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🪔 For : This gallo-roman temple of Septeuil, France, is dated to the late 1st c. AD. First it served as a spring sanctuary, and then, from the 4th century, it became a . It was discovered in 1984 during the construction of a road. 📸 me

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The weekend is nearly here and that means (hopefully!) gathering together with loved ones and sharing a meal or a feast. Watch out for the hare though, they are already tucking into the delicious grapes 🍇

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✨Special Episode - Exploring Place in Regal Rome with Neil, The Ancient Blogger - Part 2 ✨

We are joined by the lovely and knowledgeable Neil from the Ancient History Hound podcast to explore fascinating places including the Tullianum and the Circus Maximus!

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https://partialhistorians.com/2024/06/27/special-episode-exploring-place-in-regal-rome-with-neil-the-ancient-blogger-part-2/

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🪔 For eyes pleasure: a fresco with a banquet scene from the Villa Doria Pamphili Columbarium - a graveyard along the western slopes of the Gianicolo Hill. Found in 1838, the columbarium had more than five hundred lucules. In 1922 the frescoes were removed and re-assembled, now on display in the Museo delle Terme. 📸 me


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🪔 For eyes pleasure: Mausoleum of Hadrian, also known as Castel Sant'Angelo. It was built between 134 and 139 AD, and 's ashes were placed here a year after his death in Baiae in 138 AD, together with those of his wife Sabina, and his first adopted son, Lucius Aelius, who died in 138. 📸 me. No filters, no photo editing.


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🪔 On this frieze from the Trajan's Column one can see two scenes from the 1st Dacian war: above one can see and his troops traveling by ship, then reaching shore and disembarking. Below Trajan is giving his second adlocutio - a speech addressed to his legions. 📸 me


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🪔 For : Fresco fragment of a Calendar with Children bearing offerings to the goddess Diana. Beginning of the 3rd century A.D. Ostia, from an edifice near Porta Laurentina. Now in Musei Vaticani. 📸 me


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✨Brand New Episode - Factional Foibles✨

It's 402 BCE and Rome and Veii are tooth and nail in siege mode. Rome seems to be on the front foot, but can they stay there? We're about to find out!

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https://partialhistorians.com/2024/06/13/episode-151-factional-foibles/

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🪔 For the : remains of the Temple of Rome and Augustus right behind the Parthenon of Acropolis in Athens. It was likely built between 19 and 17 BC and it is the only Athenian temple dedicated to the cult of the Emperor. 📸 me


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🪔 , in 17 BC Secular Games of Octavian continued in Rome: spectators were offered games in Circus and an animal hunt. On the photo - the Temple of Apollo Palatinus build by Octavian and where choirs of boys and girls sang the Carmen Saeculare, composed for the occasion of Games by the poet Horace. 📸 me


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🪔 For eyes pleasure: This statue depicts the river god Arno and it dates to the time of Hadrian. It was heavily restored during the Renaissance times. Curiously, a small lion's head has been carved on the vase, probably in homage to Pope Leo X Medici (1513-1521). Now in Musei Vaticani. 📸 me


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🪔 in 323 BC Alexander the Great died in Babylon, possibly from malaria. The marble bust in the post was likely produced in Alexandria in 300 BC - 150 BC. It is now in the BM, London. 📸 me


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Get to your weekend like the maenad you are, beautiful people! Low slung coverings, trays of delights, and the ability to float through the air are non-negotiable.

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It's the Day of Ares / Mars' Day / ! 🗡️

"And Ares led them, and Pallas Athene. These were gold, both, and golden raiment upon them, and they were beautiful and huge in their armour."
Homer, Iliad 18.516

🏛 Roman gem engraved with

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There’s nothing quite like a Roman chariot race, but wait, have they replaced the horses with phalluses? And are those phalluses propelled by chicken (cock?) legs? Goodness!

🏛 MAA, Cambridge

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    ✨Brand New Episode – Rhetorical Fireworks ✨

    It’s 403 BCE and representing the patricians, Appius Claudius fights with the tribunes of the plebs over the terms of military service in Rome's war with Veii.

    Get ready for some rhetorical fireworks 💥🧨💥

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    https://partialhistorians.com/2024/05/09/episode-150-rhetorical-fireworks/

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    🪔 For : a wall-painting with a reclining Naiad, drinking from a horn. Dated to AD 30-50, it was found at a Roman villa at Campo Varano, . Now in the BM. 📸 me


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    🪔 For eyes pleasure: an amber ring from the city museum in Croatia. The Romans believed that amber possessed the ability to ward off evil spirits and protect its wearer from harm 📸 me


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