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Late Spring AD 125 – Hadrian visits Sicily to climb Mount Etna and returns to Rome (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
In the late spring of AD 125, after visiting Delphi and possibly spending some time in Dyrrachium (see here), Hadrian set sail to return to Rome, having completed a four-year journey across the wes…
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#RomanSiteSaturday - The Fullonica of Stephanus, one of the laundries in Pompeii, with large masonry tanks to rinse fabrics. The textiles were washed in basins by trampling them after soaking in urine-containing liquid. Rooms featured frescoes with red panels and architectural motifs.
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
#RomanSiteSaturday - The Fullonica of Stephanus, one of the laundries in Pompeii, with large masonry tanks to rinse fabrics. The textiles were washed in basins by trampling them after soaking in urine-containing liquid. Rooms featured frescoes with red panels and architectural motifs.
#FrescoFriday - Wall painting depicting a riot that broke out between Pompeians and inhabitants of Nuceria in Pompeii in AD 59 during a gladiatorial show.
According to Tacitus, many Nucerians were wounded, and the event led to the amphitheatre's closure for 10 years.
According to Tacitus, many Nucerians were wounded, and the event led to the amphitheatre's closure for 10 years.
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#FrescoFriday - Wall painting depicting a riot that broke out between Pompeians and inhabitants of Nuceria in Pompeii in AD 59 during a gladiatorial show.
According to Tacitus, many Nucerians were wounded, and the event led to the amphitheatre's closure for 10 years.
According to Tacitus, many Nucerians were wounded, and the event led to the amphitheatre's closure for 10 years.
The Roman emperor who died from eating too much cheese. www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
The Roman emperor who died from eating too much cheese
Lots of emperors met ignominious ends. And then there was Antoninus Pius.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Roman emperor who died from eating too much cheese. www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
Greek-era vineyards found north of Marseille, two kilometers from the ancient walls of Massalia. www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/g...
Greek-era vineyards found north of Marseille, two kilometers from the ancient walls of Massalia
A team of archaeologists from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) has unearthed, in the heart of Marseille’s 15th district, traces of an organized winegrowing operati...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Greek-era vineyards found north of Marseille, two kilometers from the ancient walls of Massalia. www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/g...
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How the Romans did their business: images of Latrines throughout the Roman world.
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How the Romans did their business: images of Latrines throughout the Roman world.
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How the Romans did their business: images of Latrines throughout the Roman world FOLLOWING HADRIAN
In Roman times, toilets were public and convivial places. An epigram from Martial reveals just how public privies were among the most frequented places in the city for socialising: “In omnibu…
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November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy #WorldToiletDay! 🚽
How the Romans did their business: images of Latrines throughout the Roman world.
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How the Romans did their business: images of Latrines throughout the Roman world.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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The latrine of the Great Baths complex at Ancient Dion in Greece, constructed for the convenience of visitors to the city and people staying at the nearby guesthouse.
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The latrine of the Great Baths complex at Ancient Dion in Greece, constructed for the convenience of visitors to the city and people staying at the nearby guesthouse.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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The latrine of the Great Baths complex at Ancient Dion in Greece, constructed for the convenience of visitors to the city and people staying at the nearby guesthouse.
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The latrine of the Great Baths complex at Ancient Dion in Greece, constructed for the convenience of visitors to the city and people staying at the nearby guesthouse.
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The public latrine in the Agora of Scythopolis in Judaea featured an open, colonnaded, courtyard, a paved floor, and a mosaic floor. The latrine was part of a larger bathhouse complex.
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The public latrine in the Agora of Scythopolis in Judaea featured an open, colonnaded, courtyard, a paved floor, and a mosaic floor. The latrine was part of a larger bathhouse complex.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The public latrine in the Agora of Scythopolis in Judaea featured an open, colonnaded, courtyard, a paved floor, and a mosaic floor. The latrine was part of a larger bathhouse complex.
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The public latrine in the Agora of Scythopolis in Judaea featured an open, colonnaded, courtyard, a paved floor, and a mosaic floor. The latrine was part of a larger bathhouse complex.
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A very well-preserved public latrine at Timgad in Algeria with seat armrests carved in the form of dolphins.
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A very well-preserved public latrine at Timgad in Algeria with seat armrests carved in the form of dolphins.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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A very well-preserved public latrine at Timgad in Algeria with seat armrests carved in the form of dolphins.
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A very well-preserved public latrine at Timgad in Algeria with seat armrests carved in the form of dolphins.
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Roman toilet seat in rosso antico (red marble from southern Greece). Famously known as the "stercory chair," it is theorised to have been used by an emperor and is now displayed at the Vatican Museums.
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Roman toilet seat in rosso antico (red marble from southern Greece). Famously known as the "stercory chair," it is theorised to have been used by an emperor and is now displayed at the Vatican Museums.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Roman toilet seat in rosso antico (red marble from southern Greece). Famously known as the "stercory chair," it is theorised to have been used by an emperor and is now displayed at the Vatican Museums.
