mirabilia urbis romae

[artist-caravaggio]

The Seven Works of Mercy, 1607, Caravaggio

Size: 260x390 cm Medium: oil, canvas

[humanoidhistory]

The ancient Roman ruins at Baalbek, Lebanon, February 1970.

(National Geographic)

[wanderthewood]

Library of Celsus, Ephesus, Turkey by Rad Wollf

[via-appia]

Bronze tintinabulum, figure of eagle with head in form of phallus holding lizard and human forearm

Roman, no date

[thinkingimages]

A carbonised loaf of bread with the stamp ‘Property of Celer, Slave of Q. Granius Verus’, Herculaneum (near Pompeii), 79 AD

More info: http://museum-of-artifacts.blogspot.ca/2015/10/a-carbonised-loaf-of-bread-with-stamp.html

[kutxx]

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Roman Wall Painting, Example of Fourth Style 

Apollo and Omphale

c. 20 C.E. - 79 C.E. , the House of Vettii, Pompeii. 

[kutxx]

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Etruscan Woman

late 4th century-early 3rd century B.C., terracotta, Metropolitan Museum of Art

[gyclli]

[honkshu]

Library of Celsus in Ephesus, Anatolia, now part of Turkey (built in 117-120 AD).

[last-of-the-romans]

Historical images of Pompeii from the Library of Congress (x)

[waswseffortblog-blog]

Roman Glass Vessels, c. 4th Century AD.

[via-appia]

Bust of a Flavian Woman

Roman Empire, late 1st century

[via-appia]

Mosaic Floor with  Head of Medusa

Roman, about 115 - 150

[knowledgeistreasure]

Roman coins issued by Mark Antony found in Welsh field

A haul of valuable coins issued by Roman general Mark Antony have been discovered in a Welsh field - more than 2,000 years after they were buried.

It comes as archaeologists claimed to have found a small Roman fort on Anglesey, North Wales, in what has been described as a “ground-breaking” discovery. 

The coins - unearthed by two friends out walking - have been hailed by historians as “a significant find”. Dr Richard Annear, 65, and John Player, 43, found the silver coins dating back to 31 BC buried in a field near the small village of Wick, South Wales…

http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/roman-coins-issued-by-mark-antony-found.html#.VmcSi9KyNHw

See also, Early Roman Era Fort Found On Welsh Island.  http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/early-roman-era-fort-found-on-welsh.html#.VmcTQ9KyNHw

[lionofchaeronea]

A stilt (water bird).  Fresco from the peristylum of a Roman villa in ancient Vienna = present-day Vienne, France.  Now in the Musée gallo-romain de Saint Romain en Gal, Vienne.  Photo credit: Carole Raddato.   

[via-appia]

Wall Fragment with a Peacock

Roman Empire, about 70

[last-of-the-romans]

Historical images of Pompeii from the Library of Congress (x)

[mythologer]

Some divine ‪#‎Movember‬ inspiration! This Roman statue of Dionysos is heavily draped, and his hair is bound with an ivy wreath. His beard is long, recalling archaic and early classical images of the god. Dionysos was often represented in this way in Roman times (he was associated with the Roman god Bacchus), and many versions of the figure exist. The god was particularly popular because of his association with wine and good living. His entourage of satyrs and maenads provided inspiration for artists, and their often wild antics made superb subjects for decorative reliefs, wall paintings, vessels and sculpture. The statue is carved out of one large block of Pentelic marble, except for the missing right arm, which was made separately and attached. By British Museum, London, UK.