A beautiful Roman opus sectile floor in Ostia Antica - such a beautiful space, even more than 1600+ years since it was first laid.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
This Roman mosaic discovered at Antakya, Turkey, was so well made it preserved the wave of an earthquake without breaking the pattern.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
At noon, every 21 April (traditional date of birth of Rome), sun's rays beam through the oculus of the Pantheon, Rome.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
A perfectly preserved section of the Via Flaminia Roman road, discovered at a depth of 0.90m during planning of a new water pipeline in Riano. The Flaminian Way struck north from Rome, over the Apennines to the Adriatic coast.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Gold plated Roman helmet found near Sirmium, Serbia (4th Century AD). it is thought to have belonged to a Cavalry Officer of the Emperor Licinius. The helmet was discovered in 2005 by a man ploughing his field.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The remains of the Roman Amphitheatre and Theatre located in Arles, France. Both structures were built during the 1st century AD. Arlew was a city of considerable importance during the Roman period.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
A lovely Roman glass bowl in a vivid emerald green, which has survived complete in beautiful condition. It was made about 2000 years ago, & still looks amazing today! Dated to the 1st half of the 1st century, it is on display at the Met Museum.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
After she was publicly flogged and her daughters raped by Roman soldiers, Boudica destroyed three entire cities. Camulodunum burned with such ferocity that a blackened scorch-layer still runs under modern Colchester, named by archaeologists the 'Boudican Destruction Horizon'.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Segovia's 1st century Roman aqueduct in 1911. No mortar or cement was used between any of the 20,400 blocks used in its construction.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
An ancient Roman tomb slowly being buried by calcium carbonate deposits at Hierapolis, Turkey. Popular for its thermal spas, it became a Roman territory when King Attalus III of Pergamon died and gifted his kingdom to Rome c. 133 BCE.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The Pantheon as it may have looked during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. Drawn by Jean Claude Golvin.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The faces of the Fayum mummies. Painted with naturalistic portraits of upper class members of Roman Egyptian society, about 900 mummy portraits are known.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
One of the three Roman pools of Gafsa, in Tunisia, two of which are open. Built in the 2nd century BCE, they are about five meters deep and are fed by hot water springs.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Fragment of an amazing Roman glass bowl, painted with gladiatorial scenes, dating to around 230-250 AD. Excavated at the Vindolanda Roman Fort in Northumberland, England.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Most wood furniture at Herculaneum was preserved in carbonised form by 500c volcanic mud, but where wood was flung onto the beach, the mud was cooled by seawater and the wood has survived as 2,000 year old living wood, like this incredible ceiling panel1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Roman legionary helmet from the early 1st century AD, from Brigetio, Hungary.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Up to 200,000 spectators pack into Rome's Circus Maximus for a day of thrills in the Empire's greatest sports stadium. Before the chariot races begin the crowd watch a flamboyant parade (pompa circensis) of the day's sportsmen and entertainers. (Reconstruction by Faber Courtial)1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
This 'Memento Mori' mosaic was found in a triclinium (formal dining room) in Pompeii and dates to 30 BCE — 14 CE. The theme was intended to remind diners of the fleeting nature of earthly fortunes. Riches on one side, rags on the other, balanced on the wheel of fate and butterfly wings.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The emperor Maximinus Thrax was assassinated by his own troops in 238 AD and his head sent to Rome. Someone with a dark sense of humour, perhaps maybe an eyewitness, defaced this coin of Thrax to show the emperor’s head on a spike, a crow pecking his eyes and a worm exiting the back of his skull.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Section of Roman road in a forest near Klais, Germany. It connected Verona and modern-day Augsburg (Augusta Vindelicorum).2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Mosaic floor in a room of the Villa de Papiri, Herculaneum buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The only piece of Roman jewellery that can be matched to a known historical owner. This gold and carnelian signet ring was found on the skeletal finger of Scipio Barbatus (337 BC – 270 BC) inside his famous sarcophagus, when the Tomb of the Scipios was discovered in 1780...1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
A view of the Roman camp Aquis Querquennis, located on the banks of the Limia River in Galicia, Spain. The camp is usually under water but can now be seen because of the low water levels.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Archaeologist uncovering a fresco depicting a scene from the Greek myth 'Leda and the Swan' during excavations of Regio V in Pompeii during 2018.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Roman gold and green chalcedony ring engraved with a parrot. The carving is so detailed, the parrot can be identified as an Indian Ringneck known for its bright green plumage. Such parrots surprised Alexander the Great’s entourage in India by talking like humans. 1st century AD1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The astonishing remains of eggs in a bowl that survived the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 from the House of Julius Polybius in Pompeii.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius. The statue was erected around 175 AD albeit its original location is debated. Its survival is remarkable in that it is one of only two surviving bronze statues of a pre-Christian Roman emperor.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
A large Roman mosaic depicting the Greek legend of Arion, who was a famous poet of Corinth in Greece. Dated to the early third century AD, the mosaic is located at the Villa Romana del Casale, a large and elaborate villa/palace near in Sicily, Italy.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
A Roman glass model of a boat, dating 2nd c. AD, found in St. Aldegund (Germany) in a 4th-century woman's grave. Six such boats are known. It has been speculated that they could have been used as women's urinals, as components of water clocks, sundials, or as drinking cups. Exact use is unknown.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The only surviving draco, a standard of the Roman cavalry. The dragon's head was mounted on a post with a long and colourful fabric tail. It probably had a device in the opening of the mouth for making a noise. Found in the fort of Niederbieber at the Limes, the Roman frontier.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Gold bust of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus c.200 CE, said to be from a military standard, found in 1965 at Plotinopolis (city founded by Trajan), Greece.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
A breathtaking aerial view of Nero's vast Domus Aurea, completed in 68 AD. Nero's sprawling urban pleasure-palace covered by some estimates over 300 acres of central Rome, on real estate conveniently cleared by the catastrophic Great Fire in 64 AD. (Images by Katatexilux).1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
An aerial view of the Roman amphitheatre at Capua - notable both for its size (second only to the Colosseum in Rome) & the gladiator training school that was based there, which trained Spartacus among many others.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Museum of London Archaeologists have uncovered the largest Roman mosaic found in London for 50 years. The excavations have been taking place ahead of construction work in Southwark.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
At the heart of the Nero's Domus Aurea, bordered by magnificent porticoed colonnades, lay a huge artificial lake (stagnum Neronis) upon which Nero held floating feasts on boats. With the completion of his 'Golden House', Nero claimed he could finally begin to live like a human being.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
This incredible Roman hoard was found by metal detectorist Bill Darley in 1995, near the Oxfordshire town of Didcot and consisted of 126 aurei. The latest coin in the hoard dates from 160 AD.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The Via Domitia was the first Roman road built in Gaul, to link Italy and Hispania across what is now Southern France. Part of this route has been uncovered in Narbonne.11mo ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Wheel ruts worn into the road stones of ancient Pompeii. Made by the passage of carts and wagons more than 2000 years ago. An ever-present reminder to modern visitors of ancient traffic which once flowed through busy Pompeian streets.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Early 20th C. view of the Arch of Gallienus. The arch was built during the reign of Augustus but only dedicated to the emperor Gallienus in 262AD. When constructed, it was not intended to be a triumphal arch, but serve as a gateway into the city.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
In AD 27, at the age of 67, the emperor Tiberius left Rome for a tiny island three miles off the coast of Campania. Villa Jovis was built by emperor Tiberius and completed in AD 27. Tiberius ruled mainly from there until his death in AD 37. (Reconstruction by Markus Juuso)1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
This Roman military diploma was dredged from a river in Croatia in 1997 and dates to 71AD. Such documents were highly prized and were issued to retiring soldiers upon completion of their minimum required service. Amazingly, it still contains the wax seals of those who witnessed the document.3yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Reconstruction of Domitian's Palace (AD 117-138) taken from 'The Atlas of Ancient Rome'.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
