#roman galleys

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Ben-Hur (1959)

#ben-hur gif #historical drama #religious drama #william wyler #practical effects #miniature effects #50s movies #roman galleys #roman empire #1950s #1959 #gif #chronoscaph gif

[ltwilliammowett]

Roman Bronze Ring with Galley Intaglio, c. 1st-4th century AD

#naval artifacts #naval jewelry #roman bronze ring #war galley #1st-4th century ad #ancient seafaring

[pazzesco]

Emerald, Sapphire, Rock Crystal, Enamel and Gold Model of a Roman Galley Ship by Manfred Wild

A museum-quality, virtuoso lapidary work, the present carving depicting a Roman ship is an exceptional one-of-a-kind piece made by a renowned artist, Manfred Wild.

The ship consists of two hand carved rock crystal sails, each floating in mid-air to suggest its movement against the wind, held up by 18K gold chains and bars. Its hull is made of a single rock crystal quartz with detailed hand-engraved and etched to resemble wooden planks. Its body is made of matte and burnished 18K yellow gold with beautiful details, reflecting the highest quality of craftsmanship. Around both sides of the ship are twenty-eight green enamel shields, each with engraved design and fitted with interchanging bezel-set round blue sapphire cabochons and round rose-cut diamonds. There are two banks of thirteen oars on each side, made of solid 18K yellow gold, and two 18K yellow gold and patinated gold rudders on the back, stern side. On the stern side of the ship shows a teardrop-shaped emerald finial attached to a dome, decorated in translucent brown guilloché enamel, which is a decorative French technique for engraving metal with very precise, intricate and repetitive linear patterns engraved into an underlying material; it displays a mesmerizing liquid silk effect, shimmering play of light and pattern movement. A gold winged end is affixed to the stern with a gold Romanesque finial, enhanced with two gold-beveled circular emerald cabochons and brilliant-cut diamonds, together with additional four gold spurs, each with beveled teardrop-shaped blue sapphire cabochons. Throughout the ship are over 650 brilliant-cut diamonds meticulously set in its gold body. The anchor completes the magnificent Roman Ship and demonstrates the careful details and excellent quality of this piece. The entire ship is presented on a black quartzite base set in 18K gold.

According to the specification sheet provided by Emil Becker/Manfred Wild, there are: 28 green enamel-shields, 3 sections of brown guilloché enamel on fine-silver, 6 teardrop-shaped blue sapphire cabochons of 3.58 carats total, 20 circular blue sapphire cabochons of 3.79 carats total, 1 drop-shaped emerald cabochon of 1.17 carats, 1 teardrop-shaped emerald of 2.31 carats, 2 8mm circular emerald cabochons of 4.97 carats total, 11 square-cut emeralds of 2.18 carats total, 652 brilliant-cut diamonds of 7.06 carats total, 8 circular rose-cut diamonds of 1.01 carats total, and approximately 1,500 working hours to complete this museum-quality masterpiece. According to Wild, the Roman Galley Ship consists of 1,620 grams (52.08 troy ounce) of 18K yellow gold. Total weight of sculpture including base: 41.21 kilos (31.32 lbs). Overall measuring 19 x 11 1/2 x 11 in

#art #sculpture #lapidary #gemstones #crystal #Roman Galley Ship #Manfred Wild #emerald #sapphire #yellow gold

[i-cried-and-i-was-in-the-impala]

New York Home Bar Inspiration for a large, transitional galley-style seated home bar remodel with a vinyl floor, recessed panels, black cabinets, granite counters, and metal backsplash.

#footstools & ottomans #mancave #galley #sports theme #roman shades #home theatre seating #window treatments

[retaliationgraphics]

Miami Dining Kitchen

#Example of a large classic galley travertine floor and beige floor eat-in kitchen design with recessed-panel cabinets #white cabinets #brown backsplash #stone slab backsplash #paneled appliances #an undermount sink #granite countertops #two islands and brown countertops brown plaid dining chairs #kitchen island #dark wood dining table #gild knobs #roman shades #ventian blinds

[thequeenofsand]

Contemporary Kitchen - Kitchen

#Inspiration for a large contemporary galley light wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen remodel with an undermount sink #flat-panel cabinets #concrete countertops #gray backsplash #ceramic backsplash #paneled appliances #an island and gray countertops runner rug #sheer white roman shades #white pendant lights #walnut veneer #wood dining table #woven and wood dining chairs #butler pantry

