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Hope your Monday hasn’t shocked the system like it seems to have for this guy! His Leafiness comes from a larger mosaic depicting a bear hunt from the C4th CE. He’s not involved, but is hanging about in the foliage border.
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WHAT AM I READING?
Just finished Ancient Rome by Simon Baker. It stuck with me after I put it down, the mark of a good book. So reminiscent of our current times (despite being over 2000 years ago) and our power hungry, self-centred leaders. A lesson in why we really don't need to anoint a leader for any of our societies.Started The Midnight Train by Matt Haig. So far: like the Midnight Library but slightly better story.
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Mosaico funerario cristiano, de Upenna, datado en torno al siglo V, que indica F. V. Dion vivió 80 años en los que plantó 4000 olivos. 🏛️Museo de Enfidha #antiguaroma #ancientrome
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Mosaico funerario cristiano, de Upenna, datado en torno al siglo V, que indica F. V. Dion vivió 80 años en los que plantó 4000 olivos. 🏛️Museo de Enfidha #antiguaroma #ancientrome
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Mosaico funerario cristiano, de Upenna, datado en torno al siglo V, que indica F. V. Dion vivió 80 años en los que plantó 4000 olivos. 🏛️Museo de Enfidha #antiguaroma #ancientrome
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Mosaico funerario cristiano, de Upenna, datado en torno al siglo V, que indica F. V. Dion vivió 80 años en los que plantó 4000 olivos. 🏛️Museo de Enfidha #antiguaroma #ancientrome
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Mosaico funerario cristiano, de Upenna, datado en torno al siglo V, que indica F. V. Dion vivió 80 años en los que plantó 4000 olivos. 🏛️Museo de Enfidha #antiguaroma #ancientrome
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Wer schon immer mal wissen wollte, wie eine Toga angelegt und drapiert wird, findet im folgenden Beitrag des Museums Aargau die passende Anleitung (mit Video):
https://www.museumaargau.ch/blog/so-machten-es-die-roemer-toga-binden-mit-video
#roman #römisch #romanitas #genstogata #toga #römischekleidung #romanclothing #ancientrome
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Wer schon immer mal wissen wollte, wie eine Toga angelegt und drapiert wird, findet im folgenden Beitrag des Museums Aargau die passende Anleitung (mit Video):
https://www.museumaargau.ch/blog/so-machten-es-die-roemer-toga-binden-mit-video
#roman #römisch #romanitas #genstogata #toga #römischekleidung #romanclothing #ancientrome
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Wer schon immer mal wissen wollte, wie eine Toga angelegt und drapiert wird, findet im folgenden Beitrag des Museums Aargau die passende Anleitung (mit Video):
https://www.museumaargau.ch/blog/so-machten-es-die-roemer-toga-binden-mit-video
#roman #römisch #romanitas #genstogata #toga #römischekleidung #romanclothing #ancientrome
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Wer schon immer mal wissen wollte, wie eine Toga angelegt und drapiert wird, findet im folgenden Beitrag des Museums Aargau die passende Anleitung (mit Video):
https://www.museumaargau.ch/blog/so-machten-es-die-roemer-toga-binden-mit-video
#roman #römisch #romanitas #genstogata #toga #römischekleidung #romanclothing #ancientrome
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Wer schon immer mal wissen wollte, wie eine Toga angelegt und drapiert wird, findet im folgenden Beitrag des Museums Aargau die passende Anleitung (mit Video):
https://www.museumaargau.ch/blog/so-machten-es-die-roemer-toga-binden-mit-video
#roman #römisch #romanitas #genstogata #toga #römischekleidung #romanclothing #ancientrome
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Der heutige Tag (4. September) wird im römischen Kalender als „Pridie Nonas Septembris“ bezeichnet, also als der Tag VOR den Nonen des September (am 5.9.). Die Nonen liegen stets am achten Tag VOR den Iden, d. h. in diesem Falle dem 13. September... Zur Erinnerung: Die Römer zählten (und bezeichneten) die Tage immer in Bezug auf bestimmte Fixtage (Kalenden, Nonen, Iden).
#roman #römisch #romanitas #kalender #calendar #nonen #nonae #ancientrome
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Der heutige Tag (4. September) wird im römischen Kalender als „Pridie Nonas Septembris“ bezeichnet, also als der Tag VOR den Nonen des September (am 5.9.). Die Nonen liegen stets am achten Tag VOR den Iden, d. h. in diesem Falle dem 13. September... Zur Erinnerung: Die Römer zählten (und bezeichneten) die Tage immer in Bezug auf bestimmte Fixtage (Kalenden, Nonen, Iden).
