For #RomanSiteSaturday the aqueduct of Segovia/#Spain. It was built in the late 1st/early 2nd c. AD and supplied water to the city until the mid 19th century. It's one of the best-preserved #Roman aqueducts and an impressive work of engineering.
Fascinating world of ancient #glass:
A #Roman glass bottle shaped like a date: dates, figs, and honey were New Year's gifts in Roman times. According to Ovid, they should make the new year a sweet one.
Statue of Bacchus, the #Roman god of wine, on display at the Pompejanum in Aschaffenburg, an idealised replica of Roman villa, built in the 1840th by Ludwig I of Bavaria. It's modelled on the Casa dei Dioscuri in Pompeii.
I visited the amazing Pompejanum in Aschaffenburg yesterday. It's an idealized replica of a Roman villa built in the 1840s by Ludwig I of Bavaria. It's modelled on the Casa dei Dioscuri in Pompeii.
The fantastic Norton Disney dodecahedron intrigues everyone. There are other complete examples, e.g., this one from Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt.
We still don't know what those mysterious devices were used for. Any suggestions?
For #RomanSiteSaturday a section of the #Roman Eifel #aqueduct that supplied water to the city of Cologne. The vaulted underground tunnel with an inspection shaft at Mechernich-Breitenbenden was unearthed during construction work in the late 1970s. The estimated maximum flow rate of the aqueduct was 250 liters per second. At that rate, the aqueduct would have supplied Cologne with 20 million liters of water each day!
Roman snail dye found in UK for first time. A rare dye made from snails for the robes of the #Roman elite almost 2,000 years ago has been unearthed at a cricket club in Carlisle.
This dog wasn't shot in a gravel pit: a #Roman burial of a #dog. The beloved animal was buried with a vessel, its head was bedded on a piece of leather.
For #FindsFriday this charming and colourful #Roman enamelled fibula (pin for fastening garments) in the shape of a rooster, dating 2nd century AD. Found in Lauw, #Belgium.
Photo: Gallo-Romeins Museum Tongeren, No. GRM 10435
The #Easter Bunny is on its way!
In #Roman times, rabbits and hares were associated with vitality, fertility, and good luck. They were also sacred to Venus and they often appear in hunting scenes.
🪔 #OnThisDay in 47 BC, at the battle of the Nile, 15 years old Ptolemy VIII, trying to escape, drowned after his boat capsized. After his death, Egypt was left to #Cleopatra, and Caesar entered Alexandria. Cleopatra tetradrachm in the post was minted in Ashkelon in 50-49 BC, now in the BM. 📸 me
WOW! New discovery: a construction site in Pompeii that was being worked on until the eruption of Vesuvius has been discovered, revealing details of ancient building techniques – and politics
For #EpigraphyTuesday a Roman infantry helmet (Weisenau type) with an owner’s inscription formed by punched dots on the neck guard: the helmet belonged to Lucius Lucretius Celer, legionary in the centuria of Gaius Mummius Lolianus of the legio I adiutrix.
Found near Mainz in the River Rhine. Dating 1st century AD.
On dislpay at Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg