Stasera Populonia ha il cappello.
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Stasera Populonia ha il cappello.
July 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The same letter on this romanletters.org, however, is a travesty of the original.
And note the footnote: it claims it's a "modern English rendering for readability." That's not a disclosure of AI! There is also no "19th-century translation" for this letter.
And note the footnote: it claims it's a "modern English rendering for readability." That's not a disclosure of AI! There is also no "19th-century translation" for this letter.
March 22, 2026 at 3:09 PM
The same letter on this romanletters.org, however, is a travesty of the original.
And note the footnote: it claims it's a "modern English rendering for readability." That's not a disclosure of AI! There is also no "19th-century translation" for this letter.
And note the footnote: it claims it's a "modern English rendering for readability." That's not a disclosure of AI! There is also no "19th-century translation" for this letter.
May 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Muralles etrusques, tombes etrusques, vistes a la mar Tirrena (=etrusca), VISCA POPULONIA ETRUSCA I TROPICAL.
May 23, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Muralles etrusques, tombes etrusques, vistes a la mar Tirrena (=etrusca), VISCA POPULONIA ETRUSCA I TROPICAL.
I hope you like seafood, because this mosaic floor is showing what’s on the menu. 🦞 🐟
Said to be from Populonia, in Tuscany, this mosaic emblema was probably part of the floor of a triclinium, a dining room, of a patrician villa. That lobster is magnificent. 🏺 #mosaicmonday 1/
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Said to be from Populonia, in Tuscany, this mosaic emblema was probably part of the floor of a triclinium, a dining room, of a patrician villa. That lobster is magnificent. 🏺 #mosaicmonday 1/
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December 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I hope you like seafood, because this mosaic floor is showing what’s on the menu. 🦞 🐟
Said to be from Populonia, in Tuscany, this mosaic emblema was probably part of the floor of a triclinium, a dining room, of a patrician villa. That lobster is magnificent. 🏺 #mosaicmonday 1/
📸 me
Said to be from Populonia, in Tuscany, this mosaic emblema was probably part of the floor of a triclinium, a dining room, of a patrician villa. That lobster is magnificent. 🏺 #mosaicmonday 1/
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The Etruscan cemetery Le Grotte at Populonia lies in an ancient quarry. This cemetery was used between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, when San Cerbone where the tumuli lie had already become an industrial district of Populonia. #TombTuesday
May 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The Etruscan cemetery Le Grotte at Populonia lies in an ancient quarry. This cemetery was used between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, when San Cerbone where the tumuli lie had already become an industrial district of Populonia. #TombTuesday
And here's a quick transcription and translation that I did myself. Again, give it a look before scrolling.
March 22, 2026 at 3:09 PM
And here's a quick transcription and translation that I did myself. Again, give it a look before scrolling.
I work on Mediterranean antiquity, of course, but it's clear that there were large-scale centralized bloomery operations. The Romans deforested the whole of Elba before moving smelting operations to the mainland at Populonia.
So lots of different approaches.
So lots of different approaches.
January 1, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I work on Mediterranean antiquity, of course, but it's clear that there were large-scale centralized bloomery operations. The Romans deforested the whole of Elba before moving smelting operations to the mainland at Populonia.
So lots of different approaches.
So lots of different approaches.
🌱Bluish watercolour landscape 🌱
✨️Ref: Photo by Fran Gallogly via Pinterest — "Umbrella trees by a beach in Populonia, Tuscany"
#art #arte #illustration #traditionalillustration #watercolour #watercolourpainting
#landscape
✨️Ref: Photo by Fran Gallogly via Pinterest — "Umbrella trees by a beach in Populonia, Tuscany"
#art #arte #illustration #traditionalillustration #watercolour #watercolourpainting
#landscape
August 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
🌱Bluish watercolour landscape 🌱
✨️Ref: Photo by Fran Gallogly via Pinterest — "Umbrella trees by a beach in Populonia, Tuscany"
#art #arte #illustration #traditionalillustration #watercolour #watercolourpainting
#landscape
✨️Ref: Photo by Fran Gallogly via Pinterest — "Umbrella trees by a beach in Populonia, Tuscany"
#art #arte #illustration #traditionalillustration #watercolour #watercolourpainting
#landscape
se passi a vedere il viale cipressoso del Carducci o i resti etruschi di Populonia io sono qua.
August 19, 2026 at 12:12 PM
se passi a vedere il viale cipressoso del Carducci o i resti etruschi di Populonia io sono qua.
May 31, 2026 at 4:01 PM
#MosaicMonday 🏺
Almost like a #Roman menu from the Med in superfine detail: 11 types of edible fish/sea creatures eg moray eel, red mullet, octopus, scorpion fish, lobster.
Now in BM, previously at the V&A.
