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After surviving exposure at birth, these unconventional academics realised they were destined to found the greatest Ancient Roman History podcast! 🏛📯⚔️ Our main series follows the history of Rome from the founding of the city. We also interview scholars and fantastic people about the ancient world. Dr Rad (she/her) specialises in Spartacus. Dr G (she/her) specialises in the Vestal Virgins. 📍 Dharug and Bidjigal Country. #Podcast #Ancient #Histodon #Historian #Rome #AncientHistory

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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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Gold wreath with a bee and cicadas ~ c. 350–300 BCE

The oak leaves of this wreath are formed from two gold branches joined by a bee. On each side are a number of acorns and a cicada. The effect is beautiful!

🏛 The BM

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Description from the museum: “This wreath consists of two branches. At the back the stems have obliquely cut end-plates; at the front the two branches are held together with a split pin fastener that has a bee as its cap. The branches are made of sheet-gold tubes, over a modern copper core. Each branch has six sprays with eight leaves and seven or eight acorns, as well as a cicada. In addition, there are about a dozen single leaves set straight into each branch. The leaves are of three different sizes and are made in one piece with their stalks. The acorns are made in left and right die-formed halves; the cups are cross-hatched and there is a point on the top of the fruit. The cicadas are constructed from four separate sheets of gold - lower body, upper body, two wings.”
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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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    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.

    🏛 MAN Napoli, likely from Pompeii

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    Greek Grave Stele of Melisto, a young girl ~ c. 340 BCE

    This is a commemoration of a young girl lost too young. She holds a small bird, a votive figurine, and seems to be attended by her pet dog. The mourning is palpable.

    🏛 Harvard Art Museum

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    Description from museum: “An inscription written on a narrow architrave below the pediment reads: MEΛIΣTΩ KTHΣIKPATOYΣ ΠOTAMIOY, “Melisto, daughter of Ktesikrates, from the Demos of Potamos”. Melisto, daughter of Ktesikrates, holds a doll in her left hand and a bird in the right, and looks down toward the furry little dog springing up at her from the right. She wears a simple girt chiton, like a nightgown.”
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    Cypriot silver-gilt bowl ~ c. 725–675 BCE

    This piece shows a range of cultural influences. Assyrian style in the central tondo with Egyptian motifs surrounding it. The Cypriot inscription reads: “I am [the bowl] of Akestor, king of Paphos.”

    🏛 The Met

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    Description from the museum: “The central tondo shows a winged deity of Assyrian type felling a rampant lion with a sword. The surrounding frieze presents a variety of animal and narrative motifs, including two specifically Egyptian subjects: a sphinx wearing the Egyptian double crown and a lion treading over a dead man, symbolizing the pharaoh dominating his enemies. The broad outer band features a variety of combats. Of greatest importance, however, are two inscriptions. At the top, above an Assyrianizing figure killing a lion, a Cypriot syllabic inscription reads, "I am [the bowl] of Akestor, king of Paphos." It was partly obliterated and replaced by "I am [the bowl] of Timokretes," presumably the next owner. The bowl is exceptionally significant for its excellent condition, high quality, and amalgam of Egyptian, Assyrian, an d Phoenician features.”
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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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    Description from the museum: “Large beaker of colour-coated (Colchester) ware, with barbotine decoration showing a chariot-race, the chariots being drawn by teams of phalluses, which run on cocks' legs. Various other phalluses are dotted about the scene, also a couple indulging in sexual intercourse, after a fashion.”
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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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