Andy Fletcher
@andyfletcher90.bsky.social
Roman history nerd, especially the late Republic. Currently working on an audio drama about the second triumvirate. Most of the time I'm a musician.
In the latest episode of On Drunkenness Mark Antony reminisces on a scandalous but memorable Lupercalia and Ahenobarbus wants to know why he's divorced such a noble wife as Octavia...
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September 21, 2026 at 3:11 PM
In the latest episode of On Drunkenness Mark Antony reminisces on a scandalous but memorable Lupercalia and Ahenobarbus wants to know why he's divorced such a noble wife as Octavia...
youtu.be/y17OHH1xAZY?...
open.spotify.com/episode/2Kyh...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
youtu.be/y17OHH1xAZY?...
open.spotify.com/episode/2Kyh...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
We're now on Audible!
Latest episode deals with Antony's divorce from Octavia and the controversary surrounding the Lupercalia, as well as the riots in Rome after the freemen are taxed.
Also been a lot of fun bringing Ahenobarbus to life as a difficult to impress, old fashioned Republican.
Latest episode deals with Antony's divorce from Octavia and the controversary surrounding the Lupercalia, as well as the riots in Rome after the freemen are taxed.
Also been a lot of fun bringing Ahenobarbus to life as a difficult to impress, old fashioned Republican.
Marcus Antonius On Drunkenness
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Mark Antony writes his book On Drunkenness as he prepares for a final showdown against Octavian at Actium. Dinna Fash Productions...
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September 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
We're now on Audible!
Latest episode deals with Antony's divorce from Octavia and the controversary surrounding the Lupercalia, as well as the riots in Rome after the freemen are taxed.
Also been a lot of fun bringing Ahenobarbus to life as a difficult to impress, old fashioned Republican.
Latest episode deals with Antony's divorce from Octavia and the controversary surrounding the Lupercalia, as well as the riots in Rome after the freemen are taxed.
Also been a lot of fun bringing Ahenobarbus to life as a difficult to impress, old fashioned Republican.
Riots are breaking out in Rome, his men don't understand why he's divorced Octavia, gossip about Cleopatra spreads through the camp, kings are arriving... but Mark Antony wants to discuss the Lupercalia.
youtu.be/y17OHH1xAZY
open.spotify.com/episode/2Kyh...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
youtu.be/y17OHH1xAZY
open.spotify.com/episode/2Kyh...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
September 16, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Riots are breaking out in Rome, his men don't understand why he's divorced Octavia, gossip about Cleopatra spreads through the camp, kings are arriving... but Mark Antony wants to discuss the Lupercalia.
youtu.be/y17OHH1xAZY
open.spotify.com/episode/2Kyh...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
youtu.be/y17OHH1xAZY
open.spotify.com/episode/2Kyh...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
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The punishment for an unchaste Vestal Virgin was to be buried alive - but were all condemned Vestals truly guilty, or were some merely convenient scapegoats?
Our full episode on the Vestals with Peta Greenfield of @partialhistorians.bsky.social is out now...
Our full episode on the Vestals with Peta Greenfield of @partialhistorians.bsky.social is out now...
September 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The punishment for an unchaste Vestal Virgin was to be buried alive - but were all condemned Vestals truly guilty, or were some merely convenient scapegoats?
Our full episode on the Vestals with Peta Greenfield of @partialhistorians.bsky.social is out now...
Our full episode on the Vestals with Peta Greenfield of @partialhistorians.bsky.social is out now...
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War Room with Marcus Piso is a long lost Ancient Roman talk show featuring guests from the late Republic.
In this episode, staunch Republican Piso, grills one of Mark Antony's top generals, Canidius Crassus, about Mark Antony's will and his relationship with Cleopatra.
In this episode, staunch Republican Piso, grills one of Mark Antony's top generals, Canidius Crassus, about Mark Antony's will and his relationship with Cleopatra.
September 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
War Room with Marcus Piso is a long lost Ancient Roman talk show featuring guests from the late Republic.
In this episode, staunch Republican Piso, grills one of Mark Antony's top generals, Canidius Crassus, about Mark Antony's will and his relationship with Cleopatra.
In this episode, staunch Republican Piso, grills one of Mark Antony's top generals, Canidius Crassus, about Mark Antony's will and his relationship with Cleopatra.
Mark Antony wonders if it might be fear rather than virtue that keeps his peers from drinking more heavily...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0345u5z...
YT: www.youtube.com/@MarcusAnton...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0345u5z...
YT: www.youtube.com/@MarcusAnton...
September 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Mark Antony wonders if it might be fear rather than virtue that keeps his peers from drinking more heavily...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0345u5z...
YT: www.youtube.com/@MarcusAnton...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0345u5z...
YT: www.youtube.com/@MarcusAnton...
