#Roman empire

[illustratus]

Diocletian's Palace by Ernest Hébrard

#ernest hébrard #art #diocletian #roman #emperor #palace #roman empire #split #croatia #dalmatia #illyrian #illyria #architecture #antiquity #romans #ancient rome #history #europe #european #adriatic sea #sea #ships #ship #landscape #adriatic coast

[thesilicontribesman]

Hardknott Roman Fort, Hardknott Pass, Lake District

#romans #roman empire #roman living #roman fort #roman soldiers #roman army #roman britain #archaeology #ancient cultures #ancient crafts #ancient living #stonework #fort #hardknott pass #routeways #lake district

[ancientcharm]

The Colosseum As Never Been Seen Before.

Posted 6 days ago. The most gorgeous 3D work that I’ve seen 🧡

#roman empire #3d modeling #Ancient Rome #digital work #youtube #i need a time machine

[blueiskewl]

Herculaneum Scrolls Reveal Plato's Burial Place

Researchers used AI to decipher an ancient papyrus that includes details about where Greek philosopher is buried.

The decipherment of an ancient scroll has revealed where the Greek philosopher Plato is buried, Italian researchers suggest.

Graziano Ranocchia, a philosopher at the University of Pisa, and colleagues used artificial intelligence (AI) to decipher text preserved on charred pieces of papyrus recovered in Herculaneum, an ancient Roman town located near Pompeii, according to a translated statement from Italy's National Research Council.

Like Pompeii, Herculaneum was destroyed in A.D. 79 when Mount Vesuvius erupted, cloaking the region in ash and pyroclastic flows.

One of the scrolls carbonized by the eruption includes the writings of Philodemus of Gadara (lived circa 110 to 30 B.C.), an Epicurean philosopher who studied in Athens and later lived in Italy. This text, known as the "History of the Academy," details the academy that Plato founded in the fourth century B.C. and gives details about Plato's life, including his burial place.

Historians already knew that Plato, the famous student of Socrates who wrote down his teacher's philosophies as well as his own, was buried at the Academy, which the Roman general Sulla destroyed in 86 B.C. But researchers weren't sure exactly where on the school's grounds that Plato, who died in Athens in 348 or 347 B.C., had been laid to rest.

However, with advances in technology, researchers were able to employ a variety of cutting-edge techniques including infrared and ultraviolet optical imaging, thermal imaging and tomography to read the ancient papyrus, which is now part of the collection at the National Library of Naples.

So far, researchers have identified 1,000 words, or roughly 30% of the text written by Philodemus.

"Among the most important news, we read that Plato was buried in the garden reserved for him (a private area intended for the Platonic school) of the Academy in Athens, near the so-called Museion or sacellum sacred to the Muses," researchers wrote in the statement. "Until now it was only known that he was buried generically in the Academy."

The text also detailed how Plato was "sold into slavery" sometime between 404 and 399 B.C. (It was previously thought that this occurred in 387 B.C.)

Another part of the translated text describes a dialogue between characters, in which Plato shows disdain for the musical and rhythmic abilities of a barbarian musician from Thrace, according to the statement.

This isn't the first time that researchers have used AI to read ancient scrolls that survived Mount Vesuvius's eruption. Earlier this year, researchers deciphered a different scroll that was charred during the volcanic eruption at a nearby villa that once belonged to Julius Caesar's father-in-law.

By Jennifer Nalewicki.

#Plato #Herculaneum Scrolls Reveal Plato's Burial Place #Herculaneum #Pompeii #Philodemus of Gadara #History of the Academy #The Academy #Plato's Academy #the Platonic Academy #the Academic School #athens greece #mount vesuvius #roman dictator sulla #ancient texts #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient greece #greek history #roman history #roman empire

[keepcalmandcarriefischer]

I mean, I don't want to sound stupid, but I always assumed that the Ancient Romans were mammals

#enter tags here #roman empire

[theghostofbean]

”Men think about the Roman Empire” “What’s the female version of the Roman Empire” SHUT UPPPPP. SHUT THE FUCK UPPPPPP. AS A WOMAN I LOVE THE ROMAN EMPIRE. AS A WOMAN I LOVE ANCIENT HISTORY AND BATTLES AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY. THE “GIRL VERSION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE” IS THE ROMAN EMPIRE. IM GOING TO STAB YOU 23 TIMES

#why do we have to gender history ffs I hate it here #sorry just had to get it out my system #roman empire #history #classics #tagamemnon #ancient history #ancient rome

[animentality]

#twitter #history #roman empire

[demigoddessqueens]

Happy 2,068th to when we should totally just stab Caesar!! Grab a knife with your bestie!

