As it's #SuperbOwlSunday - let's enjoy this lovely Red-Figure Kalpis, attributed to the 'Group of the Floral Nolans' at Athens, ca. 480-470 BC. Truly, a Superb Owl. 😉 Image: J. Paul Getty Collection (86. AE.229). Link - getty.edu/art/collecti...

#OnThisDay - 8 February - in AD 421, Constantius III was proclaimed co-Emperor in the West by Honorius, whom he had served as 'Magister Militum'. Constantius would die seven months later. #History 🏺 Image: RIC X Honorius 1339; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 38758). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

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As it's #SuperbOwlSunday - let's enjoy this lovely Red-Figure Kalpis, attributed to the 'Group of the Floral Nolans' at Athens, ca. 480-470 BC. Truly, a Superb Owl. 😉 Image: J. Paul Getty Collection (86. AE.229). Link - getty.edu/art/collecti...

#OnThisDay - 8 February - in AD 421, Constantius III was proclaimed co-Emperor in the West by Honorius, whom he had served as 'Magister Militum'. Constantius would die seven months later. #History 🏺 Image: RIC X Honorius 1339; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 38758). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 5 February - in 2 BC the Roman Senate decreed a public holiday to celebrate Augustus taking the title of 'Pater Patriae' - 'Father of the Fatherland'. The title was the culmination of his imperial identity. #History 🏺 Image: RIC Augustus 206. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 5 February - in AD 62, the town of Pompeii was severely damaged by an earthquake. The event is commemorated in a frieze decorating the altar in the lararium of the House of Caecilius Iucundus (V.1.26). #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺

#OnThisDay - 5 February - in 2 BC the Roman Senate decreed a public holiday to celebrate Augustus taking the title of 'Pater Patriae' - 'Father of the Fatherland'. The title was the culmination of his imperial identity. #History 🏺 Image: RIC Augustus 206. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 5 February - in AD 62, the town of Pompeii was severely damaged by an earthquake. The event is commemorated in a frieze decorating the altar in the lararium of the House of Caecilius Iucundus (V.1.26). #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺

#OnThisDay - 4 February - in AD 211 Septimius Severus died at York. His advice to his sons Geta and Caracalla: “Be harmonious, enrich the soldiers, scorn all other men” (Dio 77.15.3). #History 🏺 Image: RIC IV Sept.Sev. 255; Münzkabinett Berlin (18278266). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 1 February - Oppius Niger, the officer in command at Bremetennacum (Ribchester), writes to his brother officer, Priscinus, at Vindolanda. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: British Museum (1980,0303.28). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

#OnThisDay - 30 January - in 58 BC Livia Drusilla was born. Wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius, she was an astute politician and "more than a match for her husband's wiles" (Tacitus, Annals 5.1). #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Claudius 101; ANS 1978.27.5. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 30 January - in 9 BC the Senate declared a public holiday to celebrate the dedication of the Ara Pacis Augustae - 'The Altar of Augustan Peace'. The Altar had been decreed by the Senate on 4 July 13 BC in celebration of Augustus' return from Spain and Gaul. #AncientHistory 🏺

#OnThisDay - 30 January - in 58 BC Livia Drusilla was born. Wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius, she was an astute politician and "more than a match for her husband's wiles" (Tacitus, Annals 5.1). #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Claudius 101; ANS 1978.27.5. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 30 January - in 9 BC the Senate declared a public holiday to celebrate the dedication of the Ara Pacis Augustae - 'The Altar of Augustan Peace'. The Altar had been decreed by the Senate on 4 July 13 BC in celebration of Augustus' return from Spain and Gaul. #AncientHistory 🏺

ClassicsBluesky 🧵🏺 #LatinForTheDay – 28 January #Horace “tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati, seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,...

#ReliefWednesday - A rather fabulous polychrome relief of a 'secutor' type gladiator, with wonderful colour survival: ca. 2nd Century AD. Its excavation context was only rediscovered in 2017. #Art #Gladiator 🏺 Image: Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki (MTH 28158). Link - amth.gr/en/exhibitio...

