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#Romans

Rafagas Links
4 days ago

An interactive Tableau visualization showcasing the Roman Empire's Emperors, cities, road system, and pivotal events from 79BC to 117AD #romans

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/nir.smilga/viz/RomanEmpireEstablishment79BC-117AD/RomanEmpire

Article in English.

"...the tree was already 3,000 years old when Christ was born and when, it is said, Pontius Pilate was born here in Fortingall"

#Romans #Pilate #Trees #ThickTrunkTuesday

https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/fortingall/yew/index.html

Dan Coghlan
1 week ago

So, I seem to have reached that point in life when you get Romans on the brain. I seem to have picked my 'middle-age specialty'.

So, please, talk to me of Romans, please help scratch that brain itch.

#WritingCommunity #History #RomanEmpire #Romans #writinglife #author

Ah gotta love ancient #Germans. Scared the Romans so much they quit Northern Europe.

#Heilung #Barbarians #Barbaren #Germany #Romans

https://youtu.be/G5qPrraHs_A?si=czjoWdWSAZG8CiM4

Wortspielfettgesicht (C)
2 weeks ago

Mein Kumpel @simonvey hat einen Teil des #Soundtrack​s zur #Hörbuch-Version meines #Romans "Der Herr der Toten" released.

Ich bin total begeistert. 😃

Hört doch auch mal rein. Er freut sich immer über Kommentare und ganz sicher auch über ein Daumen hoch 😉 .

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=1p0cMwZ9isg

Novetus
3 weeks ago

We are once again out and about in the city center of #Vienna together with the #StadtarchäologieWien

#archaeology #romans #urbanarchaeology #Fleischmarkt @archaeodons

Emmanuelle Robert
3 weeks ago

Prochaines dédicaces à Neuchâtel :ch_Neuchatel: , mercredi 13 dès 16h30 chez Payot.
Puis à Granges/ Grenchen :ch_Soleure: les 16-17 septembre.
Et Genève Cornavin :ch_Geneve: le 21 à 17h30. #dormezenpeilz #mastopolars #mastoplivres #ne #ge #so #bouquins #romans

Vous ne vous étiez jamais demandé a quoi correspondait le «Peilz» de «La Tour-de-Peilz»? Après avoir dévoré ce polar, vous vous en souviendrez: le charme de l'ile qui porte ce nom est en effet brutalement rompu par Emmanuelle Robert, qui y laisse dériver cadavres et mystères!

PAYOT LIBRAIRE
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
3 weeks ago

Best moments of the Roman festival:

Emcee, in a news anchor voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, we welcome you to the blood sacrifice event."

Romans: *struggling with setting up the ballista for the battle*
German warrior: "Should we come back later?..."

"Dad, are these the bad guys?"
"No, they are Gepids."

Emcee: "But! Alas, the barbarians have an even more shocking hostage... um... no they don't, they can't seem to find her."

Gepid chief: "I'm getting Romanized."

😂

#Romans #reenactment

Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
3 weeks ago

Doing some #storytelling today at the Aquincum Amphitheater in Budapest 😊 Two-day Roman festival, gladiators, battles, living history, all kinds of fun.

I have two sets of stories, one of little known Greek and Roman myths (such as an alternate version of Achilles' heel), and one of Caucasian Nart sagas (since we have Sarmatian reenactors on site). My little archeologist heart is happy 😊

#Rome #Romans #LivingHistory #reenactment #Budapest #Aquincum #archaeology #histodons

Selfie with the ruins of the Amphitheater in the background. I (30s white woman, red hair, glasses) am wearing white and blue Roman garb. Behind me in the arena there are tents and yurts for the reenactors, and a large square of sand for the upcoming gladiator fights.
FiveSeventeen
4 weeks ago

Time to read the #TLS, and then off to bed with "Palatine: an Alternative History of the Caesars" by Peter Stothard.

I don't usually read two books about the same era one after the other, but that's the way the cookie crumbles this week.

New books ordered: expectations high.