#assassin's creed #ides of march #julius ceaser #julius caesar #aya of alexandria #assassin’s creed origins #ac origins #tumblr holidays #roman history #roman empire #we should totally just stab caesar #rome #ancient rome #caesar #brutus #et tu brute #beware the ides of march #mean girls #shakespeare #Shakespeare Julius Caesar #meme #funny memes #memes #tumblr memes #assassin’s creed

[uncleclaudius]

2 silver cups, part of the so-called Boscoreale treasure, buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.

#roman empire #ancient rome #pompeii #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient art #roman art #ancient roman art

[metis-the-lizard-king]

i collaged this two together btw thought some you might like, happy march 15 tumblr!

#ides of march #beware the ides of march #julius caesar #julius ceaser #marcus brutus #march fifteen #march 15 #roman empire #roman republic #julius caesar assassination #brutus #caesar

[thesilicontribesman]

The Hunting Dogs Mosaic, Corinium Museum, Cirencester

#romans #roman #roman empire #roman mosaic #archaeology #mosaic #roman britain #roman craft #roman art #ancient cultures #ancient living #Corinium #Cirencester

[ancientcharm]

Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus in Rome.

By: Rome in 3D /History in 3D

#ancient rome #3d modeling #roman empire

[blueiskewl]

The Getty Museum Return Ancient Bronze Head to Turkey

A life-sized bronze head of a young man has been removed from view by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and will be returned to Turkey after the institution learned it was illegally excavated.

The head had been in the antiquities collection at the Getty Villa Museum since it was acquired in 1971. But the museum said it had received new information from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York indicating it had been illegally excavated.

The California museum did not reveal what new information had come to light about the excavation, and officials in New York did not yet respond to a request for information. The head has been removed from view until it can be handed over to Turkish officials.

“In light of new information recently provided by Matthew Bogdanos and the Antiquities Trafficking Unit of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office indicating the illegal excavation of this bronze head, we agreed that the object needed to be returned to Türkiye,” museum director Timothy Potts said in a statement.

The district attorney’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the details of its investigation.

The Getty Museum said that its policies are to return objects to the country of their origin or modern discovery when reliable information indicates they were stolen or illegally excavated. In 2022, the museum returned a cache of artworks to Italy after learning that they were linked to disgraced antiquities dealer Gianfranco Becchina.

The bronze head dates to somewhere between 100 B.C.E and 100 C.E. and is a separately cast component of a life-size figure, detached from the body at the upper neck. The eyes were once inlaid with an unknown material that was not preserved. Researchers have not yet identified the body of the figure. The subject of the figure also remains elusive as it was fabricated in a “highly idealized” style and has not been matched to a member of an imperial family or other named individual, the museum said, although an inscribed alpha (“A”) is visible on the interior of the neck at the bottom rear edge.

Some scholars have associated the bronze head with the archaeological site of Bubon, in the Burdur province of southwestern Turkey. Bubon was subjected to illicit excavations in the late 1960s.

Potts added that by returning the head to Turkey, the museum seeks to continue building a constructive relationship with the Turkish Ministry of Culture archaeological colleagues in the country.

In total, the Manhattan District Attorney’s antiquities trafficking unit has recovered more than 4,500 antiquities stolen from 30 countries with a value in excess of $410 million since it was launched in 2017.

By Adam Schrader.

#The Getty Museum Return Ancient Bronze Head to Turkey #bronze #bronze sculpture #stolen art #looted art #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #ancient art #roman history #roman empire #roman art

[rose-wild]

they’re my roman empire if you care

#roman empire #the legend of zelda #loz link #loz zelda #link #zelda #zelink

[the-cheezit-files]

my roman empire is Crowley frantically talking about things going pear-shaped and then Aziraphale wistfully saying “I like pears ☺️”

#good omens #pears #roman empire #anthony j crowley #crowley #aziraphale #neil gaiman #terry pratchett #aziracrow #aziraphale x crowley #🍐

[cottagecryptic]

i love that the ides of march is a week long celebration on tumblr. i saw my first ides of march post days ago and thought that was when it was. i have been seeing posts all week so i googled the date. its the 15th of march. we’ve been celebrating the death of a roman emperor for a week. we are truly the embodiment of an empire

#i have been here for years mind you #i love the weeklong ides of march celebration #ides of march #julius ceaser #roman empire #tez talks