#Roman revelation: Biggest ancient monumental wall mosaic unveiled after 2,000 years

#Roman revelation: Biggest ancient monumental wall mosaic unveiled after 2,000 years
Can totally relate to this post - here is my recent photo of a surviving stretch of the #IronAge ditch surrounding #Silchester - later a #Roman town. A totally unimpressive image, alas
11 Sept AD9 – 3 #Roman legions were destroyed at #Teutoburg Forest. #Arminius – Cheruscan nobleman taken as a child hostage & trained as a Roman soldier – turned Rome’s military knowledge against it, luring Varus & his legions into an ambush.
Legion numbers XVII, XVIII & XIX were never used again.
Je sais ... encore 🤨
J'espère néanmoins voire certain(e)s d'entre vous ! 😆
#thriller #dedicace #roman #jesuisunmonstre #christineadamo @taurnada.bsky.social
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And staying with Roman finds on Danish soil, there's a particularly exquisite collection of #Roman glassware
From between around c2-4 AD
Le fruit défendu a-t-il vraiment un goût plus sucré ? Découvrez-le dans cette romance érotique M/M pseudo-tabou : books2read.com/UneRelationI... #parution #edition #manuscrit #roman #livre #books #livraddict #lecturaddict #passionlecture #bookaddict #livreaddict #lecture #lecturedumoment
In the early years of the immigration, when #CarpathoRusyns did not yet have their own churches, many Byzantine Rite Catholics attended, and eventually joined, #Roman Catholic churches
His family belonged to the #Roman upper class on both parents' sides, and his father and both grandfathers had held high state offices.
A wooden #Roman sword, found in a fort at Oberaden (Germany). It is pretty much full-size, so was probably a training sword rather than a toy.
It is not a tradition straight sword, but a curved sica - a blade originally from Dacia & Thrace, & also used by thraex-type gladiators #AncientBlueSky