The Economic Complexity of the Western Roman Empire
https://www.michelecoscia.com/?p=2613
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50084790
#HackerNews #EconomicComplexity #WesternRomanEmpire #HistoryAnalysis #AncientEconomies #RomanHistory
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On this day… Antonio and Octavius rose to prominence in Rome, and Rembrandt passed away
The assassination of Julius Caesar and the rise of OctavianDeath of the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn Cairo,…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #Rome #AssassinationofJuliusCaesar #DutchartistRembrandtvanRijn #HistoryofWesternArt #MarkAntony #Octavius #RomanHistory #Romanworld #theRomanEmpire #VoiceOfEmirates #VoiceOfEmiratesWebsiteNews
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The ancient Romans used concrete extensively in buildings, roads, harbors, and monuments. Some Roman concrete structures have survived for nearly 2,000 years.
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🏺 Nivelul scăzut al Dunării scoate la iveală noi piese de la podul lui Constantin cel Mare, ridicat în anul 328: o scoabă de plumb, un obiect neidentificat și un gât de amforă, găsite la Corabia. Articol complet pe site. #Archaeology #Danube #RomanHistory
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Cincinnatus — Thanks to my friend in Danville, Kentucky, for buying this lovely mounted canvas art print from Roman History. The portrait of Cincinnatus—symbol of Roman civic virtue—adds timeless character to any home or office. buff.ly/6vb2u7h #RomanHistory #Art
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The Roman Colosseum could hold tens of thousands of spectators. Construction began under Emperor Vespasian around AD 70 and was completed under his son Titus.
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One way archeologists and historians reconstruct ancient trade routes is through the presence of metal objects and coinage.
This map shows places where Roman coins were recovered (many of these were amateur finds never confirmed), including on the island of Okinawa, where in 2013, four 4th C AD Roman bronze coins were excavated from the ruins of Katsuren Castle.
That doesn't mean that the Romans themselves were trading with the Japanese but that their coins eventually found their way there.
#RomanHistory #TradeRoutes #History
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Is Edward Gibbon Still Accurate on the Fall of Rome?
Edward Gibbon published his iconic history in 1776, but what do modern archaeologists and historians think of his core thesis on Rome's collapse.
https://www.thecollector.com/is-edward-gibbon-still-accurate-fall-of-rome/
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So, in about a month I'll be heading to Rome for a few days after more than six months!
I'm happy to come and visit, but it's also good to know it will be for just a few days 😅
I don't miss the Capital of the Empire so much!
#photography #fotografia #Rome #Roma #PortaSanPaolo #PortaOstiense #PortaOstiensis #Piramide #Ostiense #RomaOstiense #MuraAureliane #AurelianWalls #AncientRome #RomaAntica #RomanArchitecture #RomanHistory #Archaeology #Archeologia #HistoricRome #RomePhotography #UrbanPhotography #StreetPhotography #Cityscape #Italy #Italia #April2026
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Powerful Romans kept dying mysteriously. Then a servant blamed wealthy women, suspicious mixtures were uncovered, and the accused were challenged to drink them themselves. #AncientRome #RomanHistory #PoisonPlot #StrangeHistory #HistoryMystery
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/it-s-driving-them-out-their-minds-first-big-poisoning-ancient-rome-008569 -
Herod lowered taxes, built monumental cities and transformed the Temple Mount—but also executed his wife and three sons. Brilliant ruler or ruthless tyrant?
#HerodTheGreat #AncientHistory #BiblicalHistory #AncientJudaea #RomanHistory
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When the Roman emperor Tiberius turned a cave on the coast between Rome and Naples, into a private dining hall, the Odyssey was already about 700 years old. At the deepest point of the cave Tiberius placed a massive marble sculpture that showed the moment when Odysseus blinds the Cyclops, Polyphemus, a one-eyed man-eating giant.
In 26 AD, while Tiberius was dining there, rocks fell from the roof of the grotto, crushing several of his attendants and nearly killing the emperor. In that collapse, the great marble figures were smashed, and there they lay, at the bottom of the cave, until 1957, when workers building a coastal road cut into the ground and found them.
Slowly, piece by piece, the scene was meticulously put back together, and the sculptures now reside at the Sperlonga Archaeological Museum.
#TheOdyssey #GreekMythology #RomanHistory #Art #Sculpture #Archeology
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These massive bronze doors are located at the Saint John Lateran Archbasilica in Rome, and are over 2,000 years old. They were originally located in the Curia Julia (Roman Senate House), built around 80 BC, which still stands in the Forum.
The enormous doors are so perfectly balanced that one person can easily open and close them, but it does sound like it's been 2,000 years since they've been greased 😂
C: @thecatholictraveler
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A Staggering Excavation Has Rewritten The Fall of The Roman Empire
Interamna Lirenas has turned out to be far more than a “backwater town” of the Roman Empire. According to a published study in Roman Urbanism in Italy, this central Italian town thrived well beyond previous belief, using its impressive urban features and forward-thinking design to stave off the effects of the empire’s collapse well into the 3rd century AD. “We started with a site so unpromising that no one had ever tried to excavate it,” Alessandro Launaro, the study’s author […] -
A Roman sarcophagus spent decades holding flowers at Blenheim Palace before experts realized the garden ornament was an ancient treasure worth hundreds of thousands.
#AncientRome #RomanHistory #Archaeology #BlenheimPalace #HistoryFacts
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"Agrippina and Germanicus," Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1614.
Rubens (1577-1640) was one of the most influential Flemish Baroque painters, and an icon in the art world.
This was painted during his time in Antwerp, after returning from a prolonged stay in Italy. There he was influenced by Roman art and antiquities, and it left a lasting impression.
Agrippina the Elder (14BC - 33AD) was the daughter of Roman general Marcus Agrippa and wife of Germanicus, a general and politician. The two had a number of children, including future emperors Nero and Caligula.
Now this is obviously not a portrait taken from the life, but a mixture of portrait and history painting. The two likenesses don't bear much resemblance to surviving busts of the two, and the styling is very much an idealized Flemish Baroque vision. But it's still impressive work.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
#Art #PeterPaulRubens #Baroque #Agrippina #Germanicus #RomanHistory #PortraitMonday
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@theperpetuallycurious8/116845620275105930
🏛️ August carries an old Roman name into the modern calendar. Once called Sextilis, the month was renamed in honor of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, leaving imperial history embedded in everyday timekeeping.
✍️ Explore the origins of our month names: https://www.theperpetuallycurious.org/origins-of-month-names-calendar-history/
Sometimes time reveals more when we pause to listen.
#August #CalendarHistory #Etymology #RomanHistory #ThePerpetuallyCurious
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I updated my phone/tablet-sized PDF version of Edward Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’: https://archive.org/details/gibbon_declineandfall
Previously there were some rough edges: a few awkward spacings and line breaks, some pushing side-headings out of position. I think these are all resolved now, but I might have missed some among the 3858 pages. :-)
LuaLaTeX source code: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/gibbon_declineandfall
The code uses the interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, so it is an accessible #TaggedPDF. The font is @mc_wiki’s beautiful Garamontio.
#history #literature #RomanHistory #accessibility #a11y #TeXLaTeX #typography