A #Roman clasp-knife with an animal bone handle, showing two gladiators. The different classes of gladiators can be distinguished by their armour and weapons. In this case, the heavily armed fighter can be recognized as a secutor because of the characteristic helmet with the small eye holes. His opponent can be recognized as retiarius, a lightly armoured gladiator wearing a shoulder and arm guard. He fought with a net and a trident. Found in Avenches.
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: a #Roman mosaic glass dish, dating 1st century AD. The dish was made of canes with stripe design, slices of the canes were fused to a disk, which was then slumped over a convex mould. The pattern looks like flags.
From Nijmegen. On display at Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen.
The lemures in Roman mythology are the formless, vengeful spirits of people not given the correct burial rites by the living. Because lemures have no proper tomb to house them, they cannot rest. However, they can be mollified with offerings of black beans. #FaustianFriday#Roman#mythology#folklore#horror#occult
Many #Roman tiles with #children's footprints are known from all parts of the empire. But this is a special one, as it can be dated precisely due to the stamp: in 123 AD a #toddler stepped on the tile that laid out to dry before firing.
This ancient city was commercially developed in the first century by colonial #Roman olive producers. By the end of the 4th century it had separated from the #RomanEmpire and collapsed, perhaps by earthquake; abandoned in the 11th century after it became a Muslim dynastic center.
Meet this cuirassed #Roman marble bust of #Mars! A Corinthian helmet pushed back high above the forehead upon his wavy hair and the cuirass decorated with a small #gorgoneion identify him as Mars.
The helmet, the tip of nose, the lower edges of cheek-pieces, and a small patch of drapery have been restored in the 18th century.
Meet this cuirassed #Roman marble bust of #Mars! A Corinthian helmet pushed back high above the forehead upon his wavy hair and the cuirass decorated with a small #gorgoneion identify him as Mars.
The tip of nose, the lower edges of cheek-pieces, and a small patch of drapery have been restored in modern times.
Remote sensing survey in southern #Jordan (#EAMENA / #APAAME) has identified 3 #Roman temporary camps indicating a probable undocumented military campaign into what is today #SaudiArabia:
Rough Castle Roman Fort, on one of the best preserved stretches of the Antonine Wall near Falkirk. It's a great place to appreciate what the wall was like: and, just possibly, was the origin of the story of King Arthur’s Camelot. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/roughcastle/index.html
#RomanSiteSaturday: The #Italian town of #Lucca with its Piazza dell' Anfiteatro. It's elliptical because it was built on the remains of a #Roman amphitheatre.