Oft overlooked, Pula arena (Istria) is (arguably) the best preserved of all the surviving Roman arenas7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Cave Canum Beware the Dog Pompeii 2nd century entry passage House of the Tragic Poet7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Ruined Roman Port city Leptis Magna, Birthplace of Emperor Septimius Severus, 2nd-3rd century, Libya7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Pompeii amphitheater (*spectacula*), Oldest of the Roman amphitheaters, built of Stone (also the first) in 70BCE to entertain the discharged Legionary colonists of Sulla7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Aurelian Walls, 271CE, originally ran 8 miles with 383 towers. Now neglected and in danger of collapse.6yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Pertinax, Born the son of a freed slave, was the first of the Year of Five Emperors, succeeding Commodus. Vatican Museum, Marble, 193 CE7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Trippin thu time: Split, Croatia and Diocletian's Palace, 4th cen. CE. Octogonal building surviving inside walls is the emperor's Mausoleum.6yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Caesarea Maritima, built by Herod ~10BCE to honor CAesar Augustus. It includes One of the best preserved hippodromes, originally seating 10K spectators.7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Fate of Antiquites Left in Conflict Zones; Roman-era Statue of Athena, Palmyra Museum, Palmyra, Syria6yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/Archaeology
Portus Adurni, Best preserved Roman Castle north of the Alps. 2nd Cen. CE, part of the Saxon shore defenses, incorporating a 12th Cen Norman Keep (Loc: Portsmouth, UK)7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Bacchus; Emperor Claudius' nymphaeum, 1st Cen. CE, Baiae Underwater archeological park7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Cavae Romanae (Roman quarry), Pula. Source for the stone from which VESPASIAN built the Pula Arena (photo credit Kristijan Dumencic)7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Julius Caesar, republican era bronze head on later marble Bust, Uffizi Gallery. Most Contemporary likeness?6yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
The PLEBEIAN View--Top tier of COLOSSEUM opening to public for first time in decades--7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Rostra and helmets recovered in 2017 from the site of the Battle of the Aegates, which ended the First Punic War, 241BCE. (Global Underwater Explorers, as a part of the Egadi Project 2017)7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Jupiter, 1st century CE, from a Villa of the Emperor Domitian. Hermitage Museum, Russia. 11 feet tall; Marble & Bronze, w/ Sacred Eagle & holding the Goddess Victoria.7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Pre-historic salt springs, site of Roman salt-town Iptuci, still in use Today (making gourmet salt)7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
The Laocoon, once adorning the palace of the Emperor Titus, depicts the Trojan priest Laocoon and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by sea serpents. Pliny declared this work to be preferable to any other production of the art of painting or of statuary.7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Baffled and belled dice tower, Roman, 4th CE. Reads: Picts Defeated; Enemy Destroyed; Play in Safety7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
A portion of the Lod Mosaic, Lod, Israel, 3rd-4th CE Roman, discovered in 1996 during highway construction7yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Fate of Antiquites Left in Conflict Zones; Palmyra Museum of Roman Antiquities, Palmyra, Syria.6yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
4th Cen Roma Fort Mobine, part of the *Limes Arabicus* in modern Jordan, Built to protect against marauding Desert Nomads.6yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Roman city of Dougga, 2nd Cen. CE, ancient Numidia (Tunisia) featuring The Capitol, a triadic Roman Temple6yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
Distant view of Garni Temple, Armenia. Dedicated to the Local diety Mihr, circa 77CE by Titrades I, the King of Armenia installed by Emperor Nero, who also paid for the structure.6yr ⋅ neo-cat ⋅ r/ancientrome