#books #history #Romans #amreading

AI6YR
4 weeks ago

BBC: Dead Sea reveals four 1,900-year-old Roman swords in cave #archeology #swords #romans https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66728207

Tommy van Son ✔
1 month ago

We now have seventeen apples in our inventory. The system for Roman numerals works to a maximum of 3000. There's a system for going beyond that, but I'm not sure I'll bother. Who needs more than 3000 sea shells? And if one has more, it's just "MMM+" or something. #GameDev #Romans

A rudimentary inventory slot display with roman numerals counting apples

Août était assez pauvre en news intéressantes pour moi, mais c’est assez normal, les gens sont en vacances. Ou alors j’ai loupé plein de trucs, c’est possible aussi. J’ai même hésité à sortir un OUIN mais bon, je me suis quand même motivé, ça sera un tout petit OUIN pour ce mois-ci.

Les niouzes VF

Les secrets de Manon Fargetton

Manon Fargetton revient à la fantasy en Octobre, sous la bannière de Gallimard Jeunesse (donc vraisemblablement en YA). Les marches des géants, premier tome du Cycle des secrets, débarque avec une édition brochée et une collector reliée, comme il se doit. C’est marrant, la tendance du collector relié a l’air de se répandre, c’est bien évidemment grâce à nous, le lobbying du #ComitePourLesHardbacksVF paye.

Macédoine de lion

Bragelonne vient juste d’annoncer la parution prochaine d’une intégrale Le lion de Macédoine par David Gemmell, qui paraîtra en Octobre également (comme ça tu l’achètes pour Noël, t’as vu c’est malin). Jusqu’ici c’était Mnémos qui publiait ça mais apparemment Bragelonne a repris la main dessus, c’est vrai que ça faisait désordre ce petit Gemmell rebelle qui se promenait dans la nature.

Les news VO

La fantasy dans le ciel

J’ai récemment chroniqué (et beaucoup apprécié) Bluebird de Ciel Pierlot, et l’autrice nous reviendra en Juin 2024 avec de la fantasy ! (wouhou !) Le bouquin s’appellera The hunter’s gambit, le site de l’éditeur nous permet de lire le pitch, y a des vampires et de l’aventure, et on verra si ActuSF se penche sur la traduction.

La poudre aux yeux

The broken binding a dévoilé la prochaine trilogie à passer par leur abonnement mensuel de collector bling-bling et ce sera la trilogie des Poudremages de Brian McClellan ! Les trois tomes sortiront entre Octobre et Décembre et bénéficieront d’un jaspage illustré, chaque couverture nue sera une illustration inédite et d’autres illustrations orneront l’intérieur, toutes réalisée par René Aigner. C’est le luxe.

Quoi de neuf dans la PAL ?

Et comme d’habitude on termine avec les réceptions du mois !

  • Illborn de Daniel T. Jackson en édition limitée The broken binding
  • Cœur de sorcière de Genevieve Gornichec
  • The judas blossom de Stephen Aryan
  • Bain de boue d’Ars O’, Service de presse chroniqué récemment
  • Thick as thieves de M. J. Kuhn
  • L’ombre des dieux de John Gwynne, évidemment déjà chroniqué en VO et qui sort tout juste en VF chez Leha (lisez-le)
  • The sun and the void de Gabriela Romero Lacruz en édition The broken binding, encore

#comitepourleshardbacksvf #fantasy #news #ouin #romans #sfff

https://ours-inculte.fr/ouin-4/

Tommy van Son ✔
1 month ago

For my game, I need a public domain font resembling Roman inscriptions like this one. Does anyone have a suggestion?
#GameDev #IndieDev #Romans #font

A random Roman inscription

What are you currently reading?

#Books #Romans #History

Ancient Rome.
Vincent Breton
1 month ago

#introduction comme je rejoins cette instance, j'en profite pour vous remercier de votre accueil et me présenter. J'aime écrire. C'est même un besoin. Je partage chaque jour sur https://vincentbreton.org un #journal singulier, des écrits (#nouvelles, #romans, #poésie) et des #chansons. J'essaie de vivre en poésie, m'affirmer sans m'opposer. #valeurs #ethique #curiosité #partage #solidarite

Tjasker
1 month ago

Jonathan Franzen laat ons zien dat zuiverheid een onbereikbaar ideaal is, hoe hard we ook ons best doen.
#literatuur #lezen #romans #leestip #kooplokaal #boekennieuws @prometheusbb
@Bazarow_com @Boeken_Lezen @boeken_en_zo @boekenblog @Metdeneusindeb1 @Alles_over_Boek @BoekenBijlage
@overliteratuur

The ARTchemists
1 month ago

Vous aimez les polars bien troussés, les road trip, les embrouilles de dealers et l'Espagne d'#almodovar ? Alors lisez "60 kilos" de #RamonPalomar, vous allez kiffer !