#roman #römisch #romanitas #kalender #calendar #nonen #nonae #ancientrome
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Der heutige Tag (4. September) wird im römischen Kalender als „Pridie Nonas Septembris“ bezeichnet, also als der Tag VOR den Nonen des September (am 5.9.). Die Nonen liegen stets am achten Tag VOR den Iden, d. h. in diesem Falle dem 13. September... Zur Erinnerung: Die Römer zählten (und bezeichneten) die Tage immer in Bezug auf bestimmte Fixtage (Kalenden, Nonen, Iden).
#roman #römisch #romanitas #kalender #calendar #nonen #nonae #ancientrome
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Der heutige Tag (4. September) wird im römischen Kalender als „Pridie Nonas Septembris“ bezeichnet, also als der Tag VOR den Nonen des September (am 5.9.). Die Nonen liegen stets am achten Tag VOR den Iden, d. h. in diesem Falle dem 13. September... Zur Erinnerung: Die Römer zählten (und bezeichneten) die Tage immer in Bezug auf bestimmte Fixtage (Kalenden, Nonen, Iden).
#roman #römisch #romanitas #kalender #calendar #nonen #nonae #ancientrome
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Der heutige Tag (4. September) wird im römischen Kalender als „Pridie Nonas Septembris“ bezeichnet, also als der Tag VOR den Nonen des September (am 5.9.). Die Nonen liegen stets am achten Tag VOR den Iden, d. h. in diesem Falle dem 13. September... Zur Erinnerung: Die Römer zählten (und bezeichneten) die Tage immer in Bezug auf bestimmte Fixtage (Kalenden, Nonen, Iden).
#roman #römisch #romanitas #kalender #calendar #nonen #nonae #ancientrome
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⚡ MIND-BLOWING: The Lost Legion of Carrhae: Did a Roman Legion End Up in China?
📈 Trending with 100K+ readers! You won't believe what they found! 😱
https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/lost-legion-carrhae-0011019
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #AncientChina #Chinese #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Civilization -
What am I reading?
¾ through Ancient Roman by Simon Baker and enjoying it thoroughly. Perhaps it's my own ignorance of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, but I have been surprised at how similar current power dynamics match those of Rome in the first century AD and before. I've got Prince Orange 🍊 down as Nero and his sycophants as the aristocratic elites in the Roman Senate: clueless & self serving!
I recommend the Heythwaite Trilogy, a Yorkshire saga by Annie Eileen Rogers, as some easy reading if you have just put down a heavy read, like Ancient Rome!
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A Hairdresser Solved a 2,000-Year-Old Roman Hairstyle Mystery
DEA PICTURE LIBRARY//Getty Images When Janet Stephens isn’t cutting or coloring someone’s hair, she’s reconstructing the hairstyles of the ancient world. A chance trip to the Walters Art Museum turned the Baltimore hairdresser into an amateur experimental archaeologist when she noticed something interesting about the hairstyles portrayed on several Roman busts. The “hair” adorning the statues on display was perfectly (and sometimes elaborately) coiffed, but there didn’t seem […] -
The Reality of Dreams
Throughout Human history, dreams have fascinated, inspired and disturbed us. Where do they come from? Why do they happen? What do they mean? Different civilisations have tried to answer these questions. The Ancient Mesopotamians thought of dreams as divine messages. The most well known Mesopotamian story is the Epic of Gilgamesh, where Gilgamesh receives dreams about the future. They also had dream temples, where people would go in order to sleep and receive these divine messages in their […]https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/the-reality-of-dreams/
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🏛️ Römerstadt Carnuntum #2 Therme & Heidentor
https://vakantio.de/xiefuzi-reise-blog/roemerstadt-carnuntum-2-therme-and-heidentor -
A rare Roman surgical instrument emerged from beneath ancient ruins, suggesting advanced medicine and sacred healing may have existed together nearly 1,800 years ago.
#AncientOrigins #Archaeology #AncientRome #RomanEmpire #AncientMedicine #LostHistory #AncientDiscovery
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/surgical-bladder-stone-tool-00102961 -
Ancient Roman women paid fortunes for blonde hair. Some wigs were made from the hair of captured prisoners taken from distant frontiers.