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Roman toilet seat in rosso antico (red marble from southern Greece). Famously known as the "stercory chair," it is theorised to have been used by an emperor and is now displayed at the Vatican Museums.
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The beautiful latrines along Frontinus Street in Hierapolis (Turkey). The room was divided by a row of columns that supported a roof composed of travertine blocks.
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The beautiful latrines along Frontinus Street in Hierapolis (Turkey). The room was divided by a row of columns that supported a roof composed of travertine blocks.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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The beautiful latrines along Frontinus Street in Hierapolis (Turkey). The room was divided by a row of columns that supported a roof composed of travertine blocks.
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The beautiful latrines along Frontinus Street in Hierapolis (Turkey). The room was divided by a row of columns that supported a roof composed of travertine blocks.
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The public latrine at Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Turkey) featured two rooms and was equipped with two fountains and two rows of toilet seats. This latrine could accommodate about 32 people at once, and its walls were covered in opus sectile.
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The public latrine at Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Turkey) featured two rooms and was equipped with two fountains and two rows of toilet seats. This latrine could accommodate about 32 people at once, and its walls were covered in opus sectile.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#WorldToiletDay 🚽
The public latrine at Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Turkey) featured two rooms and was equipped with two fountains and two rows of toilet seats. This latrine could accommodate about 32 people at once, and its walls were covered in opus sectile.
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The public latrine at Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Turkey) featured two rooms and was equipped with two fountains and two rows of toilet seats. This latrine could accommodate about 32 people at once, and its walls were covered in opus sectile.
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The public latrines at Ephesus (Turkey). They were part of the Scholastica Baths, constructed in the 1st century AD.
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The public latrines at Ephesus (Turkey). They were part of the Scholastica Baths, constructed in the 1st century AD.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#WorldToiletDay 🚽
The public latrines at Ephesus (Turkey). They were part of the Scholastica Baths, constructed in the 1st century AD.
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The public latrines at Ephesus (Turkey). They were part of the Scholastica Baths, constructed in the 1st century AD.
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#WorldToiletDay 🚽
The Latrines at Housesteads Roman Fort (Vercovicium) in Great Britain. They included wooden seats along the sides, set over a deep channel. A smaller channel in the centre of the building was used for washing sponges.
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The Latrines at Housesteads Roman Fort (Vercovicium) in Great Britain. They included wooden seats along the sides, set over a deep channel. A smaller channel in the centre of the building was used for washing sponges.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#WorldToiletDay 🚽
The Latrines at Housesteads Roman Fort (Vercovicium) in Great Britain. They included wooden seats along the sides, set over a deep channel. A smaller channel in the centre of the building was used for washing sponges.
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The Latrines at Housesteads Roman Fort (Vercovicium) in Great Britain. They included wooden seats along the sides, set over a deep channel. A smaller channel in the centre of the building was used for washing sponges.
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Happy #WorldToiletDay! 🚽
How the Romans did their business: images of Latrines throughout the Roman world.
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How the Romans did their business: images of Latrines throughout the Roman world.
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How the Romans did their business: images of Latrines throughout the Roman world FOLLOWING HADRIAN
In Roman times, toilets were public and convivial places. An epigram from Martial reveals just how public privies were among the most frequented places in the city for socialising: “In omnibu…
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November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy #WorldToiletDay! 🚽
How the Romans did their business: images of Latrines throughout the Roman world.
followinghadrian.com/2013/05/09/h...
How the Romans did their business: images of Latrines throughout the Roman world.
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Heroic statue of Hadrian shown in heroic nudity, wearing the Corona Civica (Civic Crown). A paludamentum is draped over his left shoulder and arm. In his left hand is the sheath and sword. From the North Nymphaeum at Perge, Pamphylia.
Antalya Archaeology Museum, Türkiye.
Antalya Archaeology Museum, Türkiye.
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Heroic statue of Hadrian shown in heroic nudity, wearing the Corona Civica (Civic Crown). A paludamentum is draped over his left shoulder and arm. In his left hand is the sheath and sword. From the North Nymphaeum at Perge, Pamphylia.
Antalya Archaeology Museum, Türkiye.
Antalya Archaeology Museum, Türkiye.
#EpigraphyTuesday - Inscribed statue base dedicated to Hadrian in Perge, Pamphylia. Dated AD 131-132.
IK Perge 113
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IK Perge 113
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![[Αὐτοκράτορι Καίσαρι],
[θεοῦ Τρ]αιανο[ῦ Παρθικοῦ]
[υἱῷ], θεοῦ̣ Νέρουα υ[ἱωνῷ],
[Τραιαν]ῷ Ἁδριανῷ Ὀλ[υμπίῳ]
[Σεβα]στῷ̣, πατρὶ πατ[ρίδος],
[σωτ]ῆρι τῆς οἰκουμ[ένης]
[ἡ β]ουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμ[ος]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a35zqekikgeljvwfjfettv2a/bafkreiageszvyilqvuf24ruzfolweyj4wvifj5i45p6rwkec2pmnemedba@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#EpigraphyTuesday - Inscribed statue base dedicated to Hadrian in Perge, Pamphylia. Dated AD 131-132.