#lecture #livreaddict #polar #roadtrip #espagne #came #drogues #dealers #thriller #romans

https://www.theartchemists.com/roman-60-kilos-ramon-palomar/

Tjasker
1 month ago

Veelzijdig en soms wetenschappelijk avontuur met een verhelderend inzicht over gender. Aanrader
#literatuur #lezen #boeken #boekentip #romans #leestip #kooplokaal #boekennieuws @Bazarow_com ‪@Boeken_Lezen‬ ‪@Literatuurplein‬ ‪@boeken_en_zo‬ ‪@boekenaanraders‬ ‪‪@boekenblog‬‬ ‪@Metdeneusindeb1‬ @AtlasContact @overliteratuur

Novetus
1 month ago

Letzte Woche hatten wir auf unserer Grabung im Bischofsgarten von #StPölten hohen Besuch. In Zusammenarbeit mit der #Stadtarchäologie St. Pölten können wir hier ein weiteres wichtiges Stück Stadtgeschichte von der #Römerzeit über das #Mittelalter bis in die #Neuzeit untersuchen.

#archaeology #romans #medieval #urbanarchaeology

https://stadtlandzeitung.com/archaeologie-grabungsupdate-aus-dem-bischofsgarten/?amp=1&fbclid=IwAR1MJM9rd-_1jV_Zps_WJbKGNZvHkYWC5VbIc6ehIhTmBu4vbkcuGZvSkTY

Patricia Vigier
1 month ago

Jørn Riel écrivait des #romans, des #contes et autres racontars arctiques. Ils savait comme personne plonger ses lecteurs de tous âges dans l’univers brut et rude des habitants des régions polaires, avec humour et émotion.
Plusieurs de ses romans ont été édités en beaux albums chez les éditions Sarbacane et raviront les amateurs d’Aventure.
Une voix qui me manquera.

#jørnriel #litterature #litteraturedanoise #inuitculture #groenland

Portrait de l’écrivain danois Jorn Riel
Couverture du roman illustré « le jour avant le lendemain »
Angry Tea Lady
1 month ago

En parlant avec quelqu'un ici, j'ai réalisé que ça faisait beaucoup trop de temps que je n'avais pas lu de #manga. Je ne suis pas inquiète, en tant que lectrice j'ai mes périodes, je pense qu'on a tous un peu ça et que c'est normal. Mais ça me fascine, parce que je bingeais vraiment tous les mangas que je pouvais trouver l'année dernière à la même période, et la, le dernier que j'ai lu, ça devait être en décembre. Depuis je lis des #romans en masse, phénomène aussi inédit #lecture #livres

Tjasker
2 months ago

Ingetogen en met een nuchtere stijl weet @MvanRoosmalen een literair monument voor zijn moeder achter.
#literatuur #lezen #boeken #boekentip #romans #leestip #kooplokaal #boekennieuws @leesclubvalles ‪@Boeken_Lezen‬ ‪@Literatuurplein‬ ‪@boeken_en_zo‬ ‪@boekenaanraders‬ ‪‪@boekenblog‬‬ ‪@Metdeneusindeb1‬ @Meulenhoff @overliteratuur

ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ
2 months ago

It's all fun and laughs over on #BBC4
#IClaudius #IClavdivs #I_Claudius #Romans

Tjasker
2 months ago

Klein verhaal over de breekbaarheid van twee eenzame zielen. Voor mij is het geen liefde maar lotsverbondenheid.
#literatuur #lezen #boeken #boekentip #romans #leestip #kooplokaal #boekennieuws @Bazarow_com ‪@Boeken_Lezen‬ ‪@Literatuurplein‬ ‪@boeken_en_zo‬ ‪@boekenaanraders‬ ‪‪@boekenblog‬‬ ‪@Metdeneusindeb1‬ @amboanthos @overliteratuur

Los romanos tenían el fascinus como amuleto protector contra el mal, una polla con alas.

