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Elizabeth Saint C

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#MosaicMonday Floor Mosaic with Gladiators and Hunters - Galleria Borghese 3rd-4th Century AD.Marble tesserae.Entrance Hall - Mariano Rossi Hall.This mosaic depicts, on different perspectival planes, a few gladiator scenes (munera) and a panther hunt, (venatio).

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#MosaicMonday #rhino #Sicily Rhinoceros, identifiable by horn on snout. Detail from Roman ‘Great Hunt’ mosaic in a grand Roman villa, the Villa Romana del Casale, in Piazza Armerina, Sicily: redbubble.com/shop/ap/157893…

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A monument dedicated to the ancient Greek warriors of the Battle of Salamis, 480 BC, is located in Spathari, on Salamis Island, Kynosoura Peninsula, Greece. The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle fought between an Alliance of Greek city-states and the Achaemenid Empire of…

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The Greece runestones are a series of runic inscriptions in Sweden commemorating voyagers and Varangians who journeyed to the Byzantine Empire ("Grikkland") between the 10th and 12th centuries AD. I mapped where they were discovered.

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For #MosaicMonday we're visiting the heretical #Arian #baptistery in #Ravenna, where a glittering gold background indicates the powerful patronage of the #Ostrogothic king #Theoderic.

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A group of researchers have recreated the clothing of medieval Nubian royalty and clergy from the wall paintings in the cathedral of Faras, which sits at the border of modern Egypt and Sudan.

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A Roman gold medallion of Emperor Caracalla in military attire with a laurel crown. Was probably minted in Veroia (modern day Greece) centuries after it became part of Roman Empire. Found in Aboukir, Egypt and now in Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon, Portugal which I visited today.

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I am so excited to participate in the #SLU #SilkRoad lecture series, a hybrid event on 2 December! I will be exploring what the Silk Road looks like from the perspective of medieval #Armenian art history and archaeology-- join us!

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'Artabanus, king of Parthia, wrote a letter to Tiberius criticizing him for his executions, for his laziness, and for his decadence. He advised Tiberius to take into account the citizens' deep and justified hatred for him and do the decent thing: commit suicide.' - Suetonius

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A Roman lamp with a caricatured depiction of Cleopatra, shown naked and sat on a phallus on the back of a crocodile. In the wake of the civil wars and Cleopatra's seduction of two Roman leaders, a lively artistic sub-genre gained popularity parodying the decadence of Roman Egypt.

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I've loved recording these with @MulvilleJimmy (block the impostor @jimmymulville), and we are releasing another 10 episodes shortly in the new year: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nar… Listen up! Good not only for promoting @classicsforall, but as evidence of "impact" in the 2029 REF.😃

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“This is most hateful pain for human beings: when someone knows a lot but has no power.” ἐχθίστη δὲ ὀδύνη ἐστὶ τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποισι αὕτη, πολλὰ φρονέοντα μηδενὸς κρατέειν. #Herodotus


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✨What gift to get your mythical bestie? 🎁

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Hannibal and Scipio edited by Simon Hornblower Joint biography of two great opponents, revealing many parallels between them and how together they shaped a momentous historical period. 📚 cup.org/3ANguXK #ancienthistory

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For #MosaicMonday, from the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier, a mosaic depicting a bear attempting to get fruit from a tree. Found locally in Trier in 1875 and dated to the 3rd century CE. #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Germany

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Like many others, I have a profile over where the skies are blue. Hope to see you there.. bsky.app/profile/esaint…


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Unfortunately Vinnie isn't having much luck finding his #fureverhome 😿 Could you lend a helping paw and share his story? 🐾 Find out more 👇🏻 cats.org.uk/findacatform/?…

Vinnie (10) is desperately hoping to experience those home comforts again soon 🤞🏻 He's a lovely lad who just needs some #fureverfamily love & TLC 🖤 Is he purrfect for you? 👀 find out more 👇🏻 cats.org.uk/findacatform/?…

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For today's #MosaicMonday a representation of a fish-skeleton on a so-called asarotos oikos mosaic found in a private house in Aquileia, dating 1st c. BC. Asarotos oikos ("unswept room") mosaics decorated the floors of triclinia, dining rooms. 1/2 ##RomanArchaeology

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#MosaicMonday Three graces, from Narlıkuyu, Turkey circa in the 4th century CE. #Archaeology #History #Art #mythology

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One of my favourite mosaic is the Nile mosaic at Palestrina #MosaicMonday

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