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R is for … Ruts

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View along a cobblestone street with deep wheel ruts
April 30, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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T is for … Torso

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Bronze sculpture of a torso, with head and right arm. On a pedestal in a museum. Ancient Roman
May 13, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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The Colosseum

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A corner of the Colosseum in Rome. The three top rows of the outer wall. Arches in white stone against a bright blue sky.
August 26, 2024 at 6:23 AM
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The only visible portion of Winchester’s Roman wall, which dates to the 3rdC CE and enclosed an area of 144 acres #winchester #romanwinchester #romanwall #ancientrome #romans #ancientromans
February 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Doorstep to a shop in ancient Herculaneum. They probably had rolling shutters!!!

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Doorstep in white stone with a deep groove running across it.
August 21, 2024 at 7:20 AM
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W is for … Wings

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A small brown statuette of a female figure sitting on her haunches holding her hands out, palms up. She has two scallop shells as wings.
June 3, 2024 at 2:55 AM
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V is for … Vesuvius

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A view over the central square of ancient Pompei toward Vesuvius in the haze. Arches and broken walls in beige and terracotta underneath a light blue sky
May 31, 2024 at 3:40 AM
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V is for … Via Appia, the southern end of

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A tall pillar and the foundation of another, in a small square, surrounded by a black fence. Sand coloured buildings all around, blue sky above.
May 28, 2024 at 2:15 AM
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W is for … Wolf

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Sculpture of the wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, on top of a pillar, a mainly-brick wall with ancient ornaments on the right
June 5, 2024 at 5:00 AM
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This was the beach in Herculaneum during the eruption. Now a few 100 metres away from the sea.

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View from above onto ruins on the left. At the bottom a wide space with arches and a wall.
August 28, 2024 at 6:39 AM
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Good luck symbol in front of a caupona, a food counter, in Pompei. It’s #PhallusThursday, everyone!

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A large stone phallus on the ground in front of an ancient food counter built out of stone.
August 22, 2024 at 10:18 AM
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A fresco of a winged … someone, sitting on a … horse? Holding a bird by the … neck? What do you mean, I need to pay better attention?

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A round painted medallion with a figure painted on it. Greek lettering bottom left.
October 28, 2024 at 1:39 PM
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W is for … Wonky - pushed out of shape by the eruption of Vesuvius

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A very uneven black and white mosaic of geometric patterns, part of it in shade, others hit by bright sunlight
June 8, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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Happy #WorldElephantDay!🐘These majestic animals were well known to #AncientRomans from gladiatorial fights and battlefields. #Pliny had great praise for #elephants: "It possesses virtues rare even in man, honesty, wisdom, justice, also respect for the stars and reverence for the sun and moon."
August 12, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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A thermopolium - food stall - in Pompei. The food was kept in the terracotta containers. ⭕️

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View into a room in a ruin. Terracotta food containers sunk into the counter on the left, further back in the centre and broken on the right. No roof and moss growing over everything at the bottom. The sun is shining.
July 18, 2024 at 6:24 AM
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W is for … Wallporn

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A wall of a small house, made up of many different materials. Bricks filling 3 arches of different widths, weathered plaster covering part of it. It’s part of the ruins all around it.
June 9, 2024 at 11:59 AM
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M is for … Mill

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Stone mill, about hip high. Grain goes into the funnel shaped top and is ground against the cone shaped bottom stone. Rectangular opening on the right for the wooden pole with which the top was turned.
March 28, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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It’s a wonder to meet the heroes of your school books IRL

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Mosaic of a black dog on white, Cave Canem written below. Behind glass and lit by a bright sun, shadows and reflections all over.
September 13, 2024 at 6:27 AM
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R is for … Reclining

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Fresco of a naked woman reclining in a big cylindrical cushion, lifting a veil over her head. A satyr is watching her on the left. Flower garlands surround the white space they were painted onto. A red frame holds it all together.
May 5, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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S is for … Sssnake

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An ancient altar built into a yellow wall. Pillar on each side, a roof from on top. Fresco of two figures in short togas who hold laurel wreaths over a third in the middle in a long toga. Huge snake meandering through the grass at the bottom.
May 9, 2024 at 2:35 AM
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Today is #WorldHealthDay. Although #AncientRomans loved their baths, dipping in one was not always advised. 1st century AD writer Celsus states that bathing with an open wound can easily lead to gangrene. Instead, one should only lightly scrub body parts away from the wound. Baths will have to wait!
Ancient Roman bathhouse filled with water Remains of an Ancient Roman bathhouse Ancient Roman public toilets Set of Ancient Roman medical instruments
April 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Today, our Fun Friends the #AncientRomans, would have been getting down with #Tiberinus Pater (feast).

( www.novaroma.org/nr/Tiberinus )
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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On this day in 79 CE Mount Vesuvius began simmering, before it famously erupted.

The event is retold in Robert Harris' epic novel 'Pompeii'.

#OnThisDay #Anniversary #Vesuvius #Pompeii #History #AncientRomans #Eruption
The front cover of the Robert Harris novel 'Pompeii'.
August 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Today, April 21, our Fun Friends the #AncientRomans were getting down with the #Parilia!

( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parilia )
April 21, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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Hey Ancient peeps, who's going to Manchester this weekend? Looking forward to the @classicalassociation annual conference! Hope to meet loads of you (and if not, just looking forward to cool talks and nice food 😂). #ancienthistory #classics #classicalassociation #ancientromans #AncientBluesky
Classical Association Conference 2026
April 8, 2026 at 10:55 AM