#MosaicMonday - A mythological panel showing Perseus, holding the head of Medusa, as he defeats the sea-monster Ketos. From the central peristyle of the House of the Fountains at Conimbriga, Portugal: ca. Late 3rd Century AD. #Myth #Archaeology 🏺 Image: Conimbriga Monographic Museum

ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵 #LatinForTheDay – 22 September #Ovid “Memnona si mater, mater ploravit Achillem, et tangunt magnas tristia fata deas, flebilis indignos, Elegia, solve capillos! a, nimis ex vero nunc tibi nomen erit!— ille tui vates operis, tua fama, Tibullus...

That magical moment when the pumice is gently cleared away revealing, for the first time in nearly 2000 years, a white mosaic. #MosaicMonday #Pompeii

#OnThisDay - 22 September - in AD 87 the Arval Brethren carried out sacrifices "on account of the detection of crimes of evil doers". Frustratingly, we lack detail on what is perhaps a conspiracy against Domitian. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC 2.1 Domitian 506. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

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This #MosaicMonday we are drawn to the knowing stare of this figure, identified as a genius of the year who was originally surrounded by the four seasons. Knowing gaze ✅ Fruity wreath ✅ What look like grape earrings ✅ This gent is clearly here for serious seasonal business! #AncientRome

#MosaicMonday - A mythological panel showing Perseus, holding the head of Medusa, as he defeats the sea-monster Ketos. From the central peristyle of the House of the Fountains at Conimbriga, Portugal: ca. Late 3rd Century AD. #Myth #Archaeology 🏺 Image: Conimbriga Monographic Museum

ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵 #LatinForTheDay – 22 September #Ovid “Memnona si mater, mater ploravit Achillem, et tangunt magnas tristia fata deas, flebilis indignos, Elegia, solve capillos! a, nimis ex vero nunc tibi nomen erit!— ille tui vates operis, tua fama, Tibullus...

#OnThisDay - 22 September - in AD 87 the Arval Brethren carried out sacrifices "on account of the detection of crimes of evil doers". Frustratingly, we lack detail on what is perhaps a conspiracy against Domitian. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC 2.1 Domitian 506. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 21 September 19 BC is the date usually given for the death of Virgil. So here's the 3rd Century AD mosaic from Hadrumetum - Virgil flanked by the Muses Clio and Melpomene. The scroll on his lap has the text of Aeneid 1.8. #Virgil #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: Bardo National Museum, Tunis

#OnThisDay - 21 September - in AD 37 the emperor Gaius accepted the title 'Pater Patriae' (Father of the Fatherland). Dio (59.3.2) notes it was the only title he had not taken upon his accession. #History 🏺 Image: RIC Gaius 1; British Museum (1964,1203.84). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

A week of school inspection; somewhat infuriating timetable changes; Latin & Greek; weight-lifting; football; wine evenings; and some very pleasant company... The last seven days have very much been my life in microcosm. 😊

Closeup of a beautifully detailed silver head of a satyr on the crest of a 5th c. BCE Greek Attic-type helmet. I wonder if it was produced as a funerary item, or if the young man who owned it really did go into battle with this little companion. 🏺 #ancientbluesky #BritishMuseum 📸 me

The 3,000-year-old gold Shropshire sun pendant was dicovered in 2018. Crafted with incredible skill and decorated with intricate geometric patterns, it symbolizes the importance of the sun in Bronze Age society. As scientific analysis has indicated, the pendant...🧵1/2 📷 me #archaeology 🏺

#OnThisDay - 21 September 19 BC is the date usually given for the death of Virgil. So here's the 3rd Century AD mosaic from Hadrumetum - Virgil flanked by the Muses Clio and Melpomene. The scroll on his lap has the text of Aeneid 1.8. #Virgil #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: Bardo National Museum, Tunis

#OnThisDay - 21 September - in AD 37 the emperor Gaius accepted the title 'Pater Patriae' (Father of the Fatherland). Dio (59.3.2) notes it was the only title he had not taken upon his accession. #History 🏺 Image: RIC Gaius 1; British Museum (1964,1203.84). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵 #LatinForTheDay – 20 September #Avianus “edita gurgitibus limoque immersa profundo et luteis tantum semper amica vadis, ad superos colles herbosaque prata recurrens mulcebat miseras turgida rana feras, callida quod posset gravibus succurrere morbis...

ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵 #LatinForTheDay – 20 September #Avianus “edita gurgitibus limoque immersa profundo et luteis tantum semper amica vadis, ad superos colles herbosaque prata recurrens mulcebat miseras turgida rana feras, callida quod posset gravibus succurrere morbis...

#FrescoFriday - My favourite monochrome panel from Herculaneum, discovered ca. Mid-1746. Identified as Theseus attacking the centaur Eurytion, as he tries to seize Hippodamia, bride of Peirithous. #Myth #Archaeology 🏺 Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9560). 📸 @pompei79.bsky.social

ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵 #LatinForTheDay – 19 September #Catullus “minister vetuli puer Falerni inger mi calices amariores, ut lex Postumiae iubet magistrae, ebrioso acino ebriosioris. at vos quo lubet hinc abite, lymphae, vini pernicies, et ad severos migrate: hic merus est Thyonianus.” Catullus 27

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A ghostly image of a woman with ‘Botticelli’ hair and a rather revealing outfit appears from the depths of this Roman sardonyx intaglio. She may be Livia, wife of Augustus, or the emperor’s sister, Octavia, perhaps posed as the goddess Venus or Diana. 🏺 30 BCE-20 CE. #BritishMuseum 📸 me

#OnThisDay - 19 September - in AD 86 Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus was born: better known by his imperial name, Antoninus Pius. Adopted by Hadrian, he would rule AD 138-161. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC III Antoninus Pius 74b; MKB (18204408). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#FrescoFriday - My favourite monochrome panel from Herculaneum, discovered ca. Mid-1746. Identified as Theseus attacking the centaur Eurytion, as he tries to seize Hippodamia, bride of Peirithous. #Myth #Archaeology 🏺 Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9560). 📸 @pompei79.bsky.social

ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵 #LatinForTheDay – 19 September #Catullus “minister vetuli puer Falerni inger mi calices amariores, ut lex Postumiae iubet magistrae, ebrioso acino ebriosioris. at vos quo lubet hinc abite, lymphae, vini pernicies, et ad severos migrate: hic merus est Thyonianus.” Catullus 27

#OnThisDay - 19 September - in AD 86 Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus was born: better known by his imperial name, Antoninus Pius. Adopted by Hadrian, he would rule AD 138-161. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC III Antoninus Pius 74b; MKB (18204408). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 18 September - in AD 96 the emperor Domitian was assassinated by a conspiracy from within his court. His death brought an end to my favourite period, the Flavian Dynasty. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC 2.1 Domitian 749; British Museum (R.10771). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 18 September - in AD 53 the emperor Trajan was born. Succeeding Nerva in AD 98, Trajan's reign would be of a military tenor, which saw him adopt the title 'Optimus Princeps'. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC II Trajan 336; ANS 1956.184.32. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#ReliefWednesday - Panel from an ivory diptych showing the personification of Constantinople standing within an aedicule. Traces of wax on the reverse of the panel indicate that they once served as writing tablets. 🏺 Image: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (X 38). Link - www.khm.at/en/artworks/...

#OnThisDay - 17 September - in AD 14 the Senate declared a public holiday as "heavenly honours" were granted to Divus Augustus during the consulships of Sextus Pompeius and Sextus Appuleius. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Tiberius 24; ANS 1952.42.2. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#ReliefWednesday - Panel from an ivory diptych showing the personification of Constantinople standing within an aedicule. Traces of wax on the reverse of the panel indicate that they once served as writing tablets. 🏺 Image: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (X 38). Link - www.khm.at/en/artworks/...

#OnThisDay - 17 September - in AD 14 the Senate declared a public holiday as "heavenly honours" were granted to Divus Augustus during the consulships of Sextus Pompeius and Sextus Appuleius. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Tiberius 24; ANS 1952.42.2. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#EpigraphyTuesday – something different today with the so-called ‘Tabula Rondanini’, an example of the ‘Tabulae Iliacae’, where scenes from the Trojan Cycle are depicted: ca. 1st Century AD. #Myth 🏺🧵 Image: National Museum, Warsaw (147975 MNW). Link - cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/6...

ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵 #LatinForTheDay – 16 September #Ovid “ergo, cum silices, cum dens patientis aratri depereant aevo, carmina morte carent. cedant carminibus reges regumque triumphi, cedat et auriferi ripa benigna Tagi! vilia miretur vulgus; mihi flavus Apollo...

#OnThisDay - 16 September - in AD 307: typically given as the death date of Flavius Valerius Severus, known as Severus II. His downfall may be seen as symptomatic of the period's political intrigues. 🏺 Image: RIC VI Treveri 628b; ANS 1944.100.5959. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 16 September - AD 16: the date typically given for the birth of Julia Drusilla, second daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina, and 'beloved' sister of the Emperor Gaius Caligula. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Gaius 33; Münzkabinett Berlin (18215927). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

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#EpigraphyTuesday – something different today with the so-called ‘Tabula Rondanini’, an example of the ‘Tabulae Iliacae’, where scenes from the Trojan Cycle are depicted: ca. 1st Century AD. #Myth 🏺🧵 Image: National Museum, Warsaw (147975 MNW). Link - cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/6...

ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵 #LatinForTheDay – 16 September #Ovid “ergo, cum silices, cum dens patientis aratri depereant aevo, carmina morte carent. cedant carminibus reges regumque triumphi, cedat et auriferi ripa benigna Tagi! vilia miretur vulgus; mihi flavus Apollo...

#OnThisDay - 16 September - in AD 307: typically given as the death date of Flavius Valerius Severus, known as Severus II. His downfall may be seen as symptomatic of the period's political intrigues. 🏺 Image: RIC VI Treveri 628b; ANS 1944.100.5959. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 16 September - AD 16: the date typically given for the birth of Julia Drusilla, second daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina, and 'beloved' sister of the Emperor Gaius Caligula. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Gaius 33; Münzkabinett Berlin (18215927). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 14 September - in AD 81 Domitian, the last Flavian ruler, became emperor of Rome following the death of his brother Titus "for whom he could not have cared less" (Dio 67.2.6). #Rome 🏺 Image: RIC 2.1 Domitian 80; BnF Variant (IMP-9007). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 14 September - in AD 23 funeral rites were carried out for Nero Claudius Drusus, the son of Vipsania and the emperor Tiberius. Several years later, Sejanus would be accused of poisoning him. 🏺 Image: RIC Tiberius 45; ANS 1957.172.1519. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 14 September - in AD 208 Marcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus (better known as Diadumenian) was born. The son of Emperor Macrinus, he served as Caesar in AD 217-218. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC IV Macrinus 115; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 36940). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

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#OnThisDay - 14 September - in AD 81 Domitian, the last Flavian ruler, became emperor of Rome following the death of his brother Titus "for whom he could not have cared less" (Dio 67.2.6). #Rome 🏺 Image: RIC 2.1 Domitian 80; BnF Variant (IMP-9007). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 14 September - in AD 23 funeral rites were carried out for Nero Claudius Drusus, the son of Vipsania and the emperor Tiberius. Several years later, Sejanus would be accused of poisoning him. 🏺 Image: RIC Tiberius 45; ANS 1957.172.1519. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 14 September - in AD 208 Marcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus (better known as Diadumenian) was born. The son of Emperor Macrinus, he served as Caesar in AD 217-218. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC IV Macrinus 115; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 36940). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 13 September - in AD 81 Titus Caesar Vespasianus, the second of the Flavian emperors, died after a reign of two year, two months, and twenty days (Dio 66.26.4). #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC 2.1 Domitian 147; British Museum (R.10761). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 13 September - in AD 81 Titus Caesar Vespasianus, the second of the Flavian emperors, died after a reign of two year, two months, and twenty days (Dio 66.26.4). #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC 2.1 Domitian 147; British Museum (R.10761). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....