[prekrasnoe-mngnovenie]

Dining Kitchen (Portland Maine)

#Inspiration for a large contemporary galley light wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen remodel with an undermount sink #flat-panel cabinets #concrete countertops #gray backsplash #ceramic backsplash #paneled appliances #an island and gray countertops white pendant lights #white banquette #walnut veneer #sheer white roman shades #woven and wood dining chairs #butler pantry

[casdasgay]

Enclosed Kitchen

#Inspiration for a mid-sized timeless galley travertine floor and beige floor enclosed kitchen remodel with a farmhouse sink #shaker cabinets #blue cabinets #wood countertops #white backsplash #stainless steel appliances and no island blue grey #larder #architraves #bespoke #roman blinds #kitchen appliances #double ovens

[thoodleoo]

apparently romans were out there walking around with full ass galleys as brooches clipped to their cloaks. we need to bring this back. i need to be able to wear this shit every day for the rest of my life

#THEYRE SO COOL #i need to always be on a trip to the underworld #via boat #tagamemnon #queueusque tandem abutere catilina patientia nostra

[bunjywunjy]

Bunjy since your followers (including moi) have had the revelation that horseshoe crabs have straight up feet on one of their pairs of legs may I kindly request fucked up horseshoe crab facts? like how their blood is used in some vaccines?

horseshoe crabs usually get around by scuttling around on the seafloor with their weird little bug feet, but they actually CAN swim if they need to!

by flipping themselves upside-down and moving their feet and gill coverings in a rowing motion, like a roman war galley.

sail on, brave souls!

#cursed biology #bug

[theantonian]

Antony and Cleopatra

By Jose-Maria de Heredia

Together from the terrace they could see

Egypt bed down beneath a sultry sky;

through the black delta, fatly, massively,

to Saïs or Bubastis, Nile rolled by.

The Roman felt beneath his thick cuirass —

Like captive soldier stilling infant's cry —

On his triumphant bosom swooning lie

Toward him made mad by perfume's conquering charms,

Her form voluptuous in his close embrace.

Turning her pallid head between his arms

Toward him made mad by perfume's conquering charms,

She raised her mouth and crystalline, fond eye;

And o'er her bent, the prince did behold

In her great orbs, starry with dots of gold,

Only a boundless sea where galleys fly.

#mark antony #marc antony #marcus antonius #cleopatra #cleopatra vii #antony and cleopatra #ancient egypt #ancient rome #poetry #poem #short poetry #lovers #love poem #love

[ltwilliammowett]

Emerald, Sapphire, Rock Crystal, Enamel and Gold Model of a Roman Galley by Manfred Wild (1944-)

#naval art #roman galley #wow just wow #modern

[blueiskewl]

EMPEROR ALLECTUS (293-6), GOLD AUREUS, STRUCK IN LONDON - FOUND IN A FIELD IN KENT March 2019

Provenance: Found near Dover, Kent, adjacent to a Roman road, March 2019

Allectus (died 296) was a Roman-Britannic usurper-emperor in Britain and northern Gaul from 293 to 296.

There are only 24 aurei of Allectus known, from 19 different obverse dies; this coin is a die match to that in the British Museum. Gold was initially produced to pay an accession donation in AD 293 but continued to be issued throughout Allectus’s reign. Coins of Carausius and Allectus were probably demonetized after the latter’s death in AD 296, as none are found in later hoards. The reverse legend on this coin of oriens avg, combined with the sun god Sol, translates as the sun is rising for the emperor.

Allectus is described as the minister of finance, prætorian prefect, ally and co-conspirator under the usurper Carausius. This new independence of Britain was based on a strong naval force of at least two fleets controlling the English Channel and the North Sea. As a result of the loss of Boulogne on 1 March 293 to Constantius Chlorus, it is believed that Carausius was then murdered by Allectus. Little is known from historical records about Allectus: his name in Latin translates as chosen or elected, but his well-produced coinage indicates a smooth transition and the issue of a new denomination, the quinarius or half-antoninianus with a series of war galleys as the reverse design, was certainly innovative. In early 296 Constantius and the prætorian prefect Julius Asclepiodotus sailed in two separate fleets, one from Boulogne, the other from the mouth of the Seine, which slipped past the ships of Allectus waiting by the Isle of Wight (Vectis) in a sea fog. Allectus was defeated in a land battle, probably in Hampshire, by Asclepiodotus and Constantius arrived in London to reclaim Britain.

