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My favourite Pompeii fresco: the dog’s expression kills me, like ‘nothing good will come from this’, Helen of Troy meets Paris.
My favourite Pompeii fresco: the dog’s expression kills me, like ‘nothing good will come from this’, Helen of Troy meets Paris.
Bust of Antoninus Pius over an image of the Antonine Wall
Map showing the 2 walls (Hadrian's and Antoninus').
Map showing Antonine forts along the Antonine Wall.
Busts of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus
#AntoninusPius, #Roman Emperor, died #OTD 7 Mar AD161 aged 74. One of the “Five Good Emperors”, his reign, known for stability and prosperity, saw Rome advance into Caledonia & build the Antonine Wall (AD142). He was succeeded by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, Rome’s first joint emperors.
A display of nine ornate ancient metal toothpicks
Today is #DentistsDay. Although #dentistry did not exist as a separate profession, #Romans had ways to take care of their teeth. Archaeological and textual evidence shows that they practiced tooth extraction and cauterisation of infected gums in addition to using a variety of medical concoctions.
Looking east in Wall mile 24. On the counterscarp of the north fighting ditch.
Looking west in Wall mile 24. On the counterscarp of the north fighting ditch.
Looking east and west in Wall mile 24. On the counterscarp of the north fighting ditch. Portgate to Heavenfield section of Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail. #hadrianswall #followtheacorn
A museum case containing four red pottery vessels, in front small piles of nuts, seeds and shells.
Evidence for the diet of the Roman soldiers who guarded the Antonine Wall in Scotland - including Samian pottery, shellfish, nuts and seeds - found at various sites along the frontier, now in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.
#FindsFriday
#RomanSiteSaturday
Tradition has it that the so-called ‘Villa of Augustus’, also known as the Dionysiac Villa in Somma Vesuviana, near #Nola (an ancient Campanian town in #Naples) was the place where Emperor #Augustus breathed his last circa 14 AD.
A nice tradition 👀🤔
#Archaeology #Roman #History
Looking east onto Milecastle 39 - a fortlet on Hadrian’s Wall, located to the northeast of Once Brewed in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #HadriansWall #RomanBritain #Northumberland
Horsemen of the Roman army wore a parade helmet like this during demonstrations, which were part of their training. The helmet protected the head against the blows of spears. This image was originally posted to Flickr by TimeTravelRome
#Roman cavalry helmet. Possibly this face of woman represents an #Amazon. The band on the forehead (torques) was supposed to symbolize Amazons' "barbaric" character. Bronze. 100-200 AD. From Nola. Now in the British Museum.
#Ancient #Art #History #Archaeology
Low Roman ruined walls in a green field under a bright blue sky
#RomanSiteSaturday The Principia of Ambleside Roman Fort in Cumbria on a fine day last year
Here the commanding officer would have lived, alongside the temple and strong room where money and the units' standards were kept
📸 Mine
#archaeology #photooftheday 🏺
#OnThisDay in AD 161, after a peaceful reign of nearly 23 years, Antoninus Pius died of fever in his villa at Lorium. He was 74. With the death of their adoptive father, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus became co-emperors.
Collage of images: statue of Lucilla, head of Lucilla and 2 coins of Lucilla, one gold and one silver
Close up of the statue of Lucilla
Head of Lucilla with dramatic shadow contrast in the photo, over a white background that is itself over a black background
Two coins of Lucilla, an aureus (gold) and a denarius (silver), over a black background
Happy birthday to Annia Aurelia Galeria #Lucilla! 🎂Daughter of #MarcusAurelius & Faustina the Younger, & granddaughter of Antoninus Pius, she was born 7 Mar c AD148–150.
Widow of co-emperor Lucius Verus, she later joined a failed plot against her brother Commodus in AD182 and was executed, aged 34.
My photo shows a Roman fresco of a brown rabbit with long ears, curled on the ground, with a rounded, soft-looking body. Its head is lowered as if nibbling at three figs placed in front of it. The figs are small and round with short stems, painted in dark reddish and bluish tones. From Pompeii. Now on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.
Here’s a charming Roman fresco of a little rabbit eating figs 🐰❤️
From Pompeii, 45-79 AD.
Now at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. 📷 by me
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology
News - Roman Gold Mining Operation Identified in Spain - Archaeology Magazine
archaeology.org/news/2026/03...