#AncientOrigins #AncientRome #RomanEmpire #AncientHistory #LostHistory
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/why-ancient-romans-thought-blonde-hair-exotic-and-irresistible-00102902 -
Students followed an old rumor beneath their school and uncovered a hidden Roman mansion filled with frescoes, mosaics, and secrets buried for nearly 2,000 years.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #LostHistory #RomanEmpire #AncientOrigins
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/roman-villa-under-school-00102868 -
Italia is truly the promised land, thank the gods for leading us here! 😭🙏
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Italia is truly the promised land, thank the gods for leading us here! 😭🙏
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⚡ MIND-BLOWING: The Lost Legion of Carrhae: Did a Roman Legion End Up in China?
📈 Trending with 100K+ readers! You won't believe what they found! 😱
https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/lost-legion-carrhae-0011019
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #AncientChina #Chinese #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Civilization -
Buried beneath volcanic ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the Herculaneum scrolls remained sealed for nearly 2,000 years. Using AI and advanced imaging, researchers are finally revealing hidden words inside the carbonized texts without physically opening them.
#AncientMystery #Herculaneum #LostHistory #Archaeology #AncientRome
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings-news-history-archaeology/herculaneum-scroll-buried-mount-vesuvius-79-ad -
REAL Rough Romans use public transportation!
https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/2072212/real-rough-romans-use-public-transportation
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The Roman Cup That Acts Like a Mood Ring (and Predates Nanotech by 1,700 Years)
The Lycurgus Cup changes color under different lighting due to nanoscale metal particles embedded in the glass (Credit: British Museum collection / Wikimedia Commons-style museum photography).Dear Cherubs, a Roman drinking cup has entered the chat from the 4th century and it is behaving suspiciously like it has opinions about lighting. Depending on how you shine it, it flips from green to glowing red like it’s trying out mood-ring cosplay long before mood rings were even a bad idea.
A CUP THAT CAN’T PICK A SIDE
Meet the famous Lycurgus Cup, a late Roman glass vessel usually dated to around the 4th century AD. In reflected light it appears greenish, but when light passes through it, it turns a deep ruby red. It’s not magic, not wizardry, and definitely not a Roman prank—though it does feel like something they would have done for fun.According to analyses carried out in the late 20th century, including work reported by the British Museum, this optical trick comes from microscopic particles embedded in the glass. And by “microscopic,” we’re talking on the scale of tens of nanometers. Yes, nanometers. In ancient Rome. The vibes are honestly a bit disrespectful to modern tech timelines.
The cup depicts the myth of King Lycurgus tangled in vines—very dramatic, very extra—and yet the real drama is happening in the material itself.
NANOTECH BEFORE IT WAS COOL
Here’s where things get spicy. In studies conducted in the 1990s using electron microscopy, researchers found tiny particles of gold and silver dispersed in the glass, roughly around 50–100 nanometers in size. That’s the sweet spot where metals start messing with light in very specific ways, scattering wavelengths differently depending on whether light is reflected or transmitted.As noted in historical materials science discussions referenced by thisclaimer.com, this isn’t “nanotechnology” in the modern engineered sense—but it absolutely is nanostructure behavior. In other words, Romans weren’t calculating particle distributions on a whiteboard, but they did accidentally stumble into physics that engineers today still try to control deliberately.
So how did they do it? Likely through impurities in metal dust used during glassmaking. Gold and silver particles, when suspended in glass, create what scientists call a dichroic effect. Fancy term, simple outcome: the cup is basically a tiny optical illusion generator.
The key twist? They didn’t know why it worked. They just knew it looked expensive. Which, to be fair, is also how a lot of modern luxury tech is designed.
Today, materials scientists study objects like the Lycurgus Cup to understand early accidental nanotechnology. It sits in the awkward historical category of “they absolutely didn’t mean to do this, but they did it anyway and now we’re impressed.”
It also quietly challenges the idea that advanced material science is strictly modern. Humans have been experimenting with matter for millennia—we just got better at naming it later.
So yes, this is a 1,600-year-old cup that changes color based on light. No, it is not a wizard artifact. But it does make you wonder what else ancient artisans stumbled into while just trying to make something look fancy for a banquet.
Sources:
The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #ancientRome #ancientTechnology #archaeology #beauty #Europe #historicalArtifacts #lifestyle #lycurgusCup #materialsScience #Nanotechnology #news #opticalEffects #romanGlass #scienceHistory #travel #viral
British Museum Collection – Lycurgus Cup https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1958-1222-1
Nature (materials science discussions on dichroic glass and nanoparticles) https://www.nature.com/
Encyclopaedia Britannica – Lycurgus Cup https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lycurgus-Cup -
Caesar's Legions advancing against the Gauls at Alesia (Giuseppe Rava)
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What is the life of a single soldier, compared to the GLORY OF ROME?