It's the anniversary of the Battle of Actium so a good time to announce the release of Marcus Antonius On Drunkenness. Our audio drama about Mark Antony's lost text and the Republic's last civil war!
We owe @mikebeer.bsky.social a bottle of wine 🍷
Episode 1:
open.spotify.com/show/0345u5z...
We owe @mikebeer.bsky.social a bottle of wine 🍷
Episode 1:
open.spotify.com/show/0345u5z...
September 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
It's the anniversary of the Battle of Actium so a good time to announce the release of Marcus Antonius On Drunkenness. Our audio drama about Mark Antony's lost text and the Republic's last civil war!
We owe @mikebeer.bsky.social a bottle of wine 🍷
Episode 1:
open.spotify.com/show/0345u5z...
We owe @mikebeer.bsky.social a bottle of wine 🍷
Episode 1:
open.spotify.com/show/0345u5z...
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Audio drama about Mark Antony and Octavian that I did some advising on is out today. I enjoyed working on it and have really liked what I’ve heard. If Robert Harris’ Agrippa has caught your attention, you might like this. Not suitable for kids!
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September 2, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Audio drama about Mark Antony and Octavian that I did some advising on is out today. I enjoyed working on it and have really liked what I’ve heard. If Robert Harris’ Agrippa has caught your attention, you might like this. Not suitable for kids!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Been reading a lot about the Gracchi lately, so this is a welcome coincidence
"Melvyn Bragg and @BBCInOurTime guests discuss the brothers Ti. and C. Gracchus. As tribunes, they brought popular reforms to the Roman Republic at the end of the C2nd BC. The elites saw the reforms as such a threat that they had the brothers killed."
#AncientBluesky
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#AncientBluesky
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
In Our Time - The Gracchi - BBC Sounds
Why two brothers became linked to the fall of the Roman Republic and rise of the emperors.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Been reading a lot about the Gracchi lately, so this is a welcome coincidence
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#RomanSiteSaturday
#Roman Bathhouse - Prestatyn, Wales.
The bath-house was built in about AD 120 and extended in about AD 150. It had a cold plunge-bath at the far end which was fed by a local spring by means of a timber aqueduct. (See Alt.)
#Archaeology #History
#AncientBlueSky🏛️
#Roman Bathhouse - Prestatyn, Wales.
The bath-house was built in about AD 120 and extended in about AD 150. It had a cold plunge-bath at the far end which was fed by a local spring by means of a timber aqueduct. (See Alt.)
#Archaeology #History
#AncientBlueSky🏛️
April 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
#RomanSiteSaturday
#Roman Bathhouse - Prestatyn, Wales.
The bath-house was built in about AD 120 and extended in about AD 150. It had a cold plunge-bath at the far end which was fed by a local spring by means of a timber aqueduct. (See Alt.)
#Archaeology #History
#AncientBlueSky🏛️
#Roman Bathhouse - Prestatyn, Wales.
The bath-house was built in about AD 120 and extended in about AD 150. It had a cold plunge-bath at the far end which was fed by a local spring by means of a timber aqueduct. (See Alt.)
#Archaeology #History
#AncientBlueSky🏛️
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Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way.
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
theconversation.com/ancient-rome...
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
theconversation.com/ancient-rome...
Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way
Unfortunately for the Romans, high tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic woes.
theconversation.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way.
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
theconversation.com/ancient-rome...
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
theconversation.com/ancient-rome...
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A delightful earthenware figurine of a cat playing a harp,
1st century AD, Roman Egypt.
(Via Museum August Kestner) ##AncientBlueSky
1st century AD, Roman Egypt.
(Via Museum August Kestner) ##AncientBlueSky
April 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A delightful earthenware figurine of a cat playing a harp,
1st century AD, Roman Egypt.
(Via Museum August Kestner) ##AncientBlueSky
1st century AD, Roman Egypt.
(Via Museum August Kestner) ##AncientBlueSky
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For #AncientSiteSunday
The cliff-top ruins of the 5th-century BC Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Attica, Greece. 📷 me
#AncientBlueSky🏺
The cliff-top ruins of the 5th-century BC Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Attica, Greece. 📷 me
#AncientBlueSky🏺
April 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
For #AncientSiteSunday
The cliff-top ruins of the 5th-century BC Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Attica, Greece. 📷 me
#AncientBlueSky🏺
The cliff-top ruins of the 5th-century BC Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Attica, Greece. 📷 me
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Very hype for @jldraycott.bsky.social new book on Fulvia. Great read. Glad to learn more about the women of the Late Republic. And Fulvia is definitely one of the most intriguing figures of the time.
March 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Very hype for @jldraycott.bsky.social new book on Fulvia. Great read. Glad to learn more about the women of the Late Republic. And Fulvia is definitely one of the most intriguing figures of the time.