Provenance??? Likely from triclinium floor in Populonia, S Tuscany, C1 AD.
Almost like a #Roman menu from the Med in superfine detail: 11 types of edible fish/sea creatures eg moray eel, red mullet, octopus, scorpion fish, lobster.
Now in BM, previously at the V&A.
Provenance??? Likely from triclinium floor in Populonia, S Tuscany, C1 AD.
June 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#MosaicMonday 🏺
Almost like a #Roman menu from the Med in superfine detail: 11 types of edible fish/sea creatures eg moray eel, red mullet, octopus, scorpion fish, lobster.
Now in BM, previously at the V&A.
Provenance??? Likely from triclinium floor in Populonia, S Tuscany, C1 AD.
Almost like a #Roman menu from the Med in superfine detail: 11 types of edible fish/sea creatures eg moray eel, red mullet, octopus, scorpion fish, lobster.
Now in BM, previously at the V&A.
Provenance??? Likely from triclinium floor in Populonia, S Tuscany, C1 AD.
#MosaicMonday 🏺
Almost like a #Roman menu from the Med in superfine detail: 11 types of edible fish/sea creatures eg moray eel, red mullet, octopus, scorpion fish, lobster.
Now in BM, previously at the V&A.
Provenance??? Likely from triclinium floor in Populonia, on S Tuscany coast, C1 AD.
Almost like a #Roman menu from the Med in superfine detail: 11 types of edible fish/sea creatures eg moray eel, red mullet, octopus, scorpion fish, lobster.
Now in BM, previously at the V&A.
Provenance??? Likely from triclinium floor in Populonia, on S Tuscany coast, C1 AD.
June 15, 2026 at 10:28 AM
#MosaicMonday 🏺
Almost like a #Roman menu from the Med in superfine detail: 11 types of edible fish/sea creatures eg moray eel, red mullet, octopus, scorpion fish, lobster.
Now in BM, previously at the V&A.
Provenance??? Likely from triclinium floor in Populonia, on S Tuscany coast, C1 AD.
Almost like a #Roman menu from the Med in superfine detail: 11 types of edible fish/sea creatures eg moray eel, red mullet, octopus, scorpion fish, lobster.
Now in BM, previously at the V&A.
Provenance??? Likely from triclinium floor in Populonia, on S Tuscany coast, C1 AD.
A Populonia quel cafone del gestore del giardino della Taverna, ha prima insistentemente chiesto il pagamento in contanti, poi non ha diviso il conto per il pagamento del pos con la scusa “eh ho già battuto lo scontrino”.
Insomma se poi fallite gente, cazzi vostri.
Insomma se poi fallite gente, cazzi vostri.
July 27, 2026 at 5:38 AM
A Populonia quel cafone del gestore del giardino della Taverna, ha prima insistentemente chiesto il pagamento in contanti, poi non ha diviso il conto per il pagamento del pos con la scusa “eh ho già battuto lo scontrino”.
Insomma se poi fallite gente, cazzi vostri.
Insomma se poi fallite gente, cazzi vostri.
For #SquittleDay (squid and cuttlefish day!): “cool shades” #squid in an ancient Roman sea bed mosaic, 2nd c. BCE. Archaeological Museum of Populonia, Piombino, Italy. 😎
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#CephalopodAwarenessDays
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#CephalopodAwarenessDays
October 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
For #SquittleDay (squid and cuttlefish day!): “cool shades” #squid in an ancient Roman sea bed mosaic, 2nd c. BCE. Archaeological Museum of Populonia, Piombino, Italy. 😎
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#CephalopodAwarenessDays
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#CephalopodAwarenessDays
Not really, but the iron mines on Elba and the smelting operation at Populonia were substantial. I suspect most Roman iron was domestic.
January 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Not really, but the iron mines on Elba and the smelting operation at Populonia were substantial. I suspect most Roman iron was domestic.
Es curioso que, cuando se habla de etruscos una de las cualidades que se proyectan de esta cultura es la del “dominio del mar” o la Talasocracia.
Solo una cuidad etrusca fue construida directamente la costa: Populonia. Ojo.
Solo una cuidad etrusca fue construida directamente la costa: Populonia. Ojo.
August 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Es curioso que, cuando se habla de etruscos una de las cualidades que se proyectan de esta cultura es la del “dominio del mar” o la Talasocracia.
Solo una cuidad etrusca fue construida directamente la costa: Populonia. Ojo.
Solo una cuidad etrusca fue construida directamente la costa: Populonia. Ojo.
Populonia es un nombre genial para un pueblo. Y felicidades a la gran trapecista Pinito del Oro.
October 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Populonia es un nombre genial para un pueblo. Y felicidades a la gran trapecista Pinito del Oro.