Pompeii’s Graffiti and the Ancient Origins of Social Media

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	Pompeii’s Graffiti and the Ancient Origins of Social Media (theatlantic.com)
	17 points by jonnycombust 3734 days ago

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Mary Beard crafted a brilliant series with BBC, meet the Romans. It superbly covers the topic of graffiti and many other modern behaviours.

I really can't recommend any of Mary's work highly enough (and my recommendation has nothing to do with her gender).

I second, and really enjoyed her recent book "SPQR".

Romanes eunt domus!

Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam

Romani ite domum!

> advertisements for Gladiatorial games,

What is it with the random word capitalization these days?

I've been noticing that too. It's the Return of the 18th century.