A beautiful cameo glass amphora decorated with scenes of Cupids harvesting grapes, ca. 1st Century AD, from the Tomb of the Blue Vase, Pompeii.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
A small part of the Shapwick Hoard, the largest hoard of Roman silver denarii ever found in the UK. The 9,262 silver coins were found by a detectorist in 1998; his reporting of the find led to the full excavation of the hoard and discovery of a previously unknown Roman villa.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Intact/collapsed roofs from Herculaneum discovered in 1931 near the House of the Loom.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
A glimpse of the original Roman paving of the road leading onto the bridge (Pons Aelius) that spans the Tiber in front of Hadrian’s Mausoleum.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The Arch of Augustus is a gate in the former city wall of Rimini. The arch was dedicated to the Emperor Augustus by the Senate in 27 BC, and is one of the oldest Roman arches which survives to this day.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Cleaning the mosaic depicting the Catasterism of Orion. Located in the House of Jupiter, Pompeii.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
One of the oldest surviving copy of Caesar's Bellum Gallicum was written at Corbie in the last quarter of the ninth century.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Easily the best Rome related purchase I've ever made. The illustrations are beautiful and I could spent hours poring over them.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
One of Emperor Caligula's 'pleasure boats' found at the bottom of Lake Nemi. The ships were recovered from the lake bed in 1929, but destroyed by fire during World War 2.3yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
This Roman cobalt-blue glass beaker, now in the British Museum, was made sometime between 50-100AD. Pliny the Elder mentions a technique of cutting openwork designs in metal such as silver, into which glass was blown.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Roman marble and bronze table (1st century AD) from Boscoreale, near Pompeii. It was probably used in a wealthy Roman’s villa to exhibit a particularly fine work of art or expensive metal or glass vessels.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Reconstruction of the Domus Augusti from the Atlas of Ancient Rome.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
In 59 AD, a fight erupted at the amphitheatre in Pompeii between Pompeiians and residents of Nuceria. This resulted in a 10-year ban on events being held at the amphitheatre. The fight has been immortalised in this detail from a larger fresco found in the house of Actius Anicetus.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Discovered on 11th May 1936, the Dorchester (Dorset, UK) hoard is one of the largest hoards found in Britain. It comprised around 22,000 coins found in several containers. The date of deposition was around AD 257. During the Roman period, Dorchester was known as Durnovaria.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The hand of a lost bronze statue of a pugil (boxer). It's wrapped in a caestus - a glove made of leather and wicker. Found in the Roman theatre of Verona. Dating to the 1st c. AD.11mo ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The Emperor Constantine and his triumphal procession passing through the Forum in 312AD (reconstruction by David Reinhold).3yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Cicero Denounces Catiline. Painted in 1888, Cesare Maccari's most famous work of art depicts Cicero's first speech denouncing Catiline in the Roman Senate which drove him from the city in 63 BC.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
This reconstruction shows the Aqua Marcia making a wide loop and twice intersecting the Aqua Claudia just north of Rome. The area enclosed by the loop was fortified and used as a camp by the besieging Goths in 537 AD.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The Triumph of Marius - G. B. Tiepolo (1729). The African king Jugurtha is shown before his captor, the Roman general Gaius Marius. The procession, in which looted treasures were carried through the streets, was held on January 1, 104 B.C.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Etching by Giovanni Piranesi showing the Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum (dated 1757).2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The thrill and danger of a chariot race in Rome’s Circus Maximus is captured here in Alexander von Wagner’s 1882 painting.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
'The Roses of Heliogabalus' depicting Emperor Elagabalus hosting a banquet. The Historia Augusta says that In a banqueting-room with a reversible ceiling he once buried his guests in violets and other flowers, so that some were actually smothered to death, being unable to crawl out to the top.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
