Rome and Beyond
A website about cultural and natural sites in Rome and surrounding areas
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- Reposted by Rome and BeyondBorn of the coupling of Leda and the Swan, then hatched from an egg There’s more to Helen of Troy than the most beautiful woman in the world - as Charlotte and I discuss in our 4 part Instant Classics mini series podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
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- Reposted by Rome and BeyondThis beautiful #Roman enamelled copper alloy flask in hexagonal shape was found in Welzheim. The small vessel was a product of a workshop in Britain or Gaul and was presumably used to hold perfume. Dating 2. century AD. #findsfriday 🏺 📷 @almbawue.bsky.social
- Colosseum's Commodus Passage reopens after extensive restoration work www.euronews.com/culture/2026... #Rome #archaeology @euronews.com
- Villa Farnesina Cubiculum B fresco depicting the Nymphs of Mount Nysa caring for the infant Dionysus. The baby is shown being nursed or tended to by female figures in a lush setting. It is painted in a "Neo-Attic" or "lekythos" style, which mimics the look of 5th-c. BCE Greek pottery. #FrescoFriday
- For #ReliefWednesday, the Saturnia Tellus relief from the Ara Pacis, #Rome. It depicts Mother Earth, or, according to a different interpretation, Venus, divine mother of Aeneas and progenitor of the Gens Iulia, to which Augustus himself belongs. 📸 Chris Nas #archaeology #history
- A further reading interprets this central figure as the Pax Augusta, which the altar takes its name from.
- Reposted by Rome and BeyondThe Pyrgi tablets are three golden plates inscribed with a bilingual Phoenician–Etruscan dedicatory text. They date to c. 500 BC. They record the foundation of a temple and its dedication to the Phoenician goddess Astarte. The work is attributed to Thefarie Velianas, ruler of Caere #EpigraphyTuesday
- Reposted by Rome and BeyondThis is the tombstone of a Roman soldier named Ammonius, son of Damio, a centurion in the first Cohort of Spaniards who probably came from North Africa or the Eastern Mediterranean. He died after 27 years service and was buried at Ardoch in Perthshire, Scotland. #TombTuesday
- This inscription, on display at Museo Archeologico di Velletri, bears a dedication from a mother to her daughter, Faltonia: "To Faltonia Hilaritatis, mistress and dearest daughter who, at her own expense, built this cemetery and destined it for this faith." #EpigraphyTuesday #Rome #history
- This inscription, dating to the 4th century, reveals that the cemetery found in the area during excavations in 1924 (together with a basilica) was established through the initiative of Faltonia Hilaritatis herself, a wealthy freedwoman, who dedicated it to fellow Christians.
- Hidden beneath the #Rome Ring Road (GRA) lies the Ninfeo della Lucchina.Originally constructed in the 3rd century CE as a tomb, it was transformed in the 4th century into a nymphaeum with stunning mosaics and frescoes.It was likely part of a grand villa owned by the Ottavi family #MosaicMonday 📸 MiC
- Fossanova Abbey is one of Italy's most significant examples of Cistercian Gothic architecture. Located in the town of Priverno, the abbey is famous for its austere beauty and is a major pilgrimage site because it is where St. Thomas Aquinas died in 1274. #MedievalMonday #art 📸 alessiodisilvestro
- Reposted by Rome and Beyond✨The Chariot Race✨ This chariot race is part of the famously large mosaic found in Britain called the Horkstow mosaic. Featuring all the thrill of chariot racing including the spina (central island) and the metea (turning points). Happy #MosaicMonday indeed! #AncientBluesky
- Giorgio de Chirico, Mistero e malinconia di una strada, 1914, New Canaan (Connecticut), Private collection #art A copy of this work (right) by de Chirico himself can be found at Museo Bilotti in #Rome www.museocarlobilotti.it/it/opera/mis...
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- Reposted by Rome and BeyondA section of the Roman Wall at St. Albans which was built between AD 265 to 270 to defend the Roman city of Verulamium. The surviving sections are located in Verulamium Park which is a short walk from the city centre. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #StAlbans
- The Canopus at Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli. Inspired by Egypt and adorned with Greek-style Caryatids, this 120-metre reflecting pool served as the Emperor’s ultimate summer dining spot. Hadrian and his guests would recline on a stibadium (a semi-circular couch) to dine. #RomanSiteSaturday #history #Rome
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- Portrait of Lucius Verus, 160-170 CE, Museo Archeologico di Palestrina. #FindsFriday #archaeology #history
- Reposted by Rome and BeyondSir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was born on this day in 1836. During a visit to Rome from December 1875 to April 1876, Alma-Tadema collected material for future paintings. He made three studies of parts of the city, including this one in the gardens of the Villa Borghese. 🍃 Detail from WA1966.13.1
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- Relief of Trajan's Posthumous Triumph, II c CE, currently on display in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina. When Emperor Trajan died in 117 CE while returning from his Parthian campaign, his successor, Hadrian, organized a spectacular posthumous triumph in 118 CE. #ReliefWednesday #Rome
- The Galleria Sciarra in #Rome is a hidden #ArtNouveau gem, a covered pedestrian passage in the Trevi district, built 1885-1888 by Giulio De Angelis, famous for its iron and glass dome and vibrant frescoes by Giuseppe Cellini celebrating women's virtues.Free to visit during office hours 📸 Labicanense
- For #EpigraphyTuesday an inscription commemorating Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. 161-169 CE. Cryptoporticus of the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina, #Rome
- The Temple of Venus at Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli. It is a small, circular Doric temple (tholos) set upon a raised platform. It was originally surrounded by a semicircular colonnade. A statue of Venus of the Cnidian type was found in the cella. #archaeology #history
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- Mosaic of the Griffins from the Domus dell’Ospedale, beginning of 1st century BCE. Currently on display at Museo Archeologico di Palestrina. #MosaicMonday #Rome
- Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Sermon in the ruins of #Rome, Les musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, #Brussels 📸 2024 #art
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- Reposted by Rome and BeyondEntering the frigidarium (cold room) of Bratton Seymour #Roman villa bathhouse Excavated by @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social 2015-16, this stunning rebuild at the Newt in #Somerset is as close as we can get to the sights and sounds of Britannia without a time machine 😍 🎥 Dec 2022 #RomanSiteSaturday
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- #RomanSiteSaturday from the cryptoporticus at the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in Praeneste (Palestrina, #Rome). #archaeology #history
- Reposted by Rome and Beyond#FrescoFriday #FindsFriday 🏺 One memorable day working in finds room at MOLA many moons ago we recorded some of London's best #Roman wall plaster. Grapes are virtually edible, goldfinch became my profile pic: the fantastic #frescos were from Lime St site in the City, just to east of forum basilica.