ClassicsBluesky 🧵🏺 #LatinForTheDay – 28 January #Horace “tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati, seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,...

#OnThisDay - 27 January - in AD 98 Marcus Ulpius Traianus (Trajan) succeeded Nerva as Roman Emperor. His reign was marked by extensive military campaigning; he also adopted the title 'Optimus' - 'The Best'! #History 🏺 Image: RIC II Trajan 372; BnF (IMP-3401). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 27 January - in AD 6, Tiberius re-dedicated the rebuilt Temple of Castor and Pollux, linking it to him and his brother Drusus. The original - dedicated 15 July in 484 BC - had been damaged by fire. #Rome #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: 📸 Allan T. Kohl. Link - jstor.org/stable/commu...

#OnThisDay - 25 January - in AD 41, after the Senate "were reduced to incompetence" (Josephus, JA 19.254), Claudius was confirmed as emperor of Rome, placed in the position by the Praetorians. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Claudius 7; British Museum (R.6481). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 25 January - in AD 41, after the Senate "were reduced to incompetence" (Josephus, JA 19.254), Claudius was confirmed as emperor of Rome, placed in the position by the Praetorians. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Claudius 7; British Museum (R.6481). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 24 January - in AD 41 the third Roman Emperor Gaius, better known by his nickname Caligula, was assassinated by a conspiracy headed by the military tribune Cassius Chaerea. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC 1 Gaius 1; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 5199). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 24 January - in AD 76 Publius Aelius Hadrianus was born. Nominated as his successor by Trajan on his deathbed, Hadrian would reign as Roman Emperor AD 117-138. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC 2.3 Hadrian 7; BnF (IMP-2). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 24 January - in AD 41 the third Roman Emperor Gaius, better known by his nickname Caligula, was assassinated by a conspiracy headed by the military tribune Cassius Chaerea. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC 1 Gaius 1; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 5199). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 24 January - in AD 76 Publius Aelius Hadrianus was born. Nominated as his successor by Trajan on his deathbed, Hadrian would reign as Roman Emperor AD 117-138. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC 2.3 Hadrian 7; BnF (IMP-2). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#FrescoFriday - A real favourite! The paintings from the Fullonica of Veranius Hypsaeus, Pompeii (VI.8.20), showing the stages of the laundry process, with an owl (symbol for the Fullers) atop the 'viminea cavea'. #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺 Image: MANN (9774). Link - mann-napoli.it/numismatica/...

#OnThisDay - 23 January - in AD 393, aged 8, Honorius was proclaimed co-emperor by his father Theodosius I. He ruled until AD 423, though in AD 410 the Visigoths would sack Rome. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC X Honorius 1319; Münzkabinett Berlin (18213243). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#FrescoFriday - A real favourite! The paintings from the Fullonica of Veranius Hypsaeus, Pompeii (VI.8.20), showing the stages of the laundry process, with an owl (symbol for the Fullers) atop the 'viminea cavea'. #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺 Image: MANN (9774). Link - mann-napoli.it/numismatica/...

#OnThisDay - 23 January - in AD 393, aged 8, Honorius was proclaimed co-emperor by his father Theodosius I. He ruled until AD 423, though in AD 410 the Visigoths would sack Rome. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC X Honorius 1319; Münzkabinett Berlin (18213243). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#MosaicMonday - The stunning portrait of Helen as she departs from Sparta to Troy with Paris, whose hand holds her wrist. From the triclinium mosaics of the Roman Villa at Noheda: ca. 4th Century AD. #Archaeology 🏺 Image: Villa Romana de Noheda. Link - cultura.castillalamancha.es/patrimonio/y...

