#ancient rome

[illustratus]

[eirene]

A Pompeian Lady, 1904 John William Godward

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold and emerald necklace, Roman, 1st-2nd century AD

from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

[tumblhurgoyf]

what would you expect of an Roman set?

I’m curious, like supposing it was top-down “we want to capture the feel of ancient Rome” as a Magic set, what are the must haves?

[ancientrome]

Glass cameo with portrait head of Alexander the Great. Roman 1st century BCE–3rd century CE. x

[germanicuscaesars]

Favourite historical couple: Tiberius/Vipsania

Tiberius’s marriage to Vipsania was arranged but it turned into a love match. Both of them were happy together and stayed loyal to each other. Tragically in 12 BC, Vipsania’s father Agrippa died. Agrippa was married to Augustus’s daughter Julia. Augustus had decided that Tiberius should marry Julia so he forced Tiberius to divorce Vipsania. Sources state that he didn’t want to but he still obeyed.

Their is a story written by ancient historians that says that after the divorce, Tiberius saw Vipsania and went after crying and apologizing. Once Augustus heard about it, he made sure they never saw each other again. Vipsania was also remarried to a man named Gallus. They had several children together.

[ajthebumblebee]

This seems to be what I've learned.

[julius-caeser]

hanging with my boys in the senate on wednesday the 15th, cant wait to see what theyve got planned, i hope its a suprise party

[wolves-willow]

ITS MARCH YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

[emperornero]

the assusination of julius caesar

[katarinanavane]

I've just finished making these ancient Roman inspired "laurel wreath" crowns out of jewel beetle shells and preserved 17 year cicada wings. I've done three of the jewel beetle ones, so one is in my Etsy (link in bio), the cicada wing one is one of a kind so far so I haven't listed it yet. I'm really happy with how these came out!

[illustratus]

Young Hannibal Swears Enmity to Rome

by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini

‘When I come to age, I shall pursue the Romans with fire and sword and enact again the doom of Troy. The gods shall not stop my career, nor the treaty that bars the sword, neither the lofty Alps nor the Tarpeian rock. I swear to this purpose by the divinity of our native god of war, and by the shade of Elissa.’

- Silius Italicus, Punica, Book I, 114-119

[teathattast]

[superior-cereal]

it’s that time of the year again

[dduane]

This is soooooo interesting. The Romans were the ancient world’s materials-technology engineers par excellence: this is just another example of it. 

[ancientrome]

Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull. Roman mid-2nd–early 3rd century CE. x

The cult of Mithras was very popular throughout the Roman Empire and was followed especially by soldiers. It was one of several eastern cults that spread rapidly as a result of the pax Romana (Roman peace); others included the worship of Jupiter Dolichenus, Manichaeism and, of course, Christianity. Shrines dedicated to Mithras have been found at sites as far apart as Hadrian’s Wall in northern Britain and Dura Europos on the River Euphrates in Syria. This plaque may well have decorated the wall of such a Mithraeum (place of worship). Busts of Sol (the Sun) and Luna (the Moon) watch over the ritual scene of Mithras slaying the bull, aided by a dog, snake, and scorpion.