The #ancient #roman town of Norba in Lazio, south of #rome. #archaeology #ancienthistory #ancientrome #ruins #romanhistory
The #ancient #roman town of Norba in Lazio, south of #rome. #archaeology #ancienthistory #ancientrome #ruins #romanhistory
The embracing emperors
Diocletian and Maximian are shown in unified leadership of the Roman empire this #ReliefWednesday. Both have stepped down from their chariots to greet each other.
Three #ancient #roman granite column shafts and marble capitals, reused in the forecourt of the church of San Silvestero in #rome. #archaeology #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ancientrome
Frescoed rooms of the late Republican #Roman house on the Palatine Hill, the so-called ‘House of Augustus’. #rome #archaeology #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ancientrome
This #MosaicMonday we celebrate the Horkstow Mosaic which is one of the largest Roman era mosaics found in Britain. With three panels, here we feature the bottom rectangular panel which depicts a chariot race. You can almost feel the excitement in the air!
A large #ancient #roman cistern in opus incertum with brick buttress supports, near Poggio Murella in Tuscany. #archaeology #ancientrome #ruins #ancientruins #romanhistory
Book of the day
Ginn & Company's Classical Atlas, in twenty three coloured maps, with complete index (1895)
Read online or download https://archive.org/details/ginncompanysclas00johnuoft/
️Chiron and Achilles
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Statius’ incomplete epic poem the Achilleid explores the paternal and pedagogical relationship between Chiron and Achilles. In this fresco from Herculaneum, we witness Chiron guiding Achilles’ education with the lyre.
The arches of the ancient aqueduct the aqua Claudia, later Porta Maggiore, with the #roman tomb of Eurysaces the baker in front. #rome #archaeology #ancientrome #romanhistory #ancienthistory
New Episode: Cleopatra 1963 - Part I
How will the living embodiment of the goddess Isis navigate politics with Rome? We’re about the explore the details and the influences behind the film production starring Elizabeth Taylor. We start with Cleopatra and Caesar
https://partialhistorians.com/2025/07/24/special-episode-cleopatra-1963-cleopatra-and-caesar/
Roman terracotta plaque with a griffin attended by a Hyperborean priest.
This #ReliefWednesday we dive into Greek myth via Roman representation. A lion griffin with horns appears to be drinking from a dish offered by a male figure thought to a priest.
An oldie but a goodie from when Dr Smith lent us her research-based Roman matrona garb and we proceeded to note just how tough it would have been to gad about town as a sophisticated lady.
A large #roman cistern belonging to an #ancient suburban villa, just outside #rome. #archaeology #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ancientrome
*I went on a pilgrimage to the archaeology museum to commune with the world's first multitool. #Italy #AncientRome #materialculture
The #roman gate of Porta Latina in the #ancient city walls of #rome. #archaeology #ancienthistory #ancientrome #romanhistory
Aphrodite and Eros
This #MosaicMonday we step into the vibrant world of Aphrodite. She appears to be gazing at her own reflection in a hand-mirrored back with a face (maybe a Gorgoneion). A pair of doves and the presence of winged Eros cement the goddesses identification.
The so-called ‘temple of Minerva Medica’, more likely an #ancient #roman dining pavilion. #rome #archaeology #ancientrome #romanhistory #ancienthistory
This #FrescoFriday we step back in time to the Villa of Mysteries at Pompeii. And boy did these ladies know how to cut loose in the lead up to a weekend! From almost nude stretching to seeking the comfort of friends, this Bacchic rite has it all.
Just swinging in the breeze
That’s right, it’s #PhallusThursday and our offering is this bronze beauty. Part man, part phallus, all ready to run up your good fortune. Most likely used as a Tintinnabulum, we hope this artefact at least chimed with good taste.
Hemera, the personification of day
This #ReliefWednesday we head to the Sebasteion of Aphrodisias and the depiction of Hemera whose cloak fans out in a brilliant display of velificatio. In the context of this Roman era monument, the pairing of Hemera with her mother Nyx (Night) perhaps in a iconographical suggestion of the eternity of Rome.