Rome and Beyond
@romebeyond.bsky.social
A website about cultural and natural sites in Rome and surrounding areas
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#SpoliaSunday leads into the vicolo dell'Atleta in #Trastevere in #Rome, where a piece of #sarcophagus front with the familiar #strigilate curves that represent the ripples of the river #Styx was reused in the C14 as the side wall of an entrance, now walled up. #AncientBluesky 🏺
October 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
#SpoliaSunday leads into the vicolo dell'Atleta in #Trastevere in #Rome, where a piece of #sarcophagus front with the familiar #strigilate curves that represent the ripples of the river #Styx was reused in the C14 as the side wall of an entrance, now walled up. #AncientBluesky 🏺
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
#archaeology #history
#AncientSiteSunday
October 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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
#archaeology #history
#AncientSiteSunday
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So delighted to have recorded this podcast with the fabulous Emily Briffett @historyextra.bsky.social. Really great to have been talking “all you could want to know about Roman houses”. 😃
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Roman homes: everything you wanted to know
Podcast Episode · History Extra podcast · 04/10/2025 · 47m
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October 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
So delighted to have recorded this podcast with the fabulous Emily Briffett @historyextra.bsky.social. Really great to have been talking “all you could want to know about Roman houses”. 😃
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podcasts.apple.com/sk/podcast/r...
#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.
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#archaeology #history
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#archaeology #history
October 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
#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.
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#archaeology #history
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#archaeology #history
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More than 700 rarely opened historic sites in Italy will open for free next weekend.
Italy's hidden gems open their doors for FAI Autumn Days
FAI opens historic sites in Italy on 11-12 October. More than 700 noted Italian buildings and historic sites open to the public for free on the weekend of 11-12 October as part of the annual Giornate ...
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October 4, 2025 at 6:41 AM
More than 700 rarely opened historic sites in Italy will open for free next weekend.
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New post this week, part three on ancient Kos! This week continues through the reconstructed Casa Romana before detailing the adjacent remnants of the southern area of the agora.
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#RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientBlueSky 🏺
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#RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientBlueSky 🏺
October 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
New post this week, part three on ancient Kos! This week continues through the reconstructed Casa Romana before detailing the adjacent remnants of the southern area of the agora.
www.roamintheempire.com/index.php/20...
#RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientBlueSky 🏺
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#RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientBlueSky 🏺
#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
More here: romeandbeyond.altervista.org/vicus-caprar...
#archaeology #history
October 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#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
More here: romeandbeyond.altervista.org/vicus-caprar...
#archaeology #history
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A 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
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
October 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
A 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
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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Our video and socials have been nominated for the Lovies...and we need your votes to win!
We've been nominated for THREE awards.
📜History In Podcasts
📺Best Video in Podcast
📚Science, Education & Discovery in Social
The link to vote is in the reply to this post!
We've been nominated for THREE awards.
📜History In Podcasts
📺Best Video in Podcast
📚Science, Education & Discovery in Social
The link to vote is in the reply to this post!
October 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Our video and socials have been nominated for the Lovies...and we need your votes to win!
We've been nominated for THREE awards.
📜History In Podcasts
📺Best Video in Podcast
📚Science, Education & Discovery in Social
The link to vote is in the reply to this post!
We've been nominated for THREE awards.
📜History In Podcasts
📺Best Video in Podcast
📚Science, Education & Discovery in Social
The link to vote is in the reply to this post!
Front piece of sarcophagus
with lion hunt scenes and the myth of Meleager.
Beginning of 4th century CE. From Grottaferrata, currently on display at Museo Archeologico dell’Abbazia di San Nilo
#Rome #archaeology #ReliefWednesday
with lion hunt scenes and the myth of Meleager.
Beginning of 4th century CE. From Grottaferrata, currently on display at Museo Archeologico dell’Abbazia di San Nilo
#Rome #archaeology #ReliefWednesday
October 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Front piece of sarcophagus
with lion hunt scenes and the myth of Meleager.
Beginning of 4th century CE. From Grottaferrata, currently on display at Museo Archeologico dell’Abbazia di San Nilo
#Rome #archaeology #ReliefWednesday
with lion hunt scenes and the myth of Meleager.
Beginning of 4th century CE. From Grottaferrata, currently on display at Museo Archeologico dell’Abbazia di San Nilo
#Rome #archaeology #ReliefWednesday
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#ReliefWednesday - In this relief, a decorative element from the funerary monument of an unknown cloth merchant, we see a Roman matron being shown a sample of fabric: ca. Mid 1st century AD. #Roman #Art 🏺
Image: Uffizi Gallery (Inv. 1914, No. 313). Link - uffizi.it/en/online-ex...
