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For #ReliefWednesday nothing quite makes my imagination soar as this gently colourised interpretation of the so-called ‘Tellus’ panel from the Ara Pacis. While the panel was likely much more vibrant than this example suggests, I love the way it draws your eye to the details.

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The Tellus panel depicts a goddess (variously identified as Tellus, Roma, or Ceres amongst other theories) surrounded by the abundance of nature. She’s accompanied by two personified winds and she holds two infants (potentially the twins Romulus and Remus). Various animals and plant life make for a rich scene.
#history #ancientrome #ReliefWednesday

This delightful array of marine life is our pick for#MosaicMonday. Described by the museum as a mosaic of edible fish, one can only assume these creatures are searching for an exit to return to the Mediterranean!

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Panel from a mosaic floor: edible fish from the Mediterranean area. It probably decorated a dining-room. The fish, squid, eel, and large crustacean are depicted against a dark blue background. © The Trustees of the British Museum; Asset number 266960001.
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[Thread] So, the following is from a presentation I gave at a Women and Gender Studies class I took in 2017 (as a Classics Major). I thought it was important to post here -- especially in this day and age where women's reproductive rights are being threatened. In some ways, we've taken a step backward as time has gone on...

#ReproductiveRights #WomensRights #AncientEgypt #AncientGreece #AncientRome #Abortion #BirthControl #Autonomy #Professions #Education #LegalStatus #Histodon #AncientHistory
A title slide with the words: "Women in the Ancient World: A Survey of Women in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome" The background is a dark blue sky, with shadowy hills in the background. On either side of the type are various columns -- 2 from Ancient Egypt, one from Greece, and 4 from Rome with 4 different Goddesses on them.
A slide with the words: "This presentation focuses on three cultures: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome. Topics covered are: Legal Status Marriage Birth Control Occupations Notable Women." The background is a dark blue sky, with shadowy hills in the background. On either side of the type are various columns -- 2 from Ancient Egypt, one from Greece, and 4 from Rome with 4 different Goddesses on them.
#abortion #histodon #education #WomensRights #ancientegypt #ancientgreece #ancienthistory #ancientrome #reproductiverights #Autonomy #birthcontrol #professions #legalstatus

This absolutely jaw-dropping mosaic of doves drinking from a bronze bowl is so detailed that it almost seems like an oil painting. Found in Hadrian’s villa, the piece is thought to be a copy of the famous C2nd BCE mosaicist from Pergamum, Sosos.

#MosaicMonday #AncientRome #History
Description from Google Art and Culture: “The scene is composed of four doves, one of which drinks, balanced on the rim of a bronze bowl. A figure in relief seems to uphold the handle.An astragal pattern recalling architucteral motifs decorates the frame. The mosaic is a figured panel composed of very tiny polychromatic marble and glass tesserae, placed at the center of Hadrianic-period room (émblema). This type of decoration, produced in the Roman period for rich clients, is a distinct from the other kinds of mosaic pavement, thereby constituting its high worth. The émblema is a copy of the work of Sosos, active in Pergamon in the second century BCE.”
#history #mosaicmonday #ancientrome

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Have you any recommendations for #books or #authors on #AncientRome or #AncientGreece?

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