“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” A well-known modern paraphrase of Pericles’ famous Funeral Oration recorded by the historian Thucydides.
Rome and Beyond
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A website about cultural and natural sites in Rome and surrounding areas romeandbeyond.altervista.org
👇🏻next week! Apparently almost coinciding with a visit to the Sapienza by the pope, how extremely fitting :)
Julia Hillner@writinghelena.bsky.social · 3mo agoA Companion to Rome, c. 400 - c. 1050 will be presented at the Sapienza Centre for the Study of the Mediterranean and Near East in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages on 14 May, 12 noon. Huge thanks to the Centre and to Andrea Augenti and Rita Lizzi. If you're in Rome do come along, or join online.
This delightful duck is an askos, a ceramic container used for storing and pouring oil. It was made over two thousand years ago by the Etruscans, who inhabited a reigon called Etruria in what is now central Italy.
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant, bientôt au Panthéon. (Merci d'avoir partagé!)
EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales@ehess.fr · 3mo ago👀 Pour mieux comprendre comment Marc Bloch a été reçu à l'international, découvrez la journée d'études (organisée par l’EHESS, le @crh.ehess.fr, @normalesup.bsky.social, @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social, @ihmc.bsky.social et @labo-lamop.bsky.social) :
New post this week; Spalatum part III! The new post delves into the religious architecture of Diocletian's palace as well as the mausoleum and elements of the emperor's apartment. www.roamintheempire.com/index.php/20... #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientBlueSky 🏺
There’s a Hokusai exhibition in Rome right now and I can’t put into words how wonderful it is! If you are in Rome - or will be in May or June - please do visit Palazzo Bonaparte.
Rome’s rose garden on the Aventine Hill reopened today - earlier than usual - and will stay open for free every day until 14 June.
La meravigliosa mostra “Impressionisti e oltre” al Museo dell’Ara Pacis di #Roma con 50 capolavori dal Detroit Institute of Art. Van Gogh, Renoir, Degas, Modigliani, Pissarro, Bonnard, Vallotton, Picasso, Beckmann e tantissimi altri. 🖼️
Born of the coupling of Leda and the Swan, then hatched from an egg There’s more to Helen of Troy than the most beautiful woman in the world - as Charlotte and I discuss in our 4 part Instant Classics mini series podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
Villain, Victim... Double Agent? The Many Lives of Helen of Troy part 1
Podcast Episode · Instant Classics · 22/01/2026 · 41m
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#FrescoFriday - A real favourite! The paintings from the Fullonica of Veranius Hypsaeus, Pompeii (VI.8.20), showing the stages of the laundry process, with an owl (symbol for the Fullers) atop the 'viminea cavea'. #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺 Image: MANN (9774). Link - mann-napoli.it/numismatica/...
This beautiful #Roman enamelled copper alloy flask in hexagonal shape was found in Welzheim. The small vessel was a product of a workshop in Britain or Gaul and was presumably used to hold perfume. Dating 2. century AD. #findsfriday 🏺 📷 @almbawue.bsky.social
Colosseum's Commodus Passage reopens after extensive restoration work www.euronews.com/culture/2026... #Rome #archaeology @euronews.com
Colosseum's Commodus Passage reopens after extensive restoration work
The passage, constructed somewhere between the years 90 and 98, allowed emperors to get to their seats without having to use the main entrances, the vomitoria, through which the masses would spew fort...
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Villa Farnesina Cubiculum B fresco depicting the Nymphs of Mount Nysa caring for the infant Dionysus. The baby is shown being nursed or tended to by female figures in a lush setting. It is painted in a "Neo-Attic" or "lekythos" style, which mimics the look of 5th-c. BCE Greek pottery. #FrescoFriday
For #ReliefWednesday, the Saturnia Tellus relief from the Ara Pacis, #Rome. It depicts Mother Earth, or, according to a different interpretation, Venus, divine mother of Aeneas and progenitor of the Gens Iulia, to which Augustus himself belongs. 📸 Chris Nas #archaeology #history
The Pyrgi tablets are three golden plates inscribed with a bilingual Phoenician–Etruscan dedicatory text. They date to c. 500 BC. They record the foundation of a temple and its dedication to the Phoenician goddess Astarte. The work is attributed to Thefarie Velianas, ruler of Caere #EpigraphyTuesday
This is the tombstone of a Roman soldier named Ammonius, son of Damio, a centurion in the first Cohort of Spaniards who probably came from North Africa or the Eastern Mediterranean. He died after 27 years service and was buried at Ardoch in Perthshire, Scotland. #TombTuesday
This inscription, on display at Museo Archeologico di Velletri, bears a dedication from a mother to her daughter, Faltonia: "To Faltonia Hilaritatis, mistress and dearest daughter who, at her own expense, built this cemetery and destined it for this faith." #EpigraphyTuesday #Rome #history
Hidden beneath the #Rome Ring Road (GRA) lies the Ninfeo della Lucchina.Originally constructed in the 3rd century CE as a tomb, it was transformed in the 4th century into a nymphaeum with stunning mosaics and frescoes.It was likely part of a grand villa owned by the Ottavi family #MosaicMonday 📸 MiC
Fossanova Abbey is one of Italy's most significant examples of Cistercian Gothic architecture. Located in the town of Priverno, the abbey is famous for its austere beauty and is a major pilgrimage site because it is where St. Thomas Aquinas died in 1274. #MedievalMonday #art 📸 alessiodisilvestro
✨The Chariot Race✨ This chariot race is part of the famously large mosaic found in Britain called the Horkstow mosaic. Featuring all the thrill of chariot racing including the spina (central island) and the metea (turning points). Happy #MosaicMonday indeed! #AncientBluesky
Giorgio de Chirico, Mistero e malinconia di una strada, 1914, New Canaan (Connecticut), Private collection #art A copy of this work (right) by de Chirico himself can be found at Museo Bilotti in #Rome www.museocarlobilotti.it/it/opera/mis...
✨ An Evening with National Trust Archaeologists Ever wondered what archaeology looks like behind the scenes at National Trust places? Join us and @nattrustarch.bsky.social for a free online evening exploring community digs and hilltop enclosures to Roman gold mining. Book here 👉 shorturl.at/85Avq
A section of the Roman Wall at St. Albans which was built between AD 265 to 270 to defend the Roman city of Verulamium. The surviving sections are located in Verulamium Park which is a short walk from the city centre. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #StAlbans
The Canopus at Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli. Inspired by Egypt and adorned with Greek-style Caryatids, this 120-metre reflecting pool served as the Emperor’s ultimate summer dining spot. Hadrian and his guests would recline on a stibadium (a semi-circular couch) to dine. #RomanSiteSaturday #history #Rome
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Portrait of Lucius Verus, 160-170 CE, Museo Archeologico di Palestrina. #FindsFriday #archaeology #history
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was born on this day in 1836. During a visit to Rome from December 1875 to April 1876, Alma-Tadema collected material for future paintings. He made three studies of parts of the city, including this one in the gardens of the Villa Borghese. 🍃 Detail from WA1966.13.1
