🪷🍷 October 11th is the Roman #Meditrinalia wine festival of the new vintage. Raise your glass and offer libations to #Antinous / #Dionysus / #Bacchus. Antinous oil painting by Antonius Subia based on the #Lanuvium basrelief shows #Antinoos harvesting grapes as a dog looks up at him adoringly. 🍷🪷

#otd #Meditrinalia was celebrated in honour of the new #vintage. Romans drank a mix of new & old wine believing it to promote good health. At #Trimontium, vessels were found that would have held wine, a staple in the fort diet.

📷Bronze wine jug & Coarse ware flagon, Trimontium Trust