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Pair of silver strigils (scrapers) on a carrying ring. Roman mid-1st century BCE. x

Strigils are normally associated with men, who used them in the gymnasium and the baths. Most surviving examples are made of bronze and it is unusual to have a set preserved with their carrying ring.

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Fresco from Pompeii.

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Late Roman stone mosaic from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, Caria (modern Bodrum, Turkey), dated 4th century AD, now in the British Museum. A coloured laurel wreath encloses a Greek inscription with the following words:

ΥΓΙΑ "Health" ΖΟΗ "Life" ΧΑΡΑ "Joy" ΕΙΡΗΝΗ "Peace" ΕΥΘΥΜΙΑ "Happiness" ΕΛΠΙϹ "Hope"

🏛️: © The Trustees of the British Museum

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Caesar has taken the love of the common people from Pompey, and that was his most prized possession. A battle is inevitable. 1.01 The Stolen Eagle ◦ ROME

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quote swap | a song of ice and fire vs rome

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The Assassination of Julius Caesar.

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Happy Ides of March!

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Assassination of Julius Caesar by Vincenzo Camuccini 

Italian, 1793-1796

pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash over graphite

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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𝗫𝗲𝗻𝗮: 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 s4e21 - The Ides of March

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Rome 1x12 Kalends of February (2005)