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Denarius of the Marsic Confederation. It was minted in Campania by C. Papius Mutilius, a Samnite noble.

The obverse shows draped bust of Mars (or Italia) right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet with plume.

The reverse has an oath-taking scene: four soldiers surrounding a youth holding a pig.

Images from the British Museum via their online collection:  1843,0116.97

#history #ancient history #samnites #archaeology #numismatics #social war

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Stone stele from 300-100BC containing an Oscan inscription.

It was found on the inner arch of the Nola Gate in Pompeii. The inscription reads;

Vibius Popidius, son of Vibius, chief magistrate, had charge of this work and approved it.

Images from the British Museum via their online collection:  1867,0508.76

#history #ancient history #archaeology #pompeii #oscan #italian history

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A glass bowl decorated using a technique called mosaic glass or millefiori (a thousand flowers) as the finished result often looks like a flower pattern.

This looked was achieved by slowly melting different coloured glass rods, fusing them together, then cutting them into discs and placing them in a mould.

Image from the Thorvaldsen Museum via their online collection: H2901

#history #ancient history #Roman history #archaeology #bowl #ancient roman glass

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A leather tent panel with stitching from the Roman site at Newstead, Roxburgshire, Scotlad, 80 – 180 AD

Image from the National Museums Scotland via their online collection:  X.FRA 70

#ancient history #history #archaeology #Roman Scotland #warfare

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Bronze arm ring for a child, 6th century BC  

Image from the Thorvaldsen Museum via their online collection: H2204

#ancient history #history #archaeology #ancient jewellery #ancient roman jewellery #jewellery #arm ring #Roman history

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This solid gold beaker was reportedly found by a sponge fisherman off the West Coast of Turkey in the early 1900s. 

On the underside of the foot there is an abbreviated Latin inscription which reports the weight of the beaker. The inscribed weight and the actual weight do not match which has led scholars to conclude that it originally had a lid.

Image from The J. Paul Getty Museum via their online collection: 2001.6

#Roman history #history #ancient history #archaeology #beaker

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Gold bracelet made up of eight pairs of hemispherical elements. The backs are filled with a solidified ash-like substance, possibly lava.

1st century AD and probably from the area around Pompeii

Image from the National Museums Scotland via their online collection:  A.1984.70 A

#history #ancient history #Roman history #archaeology #pompeii #ancient jewellery #jewellery #ancient roman jewellery

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Decorative piece in the shape of a sea-panther-monster holding a shield with a Silenus mask

Image from the Thorvaldsen Museum via their online collection: H212

#history #Roman history #ancient history #archaeology #silenus

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A section of a votive relief that depicts Achilles and Thetis. The Greek hero Achilles is recognisable by his shield and helmet. He rides in a chariot with his mother Thetis.

It was probably set up in a religious sanction, the names of the dedicators partially legible at the bottom of the relief;

". . . Lakrates and Gephes of the Achilleides."

Image from The J. Paul Getty Museum via their online collection:  78.AA.264

#ancient history #archaeology #history #achilles #thetis #Ancient Greek History #ancient greek mythology

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Gold Roman amulet in the shape of a male bust

Image from the Thorvaldsen Museum via their online collection: H1860

#history #Roman history #ancient history #archaeology #ancient jewellery #ancient roman jewellery #jewellery #amulet

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6th century BC Etruscan earring

Image from the Thorvaldsen Museum via their online collection: H1840

#history #ancient history #etruscan #archaeology #ancient jewellery #jewellery #earrings

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A deep blue-green cast glass bowl from the Mediterranean, probably 1st century BC to 1st half of the 1st century AD

Image from the National Museums Scotland via their online collection:  A.1966.64

#history #ancient history #glassware #Roman history #ancient roman glass #archaeology

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Fragment of a krater depicting Poseidon and a goddess. 5th century BC

Image from the Thorvaldsen Museum via their online collection: H596

#history #ancient history #ancient greece #ancient greek pottery #krater #archaeology #poseidon #greek mythology

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A necklace composed of seven Egyptian emerald beads on a gold chain. Roman period 1st – 3rd century AD

Image from the Museum of London via their online collection: 76.118

#history #jewellery #ancient jewellery #ancient history #archaeology

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A bust of Emperor Antoninus Pius wearing military dress, from the early years of his reign c. 140

Image from the National Museums Scotland via their online collection: IL.2008.64.1

#Roman history #roman sculpture #history #ancient history #archaeology #Emperor Antoninus Pius

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Roman bow brooch with enamel inlay from 1st – 2nd century AD

Image from Wessex Archaeology's flickr: Brooch

#Roman history #history #ancient history #archaeology #roman britain #ancient roman jewellery #brooch #bow brooch #jewellery