This goat’s head rhyton (or drinking vessel) is from late C4th BC southern Italy.
I can’t be the only person looking at this thinking ‘must have one’.
🏛️ANU Classics Museum
📷 mine
I can’t be the only person looking at this thinking ‘must have one’.
🏛️ANU Classics Museum
📷 mine
April 17, 2026 at 1:06 PM
This goat’s head rhyton (or drinking vessel) is from late C4th BC southern Italy.
I can’t be the only person looking at this thinking ‘must have one’.
🏛️ANU Classics Museum
📷 mine
I can’t be the only person looking at this thinking ‘must have one’.
🏛️ANU Classics Museum
📷 mine
Nom nom nom.
Opus sectile work from the early C4th AD.
🏛️📷 Capitoline Museums
Opus sectile work from the early C4th AD.
🏛️📷 Capitoline Museums
June 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Nom nom nom.
Opus sectile work from the early C4th AD.
🏛️📷 Capitoline Museums
Opus sectile work from the early C4th AD.
🏛️📷 Capitoline Museums
This is Trier (or Augusta Treverorum) in western Germany.
The photos show the Porta Nigra or Black Gate (170AD), the Aula Palatina (early C4th AD), the imperial baths (also early C4th AD) & the amphitheatre (mid-C2nd AD).
Incredible remains.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientBlueSky 🏺
The photos show the Porta Nigra or Black Gate (170AD), the Aula Palatina (early C4th AD), the imperial baths (also early C4th AD) & the amphitheatre (mid-C2nd AD).
Incredible remains.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientBlueSky 🏺
March 20, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This is Trier (or Augusta Treverorum) in western Germany.
The photos show the Porta Nigra or Black Gate (170AD), the Aula Palatina (early C4th AD), the imperial baths (also early C4th AD) & the amphitheatre (mid-C2nd AD).
Incredible remains.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientBlueSky 🏺
The photos show the Porta Nigra or Black Gate (170AD), the Aula Palatina (early C4th AD), the imperial baths (also early C4th AD) & the amphitheatre (mid-C2nd AD).
Incredible remains.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientBlueSky 🏺
The herringbone walls that surround the medieval church of St. Cybi's on Holy Island, Anglesey are part of a C4th Roman fort - layer upon layer of time.
August 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM
The herringbone walls that surround the medieval church of St. Cybi's on Holy Island, Anglesey are part of a C4th Roman fort - layer upon layer of time.
This terrific mosaic portrays Ocean with a flowing, cascading blue beard to represent waves and tides. A few fish complete the scene.
🕰️C4th AD
📍 Villa Maternus, Carranque 🇪🇸
#MosaicMonday
🕰️C4th AD
📍 Villa Maternus, Carranque 🇪🇸
#MosaicMonday
May 25, 2026 at 6:11 AM
This terrific mosaic portrays Ocean with a flowing, cascading blue beard to represent waves and tides. A few fish complete the scene.
🕰️C4th AD
📍 Villa Maternus, Carranque 🇪🇸
#MosaicMonday
🕰️C4th AD
📍 Villa Maternus, Carranque 🇪🇸
#MosaicMonday
Here’s a mid-C4th BC Ancient Greek panoply. The bronze cuirass is modelled like a muscled torso. This particular set of armour was made in one of Greek city states of Southern Italy. The helmet seems to show Italian influences.
🏛️Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
📷Alexander van Loon
🏛️Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
📷Alexander van Loon
July 14, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Here’s a mid-C4th BC Ancient Greek panoply. The bronze cuirass is modelled like a muscled torso. This particular set of armour was made in one of Greek city states of Southern Italy. The helmet seems to show Italian influences.
🏛️Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
📷Alexander van Loon
🏛️Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
📷Alexander van Loon
Caerwent Roman Town (Venta Silurum) in Monmouthshire. Parts of the surviving C4th walls still stand over 5m high
#RomanSiteSaturday
#RomanSiteSaturday
August 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Caerwent Roman Town (Venta Silurum) in Monmouthshire. Parts of the surviving C4th walls still stand over 5m high
#RomanSiteSaturday
#RomanSiteSaturday
This late C4th BC platter was used to serve fish. Depicted on it are (I am reliably informed) a torpedo, perch & mullet. It’s Greek but was made and found in Apulia, part of the wider Greek world. The cresting waves around the edge are a nice touch. It’s a lovely piece.