This is a photograph from 1846 showing the Roman Forum (looking west) before the large scale excavation works took place.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
19th century photograph of the Pyramid of Cestius, with the Porta San Paolo in the background. The pyramid was built about 18-12BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a magistrate.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Still in use today, the Cloaca Maxima was constructed around 600BC and likely began its life as an open canal draining marshland around the Forum. It went through many alterations, with various new sections added, and was fully covered around 200BC.3yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Housesteads Roman Fort is the remains of an auxiliary fort located on Hadrian's Wall. The fort was built in stone around AD 124 soon after construction of the wall began in AD 122.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The Binnington Carr Hoard is a Roman coin hoard dating from the late 1st century AD. It contains 12 silver denarii within a delightful copper alloy bell. All the coins are denarii: one of Julius Caesar, one of Nero, three of Vitellius and seven of Vespasian.1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
1st Century AD 'Tomb of the Caetennii' discovered in 1939 under St Peter's Basilica in Rome. This tomb is part of the 'Vatican Necropolis' which dates from Imperial times and was originally an open air cemetery with tombs and mausolea.2yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Remains of the wharf associated with the Tiber Emporium, the commercial river port of ancient Rome, excavated in 1868.3yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
'Beware of the Dog' mosaic at the entrance to a Pompeian house.4yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
A view not seen by many - Exterior steps leading to the Oculus at the top of the Pantheon.4yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Mosaic floor and fountain within the House of the WOunded Bear, Pompeii.4yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Arch of Constantine - constructed between 312 and 315 AD to jointly commemorate 10 years of Constantine's reign, and his victory over Maxentious at the Battle of Milvian Bridge.4yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Coloured section of Trajan's Column, giving an idea of its original appearance.4yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Temple of Romulus and temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Roman Forum.4yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Black and white dolphin mosaic in entrance corridor of house of Mars and Venus, Pompeii.4yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Breakfast time! Banana, raspberries, carrot, broccoli, celery, spinach, blueberries and ginger. Finished with a splash of elderflower cordial and topped up with water.4yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/veggieshake
Looking inside the base of Trajan's Column, completed in 113 AD. Visible are the gold urns holding the ashes of Trajan and his wife Plotina. (Art by Fernando Baptista)1yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
I was completely blown away by the level of detail in this mosaic found in Pompei. It's currently on display in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.6yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Portrait of Terentius Neo and his wife from their house in Pompeii.6yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Carbonised wooden rocker from Herculaneum. When it was originally found, it held a little woollen blanket and tiny bones.3yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Reconstructed amphitheatre and velarium at the Puy du FOU historical themepark3yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
The Basilica of Pompeii - dating back to the 2nd century BC, it is the oldest known Roman Basilica.6yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Pantheon, Rome. The present building was completed by Hadrian between 113-125AD and has been in continuous use ever since.6yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Entrance to the amphitheatre, Pompeii. Built around 70BC it is the earliest known amphitheatre to have been built from stone.6yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Temple of Hercules Victor and Temple of Portunus located in the Forum Boarium, Rome.6yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Temple of Romulus, Temple of Antoninus & Faustina and Septimius Severus Arch6yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Castel Sant'Angelo - initially commissioned as a mausoleum for the Emperor Hadrian, the building was later used by the Popes as a castle and fortress. The Roman bridge, Ponte Sant'Angelo, is in the foreground.6yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/ancientrome
Dining room of an abandoned farm house, Belgium (3264 X 2448)10yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/urbanexploration
Completed the UK Three Peaks Challenge yesterday in a time of 21:42 and both my smile and medal have not left me since!9yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/hiking
Somehow the FA managed to make Phil Jones look norjing like Phil Jones.6yr ⋅ AnotherMansCause ⋅ r/soccer