Only the second found in Kent, and recorded at the British Museum by Sam Moorhead.

#Roman Emperor Allectus #EMPEROR ALLECTUS GOLD AUREUS STRUCK IN LONDON #metal detector #metal detecting finds #gold #gold coin #roman gold coin #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #treasure #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #roman empire #roman history

[lionofchaeronea]

Denarius minted in Greece in 48 BCE by Cn. Calpurnius Piso, proquaestor, on behalf of the proconsul Cn. Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Featured on the obverse is Numa Pompilius, the mythical (?) second king of Rome, said to have taught the Romans the "arts of peace" and instituted many of the religious observances of the Roman state. Piso likely chose this image due to his own claim to be a descendant of Numa. On the reverse, the prow of a galley. Photo credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com

#classics #tagamemnon #Ancient Rome #ancient history #Roman history #Roman Republic #Roman mythology #Numa Pompilius #art #art history #ancient art #Roman art #Ancient Roman art #Roman Republican art #coins #ancient coins #Roman coins #Ancient Roman coins #denarius #numismatics #ancient numismatics

[davros42]

Rewatching Classic Doctor Who, some episodes I haven't seen in years, some of the animated reconstructions I haven't seen at all.

The Romans AKA Serial M

David Whitaker, Doctor Who's first script editor (vaguely equivalent to the modern 'show runner' in some respects but also not really in others), was sick of historicals. And to be fair, Marco Polo and The Reign of Terror (and the Tribe of Gum) were, despite their lavish production value, the weakest stories of Season 1. In my opinion, anyway. Verity Lambert convinced him and writer Dennis Spooner to take a more light hearted tone with this one and, with some influence from Carry On Cleo (and maybe a nod toward sword-and-sandal epics like Spartacus), turned in a lovely, breezy pastiche of Roman times. It gets called a 'comedy' fairly often but there's really only a few heavily slapstick moments in between the human trafficking, murder, assassination plots, arson, and sexual harassment. Ok, the sexual harassment is also a slapstick 'comedy' moment. It was the 60's.

To recap: The TARDIS lands and promptly falls off a cliff.

One month later, the TARDIS crew is squatting in a Roman villa while the owner is off campaigning in Gaul. Ian and Barbara are enjoying lounging around post-coitally, blissed out on wine, flirting constantly. Vicki, however, is restless and wants to see history. The Doctor departs with her to visit Rome, leaving Barbara to mommy domme Ian into a new hairstyle.

The Doctor and Vicki discover the corpse of a lyre player and The Doctor steals his identity and gets swept off to court of Nero, as one does. Ian and Barbara suffer a home invasion, during which Barbara smashes a vase over Ian's head and gets them both trafficked into slavery. Ian gets sent a galley crew and Barbara gets sold into Nero's court. Vicki and The Doctor just miss seeing Barbara get sold into slavery as they arrive in Rome, setting up the most amusing running gag of the serial. Ian gets shipwrecked and escapes. The Doctor, meanwhile, has to keep flattering Nero to keep from having to admit that he can't actually play the lyre. It becomes clear that the person that The Doctor is impersonating has some kind of mysterious task or mission. Nero, of course, has taken a shine to Barbara (who wouldn't?) and has decided to chase her around the palace like fucking Benny Hill. Vicki befriends the court poisoner and accidentally saves Barbara from poisoning by Nero's jealous wife by almost poisoning Nero instead. The Doctor gives her the standard lecture about changing history and then saves Nero's life. The poisoner takes the fall for Barbara's survival. The Doctor pretends to play music that only the most refined can hear (an idea he once loaned to Hans Christian Anderson) to once again get out of playing the lyre. However, Nero is preparing to kill him out of jealousy.

But first, sports. Ian and his friend have gotten themselves recaptured and sent to gladiator school. And they have been chosen to fight to the death in front of Nero. And Barbara, but that's not important right now. Ian loses but his friend doesn't kill him and attacks Nero instead. They escape. But Nero sets a trap for Ian with Barbara as bait. The Doctor (and Vicki) are informed that Nero plans to kill The Doctor but when The Doctor accidentally sets Nero's schematics for a new Rome on fire... well... Inspiration strikes. Nero goes off to burn down Rome and in the chaos Ian and Barbara reunite and escape. Vicki tells The Doctor off for changing history by inspiring the Fire of Rome.. but that wasn't really a change if it always happened anyway? Ian and Barbara return to the villa, get changed, and pass out. The Doctor and Vicki return and The Doctor chastises them for idleness and won't hear a word of explanation as he decides it is time to depart.

