#Rome ce

[palabrasdoradas]

Discovered in the sarcophagus of Emperor Alexander Severus near Rome in 1582, the vase passed through the Barberini family, British ambassador Sir William Hamilton, and finally to the 2nd & 3rd Dukes of Portland who gave it to the British Museum. Author Thomas Windus (1778-1854), an English coachbuilder and collector of engraved gems, explores the iconography on the vase depicting Augustus, his family, and his rivals, as well as marine creatures such as sea snakes, and a marriage scene. This is an early and important study of this rare masterpiece of Roman glass.  

Source: A New Elucidation of the Subjects on the Celebrated Portland Vase (si.edu)

The scenes on the vase are divided into two parts by a bearded head (perhaps with horns), one under each handle. The first scene has four figures which include a young man leaving a shrine in the countryside and wearing a cloak. The man holds the arm of a semi-naked woman sitting on the ground preoccupied with stroking an animal resembling a snake. Above the woman is the flying figure of Eros with his customary bow and a torch in his right hand. On the right is a bearded male standing between two trees and depicted in a contemplative mood with his chin resting on his hand.

The second scene on the other side of the vase shows three figures all sitting on rocks with a background of a single tree. On the left is a young male next to a column or pillar, whilst in the centre is a young woman with her arm raised to her head and holding a torch which hangs down to the ground. On the far right is another half-dressed woman who holds a sceptre or staff in her left hand.

The exact significance of the scenes is not known for certain, but a commonly held speculation is that it is the wedding of Thetis and Peleus from Greek mythology that is being shown. Other interpretations include the dreams of Olympias, Alexander the Great's mother. This would make the reclining female figures in both scenes Olympias, the snake Alexander's father Zeus, and the young male leaving the temple as Alexander. Another interpretation is the similar story of Julia Mammaea and Roman emperor Alexander Severus. Finally, some have suggested the scene with Eros shows Mark Antony and Cleopatra, whilst the reverse scene has Augustus consoling Octavia with the goddess Venus looking on.

Source: The Portland Vase - World History Encyclopedia

Glass cameo vase, Roman, 1st century AD

from The British Museum

[romegreeceart]

Roman floor mosaic

late 1st century BCE - early 1st century CE

Palazzo Massimo, Rome

Rome, July 2015

[blueiscoool]

Roman Gold Ring w/ Carnelian Intaglio, Leaning Cupid Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE

[palabrasdoradas]

Roman copy of Greek statue of a type attributed to Calamis ca 460 B.C

Source: Apollo Type de Cassel - Ancient Greco-Roman Statue (theoi.com)

Original work

Apollo of Kassel (type, original in bronze); Phidias (?); 2nd quarter Fifth century BC (end) (Apollo Parnopios of Phidias or Apollo Alexikakos of Calamis?)

Description / Decor

Apollo (hair, in a headband, bun, braid, parotid, naked); support (in the shape of a tree trunk) (The right hand holds ears of corn and poppies, the left hand a phiale.)

Condition of the work: incomplete: the forearms, the legs from the knees and the support were missing as well as the nose, and splinters on the torso and left hip. The splinters were completed in the seventeenth century. The arms and legs were also restored in the seventeenth century, but this restoration was dismantled in 1805, Calloigne then redid the legs, the support and the base. The back of the head was recut in the past. The arms were raised in 2010.

Source: Apollo of the Kassel type - Louvre Collections

~ Apollo of the Cassel type.

Date: A.D. 125-150

Period: Imperial Roman

Medium: Marble (Paros marble)

[lilbanili]

listen I understand that the Galdiator universe is fully a fiction with no interest in even relatively aligning with historical events

but I cannot forgive them for taking us from this

to this

the twinkification 😭 and where are his curls?? caracalla had dark hair we know this his father was AFRICAN

pedro pascal would have been better cast as caracalla smh he would have played crazy so well

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Allan Kardec - Che Cos'è Lo Spiritismo - Edizioni del Gattopardo - 1971 (copertina: Grazia Mannoni)

[sloubs]

non mais en vrai vous vous rendez compte que pleins de gens à kaamelott ont rencontré/vu mani et que depuis JAMAIS ils en ont reparlé à arthur ? caius l'a connu, merlin l'a connu, le père blaise, venec, perceval, karadoc, léodagan, séli, guenièvre, lancelot, galessin, le tavernier, même les paysans l'ont rencontré et lui ont adressé la parole. y en a pas UN SEUL qui a demandé à arthur qui c'était ou ce qu'il est devenu. non moi j'suis désolée mais quand j'y pense ça me fout en l'air

[losttranslator]

raaaah le livre VI me saoule pcq autant il a des persos de fou, les meilleurs acteurs, la meilleure prod, les meilleures scènes, autant plus je le regarde (je dois bien en être à la 15ème fois) moins il est logique vis-à-vis du reste. y a rien qui colle et même par rapport à lui-même il est complétement incohérents à beaucoup d'égards. je l'aime mais ptn

[mooseonahunt]

Screaming crying shaking please,, stop asking me super obscure questions about the past,,, I don’t know,,, I’m a history major but I don’t know man,,,

[romegreeceart]

Roman calendar - April 27/28*-May 2, Floralia

Festival of Flora, a goddess of spring, flowers, vegetation and fertility. During the festival week the Games of Flora (Ludi Florae) were held. During these games people could watch theatrical performances, nude dancing, circus events, gladiator combats and also ritual sacrifices.

More info here:

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/encyclopaedia_romana/calendar/floralia.html

*= Julian Calendar

fresco: Villa Arianna, Stabiae, 1st century CE

attribution:

ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

[blueiscoool]

Roman Glass Bowl 1st half of 1st century CE Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian

[ephemeral-winter]

one thing i will say about caligula: the ultimate cut, now that i've gotten home and eaten some toast, is that it made me want to learn more about the roman empire. god knows they tried to teach me in school but until there were sequins and helen mirren's tits i didn't want to hear about it

[artschoolglasses]

Portrait Head of Emperor Hadrian, Roman, 130-38 CE

[randomnameless]

French Enbarr !

They will even organise some historical reconstitution next month, Enbarrites vs Barbarians in the arena!

(without big kitties to eat barbarians though)

[2percentsugar]

i think actually if we're going to rename BC and AD that the new names should be roman themed. like, Before Roman Era and Roman Era. the Common Era stuff sort of makes it sound like the post-christ era is the Common To All Humanity one, when maybe we'd just be a lot better off if we acknowledged the dating system is borrowed from the roman state religion and moved on