A Byzantine ivory diptych with circus scenes, 5th century CE, now housed at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia [1275×1876] by Fuckoff555
September 30, 2024No other Roman emperor travelled as much as Hadrian. He spent half of his 21-year reign on the road, visiting almost every province of the vast empire. The mint celebrated these grand tours with extensive coinage in gold, silver and bronze, known to numismatists as the Travel Series [2669×4000]
September 30, 2024The massive scale model of ancient Rome in the age of Constantine I made by Italo Gismondi (1887-1974), and a satellite view of the modern city [1566×1586]
September 30, 2024‘Stranger, stop and turn your gaze towards this hillock on your left, which holds the bones of a poor man of righteousness and mercy and love… Gaius Atilius Euhodus, freedman of Serranus, a pearl merchant of the Via Sacra is buried in this memorial. Wayfarer, good bye.’ [1235×859]