A terra sigillata fragment with two gladiators fighting. Now in the Jewry Wall Roman experience. #FindsFriday
A vaulted Roman-era water canal measuring approximately 300 meters in length has been discovered during urban renewal works in the province of Trabzon, experts said, describing the structure as a rare archaeological asset with no equivalent in Türkiye.
www.hurriyetdailynews.com/rare-roman-w...
An ancient woolly sock from #Roman Egypt - with a split between the big toe & the other toes so that you could wear it with sandles! #AncientBlueSky
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Some New Forest Ware, & the rather lovely detail on this belt buckle
#FindsFriday
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Some coins, of course
including a Durotrigian stater
#FindsFriday
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Nearly missed these as they're somewhat tucked in a corner but Roman roof tiles!
and ...noteably not that different to the same roofs you'll see in the village today, presumably of the local Purbeck stone
(assuming thats not too heavy for tiles)
#FindsFriday
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Some Great pieces of stamped pottery showing the makers marks
#FindsFriday
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Some Roman brooches, it is very fortunate that the Romans seemed to barely be able to keep hold of these
I wonder if they complained to each other how they never seemed to have a brooch to hand ...a bit like modern day hair-ties
#FindsFriday
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But the selection from antiquity is particularly impressive, especially considering there's no extant Roman sites in the area
here's some highlights beginning with some bootleg luxury dinnerware
#FindsFriday
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You'll see why this is relevant in just a moment but - we have an episode out on some cracking pubs around Dorset & you can see more here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kav...
#FindsFriday - Cremation Burial.
The leaden canister contains the cremated bones of a man aged at least 35 in a linen cloth. Libations of #wine, milk or honey could have been poured down the leaden pipe.
Found at the south-east of the fortress at #Caerleon #Archaeology 📸 My own
Images of a statue of Augustus as Pontifex Maximus
Images of a statue of Augustus as Pontifex Maximus
Images of a statue of Augustus as Pontifex Maximus
#Roman Emperor #Augustus was named Pontifex Maximus #onthisday March 6th, 12BC. The Pontifex Maximus was the chief high priest of the College of Pontifs.
The Via Labicana Augustus, Augustus as Pontifex Maximus, National Museum of Rome, c.20BC.
Photos 1 & 3: Public Domain
Photo 2: Alphanidon, CC
#FrescoFriday and it is of course the rather famous & remarkably preserved lion fresco from Merida 🇪🇸
see more of Roman Merida in the episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFz5...
#RomanFortThursday
Legionary fortress of Carnuntum and its amphitheatre. Headquarters of the Pannonian fleet from 50 AD. After the 1st century, it was capital of the Pannonia Superior province. It also became a large city of 50,000 people.
#Archaeology #History
📷 Juan Torrejón
The image shows a rectangular Roman dice tower (turricula) made of four copper alloy (bronze) plates with punched cut-out Latin letters and cut-out decorative patterns. At the bottom front is a stepped exit chute with small bronze bells attached to the opening. The tower is a Roman anti-cheating device. It has an open top and is hollow inside except for three staggered, downward-sloping plates, designed to randomize dice as they fall, ensuring unpredictable dice rolls. When the dice rolled out of the exit chute they rang the bells! There is a decorative dolphin either side of the stepped exit chute. The top of the front plate has two decorative pine cone finials. Height 25 cm. There is a single die shown next to the stepped base to illustrate how it was used. The front inscription reads: PICTOS VICTOS HOSTIS DELETA LVDITE SECVRI Translated as: ‘The Picts defeated, the enemy has been destroyed, play in safety’. Around the top of the three remaining sides, a second inscription made with cut out letters reads: ‘UTERI/FELIX/VIVAS’ translated as ‘Use happily; may you live well’. Found at a Roman villa at Froitzheim in Germany in 1985.
Roman anti-cheating gaming accessory!
This Roman ‘turricula’ (dice tower) was used to ensure a fair roll of the dice! 🎲🎲🎲
Dice dropped into the top, tumbled over sloping internal levels, and appeared randomly below.
From Froitzheim, Germany, AD 300-400
📷 LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn
#Archaeology
Image of a mosaic depicting sandals and photo of the Roman baths at Bath
Image of a mosaic depicting sandals and photo of the Roman baths at Bath
#WorldSpaDay celebrates bathing, pampering & wellbeing, & the #Romans also enjoyed that. Communal baths existed throughout the #empire. As well as a wash, you could work out, get a massage & socialise.
#Mosaic bath sign from Sabratha, Libya
The Roman Baths, #Bath, England
#RomanFortThursday & this week got a chance to get back to Pevensey for the first time in about 5 years, its been super-ages!
think we need a thread, i have some questions
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