Or et Écarlate

Oriental rome aesthetics, history, maybe some art and ramblings byzaboo dont interact

[neapolis-neapolis]

Ercole ritrova suo figlio Telefo in Arcadia (I sec.), dalla Basilica di Ercolano, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Napoli.

[neapolis-neapolis]

Ipogeo dei Cristallini (III sec. a.C.), Rione Sanità, Napoli.

[marypickfords]

Funeral Parade of Roses (Toshio Matsumoto, 1969)

[mess-of-emptiness]

Roman helmet, Straubing, 3rd century

Photo: Straße der Kaiser und Könige

[traditionalism]

Celtic carnyx (“trumpets”) with wolf-headed “amplifier” (from Izana and Numancia, Iberia).

[philomaela]

Vallier and Simon in Les Feluettes (1996) dir. John Greyson

[jareckiworld]

Bruno Schulz  —  The Book of Idolatry   (cliché-verre, 1920-22)

[romegreeceart]

Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

A famous Roman gourmand who lived in the 4th and 5th centyry AD. According to legend Apicius committed a suicide after he had lavished an enormous fortune in food and delicacies. Had something like 1 million Sestertii  left which was insufficient to maintain standard of living he was used to. I once skimmed a paper version of this book and some of the recipies - especially veggie stuff - aren’t too difficult. others. like those that include garum are impossible. I reminisce that garum was some sort of sour sauce where decaying fish was among the most important ingredients, yummu ;). I also recall reading that Hispania was one of the main sources of this product.

Gutenberg site, so book is available in several formats

[romansyria]

Just buy nuoc-man for garum.

Also all of apicius "recipes" are gut-turning, most roman food was terrible. That one meal that's basically dip your bread in red wine, make a wet paste and mix it with tripes. No.

[bellumcatilina]

Y’all gonna marry a bitch from classics stan tumblr and end up with a kid named Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Pius Felix Invictus Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Herculius, Germanicus Maximus V, Sarmaticus Maximus III, Persicus Maximus II, Brittanicus Maximus, Carpicus Maximus, Armenicus Maximus, Medicus Maximus, Adiabencus Maximus, Tribuniciae potestatis XXI, Consul IX, Imperator XX, Pater Patriae, Proconsul

[loumargi]

Leo Reiffenstein - Ein Gastmahl des Heliogabal 1891

[thoodleoo]

if ur having a bad day i highly recommend that u look at this ancient roman windchime of a gladiator fighting a wild animal, which is also his own magnum dong

[sakrogoat]

Robert Auer - Athena

[mapsontheweb]

Rome in the age of Constantine, at a scale of 1:250 - created by the architect Italo Gismondi across nearly 40 years.

[cma-greek-roman-art]

Wolf-Head Barge Fixture, 1, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

This snarling wolf head is closely similar to others that were attached to a luxurious pleasure barge moored on a lake near Rome. The ship was designed as a floating platform for elaborate, hedonistic parties. Size: Overall: 21.9 x 16.8 cm (8 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.) Medium: bronze

https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.51

[profoundgaiety-deactivated20200]

From Panzer’s 1931 yearbook.

[geritsel]

Jacques Martin - Alix cover artwork for Tintin magazine

[lunacylover]

Elements of the Roman equipment. Drawings from “Costume of the ancients” vol.2 by Thomas Hope, 1875.