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The Lex de imperio Vespasiani is an epigraphic text on a bronze tablet, now partially lost, containing part of a law that granted some or all powers of the emperor to Vespasian in the year 70 CE. The extant text is on a large bronze tablet currently held at the Musei Capitolini in Rome [2930×4446]

September 22, 2024

The Lex de imperio Vespasiani is an epigraphic text on a bronze tablet, now partially lost, containing part of a law that granted some or all powers of the emperor to Vespasian in the year 70 CE. The extant text is on a large bronze tablet currently held at the Musei Capitolini in Rome [2930×4446]

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Fuckoff555 on September 22, 2024 10:07 am

[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_de_imperio_Vespasiani](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_de_imperio_Vespasiani)
ursastara on September 22, 2024 10:41 am

It’s incredible how our modern alphabet has nearly unchanged from Latin 2000 years ago

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The Lex de imperio Vespasiani is an epigraphic text on a bronze tablet, now partially lost, containing part of a law that granted some or all powers of the emperor to Vespasian in the year 70 CE. The extant text is on a large bronze tablet currently held at the Musei Capitolini in Rome [2930×4446]

[1674×1080] Specially constructed Army shoe for David M. Dotson, 37th Tennessee Regiment, CSA, who lost his foot in the Battle of Franklin. The shoe was specifically designed to accommodate him. Circa 1864.

Remains of wall painting in church of Sant Climent de Pal in Andorra. It was built in the 11th or 12th century and then again in the 17th or 18th century [3696 × 2448]

Fresco of St. Christopher Carrying Baby Jesus on His Shoulder, Trent Cathedral [1920×1080]

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