IK Perge 113
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IK Perge 113
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Happy birthday, Vespasian!
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November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Happy birthday, Vespasian!
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The Obelisk and Tomb of Antinous.
Barbara Gai explores the history of this important monument and the clues that might lead to the location of Antinous’ tomb.
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Barbara Gai explores the history of this important monument and the clues that might lead to the location of Antinous’ tomb.
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The Obelisk and Tomb of Antinous | The Past
Barbara Gai explores the history of this important monument and the clues that might lead to the location of Antinous’ tomb.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The Obelisk and Tomb of Antinous.
Barbara Gai explores the history of this important monument and the clues that might lead to the location of Antinous’ tomb.
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Barbara Gai explores the history of this important monument and the clues that might lead to the location of Antinous’ tomb.
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#RomanSiteSaturday - The well-preserved late Roman defensive walls in Le Mans, France, are among the best examples of their kind after those in Rome and Constantinople. Originally, the walls encircled the city for a total length of 1,300 meters, and today, more than 500 meters remain intact.
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
#RomanSiteSaturday - The well-preserved late Roman defensive walls in Le Mans, France, are among the best examples of their kind after those in Rome and Constantinople. Originally, the walls encircled the city for a total length of 1,300 meters, and today, more than 500 meters remain intact.
#FrescoFriday - Fresco from the Constantine ceiling painting depicting a woman with a nimbus and a jewel case. From a Roman palace in Augusta Treverorum, discovered underneath the Trier Cathedral. Dated ca. AD 310.
Cathedral Museum (Museum am Dom), Trier, Germany.
Cathedral Museum (Museum am Dom), Trier, Germany.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#FrescoFriday - Fresco from the Constantine ceiling painting depicting a woman with a nimbus and a jewel case. From a Roman palace in Augusta Treverorum, discovered underneath the Trier Cathedral. Dated ca. AD 310.
Cathedral Museum (Museum am Dom), Trier, Germany.
Cathedral Museum (Museum am Dom), Trier, Germany.
I have now photographed 125 portraits of Hadrian.
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FOLLOWING HADRIAN Portraits of Hadrian
In search of the 150 surviving portraits of Hadrian… 125 portraits gathered so far. “Hadrian was a pleasant man to meet and he possessed a certain charm.” Dio Cassius, 69, 2.6 Mis…
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November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I have now photographed 125 portraits of Hadrian.
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#EpigraphyTuesday - Blocks from a dedicatory inscription on a gate built in honour of Hadrian when he visited Phaselis (Lycia) in AD 129.
TAM II 1187
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TAM II 1187
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![[Αὐτοκράτορι Καίσαρι, θε]οῦ Τραιανοῦ Παρθικο[ῦ υἱῶι, θεοῦ] Νέρουα̣ {ι} υἱωνῶι, Τραι[ανῶι] [Ἁδριανῶι Σεβαστῶι, ἀρχιερ]εῖ μεγίστωι, δη[μ]αρχικῆ̣[ς ἐξουσίας τὸ] ιε, ὑπάτωι τὸ γ, πατρὶ πατ[ρίδος],
παντὸς κ̣όσ̣[μου σωτῆρι], Φασηλ̣ι̣τ̣[ῶν ὁ δῆμος].
“To the Emperor Trajan Hadrian Caesar Olympius Augustus, son of the deified Trajan Parthicus, grandson of the deified Nerva, Pontifex Maximus, holder of the tribunician power for the 15th time, consul for the 3rd time, father of the fatherland, saviour and benefactor of the whole universe, (this building was dedicated by) the Boule and the Demos of the Phaselites.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a35zqekikgeljvwfjfettv2a/bafkreiflorum6tj5rsggtlrf7ul3r4dhs5bdfnbknbitjt7pukufjdquhy@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
#EpigraphyTuesday - Blocks from a dedicatory inscription on a gate built in honour of Hadrian when he visited Phaselis (Lycia) in AD 129.
TAM II 1187
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TAM II 1187
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#OnThisDay in AD 117, Hadrian was at Juliopolis in Bithynia while travelling back to Rome. From there, he addressed a missive to Pergamon, a formal letter of thanks to an association of Pergamene young men (Synod of neoi).
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11 November AD 117 – Hadrian reaches Juliopolis in Bithynia (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
After spending a few days in Ancyra, the Galatian capital (see previous post here), Hadrian continued to travel westward towards the Danube provinces. He reached the little town of Juliopolis just …
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November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#OnThisDay in AD 117, Hadrian was at Juliopolis in Bithynia while travelling back to Rome. From there, he addressed a missive to Pergamon, a formal letter of thanks to an association of Pergamene young men (Synod of neoi).
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#MosaicMonday - The Eros and Pan Mosaic from Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily. The mosaic depicts a wrestling match between the gods Pan and Eros. Dated 4th century AD.
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#MosaicMonday - The Eros and Pan Mosaic from Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily. The mosaic depicts a wrestling match between the gods Pan and Eros. Dated 4th century AD.