 6 Boedromion (12 September 490 BCE).

#EpigraphyTuesday IRT 33: Testamentary dedication to Septimius Severus by Caecilius Five lines, highly fragmentary, which we just used as an example encoding to demonstrate #EpiDoc XML in the "Digitising the Bronze Age" workshop. irt2021.inslib.kcl.ac.uk/en/inscripti...

Hybrid #EpiDoc workshop today: Encoding the Bronze Age: Digital Approaches to Cypro-Aegean Epigraphy ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Encoding the Bronze Age: Digital Approaches to Cypro-Aegean Epigraphy

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Happy 80th birthday to Freddie Mercury ☿ Singer, performer and writer with legendary rock band Queen 👑 Born #onthisday in 1946, and still rocking us all! 🌈

*Call for Participation* Linked Pasts 12, University of Porto, 23–25 November 2026 Call for Sessions, Mini Demos & Posters, deadline 13th September 2026 linkedpasts.hcommons.org/2026/06/23/l...

Cis and straight friends, this is for you (and to help inform the choices you make for your kids)

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As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

2056 years ago, #onthisday in 31 BCE, two would-be dictators and former favourites of the late Julius Caesar faced off in a massive naval battle opposite Actium in Greece, ultimately leading to victory for Octavian who became Augustus, the first autocratic Emperor of post-republican Rome.

Happy 2421st birthday to the Temple of Juno Regina on the Aventine Hill in Rome, first dedicated by Marcus Furius Camillus #onthisday in 396 BCE.

I am proud to share the UK 3D Heritage Data at Risk project final report with you! 🔗 Link at the end of this thread.

RIP 970 years ago Theodora Porphyrogenita, twice Empress Regnant (one of only 5 or so women sole rulers of the Roman Empire), once co-empress with her sister Zoë, and again coming out of retirement 14 years later, as last ruler of the Macedonian Dynasty. Died #onthisday in 1056 CE.

RIP 1596 years ago Aurelius Augustinus (Bishop Augustine of Hippo), theologian and philosopher, patron saint of brewers 🍺 and printers 🗞️, exponent of "just war" philosophy, who died #onthisday in 430 CE.

Happy 1632nd birthday to the Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the last writing in Egyptian Hieroglyphic ever found, inscribed by the priest of Isis at Philae on the date of Osiris's birthday, #onthisday in regnal year 110 (394 CE).

Blog on my friend and mentor Professor Pat Easterling, who died this week edithorial.blogspot.com/2026/08/reme...

Views of some of his former students and colleagues. leilacancode.github.io/everythinggo...

Happy 2320th birthday to the first temple to Venus in Rome, the Temple of Venus Obsequens, founded near the Aventine Hill by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Samnite war, at the Vinalia Rustica festival #onthisday in 295 BCE.

Curious about Digital Humanities? PhD Graduate Caio Mello shares how its interdisciplinary nature creates space to experiment, collaborate and explore new ideas across technology, cultures, histories, languages and texts. 🔗 Find out more: sas.ac.uk/phd-dighum

Happy 456th birthday to the Principality of Transylvania, originally a vassal state of the Kingdom of Hungary, officially recognised by the Treaty of Speyer between King Maximilian II and Prince John Sigismund Zápolya, #onthisday in 1570 CE.

RIP 986 years ago King Donnchad mac Crinain ("the sick"), who aged 38 died in battle against his cousin Macbeth at Bothnagowan #onthisday in 1040 CE.

Gabby's office: 30.4° C

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Heatwave update! If you're thinking of coming into the library this afternoon, the temperatures are: First literature room: 29.3 degrees Second literature room: 28.9 degrees Archaeology: 29.8 degrees Numismatics: 30.6 degrees Please take care in this heat!

We are pleased to announce our new free exhibition! In the library reception space, you can read about our collection of ancient artefacts, which were donated to the Institute by professor Victor Ehrenberg.

RIP 1223 years ago Irene Sarantapechaina, also known as Irene of Athens, the first ever sole ruling empress regnant of the Roman Empire (797–802), died #onthisday in 803 CE.

Happy 1604th birthday to Ch'a-[..], ajaw or king of Palenque, who would go on to reign 52 years, but whose name in Maya hieroglyphs has not been fully deciphered, born #onthisday in 422 CE (8.19.6.8.8 long count). (Scholars dub him "Casper" pending successful transcription of his name.)

#TEIFriday If you use or facilitate the use of EpiDoc (or any other TEI or non-TEI XML encoding) for publication of inscriptions, papyri, seals or other ancient texts and text-bearing objects, you surely have opinions on standards, interoperability+sustainability currentepigraphy.org/2026/06/22/c...