We don’t mean to scare anyone, but sometimes when we get into toga mode the knives come out.
@partialhistorians.bsky.social
@partialhistorians.bsky.socialWe don’t mean to scare anyone, but sometimes when we get into toga mode the knives come out.
@rliblog.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyCubo encontrado en la excavación de la embarcación romana De Meern 1 en el 190 d.C. en un afluente del Rin, cerca del barrio de Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht. No es el único cubo romano de madera conservado. 🏛️Museo Hoge Woerd #antiguaroma #ancientrome
@legionarybooks.bsky.socialMarcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63-12 BC). Known for his victory over Antony and Cleopatra at Actium in 31 BC, Agrippa was one of Rome's greatest civil and military leaders of the era.
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#romanempire #ancienthistory #ancientrome
@ttrajash.bsky.socialOriginal character Aulus wip.
#wip #originalcharacter #oc #ancientrome
@cronologia.bsky.socialAt Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, he taught his students how to compare manuscripts, track down lost texts, and edit Latin with exacting care. #hallesaale #manuscripts #ancientrome
@partialhistorians.bsky.socialHistorical fiction that marries together research and fills in the gaps to bring the past vividly to life is just the kind of treatment Mark Antony deserves!
#AncientRome #MarkAntony #AncientBluesky🏺🎙️
@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 #History #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #Rome #RomanHistory #Roman #AncientRome #AncientHistory
@itmeanswhatitmeans.bsky.socialAncient Roman Luxury Latrines #archaeology #ancienthistory #toilets #toilethumor #ancientrome #bible
@rliblog.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyPeluca o gorro de una mujer romana de Vindolanda hecha con fibras del musgo Polytrichum commune. 📷Sergio Geijo #antiguaroma #ancientrome
@yalebooks.bsky.socialIn this extract from Brief Lives of the Ancient World, Guy de la Bédoyère explores how Augustus transformed Rome, consolidated his power and laid the foundations of the Roman Empire.
yalebooks.co.uk/blog/augustu...
#AncientHistory #AncientRome
@anniewithbooks.bsky.social“The gates of hell are open night and day;
Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:
But to return, and view the cheerful skies,
In this the task and mighty labor lies.”
- The Aeneid by Virgil
#bookquotes
#booksky
#books
#book
#bookish
#bookworm
#bookpics
#classical
#ancientrome
#virgil
@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social"Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!"
👑 #Augustus Caesar [Gaius Octavius], First Roman Emperor (27 BC-14 AD), was #BOTD 23 September 63 BC. #AncientRome
@ekimellnea.bsky.socialThe Roman Colosseum could hold tens of thousands of spectators. Construction began under Emperor Vespasian around AD 70 and was completed under his son Titus.
#RomanHistory #History #AncientRome
@recentreads.bsky.socialShadows in Bronze
By Lindsey Davis
The second book in the Marcus Didius Falco series, and a delightful read, as the "informer" of classical Rome investigates a plot against the Caesar, assassins, and pursues a love interest.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#marcusdidiusfalco
#ancientrome
#mysteries
#booksky
#investigator
@legionarybooks.bsky.socialNero Claudius Drusus (38–9 BC). Roman general and statesman. Though revered in his lifetime, his more famous descendants include Emperors Gaius (Caligula), Claudius, and Nero
Portrayed by Ian Ogilvy in the 1976 BBC miniseries, "I, Claudius."
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#romanempire #romanhistory #AncientRome #AncientHistory
@archaeologista.bsky.socialThe God Pan is the son of Hermes (Mercury) & a Dryad. When he was born Zeus held the babe & smiled and said: he’s the joy of us all (Pan).
Southern Italy. 4-3 century BC.
Museum of Archaeological Institute, Catania. Own photo.
#ancientsky #ancientrome #archaeology #ancienthistory #italy #sicily
@romanpiso.bsky.socialMore about the true context of ancient history. In this paper, I use the ancestry of the Gordian emperors as an example of that. As we will find, members of the Gordian line then were also ancestors of Constantine as well. #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #AncientHistory
@grandaha.bsky.socialRome's prized fish sauce wasn't a home ferment — it was factory work. Scaurus stamped his name on the amphorae like a brand, but the salting quarter at Baelo Claudia ran on the labor of people nobody bothered to record. #FoodHistory #Garum #AncientRome #Cooking #TheStockpot