#OnThisDay - 19 January - in AD 379 Theodosius was elevated to the rank of 'Augustus' with the approval of Gratian, taking responsibility for the Eastern Empire. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC IX Constantinople 71A; Münzkabinett Berlin (18268558). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 19 January - in 30 BC the Caesarion Stela was written. The inscription details a contract agreement between linen manufacturers and a guild of embalmers, concerning the cult of the Apis Bull. #Egypt #History 🏺 Image: British Museum (EA1325). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

#OnThisDay - 19 January - in AD 103 Reburrus, a Spanish decurion in the 1st Pannonian cavalry regiment, received his military diploma granting him Roman citizenship: from Malpas in Cheshire, UK. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: British Museum (1813,1211.2). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

Wasn't overly impressed by many of today's cryptic crossword offerings, but it is only Monday I guess. Two that made me smile: "Little noise accompanies good gardener’s task" (7) and "The last word in service" (4)

#MosaicMonday - The stunning portrait of Helen as she departs from Sparta to Troy with Paris, whose hand holds her wrist. From the triclinium mosaics of the Roman Villa at Noheda: ca. 4th Century AD. #Archaeology 🏺 Image: Villa Romana de Noheda. Link - cultura.castillalamancha.es/patrimonio/y...

#OnThisDay - 19 January - in AD 379 Theodosius was elevated to the rank of 'Augustus' with the approval of Gratian, taking responsibility for the Eastern Empire. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC IX Constantinople 71A; Münzkabinett Berlin (18268558). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 19 January - in 30 BC the Caesarion Stela was written. The inscription details a contract agreement between linen manufacturers and a guild of embalmers, concerning the cult of the Apis Bull. #Egypt #History 🏺 Image: British Museum (EA1325). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

#OnThisDay - 19 January - in AD 103 Reburrus, a Spanish decurion in the 1st Pannonian cavalry regiment, received his military diploma granting him Roman citizenship: from Malpas in Cheshire, UK. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: British Museum (1813,1211.2). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

#OnThisDay - 17 January - in 38 BC Livia Drusilla embarked on her second marriage to Octavian, when she was six months pregnant with Nero Drusus. Their marriage would influence a century of Roman politics. #History 🏺 Image: RIC Claudius 101; ANS 1978.27.5. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 17 January - in AD 395 Emperor Theodosius I died at Mediolanum (modern Milan). His reign was marked by periodic civil war and his promotion of Christianity as the empire's religion. #History 🏺 Image: RIC IX Mediolanum 35A; PAS (PUBLIC-EA5CD7). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 17 January - in 38 BC Livia Drusilla embarked on her second marriage to Octavian, when she was six months pregnant with Nero Drusus. Their marriage would influence a century of Roman politics. #History 🏺 Image: RIC Claudius 101; ANS 1978.27.5. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵 #LatinForTheDay - 16 January #Catullus “salve, nec minimo puella naso nec bello pede nec nigris ocellis nec longis digitis nec ore sicco nec sane nimis elegante lingua, decoctoris amica Formiani....

#OnThisDay - 16 January - in AD 69 the Arval Brethren record that sacrifices were made at Rome to celebrate Otho's investiture with all the trappings of the Emperor, following his coup against Galba. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Otho 20; ANS 1967.153.121. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 16 January - in AD 10 the new Temple of Concord, symbolising harmony among the imperial family, was dedicated at Rome in the names of Tiberius and Drusus (Dio 56.25). #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Tiberius 67; BnF (IMP-5737). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 16 January - in 27 BC Octavian assumed the title of 'Augustus', "a title as unique as his position", but only AFTER he had toyed with assuming the title of 'Romulus' (Dio 53.16). #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Augustus 31; BM (1907,0501.140). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵 #LatinForTheDay - 16 January #Catullus “salve, nec minimo puella naso nec bello pede nec nigris ocellis nec longis digitis nec ore sicco nec sane nimis elegante lingua, decoctoris amica Formiani....

#OnThisDay - 16 January - in AD 69 the Arval Brethren record that sacrifices were made at Rome to celebrate Otho's investiture with all the trappings of the Emperor, following his coup against Galba. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Otho 20; ANS 1967.153.121. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 16 January - in AD 10 the new Temple of Concord, symbolising harmony among the imperial family, was dedicated at Rome in the names of Tiberius and Drusus (Dio 56.25). #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Tiberius 67; BnF (IMP-5737). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 16 January - in 27 BC Octavian assumed the title of 'Augustus', "a title as unique as his position", but only AFTER he had toyed with assuming the title of 'Romulus' (Dio 53.16). #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Augustus 31; BM (1907,0501.140). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....