🏛️ANU Classic museum
📷 mine
🏛️ANU Classic museum
📷 mine
April 29, 2026 at 10:51 AM
This late C4th BC platter was used to serve fish. Depicted on it are (I am reliably informed) a torpedo, perch & mullet. It’s Greek but was made and found in Apulia, part of the wider Greek world. The cresting waves around the edge are a nice touch. It’s a lovely piece.
🏛️ANU Classic museum
📷 mine
🏛️ANU Classic museum
📷 mine
Some C4th Romans; something of a long standing favourite of mine. 15mm Lurkio figures with LBMS transfers from Victrix. A small (exaggerated) conversion to the figures so they represent infantry using large clubs to fight catafracts as documented for Constantine I and Constantius II.
#wargaming
#wargaming
September 29, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Some C4th Romans; something of a long standing favourite of mine. 15mm Lurkio figures with LBMS transfers from Victrix. A small (exaggerated) conversion to the figures so they represent infantry using large clubs to fight catafracts as documented for Constantine I and Constantius II.
#wargaming
#wargaming
"Are you a girl or a boy?"
Scylla: I AM DEATH INCARNATE FOR FOOLS WHO PLY THE WAVES
"No, like.. what do you have, 'down there'?"
Scylla: HUNGRY DOGS
Scylla: I AM DEATH INCARNATE FOR FOOLS WHO PLY THE WAVES
"No, like.. what do you have, 'down there'?"
Scylla: HUNGRY DOGS
April 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"Are you a girl or a boy?"
Scylla: I AM DEATH INCARNATE FOR FOOLS WHO PLY THE WAVES
"No, like.. what do you have, 'down there'?"
Scylla: HUNGRY DOGS
Scylla: I AM DEATH INCARNATE FOR FOOLS WHO PLY THE WAVES
"No, like.. what do you have, 'down there'?"
Scylla: HUNGRY DOGS
As I posted pics of my C4th Sasanids yesterday it only seems right that I post pics of my C4th Romans today 😁
These are a mix of figures (15mm). The infantry are mainly Lurkio but with some Forged in Battle. the cavalry are a mix of Khurasan Miniatures and Cromarty Forge (3d prints).
These are a mix of figures (15mm). The infantry are mainly Lurkio but with some Forged in Battle. the cavalry are a mix of Khurasan Miniatures and Cromarty Forge (3d prints).
February 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
As I posted pics of my C4th Sasanids yesterday it only seems right that I post pics of my C4th Romans today 😁
These are a mix of figures (15mm). The infantry are mainly Lurkio but with some Forged in Battle. the cavalry are a mix of Khurasan Miniatures and Cromarty Forge (3d prints).
These are a mix of figures (15mm). The infantry are mainly Lurkio but with some Forged in Battle. the cavalry are a mix of Khurasan Miniatures and Cromarty Forge (3d prints).
#MosaicMonday #AncientBluesky #RomanBritain
The stunning late C4th mosaic from Boxford, England is a magnificent example of Romano-British art. Bellerophon, Pelops and Hercules smacking a centaur over the head with his club, all in one place. What more could you want? Just wonderful.
The stunning late C4th mosaic from Boxford, England is a magnificent example of Romano-British art. Bellerophon, Pelops and Hercules smacking a centaur over the head with his club, all in one place. What more could you want? Just wonderful.
January 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#MosaicMonday #AncientBluesky #RomanBritain
The stunning late C4th mosaic from Boxford, England is a magnificent example of Romano-British art. Bellerophon, Pelops and Hercules smacking a centaur over the head with his club, all in one place. What more could you want? Just wonderful.
The stunning late C4th mosaic from Boxford, England is a magnificent example of Romano-British art. Bellerophon, Pelops and Hercules smacking a centaur over the head with his club, all in one place. What more could you want? Just wonderful.
Nom nom nom.
Opus sectile work from the early C4th AD.
🏛️📷 Capitolinr Museums
Opus sectile work from the early C4th AD.
🏛️📷 Capitolinr Museums
October 20, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Nom nom nom.
