#roman theaters

[whitedogblog]

Roman theater in Amman, Jordan

[sforzesco]

Gannicus & Amicus (& Lentulus lmao rest in pieces) during the gladiator jailbreak in Capua, 73 BCE :)

[theokusgallery]

Human Virgil doodle page (ft. Roman)

[just-an-enby-lemon]

Why is Tumblr, the IDES OF MARCH site, the one place we CELBRATE BRUTUS STAB STAB STABING HIS FRIEND, is not talking about the TikTok woman who is planning a Julius César musical adapting the Shakespeare play with a tiny bit of historical realism (is not historical just more than Shakespeare). The songs are sooo good and so clever. Someone give her the Epic treatment asap because she does want to actually cast people and make this a full concept album and we need it.

Here is a link to her page.

[tending-the-hearth]

i love when richard armitage plays a character so utterly in love with his partner and who will do anything said partner will ever ask of him and loved the kids around him more than himself and is the biggest bisexual disaster you’ve ever met in your entire life

[romans-empire]

I think we all need to talk more about how Siffrin dissociates by thinking that this is all a play as implied by their flavor texts. Follow the script, enter the stage, enters a character, all of this is make-believe. We all have our roles to play and parts to act. Everything is fine.

[anobsessedchocolatechip]

no in all seriousness my roman empire is the fact that phantom of the opera actually closed on broadway. like some motherfucker actually did that 😭

[blueiscoool]

Marble Head of Alexander the Great Uncovered in Turkey

The head of a statue determined by archaeologists to belong to Alexander the Great, was unearthed during excavations in north-western Turkey.

The marble head, dated to the 2nd century AD, was found at the top of a theater in the ancient city of Konuralp, near modern-day Düzce.

While most parts of the ancient theater have been unearthed during the excavations, similar historical remains such as the head of the Apollo statue and the head of Medusa were previously found in the upper part of the structure.

During the excavations carried out in the Konuralp Ancient Theater excavation area, archaeologists identified an artifact in the ground at the top of the theater area. As they kept digging, they removed the artifact, which appeared to be the head of a bust.

As a result of the consultation of history experts, it was determined that the bust head found belonged to the Macedonian King Alexander the Great.

In a statement, Konuralp Museum provided information about why they determined the bust to belong to Alexander the Great.

“The head, measuring 23 centimeters [from head to neck] was found during the excavations in the ancient theater. It is depicted with deep and upward-looking eyes made of marble, drill marks on the pupil and a slightly open mouth that does not show much of its teeth.

“His long curly hairstyle up to his neck and two strands of hair [Anastoli] in the middle of his forehead are like the mane of a lion. This depiction is a hair type typical of Alexander the Great,” the statement said.

The marble head of Alexander the Great delivered to Konuralp Museum

Historical Konuralp is 8 km north of Düzce; first settlements there go back to 3rd century BC. Until 74 BC, it was one of the most important cities belonging to Bithynia, which included Bilecik, Bolu, Sakarya, Kocaeli.

It was conquered by Pontus and then by the Roman Empire. During the Roman period, the city was influenced by Latin culture, and it changed its name to Prusias ad Hypium. Later on Christianity affected the city and after the separation of the Roman Empire in 395, it was controlled by the Eastern Roman Empire (the later Byzantine Empire).

In 1204, the Crusader armies invaded Constantinople, establishing the Latin Empire. Düzce and its surroundings are thought to be under the dominance of the Latin Empire during this period. Düzce was under Byzantine rule again from 1261 to 1323.

The Konuralp Museum has some rare exhibits. A 1st-century sarcophagus, Orpheus mosaic, the mosaic of Achilles and Thetis and the 2nd-century copy of Tyche and Plutus sculpture are among the notable items in the museum. There are 456 ethnographic items.

In the ethnography section clothes, weapons, and daily-usage articles about the late Ottoman era are exhibited. There are also 3837 coins from Hellenistic to Ottoman era.

By Tasos Kokkinidis.

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Aspendos Roman Theater in TURKEY

[garadinervi]

Roman Cieslewicz, Les rêveurs, Théâtre la Chamaille, Nantes, 1989 [Centre Pompidou, Paris. © Adagp, Paris. Photo: Piotr Trawinski]

[mothmiso]

benaojan, spain 2022 (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) by Gillian Thompson

Via Flickr:

(1) (2) (3) acinipo (4) (5) (6) near montejaque     

[kazz-brekker]

the thing about gladiator ii is that it's like look at these two freak emperors they're sooooo evil for enjoying watching people getting murdered in the colosseum and i'm like. well. actually i did come to this movie mostly for the naumachia sequence and i did think that bit where a guy got eaten by a shark was pretty sick.

[sforzesco]

@illegible-scribble said: With the old concept of gods being able to inhabit/see through the eyes of their cult statues, it’s fun to think about Pompey lounging in his in the curia, looking down on Caesar as he bleeds out at/on his feet

screaming this is actually so funny to think about

[just-an-enby-lemon]

Why is Tumblr, the IDES OF MARCH site, the one place we CELBRATE BRUTUS STAB STAB STABING HIS FRIEND, is not talking about the TikTok woman who is planning a Julius César musical adapting the Shakespeare play with a tiny bit of historical realism (is not historical just more than Shakespeare). The songs are sooo good and so clever. Someone give her the Epic treatment asap because she does want to actually cast people and make this a full concept album and we need it.

Here is a link to her page.

[duxfemina]

*Ides

Damn autocorrect

[daisybell-on-a-carousel]

Sorry I still can't get over that scene. He really did kill someone for his little mini play where he makes Bruce think he failed to save Jason in time again and then immediately sent Bruce to the location of the final confrontation. Obsessed w him for this