Samuel Oer de Almeida

@samueloer.bsky.social

Archaeologist. Father of 2. Doctoral student researching cities of Roman Asia Minor @unituebingen.bsky.social. Culture | History | Architecture | Urbanism | Numismatics | Epigraphy.

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Here’s a brilliant mosaic. It’s the story of Theseus slaying the Minotaur complete with an insanely detailed labyrinth. At the top, we see Theseus escaping with Ariadne (before he unceremoniously dumped her on Naxos to be rescued by Dionysus). 🏛️📷 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna #MosaicMonday

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a volume I'm a co-editor on has just been published. Contributions aim to center urban peripheries in the Roman world (heavy on Rome and Italy) from a variety of perspectives (The paper version will cost you mightily, but an open-access digital version should be available within a day or two) 🏺

(Re-)Uniting City and Country

This volume inaugurates the IN-ROME Studies Series and explores the dynamic relationship between cities and their surrounding landscapes. Its objective is to enhance our understanding of the complex c...

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It’s #MosaicMonday in 🇦🇺 so here’s the cockerel-headed man of Brading Roman Villa. There’s been much discussion about this. My favourite interpretation is the villa owner, living in disgrace in Britannia, is making a joke about the emperor Constantius Gallus (cockerel in Latin) who exiled him.

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This mosaic depicts snails in a basket (presumably waiting to be cooked and eaten). This may explain why one has already escaped and another is making a break for it. 🕰️4th century AD 🏛️📷Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, Aquileia #MosaicMonday

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