¿Es posible que la expresión "y una polla", la cual sirve para detener cualquier argumento razonado, sea una versión perversa del fascinus?

#romans #preguntaseria

Tjasker
2 months ago

Wederom weet Ian McEwan mij weer helemaal in zijn verhaal te trekken. Schitterend. Genieten.
@leesclubvalles #literatuur #romans #boekenlezen #boekennieuws @Boeken_Lezen @boekenblog @Metdeneusindeb1 #lezen #boeken #leestip #kooplokaal #boekennieuws @uitg_deharmonie

Poor Frank Raw
2 months ago

What did the Romans ever do for us? Well, plumbing was a good one, but here I talk about lettering:

http://www.poorfrankraw.co.uk/blog/lettering.html

#lettering #romans #nero

Hand carved (obviously) Roman lettering, now in the Museum of Epigraphy in Rome, showing tool marks in the letters, remnants of red paint and at the bottom a 'Claudian letter'. (The emperor Claudius added some letters to the Roman alphabet, which were abandoned after his death.)
Martin Mundorf :verified:
2 months ago

nächste Folge #ChefVorlesung:
"Umgangsbasiliken - Teil 3 "San Marcellino e Pietro"
(15 min.)
#Römer #Archäologie #Romans #archaeology
@histodons

(in german language - about late-antique, early christian buildings "churches", funded by Constantine the great and his mother, Helena. About her mausoleum/church of the martyrs Marcellinus and Petrus)

https://youtu.be/tFWcicebjbo

ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ
2 months ago

It's going to be fun and laughs all the way when, on the 16th August, #BBC4 begins a re-run of the greatest piece of television theatre of all time.
#IClaudius #IClavdivs
#Romans #RomanEmpire #Octavian #Caesar #Augustus
#history #ProperTelevision #BBC

Frances White and Siân Phillips slightly out of character as Julia the Elder and Livia having a laugh together during the production of I, Claudius.
Martin James
2 months ago

Large Section of London’s Roman Wall Revealed After Decades Underground

“ A spacious new exhibition with free public access allows residents, visitors and experts alike to explore and learn about the site’s evolution and the lives of the people who lived and worked here in the Roman period.”

#archaeology #london #romans

https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/city-wall-at-vine-street/

Tiens... Ça fait un moment que nous n'avons pas pris le temps de poster un mot ici... Et si vous recherchez des #livres #contes #BD #romans pour enfants (de tout âge...) sur des questions #philo #societe #environnement #écologie notre maison peut vous intéresser... (Et si vous avez des ami.e.s que ça peut concerner, merci pour vos repouets et commentaires !) #editions #inde #jeunesse

PS : si vous êtes #libraire nous sommes distribués par #Pollen :-)

All Along the Edge: Contemporary Voices Explore the Roman Frontier
Wed 9 Aug, 5:30–7:30pm, University of #Glasgow & online. Free.

Launching All Along the Edge, a collection of new #poetry & #prose inspired by the past, present & future of the Antonine Wall. Edited by Zoë Strachan, the anthology is part of the Rediscovering the Antonine Wall project.

#Scottish #literature #Scotland #Romans #RomanBritain #archaeology #AntonineWall

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-along-the-edge-contemporary-voices-explore-the-roman-frontier-launch-tickets-679336211897

come.martin
2 months ago

… mais comme si ça ne suffisait pas, je viens de créer une nouvelle #newsletter ! Celle-ci sera publiée à la fin de chaque mois et me servira de journal de bord pour parler de mes projets en cours : #jdr, #romans ou autres…

https://creaturesdecome.substack.com/p/juillet-2023

Krolowa ⚧️
2 months ago

Chapter 8 of The Lion & The Owl is here!

Aedan meets the man that killed his father and reunites with a certain Roman. Chapter warnings: ritual murder, immolation, and a druid that can't keep it in his pants.