- For #FrescoFriday, fresco fragments from Palestrina, #Rome. 1st century BCE, currently on display at Museo Archeologico di Palestrina. #archaeology #history
- Reposted by Rome and BeyondFor #ReliefWednesday, a magnificent #jasper #intaglio depicting #Athena Parthenos in profile, in #palazzoMassimo. A tiny signature in Greek running vertically behind her helmet names the artist as one Aspasios. The artist took inspiration from the great statue in the #Parthenon. #AncientBluesky 🏺
- The Cryptoporticus (Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in Palestrina) is the vaulted gallery that runs beneath the seating of the cavea. Built using opus incertum and originally finished with stucco, the space now houses sculptures and epigraphic documents from both the city and the surrounding area.
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- The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia is a sacred complex dedicated to the goddess Fortuna in the city of Praeneste (Palestrina, #Rome). It is one of the greatest examples of Late Republican architecture in ancient Italy. It was built at the end of the 2nd century BCE. Pictures from yesterday’s visit.
- Reposted by Rome and BeyondView over Rome from the Ludovisi district
- Reposted by Rome and BeyondClay goblet from Early Bronze Age Troy. Known as a depas goblet after the Homeric ‘depas amphikypellon', recent residue analysis shows these two-handled vessels were used for drinking wine some 4,250 years ago! Istanbul Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology
- Reposted by Rome and BeyondPart of the ‘Hunting Dogs Mosaic’ from Roman Cirencester (Corinium). The mosaic was discovered in 1849, and is now on display at Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #Cirencester
- #MosaicMonday live from Museo archeologico nazionale di Palestrina! It houses the magnificent Nile Mosaic, depicting the Egyptian landscape during a flood of the Nile. Created by Alexandrian artists at the end of the 2nd century BCE, it is one of the largest and most significant Hellenistic mosaics
- Upcoming exhibition in #Melbourne! #ROME: Empire, Power, People From Wednesday 1 April to Sunday 25 October 2026 at Melbourne Museum museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemus...
- Perched on a hilltop overlooking the Pontine Marshes, ancient Norba boasts some of the best-preserved polygonal walls in Italy. The town plan is a rare early example of Roman orthogonal urbanism on difficult terrain, utilizing a system of terracing. #archaeology #history #AncientSiteSunday
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- #RomanSiteSaturday live from ancient Norba! Norba was a member of the Latin League and fought against Rome around the turn of the 5th century BCE. Thread 🧵 #archaeology #history
- Norba became a strategically important Roman colony in 492 BCE, established primarily to protect the border with the Volsci people. It served as an important fortress guarding the Pontine Marshes.
- The city's life was relatively short but intense. It was captured and almost entirely destroyed in 82 BCE during the civil wars by Sulla's general, Aemilius Lepidus. According to historical accounts, the inhabitants chose to perish by setting fire to the city rather than fall to the enemy.
- By the first century CE, Pliny the Elder listed Norba among the extinct towns of Latium.
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- Reposted by Rome and BeyondMore than 700 rarely opened historic sites in Italy will open for free next weekend.
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- #RomanSiteSaturday The Vicus Caprarius archaeological site, known as the “City of Water,” is an underground complex in #Rome located near the Trevi Fountain. An insula, a domus and medieval dwellings coexist in this space More here: romeandbeyond.altervista.org/vicus-caprar... #archaeology #history
- Reposted by Rome and BeyondA short section of the late 3rd century AD stone wall encircling the #Roman Town of CORINIVM DOBVNNORVM (Cirencester) with projecting polygonal tower Originally extending for 2 miles (3.2 km), enclosing an area of 240 acres (97 ha), this is the only bit exposed today 📷 Oct 2025 #RomanSiteSaturday
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- “Un paesaggio urbano di simboli, riti e cerimonie: la Via Sacra tra età antica e medioevo.” Conferenza di Domenico Palombi, professore associato di Archeologia Classica della Sapienza Università di Roma. Introducono Edith Gabrielli e Paolo Carafa youtu.be/yAlnkupq76w #archeologia #Roma
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- Mosaics from yesterday’s visit to the Roman site of Tres Tabernae, on the Via Appia. More on Tres Tabernae: romeandbeyond.altervista.org/tres-tabernae/ #MosaicMonday #archaeology #history