The story hits the gas pedal and doesn't let up. The two parallel plots are well structured and well paced. If they slowed down at all, the whole thing would fall apart under it's own weight. All the essential Roman elements are present.. weird food, galley slaves, statues, saunas, centurions, mad emperors, gladiators. The history is.. ok? By AD 64 (when the story was set) Nero was known for his strange behavior, being susceptible to flattery, and violent temperament. His wife Poppaea Sabina was apparently a bit of schemer, and may have been the sort to poison a slave girl. Anyway, no one really knows how or why the Fire of Rome started. Most of the history we have of Nero was written by people who may have been biased. Even more biased than most historians, I mean. Anyway, it's a fun little Cliff Notes version of history that works a lot better than the longer, more slowly paced dramatic historicals that preceded it. No coincidence that the shorter, more action oriented The Aztecs is easily the best historical so far, with The Romans close behind.

Next up: The Web Planet (but not the Web of Fear)

#doctor who #classic doctor who #first doctor #ian chesterton #barbara wright #william hartnell #jacqueline hill #william russell #doctor who rewatch #vicki pallister #maureen o'brien #the romans #Serial M

[you-me-we-04]

All my Succession S4 thoughts in one post

What it says above fair warning some of these will contradict each other, some  have evidence some based of ~ vibes ~ some i just think would be funny some also come from bits of leaks so read at your own risk and if you want more depth on any of these let me know. 

- Tom and Greg are not Team Logan, their Team Tom Greg it just so happens that Logan best severs their needs for now..

- Everyone but Greg dies in a plane crash, Greg only lived cause he went home to grab his weed, because he is the last man standing he just gets give the company 

- After the fight we see in the trailer Tom will storm off, Shiv all alone will break down, later on Kendall will be the one to comfort her 

- The rebel alliance works for about 2 seconds before it all falls apart 

- Tomgreg kiss early in the season pre Tom’s divorce, so Greg goes full breakdown mode since he feels like he’s becoming his dad after not talking to Tom for an episode or two (during this Ewan also dies cause why not), adding more to Greg’s breakdown. At some point during Connor and Willa’s wedding he caves and goes to talk to Tom, this will lead to the Tomgreg sex scene (that we will all have to sit through)

- Shiv dates a woman, its great 

- Everyone kinda ends up back were we started, Tom and Greg still are outsiders (chilling in the gay art galley), While everyone else is dealing with a Logan health crisis Kendall wants everyone to think he has his shit together so he can take over the company, Roman is working in waystar but still feels like he hasn’t been able to reach his full potential, Shiv is back working in politics/pr outside of waystar and Connor and Willa are just kinda hangout  

- The ending get meta Willa writes a tv plot about the family it gets pick up by HBO, the family is pissed but Connor kinda just turns into a proud house husband (or she writes a play about the family that does well)

- Logan dies and their some surprise in the will (love child, Connor gets everything, Greenpeace gets everything, take ur pick) 

- The Kenstewy hug happens right before news about that kid Kendall killed leaks (For Kendall to be happy, Kendall must suffer right after, this is how succession works)

- We never find out what wrong with Roman 

- Roman Roy breakdown 

- Shiv actual gets pushed down the stairs 

- Logan (or Kendall) dies in the last episode and it cuts to black we never find out what happens after (sopranos style)

- Logan dies mid argument with the rebel alliance 

- We get ONE Mr darcy joke from greg 

- In the final Hour a famous romcom actor shows up as Greg’s gay dad 

- Some bullshit about the Succession ending at s4 but the show get renamed to something else like Successor which is how we end up with the kinda s5 following the family after Logan death

- They forget to write Kendall’s kids into the season 

- Gerri ends up on top but kills Roman in her rise to total power (We stan)

#Will mostly add to this later/as the show airs #will become the most annoying person u know #succession #succession hbo #succession s4 #logan roy #roman roy #shiv roy #gerri succession #willa ferreyra #connor roy #kendall roy #greg hirsch #tom wambsgans #kenstewy #tomgreg