Opus sectile work from the early C4th AD.
🏛️📷 Capitolinr Museums
Opus sectile work from the early C4th AD.
🏛️📷 Capitolinr Museums
The Acropolis of Athens as it may have appeared in the C4th BC and how it actually looks today. #AncientBluesky
December 12, 2024 at 9:35 PM
The Acropolis of Athens as it may have appeared in the C4th BC and how it actually looks today. #AncientBluesky
Revisiting the exceptional 4th century BCE mosaics at Aquileia - detail, precision, story telling - just wonderful - especially like the sea monster disgorging Jonah and the escapee snail - 🐌 wp.me/p5eFNn-263
May 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
For this fine #RomanSiteSaturday (34 degrees here☀️ ), it’s Roman Trier (or Augusta Treverorum) in Germany. Here is the city gate, Porta Nigra (started 170), the Aula Palatina, or imperial court (early C4th), the baths (same date) & the amphitheatre (mid-C2nd). Incredible remains.
🏺 #AncientBlueSky
🏺 #AncientBlueSky
November 23, 2024 at 7:36 AM
For this fine #RomanSiteSaturday (34 degrees here☀️ ), it’s Roman Trier (or Augusta Treverorum) in Germany. Here is the city gate, Porta Nigra (started 170), the Aula Palatina, or imperial court (early C4th), the baths (same date) & the amphitheatre (mid-C2nd). Incredible remains.
🏺 #AncientBlueSky
🏺 #AncientBlueSky
This beautiful glass cage cup is known as the Cologne cup and is a masterpiece of its type. The decoration and lettering have been adhered to the cup by short glass stems. It sports a Greek phrase translating as “Drink, live well forever.”
🕰️C4th AD
🏛️📷 Romano-Germanic Museum, Cologne
🕰️C4th AD
🏛️📷 Romano-Germanic Museum, Cologne
February 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This beautiful glass cage cup is known as the Cologne cup and is a masterpiece of its type. The decoration and lettering have been adhered to the cup by short glass stems. It sports a Greek phrase translating as “Drink, live well forever.”
🕰️C4th AD
🏛️📷 Romano-Germanic Museum, Cologne
🕰️C4th AD
🏛️📷 Romano-Germanic Museum, Cologne
Being an optimist … a reminder that summer is just six months away! Summer depicted on a mosaic, 2H-C4th AD, from Carthage in The British Museum
(MLA 1857.12-18.126, 130, 132 and 133; BM Cat. Mosaics 29b.) Photo: my own, 2023. #MosaicMonday
(MLA 1857.12-18.126, 130, 132 and 133; BM Cat. Mosaics 29b.) Photo: my own, 2023. #MosaicMonday
December 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Being an optimist … a reminder that summer is just six months away! Summer depicted on a mosaic, 2H-C4th AD, from Carthage in The British Museum
(MLA 1857.12-18.126, 130, 132 and 133; BM Cat. Mosaics 29b.) Photo: my own, 2023. #MosaicMonday
(MLA 1857.12-18.126, 130, 132 and 133; BM Cat. Mosaics 29b.) Photo: my own, 2023. #MosaicMonday
'Paganism Persisting: A History of European Paganisms since Antiquity' by me and @robincdouglas.bsky.social is published TODAY by University of Exeter Press - the first complete history of revivals of Paganism from the c4th to the c20th! 📚🌞https://www.exeterpress.co.uk/products/paganism-persisting
October 8, 2024 at 8:15 AM
'Paganism Persisting: A History of European Paganisms since Antiquity' by me and @robincdouglas.bsky.social is published TODAY by University of Exeter Press - the first complete history of revivals of Paganism from the c4th to the c20th! 📚🌞https://www.exeterpress.co.uk/products/paganism-persisting
Oh, hello the French. Invented the bikini, did you? Think you were the first to think of its classic chic lines, do you? Well?
Nah, the Romans got there first. This C4th AD mosaic from Piazza Amerina in Sicily shows Roman women exercising.
#MosaicMonday
Nah, the Romans got there first. This C4th AD mosaic from Piazza Amerina in Sicily shows Roman women exercising.
#MosaicMonday
June 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Oh, hello the French. Invented the bikini, did you? Think you were the first to think of its classic chic lines, do you? Well?
