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Showing posts with label emperor. Show all posts
Thursday, August 5, 2021

The Transformation of Pharaonic deities to household gods in Roman Egypt

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The iconography and style of depictions of Horus and other traditional Egyptian deities were influenced by Hellenistic and, later, Roman tra...
Saturday, April 24, 2021

Nero: The Man Behind the Myth to open at the British Museum May 27, 2021

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An exhibition that will examine the misogynistic treatment of women under the reign of the emperor Nero is slated to open at the British Mus...
Saturday, April 3, 2021

The tragic boy emperor, Philip II

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Philip II (Latin: Marcus Julius Severus Philippus; 237 – 249CE), also known as Philip the Younger, was the son and heir of the Roman Emperor...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Mars and the Roman celebration of war

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  Statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian as Mars, God of War, 117–125 CE, that I photographed at the Capitoline Museums, Rome, Italy In ancient...
Sunday, March 7, 2021

The David Plates Plus One

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 In 628–29 CE the Byzantine emperor Herakleios (also spelled Heraclius) (r. 610–41) successfully ended a long, costly war with Persia and re...
Thursday, February 18, 2021

Living well in the Roman Empire

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 As thou intendest to live when thou art gone out,...so it is in thy power to live here.  Marcus Aurelius.  Meditations.  Book 5. Images: So...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Remnants of Caligula's Horti Lamiani now on display

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During the four years that Caligula occupied the Roman throne, his favorite hideaway was an imperial pleasure garden called Horti Lamiani. T...
Friday, January 1, 2021

Roman emperor as pharaoh

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A block that originally formed part of a screen wall that connected the four front columns and the sidewalls of the temple of Harendotes (...
Thursday, December 17, 2020

The Arch of Galerius

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 The Roman emperor Galerius commissioned the triple Arch of Galerius, built in 298-299 CE and dedicated in 303 CE,  as an element of the imp...
Sunday, October 18, 2020

Gallienus, Third Century Reformer

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 Born into a wealthy and traditional senatorial family, Gallienus was the son of Valerian and Mariniana. Valerian became Emperor on 22 Octob...
Saturday, May 30, 2020

Heraclius: The David of the Eastern Roman Empire?

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The year the Roman emperor Heraclius came to power, the empire was threatened on multiple frontiers. Heraclius immediately took charge of t...
Friday, May 22, 2020

A lesson from Lysias: Men who have spent their lives committing serious offences acting like they performed a great service

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 Men, having spent their lives in committing serious offences and incurring a variety of troubles, make their speeches today with an air of...
Saturday, February 20, 2010

Over 300 Roman artifacts displayed in "Ancient Rome & America" exhibit

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Ever since the U.S. became involved in Iraq, I have seen a plethora of articles and books comparing "America" with the Roman Empir...
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