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What is the life of a single soldier, compared to the GLORY OF ROME?
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Yo doge, I heard you like walls
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2019182/yo-doge-i-heard-you-like-walls
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Yo doge, I heard you like walls
https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/2019179/yo-doge-i-heard-you-like-walls
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Gods speed you, noble Romaboo 😭
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2004699/gods-speed-you-noble-romaboo
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Gods speed you, noble Romaboo 😭
https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/2004698/gods-speed-you-noble-romaboo
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Battle of Alesia was something else, Caesar was a madlad
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Battle of Alesia was something else, Caesar was a madlad
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Battle of Alesia was something else, Caesar was a madlad
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Explore the ancient Roman legacy in 6 breathtaking European cities 🏯🗺️, from Pula's amphitheatre to Split's living palace 🌟
#Europe #Travel #RomanHeritage #AncientRome #EuropeanCities #RomanLegacy #HistoryBuff #CityBreaks
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Salad Man died for US, the PEOPLE! 😭
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1880868/salad-man-died-for-us-the-people
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Salad Man died for US, the PEOPLE! 😭
https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/1880867/salad-man-died-for-us-the-people
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Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·Rex Sacrorum
In ancient Roman religion, the rex sacrorum (“king of the sacred things,” sometimes called rex sacrificulus) was a senatorial priesthood reserved for patricians. The rex sacrorum was based in the Regia.
During the Roman Republic, the rex sacrorum was chosen by the pontifex maximus (the chief high priest of the College of Pontiffs in ancient Rome) from a list of patricians (patricians were originally a group of ruling-class families in ancient Rome) submitted by the College of Pontiffs.
A further requirement was that he be born to parents married through the ritual of confarreatio. This was also the form of marriage he himself had to enter. His wife (the regina sacrorum) also performed religious duties specific to her role. Marriage was such a fundamental part of the priesthood that if the regina died, the rex had to resign. The rex sacrorum was above the pontifex maximus. Although he was more or less a powerless figurehead.
The rex sacrorum wore a toga, the undecorated soft “shoeboot” (calceus), & carried a ceremonial axe. As a priest of the archaic Roman religion, he sacrificed capite velato, with head covered.
The rex held a sacrifice on the Kalends of each month. Kalends is the 1st day of every month in the Roman Calendar. The word ‘calendar’ comes from this word. On the Nones (the Roman Calendar used by the Roman Kingdom & Roman Republic), he announced the dates of festivals for the month.
On March 24 & May 24, he held a sacrifice in the Comitium. The Comitium was the original open-air public meeting space of ancient Rome & had major religious & prophetic significance. In addition to these duties, the rex sacrorum seems to have functioned as the high priest of Janus.
In Rome, the priesthood was deliberately depoliticized. The rex sacrorum wasn’t elected. His inauguration was merely witnessed by a comitia calata, an assembly called for the purpose. The rex was barred from a political & military command. After the overthrow of the Roman kings, the office of rex sacrorum fulfilled at least some of the sacral duties of kingship, with the consuls assuming political power & military command, as well as some sacral functions.
As the wife of the rex sacrorum, the regina sacrorum (“queen of the sacred things”) was a high priestess who carried out ritual duties only she could perform. On the Kalends of every month, the regina presided at the sacrifice of a sow (porca) or female lamb (agna) to Juno. The reginas were equal to their male partners. These 2 priesthood were gender-balanced & had shared duties.
While performing her rituals, the regina wore a headdress called the arculum, formed from a garland of pomegranate twigs tied up with a white woolen thread. The rex & regina sacrorum were required to marry by the ritual of confarreatio, originally reserved for patricians. But after the Lex Canuleia of 445 BC, it’s possible that the regina could’ve been plebeian. Plebeians/plebs were the general body of the free Roman citizens who weren’t patricians.
The office of Rex Sacrorum wasn’t a highly coveted position among the patricians. Although the rex sacrorum was technically superior to the pontiffs, the rank conferred no real political gain. Because of this, there would be some years without a rex sacrorum at all.
By the time of Antony’s civil war, the office was entirely in disuse. But seems to have been revived later by Augustus, as there was mention of it during the empire until it was probably abolished by Theodosius I.
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The Romes of our lives (AnonHistory)
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1838000/the-romes-of-our-lives-anonhistory