@edwardsdna.bsky.socialAncient Rome’s Largest Fresco and Mosaic Complex, Featuring Depictions of a Mysterious Maritime City, Opens to the Public After 2,000 Years: The massive artworks, created in the first century C.E., were discovered in the 1990s… @SmithsonianMag #AncientRome #Fresco #Mosaic #BathsOfTrajan #RomanArt
@jckaelin.bsky.social#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September13 509 BC: The first #TempleOfJupiterOptimusMaximus on #AncientRome's #CapitolineHill dedicated.
#EtruscanArchitecture #RomanArchitecture #RomanMythology #RomanReligion #Rome #RomanSky #AncientSky
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@brookallenauthor.bsky.socialEvery story has two sides. After 2000 years, isn't it time we heard his?
SON OF ROME: mybook.to/0HMl
SECOND IN COMMAND: mybook.to/FQ9CeKf
SOLDIER OF FATE: mybook.to/5bIc
#BookSky #AncientRome #AncientHistory #AncientWorld #Classics #BookLovers #BooksWorthReading #Readers
@historyrage.bsky.social🚨 NEXT WEEK🚨
Think ancient Rome was just about legions on land? 🏛️❌ @sdecasien.bsky.social is here to prove Rome was a massive naval powerhouse! 🌊⚓ From epic shipwrecks to brutal bronze rams, get ready to shatter the ultimate landlubber myth.
@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social🎧🏛 #InstantClassics #Podcast
🎧🏛 #InstantClassics #Podcast
How #Homer's #TheOdyssey Conquered The Ancient World
In this episode, #MaryBeard and #CharlotteHiggins look at the pervasive influence of The Odyssey.
@lindsaypowell.bsky.socialThis was just published in The Irish Times: my review of @robertharrishome.bsky.social’s latest novel, ‘Agrippa’.
#Agrippa #AncientRome #historicalnovel #bookreview
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
@bytejournal.bsky.socialEver wondered how the Romans turned miles of wilderness into straight highways? 🛤️ Discover the engineering tricks that kept an empire moving. #AncientRome #Archaeology #MilitaryHistory #Engineering 🔗
@rliblog.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyVaso-cabeza (c. 270-320 d.C.) de cerámica con engobe rojo africano, firmado por el taller de Navigio en El Aouja, en la provincia romana de África, que muestra la cara de un seguidor de Dioniso. 🏛️Museo de Arte de la Universidad de Princeton #antiguaroma #ancientrome
@adamrsweet.bsky.socialA copper ring found at Herodium bears the name of Pontius Pilate. But it may have belonged to an anonymous worker whose own name disappeared from history. That was the story that interested me.
#PontiusPilate #Archaeology #AncientRome #FolkMusic
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@stadiumvagabond.bsky.social🏟️ The Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre), Rome 🇮🇹
📸 Circa 2022
🏛️ Former home of ancient Roman gladiators ⚔️
🗓️ Opened: 80 AD
🪑 Capacity: 50,000ish
Follow www.instagram.com/stadiumvagab... for my pics of visits to 2,700+ stadiums, old & new
@commonplacefacts.bsky.socialAncient Rome found a way to tax something everyone produces: urine. It may have been pee, but under Emperor Vespasian, it was no longer free. Here’s the surprisingly practical story behind Rome’s urine tax. #AncientRome #History
@brookallenauthor.bsky.socialEvery story has two sides. After 2000 years, isn't it time we heard his?
SON OF ROME: mybook.to/0HMl
SECOND IN COMMAND: mybook.to/FQ9CeKf
SOLDIER OF FATE: mybook.to/5bIc
#BookSky #Rome #RomanHistory #RomanWorld #AncientHistory #AncientRome #AncientWorld #Classics
@jessicabraidan.bsky.socialThe Romans had a shield formation called the tortoise and your kid is going to be obsessed 🐢🛡️ 60 wild facts + every page is colorable. The perfect gift for the little history buff! ⚔️
#KidsBooks #ParentingHacks #GiftsForKids #ColoringBook #AncientRome
@danzack.bsky.socialNEW: The full English version of our Rome deep-dive is live! 🏛️
1 million inhabitants, 11 aqueducts, wooden high-rises 20 m tall — how did Ancient Rome actually work?
@ancientblogger.bsky.socialNew Roman armour means new video about it. Hope you enjoy. #ancientrome #romanarmy #squamata
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@legionarybooks.bsky.socialThis winter, I'm returning to the Artorian Dynasty to write about the Bar Kokhba Revolt in Judea. I previously covered the Great Jewish Revolt, culminating in the sacking of Jerusalem and destruction of the Temple.
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#romanempire #ancientrome #AncientHistory #JewishHistory #Israel #palestine
@kelmoe.bsky.socialRome shaped both stories, from crucifixion under Pilate to forts, trade routes, and influence across northwest Arabia. One empire, two legacies. #history #ancientrome #archeology
@legionarybooks.bsky.socialClose-up of an image from Trajan's Column, depicting the Emperor with some of his senior generals and advisers. Trajan's closest friend and confidant, Licinius Sura, is on the right, with Hadrian on the left.
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#romanempire #ancienthistory #ancientrome
@brookallenauthor.bsky.socialEvery story has two sides. After 2000 years, isn't it time we heard his?
SON OF ROME: mybook.to/0HMl
SECOND IN COMMAND: mybook.to/FQ9CeKf
SOLDIER OF FATE: mybook.to/5bIc
#BookSky #Rome #RomanHistory #RomanWorld #AncientRome #AncientHistory #Classics #BooksToRead
@partialhistorians.bsky.socialHope your Monday hasn’t shocked the system like it seems to have for this guy! His Leafiness comes from a larger mosaic depicting a bear hunt from the C4th CE. He’s not involved, but is hanging about in the foliage border.
