Pompeii’s Graffiti and the Ancient Origins of Social Media

Posted by jonnycombust on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @01:59AM
from the theatlantic.com dept.

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Re:Pompeii’s Graffiti and the Ancient Origins of Social Media by rustynails on Thursday March 31, 2016 @05:04PM (#11400541)

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).

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Re:Pompeii’s Graffiti and the Ancient Origins of Social Media by pklausler on Thursday March 31, 2016 @05:25PM (#11400665)

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

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Re:Pompeii’s Graffiti and the Ancient Origins of Social Media by dreen on Thursday March 31, 2016 @04:05PM (#11400203)

Romanes eunt domus!

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Re:Pompeii’s Graffiti and the Ancient Origins of Social Media by yolesaber on Thursday March 31, 2016 @04:55PM (#11400490)

Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam

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Re:Pompeii’s Graffiti and the Ancient Origins of Social Media by zgniatacz on Thursday March 31, 2016 @04:44PM (#11400432)

Romani ite domum!

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Re:Pompeii’s Graffiti and the Ancient Origins of Social Media by B1FF_PSUVM on Thursday March 31, 2016 @05:45PM (#11400803)

> advertisements for Gladiatorial games,

What is it with the random word capitalization these days?

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Re:Pompeii’s Graffiti and the Ancient Origins of Social Media by dang on Thursday March 31, 2016 @05:47PM (#11400822)

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

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