#roman europe

[ancientstuff]

Interesting article about the life of Roman soldiers in the far-flung areas of the empire.

[carneirodemercurio]

"Lento castaneae vapore tostae: Vinum tu facies bonum bibendo". Martialis.

"Chestnuts roasted on a slow fire: wine you make good by drinking" Martial.

At this time of year in numerous places in southern Europe chestnut festivals are held. In Galicia they go by the name Magosto (perhaps from Latin 'magnum ustum'). Chestnuts are roasted & eaten accompanied by the first wine of the recent harvest. A nice way to start winter.

"Castañas tostadas a lume lento: viño que fas bo bebendo." Marcial

[mybeautifulpoland]

All Saints' Day, Pilzno Cemetery, Subcarpathia, Poland by Krzysztof Kosowski

[illustratus]

Roman period Head of Apollo

[galliaestomnis]

Eglise Saint-Nicolas, Blois, France

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Charles-Amable Lenoir (French, 1860-1926) A dance by the sea, n.d.

[armthearmour]

An early Basket-hilted Broadsword,

OaL: 42.5 in/107.9 cm

Blade Length: 36.5 in/92.7 cm

Width: 5.75 in/14.6 cm

Depth: 4.25 in/10.8 cm

Weight: 3 lbs/1360.8 g

Potsdam, Germany, hilt ca. 1540, blade 17th century, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[dream-world-universe]

Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy: Siena Cathedral is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. It was the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Siena, and from the 15th century that of the Archdiocese of Siena. Wikipedia

[allthingseurope]

Pula, Croatia (by Vladimir)

[wgm-beautiful-world]

COLOSSEO ROMANO

[secular-jew]

[diemelusine]

Mosaic of the Emperor Justinian I from the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:PetarM

[the-spirit-of-yore]

Château du Haut Koenigsbourg, Alsace, France

[mybeautifulpoland]

 St. John of Dukla Catholic Chapel, Subcarpathia, Poland by Szymon Muszański

[illustratus]

The Triumph of Light over Darkness by Franz von Matsch

[alisaineurope]

Stobi / Стоби  

North Macedonia 🇲🇰