#gayfiction #serialfiction #historicalfiction #druids #romans #reading

TAPAS https://bit.ly/3YcUJrw
BHS https://bit.ly/454SOrh
AO3 https://bit.ly/3Dwcs3Q
PIXIV https://bit.ly/47ch24C

The European Network
2 months ago

Lost and found! The ruins of Roman emperor Nero’s theatre have been discovered near the Vatican.

The emperor is understood to have had a deep love of drama and the performing arts but the exact location of his theatre had been a mystery until now.

https://www.euronews.com/video/2023/07/28/lost-and-found-ruins-of-ancient-neros-theater-discovered-near-vatican

#Italy #Rome #Vatican #Romans #Nero #Theatre #Theater #Drama #Arts #Archaeology #History

V.
2 months ago

#introduction

Bonjour masto,

Je suis #traducteur de #mangas et de #romans (JP-FR, EN-FR), et bien que j'utilise généralement des comptes privés, je me dis qu'avoir un compte pro ici ne serait pas une mauvaise idée.

Actuellement, je travaille surtout pour les éditions Akata (M. Hiyama, A l'image de Mona Lisa, Nous ne sommes pas libres)

Je réalise également des interventions en salon, notamment de l'initiation au japonais, et/ou pour parler de mon métier.

À bientôt !

Martin Mundorf :verified:
2 months ago

gleich zwei neue Folgen der #ChefVorlesung: aus der Reihe
spätantike frühchristliche Monumentalbauten "Umgangsbasiliken" (16, bzw. 11min)
pt1: https://youtu.be/qgmOhQSZEzc
pt2:
https://youtu.be/fXFlrDaTR-w

#Römer #Archäologie #Romans #archaeology
@histodons

Poslovitch
3 months ago

Y a-t-il des lecteurices de #Wikisource (ou d'e-books produits à partir de Wikisource) ici ?

Pour le (futur) défi collaboratif de l'été, je suis en train de chercher des thématiques en lien avec "voyage".

J'ai pensé au #voyage géographique, temporel (difficile de trouver des #romans d'#anticipation / #SF qu'on n'a pas déjà).

Mais peut-être que vous avez d'autres thématiques que vous souhaiteriez avoir dans votre liseuse pour la rentrée de septembre ? 😀

Proposez !

:boost_ok: #boost

Chewie
3 months ago

@mdfranz Bloody #romans! what have they ever done for us???

mythologyandhistory
3 months ago

Did you know that Rubens' famously abundant #women were modeled after #horses?

Women should have firm & fleshy buttocks & a small stomach, with plump thighs & a long, broad neck - that's what he wrote in his notes.

That's also how he described horses.

And like horses, he believed women to be vain & absorbed in their own silhouettes.

#Rubens also believed that the ideal #body belonged to the #Ancient #Romans & #Greeks & that human #beauty had since declined.

#art #horsesofmastodon

This is a painting of the "Three Graces" by Rubens.

It shows three women in a circle. They are all naked.

The woman to the left is tilted sideways. She has golden blond hair in a half-updo, with pearls woven through. She also wears dangling pearl earrings.
Her body is rotund, her breasts comparatively small. She is clean-shaven. Her right arm is visible and being held by the next woman.

The next woman in the middle of the painting is shown from the back. her hair is a darker blonde and in a wavey updo. Pearls again throughout her bun.

Her body is equally fleshy to the first, with visible cellulite on the buttocks. A gauzy, transparent fabric is draped over her left arm and leg. Her right arm is extended towards the woman on the right.

This one had brown hair, flowing open in wild frizzy curls. Her body is also heavy, with a pronounced fupa and again relatively small breasts. Her face is the most rosy.

All their eyes are dark and large.

The background shows a distance green landscape and blue skies.
This is a painting of Helena Fourment, second wife to painter Rubens.

She is shown in a tilted profile, her head to the front but her body to the left.

The image is both daring and modest. It shows Helen as a woman around 25 years of age, with shoulder lengths curly hair in a strawberry blonde tone. She displays a short fringe & some kind of headdress.

Her face is cheeky but a bit unsure. Raspberry-coloured lips, a strong nose, and big dark eyes in a milky white face.

