#roman Empire

[mapsontheweb]

Extremely detailed map of the Roman Empire in the mid-2nd century AD. It takes some time to load, so give it a second.

by procrastinating2much/deviantart

[nordic-noire]

'Dust you are and to dust you shall return.'

[thesilicontribesman]

Recreated Roman Military Costume Detailing, National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon, Wales

[uncleclaudius]

A bronze portrait of a man, dated to the 30s BC. It has been suggested that the man portrayed could be Sextus Pompey, probably due to the bust's resemblance to his image on the coins he issued when in control of Sicily.

[vampireduck-blog]

OH GOD DAMN YOU GOT ME IN LOVE AGAIN

[trainer-from-unova]

Starting to understand why my ex boyfriend was so obsessed with the Roman Empire 😭

[religious-extremist]

The Eastern Roman Empire wasn't even called "Byzantine Empire" until Hieronymus Wolf, a 16th century German scholar, decided to call it "Byzantine Empire" in his book Corpus Historiae Byzantinae, published in 1557... a whole CENTURY after the fall of Constantinople.

It's like if I maimed you (the Papal Crusades), robbed your house (the Venetian Sack of Constantinople), watched another neighbor kill you (the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans), then a hundred years later after your death, totally desecrated your grave and graffitied "Problematic Bastard" on your headstone.

[annagxx]

If overthinking paid the bills, I'd be the CEO of a billion-dollar empire.

[nagapiezz]

GERMANICUS AND BABY CALIGULA

[religious-extremist]

On the mountainous peninsula of Athos, remains the last vestige of the Holy Roman Empire, where the golden double headed eagle remains triumphant. This is the Holy Mount Athos, an autonomous monastic state within the Greek republic.

You can’t go back in time but you can visit a Byzantine monastery and see the Roman traditions preserved by the monastics today!

There are 17 monasteries in North America also, established by Elder Ephraim (the former abbot of one of the great Athonite monasteries who came to America as a missionary in the 1980s), that directly inherited these Roman traditions. Even the way they count the time is Byzantine!

I have hundreds more pictures but sadly don’t have the blessing to share them. These are of St. Anthony Monastery in Arizona, where the Byzantine flag greets all visitors at the entrance. You can say it is an enclave of the Byzantine Empire in the dustiest area of America: the Sonoran Desert, Arizona.

This is recorded by the monks of St. Anthony Monastery in Arizona. They chant hymns written in ancient times, in the same way they did over a millennium ago. Byzantine musical notation existed well before Western music! It is the oldest extant form of music that you can still hear today. Just go to an Orthodox Church and you will hear the same hymns they sang in ancient times! This is a picture of the same hymn written in Byzantine and Western notation.

Byzantine Empire - 1100 AD

by Difficult_Airport_86/reddit

[keepcalmandcarriefischer]

I mean, I don't want to sound stupid, but I always assumed that the Ancient Romans were mammals

[thesilicontribesman]

Roman Child's Lead Coffin, Newport Museum and Galleries, Newport, Wales

[theghostofbean]

”Men think about the Roman Empire” “What’s the female version of the Roman Empire” SHUT UPPPPP. SHUT THE FUCK UPPPPPP. AS A WOMAN I LOVE THE ROMAN EMPIRE. AS A WOMAN I LOVE ANCIENT HISTORY AND BATTLES AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY. THE “GIRL VERSION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE” IS THE ROMAN EMPIRE. IM GOING TO STAB YOU 23 TIMES

[animentality]

[uncleclaudius]

2 silver cups, part of the so-called Boscoreale treasure, buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.

[ancient-rome-au]

real

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