Nah, the Romans got there first. This C4th AD mosaic from Piazza Amerina in Sicily shows Roman women exercising.
#MosaicMonday
Nah, the Romans got there first. This C4th AD mosaic from Piazza Amerina in Sicily shows Roman women exercising.
#MosaicMonday
This angry fellow is Charon, ferryman of the dead, shown here driving a chariot accompanied by a sinister, shadowy demonic figure which is the stuff of nightmares.
It’s from the Etruscan Tomb of the Infernal Chariot near Siena.
🕰️C4th BC
🏛️📷 Museo Civico Archeologico di Sarteano
🏺 #AncientBlueSky
It’s from the Etruscan Tomb of the Infernal Chariot near Siena.
🕰️C4th BC
🏛️📷 Museo Civico Archeologico di Sarteano
🏺 #AncientBlueSky
April 2, 2026 at 9:59 AM
This angry fellow is Charon, ferryman of the dead, shown here driving a chariot accompanied by a sinister, shadowy demonic figure which is the stuff of nightmares.
It’s from the Etruscan Tomb of the Infernal Chariot near Siena.
🕰️C4th BC
🏛️📷 Museo Civico Archeologico di Sarteano
🏺 #AncientBlueSky
It’s from the Etruscan Tomb of the Infernal Chariot near Siena.
🕰️C4th BC
🏛️📷 Museo Civico Archeologico di Sarteano
🏺 #AncientBlueSky
A #Roman pottery money-box, purpose-made with a slit in the top to insert your coins through. It was found in Lincoln (Britain), still with some coins inside, which date the box to at least the C4th AD - I wonder who it was who saved these coins but never got to spend them..? AncientBlueSky
February 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A #Roman pottery money-box, purpose-made with a slit in the top to insert your coins through. It was found in Lincoln (Britain), still with some coins inside, which date the box to at least the C4th AD - I wonder who it was who saved these coins but never got to spend them..? AncientBlueSky
The central panel from the early C4th Hinton St. Mary Mosaic - considered to be one of the earliest representations of Christ. Originally from a villa site at Hinton St. Mary in Dorset, and now part of the collections @britishmuseum #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain 📸 My own.
November 25, 2024 at 7:12 AM
The central panel from the early C4th Hinton St. Mary Mosaic - considered to be one of the earliest representations of Christ. Originally from a villa site at Hinton St. Mary in Dorset, and now part of the collections @britishmuseum #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain 📸 My own.
#ArtDD2026
C3-C4th copper alloy spear handle-butt
From a Pictish site in Fife.
For #DrawingDiggingForBritain and #DiggingForBritain.
@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social
#archaeology
C3-C4th copper alloy spear handle-butt
From a Pictish site in Fife.
For #DrawingDiggingForBritain and #DiggingForBritain.
@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social
#archaeology
February 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
#ArtDD2026
C3-C4th copper alloy spear handle-butt
From a Pictish site in Fife.
For #DrawingDiggingForBritain and #DiggingForBritain.
@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social
#archaeology
C3-C4th copper alloy spear handle-butt
From a Pictish site in Fife.
For #DrawingDiggingForBritain and #DiggingForBritain.
@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social
#archaeology
#MosaicMonday #SkyStorians #AncientBluesky #RomanHistory
A bear called Braciatus engaged in a nail-biting fight to the death with ... an ostrich. Who will win!? C4th AD, from Maxula (modern-day Medjez el-Bab, Tunisia). Now in the Bardo Museum
A bear called Braciatus engaged in a nail-biting fight to the death with ... an ostrich. Who will win!? C4th AD, from Maxula (modern-day Medjez el-Bab, Tunisia). Now in the Bardo Museum
February 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#MosaicMonday #SkyStorians #AncientBluesky #RomanHistory
A bear called Braciatus engaged in a nail-biting fight to the death with ... an ostrich. Who will win!? C4th AD, from Maxula (modern-day Medjez el-Bab, Tunisia). Now in the Bardo Museum
A bear called Braciatus engaged in a nail-biting fight to the death with ... an ostrich. Who will win!? C4th AD, from Maxula (modern-day Medjez el-Bab, Tunisia). Now in the Bardo Museum