Her body is chubby, with appropriately sized breasts. Her right arm is folded over her decolletage demurely, while her left is holden up a dark velvet cloak that protects her nether region.

Her legs and feet are bare and exposed.

She was the model for much of Rubens figures.
Fiona Grahame Orkney News Ltd
3 months ago

A fragment of an oil amphora from the Roman region of Betica, measuring just 6 centimetres wide and 8 long and manufactured about 1,800 years ago, with a unique written text on it has been found" Image credit University of Cordoba
#archaeology #Romans #ceramic #Virgil
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/06/27/stunning-archaeological-find-on-an-oil-amphora/

the fragment of inscribed pottery on top of a piece of paper where it has been transcribed by the researchers
Terence Eden
4 months ago

🆕 blog! “Book Review: "The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems" by Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow”
★★★☆☆

I wish I could remember who recommended this book to me. It's not something that I'd usually choose to read, but it was surprisingly interesting. How did…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/06/book-review-the-archaeology-of-sanitation-in-roman-italy-toilets-sewers-and-water-systems-by-ann-olga-koloski-ostrow/

#BookReview #history #romans

Book cover showing a photo of a row of Roman toilets.
azteclady
4 months ago

I love it when my interests overlap! Thinking of @ScribblingSandy's oh, so lovely! "The Centurion's Choice" and its treatment of homosexuality in Roman times, while watching this video by historian and reenactor Jimmy Johnson (aka, The Welsh Viking).

(if you only want the Roman era stuff, it goes from around 8min to about 10min of the video--if you want to watch after that, check the content warnings at the beginning of the video, please)

#Vikings #Romans #Pride

https://youtu.be/_cYRcN3CP6Q

LordWoolamaloo
5 months ago

Interesting piece on the Romans in #Scotland https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65388673

I've always been aware of this history, as the town I grew up, on the edge of Glasgow, was a major fort on the Antonine Wall. Got young me interested in history, learning that it didn't all happen "far away", but also on my doorstep.

#History #ScottishHistory #Romans #Ecosse

Terence Eden
7 months ago

🆕 blog! “Unicode Roman Numerals and Screen Readers”

How would you read this sentence out aloud? "In Hamlet, Act Ⅳ, Scene Ⅸ..." Most people with a grasp of the interplay between English and Latin would say "In Hamlet, Act four, scene nine". And they'd be right! But screen-readers - computer programs which convert text into speech - often get th…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/03/unicode-roman-numerals-and-screen-readers/

#a11y #accessibility #Latin #romans #tts #unicode

Screenshot of a Table of Roman numerals in Unicode.
Glyn Moody
7 months ago

Remains of Roman aristocrat unearthed in ‘extraordinary’ cemetery near Leeds - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/13/remains-roman-aristocrat-extraordinary-cemetery-leeds exciting stuff keeps turning up... #romans #anglosaxons #history

At last we have them all well fooled, well tamed;
they use our baths and lard themselves with oil,
truss up their souls and bodies in the toga…

—William Neill, “Despatches Home”
#Scottish #literature #poetry #Roman #Romans
3/4
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/other_titles/voices-of-scotland/

William Neill
Despatches Home 

At last we have them all well fooled, well tamed; 
they use our baths and lard themselves with oil, 
truss up their souls and bodies in the toga. 

The squireens speak school-Latin and affect 
misunderstanding of the kerns from their estates 
(less slaves these than their masters 
whom we have flattered into Roman ways). 
Now, when our swords save them from their own kin 
and mind plays traitor, there’s no need for gyves. 

Up in the hills, I grant you, there are those 
whose hides are dun with peat-reek and who keep their arms
tough as our own with ‘Parry! Thrust! Recover!’ 
Who watch and watch, and hope that we grow weak. 

Ungovernable these, growling in their own speech; 
lean as the wolves they prowl their bracken dales, 
dream vengeance as the bards sing round their fires. 
They curse their former lords – lost to Catullus – 
and snarl like tigers when we bay them up. 

Holding for the most part, then, to the Pax Romana, 
out from the hills some few
attempt their bloody mischief on dark nights. 
These demons armoured in enamelled bronze 
hate us as we hate them.

We both despise
the Latin-lisping traitors of the town.
Karen
7 months ago

love that my fave local museum is saying "nah its a dildo mate" rather than the embarrassed silence historians so often display @vagina_museum have you seen this? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/20/its-not-a-darning-tool-its-a-very-naughty-toy-roman-dildo-found #vindolanda #dildo #Romans #whatHaveTheRomansEverDoneForUs #history #

famkeZ
9 months ago

Ik las onder andere (vrij vertaald) "onwetendheid is een existentiële pijnstiller", maar ik las naast #filosofie, ook over sociale #geschiedenis en #romans.
Tien #boeken die ik in 2022 las en me bijbleven #lezen #boekbespreking #boekentips

https://zinvollerleven.nl/tien-boeken-die-ik-in-2022-las-en-me-bijbleven/

This is interesting and potentially quite significant: MIT discovered why Roman concrete lasts so long -- it's self-healing! May help to reduce carbon emissions caused by concrete production (about 8% of global emissions): https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106 #archaeology #climatechange #ancientrome #romans #rome

I'd love to know how exactly the ancient #Romans hot mixed their #concrete. Seems like a lot of work, pre-industrial.

Also I wonder if we adopted a similar approach what that would do to #CO2 emissions, given that concrete is currently an absolutely huge emitter.

@RustyBertrand oh yes, folk separated by a common language. Oh and while I'm here it's not #ukenglish, it's #english. We invented it, well the #Romans etc., but it's ours!

Markus Werle
9 months ago

@briandorsey The #Romans could have spared us some costs if we had the recipe for their concrete in a #wiki or so.

#DocumentEverything

Petra van Cronenburg
9 months ago

If you like #mice and #Latin and are interested in #archaeology and the old #Romans, you must #follow @Minimus - so sweet! #followfriday

Lieschen Müller's father
9 months ago
@Katja_Rocker
"Wo lag Mattium?
Aufgrund der uns derzeit bekannten Sachverhalte gehen wir davon aus, dass Mattium mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit mit der 1973 bis 1980 vom Landesamt für Denkmalpflege ausgegrabenen antiken Siedlung bei Fritzlar-Geismar identisch ist."
Zitat: Die Römer im Chattenland. Spuren römischer Präsenz in Nordhessen. Udo Schlitzberger und Klaus Fröhlich, S. 63 (ISBN 978-3-933617-66-8)
(Bislang war mir nur bekannt, dass sich Maden und Metze um diese Ehre streiten. Und der Stein steht sicher erst ein paar Jahre dort.)

Back Cover des Buchs:
In der römischen Kaiserzeit vor 2.000 Jahren war das nordhessische Kernland der Chatten wiederholt Aufmarsch- und Kampfgebiet römischer Feldherren. Unter dem Befehl von Drusus, dem Stiefsohn des Augustus, marschierten römische Legionen 9 v. Chr. von Mainz durch Nordhessen bis zur Elbe.
Dessen Sohn Germanicus überfiel 15 n. Chr. mit zehntausenden Legionären in einem Rachefeldzug sechs Jahre nach der Varusschlacht den kampfstarken Stamm der Chatten. Er zerstörte deren Kult- und Siedlungskern Mattium und verwüstete das gesamte Chattenland. Die Spuren dieser massiven römischen Präsenz in Nordhessen sind bislang kaum erforscht.
In diesem Buch werden römische Marschwege, Lagerplätze und Nachschubtrassen in Nordhessen und dessen Nachbarregionen durch die systematische Kombination römischer Geschichtsschreibung und archäologischer Funde und Befunde mit historischer Altstraßenforschung, geodätischen Informationssystemen und aktueller Airborne Laserscan-Technik rekonstruiert. Aus dieser interdisziplinären Verknüpfung resultieren sowohl neue historische Erkenntnisse als auch interessante Impulse für künftige archäologisch-historische Diskurse und Untersuchungen.
#Mattium, #Geschichte, #Chatten, #Römer, #History, #Romans

In principle, the position of #Mercedonius was supposed to switch back and forth in alternate #LeapYears, but this was never consistent. Even if it was, it would result in a mean year of 366.25 days, this giving a calendar that didn't track the #sun OR the #moon, because the #Romans were just *the worst* at timekeeping.

But wait! It gets worse!

#RomanCalendar

The extra month in the #RomanCalendar was called #Mercedonius, and it *nominally* fell in the 2nd and 5th years of a five-year cycle.

Some say Februarius was shortened and Mercedonius lasted 27 days, others that Mercedonius was 23 days long and the rest of Februarius came after the end of Mercedonius, but neither is really the case. As far as the #Romans were concerned, the kalends of Mercedonius came 11 or 11 days after the ides of Februarius and that was that.

Today is NewYearsEve by the Gregorian #calendar. The story of why this is so is at times pretty nuts, and ultimately is the result of the #Romans being terrible at timekeeping.

Strap in folks, it's time for a thread.

PatriciaPhotos
9 months ago

Part of the Hadrian wall near the Roman Fort in Housesteads, Northumberland, England. A coast-to-coast wall to protect Roman England from the tribes who lived in Scotland.

YOU CAN SEE IT HERE IN FULL:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wall-of-hadrian-patricia-hofmeester.html

By https://pixels.com/profiles/patricia-hofmeester/shop #WallArt #homedecor #fineart #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #HadrianWall #Romans #wall #England #Scotland #architecture #defense

Part of the Hadrian wall near the Roman Fort in Housesteads, Northumberland, England. a coast-to-coast wall to protect Roman England from the tribes who lived in Scotland.

Hadrian’s Wall is the remains of stone fortifications built by the Roman Empire following its conquest of Britain in the second century A.D. The original structure stretched more than 70 miles across the northern English countryside from the River Tyne near the city of Newcastle and the North Sea, west to the Irish Sea. Hadrian’s Wall included a number of forts as well as a ditch designed to protect against invading Caledonian troops. The remnants of a stone wall are still visible in many places.
Martin Mundorf :verified:
9 months ago

my most recent Youtube video (although in German language) about three #tetrarchic #mausolea. (of Galerius, Maxentius & Diocletian)
Not an in-depth lecture, more for beginners/interested people:
(49min)

https://youtu.be/yQ66J_Z60Pg

@histodons #Romans #Römer #Archaeology #Archäologie

Bon ben comme je suis nouveau sur dice.camp, une #introduction s'impose.
Je suis Thomas, cartographe mercenaire, français, la quarantaine. Je dessine des cartes fantastiques pour des jeux et des #romans mais surtout parce que c'est bien sympa comme activité. Si vous voulez en voir plus, suivez le lien 😁

www.artstation.com/thomrey

#map #mapmaking #mapmaker #rpg #ttrpg #jdr #FantasyMap #fantasy #WindRose #compass #RoseDesVents #cartography #dnd #DD5 #5E

Le Svaalbard submergé sur fond sépia. Le bord de la carte est rongé. Dans l'angle haut droit, une boussole avec un sablier. En bas à droite, des monnaies taillées dans l'os sont posées sur la carte.
Une carte où une chaîne de montagne amorce une spirale qui façonne la côte et remonte vers le nord. À l'ouest, des plaines, au centre, une immense forêt et à l'est, le désert. La rose des vents est inspirée des cartes du XVII ème siècle
Deniz Opal
10 months ago

@SirEviscerate also. The #Romans didn't persecute Christians as presumed. Only 2 #Christian people were ever killed in the colosseum, as opposed to hundreds from other faiths.

Athenenoctua
10 months ago

En #introduction, je suis une professionnelle du #patrimoine dans la région lyonnaise.

Curieuse insatiable de #musique #séries #romans #chouette #zèbre #spatial #opencontent et bien d'autres choses.

Ma gravure de profil vous plaît ? Elle fait partie de la Wellcome Collection (no. 2975078i) : https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0021631/full/full/0/default.jpg

Mackenzie King
10 months ago

Stars over Hadrian's Wall.

#Northumberland #History #Romans #Stars #Nightsky

I started a #history thread on Counter.Social about Hanes Cymru.
Wondering if we can do something with that here and Welsh history buffs can add to the thread with any further information on the topic.

Anyone up for getting involved?

#wales #hanes #learning #community #geology #celts #romans #medieval #MiddleAges #industry #education #dysgucymraeg