Image: Uffizi Gallery (Inv. 1914, No. 313). Link - uffizi.it/en/online-ex...
September 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
#ReliefWednesday - In this relief, a decorative element from the funerary monument of an unknown cloth merchant, we see a Roman matron being shown a sample of fabric: ca. Mid 1st century AD. #Roman #Art 🏺
Image: Uffizi Gallery (Inv. 1914, No. 313). Link - uffizi.it/en/online-ex...
Image: Uffizi Gallery (Inv. 1914, No. 313). Link - uffizi.it/en/online-ex...
“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
youtu.be/yAlnkupq76w
#archeologia #Roma
Un paesaggio urbano di simboli, riti e cerimonie: la Via Sacra tra età antica e medioevo
YouTube video by VIVE - Vittoriano e Palazzo Venezia
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September 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“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
youtu.be/yAlnkupq76w
#archeologia #Roma
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That magical moment when the pumice is gently cleared away revealing, for the first time in nearly 2000 years, a white mosaic.
#MosaicMonday #Pompeii
#MosaicMonday #Pompeii
September 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
That magical moment when the pumice is gently cleared away revealing, for the first time in nearly 2000 years, a white mosaic.
#MosaicMonday #Pompeii
#MosaicMonday #Pompeii
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
#MosaicMonday #archaeology #history
September 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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
#MosaicMonday #archaeology #history
#AncientSiteSunday A glorious day in Tres Tabernae! Tres Tabernae (meaning "Three Taverns") was a significant ancient Roman settlement located on the Via Appia, approximately 50 kilometers (31 miles) southeast of Rome. A thread 🧵 #archaeology #history
September 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#AncientSiteSunday A glorious day in Tres Tabernae! Tres Tabernae (meaning "Three Taverns") was a significant ancient Roman settlement located on the Via Appia, approximately 50 kilometers (31 miles) southeast of Rome. A thread 🧵 #archaeology #history
Live from Vicus Caprarius in #Rome!
Visitors can explore the remnants of an ancient Roman residential complex, including a luxurious mansion (a domus) and an apartment building (insula).
It includes a massive water reservoir, or castellum aquae, which was part of the Aqua Virgo aqueduct (1st c. CE)
Visitors can explore the remnants of an ancient Roman residential complex, including a luxurious mansion (a domus) and an apartment building (insula).
It includes a massive water reservoir, or castellum aquae, which was part of the Aqua Virgo aqueduct (1st c. CE)
September 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩
The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology
The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology
September 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩
The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology
The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology
A sight to behold this morning at Parco Castelli Romani: Cyclamen hederifolium everywhere! It is a tuberous perennial known for its late summer and autumn flowers and attractive winter foliage. 🌷
#Rome #CastelliRomani #nature
#Rome #CastelliRomani #nature
September 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
A sight to behold this morning at Parco Castelli Romani: Cyclamen hederifolium everywhere! It is a tuberous perennial known for its late summer and autumn flowers and attractive winter foliage. 🌷
#Rome #CastelliRomani #nature
#Rome #CastelliRomani #nature
“Un altro Achille. L’eroe di Omero a Roma”, conferenza al Museo Nazionale Romano di Federica Bessone, Professoressa ordinaria di lingua e letteratura latina, Università di Torino.
youtu.be/mIVcUPf3S_0
#Roma #Rome #Latin #Iliad #Iliade
youtu.be/mIVcUPf3S_0
#Roma #Rome #Latin #Iliad #Iliade
Un altro Achille. L’eroe di Omero a Roma
YouTube video by VIVE - Vittoriano e Palazzo Venezia
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September 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Fascinating! #openaccess
Interested in a global antiquity? There is a new, open access vol. _Classical Art and Ancient India_edited by Peter Stewart. 🌏
“This volume explores India's connections with the Med. and Western Asia during Graeco-Roman history, highlighting artistic exchanges” www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
“This volume explores India's connections with the Med. and Western Asia during Graeco-Roman history, highlighting artistic exchanges” www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
September 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Fascinating! #openaccess
The Ipogeo delle Ghirlande is an important Roman tomb discovered in Grottaferrata, near Rome. The hypogeum contained two marble sarcophagi, both sealed. The sarcophagi belonged to a Roman noblewoman named Aebutia Quarta and her son, Carvilius Gemellus, who died at the age of 18.
#SarcophagusSaturday
#SarcophagusSaturday
September 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The Ipogeo delle Ghirlande is an important Roman tomb discovered in Grottaferrata, near Rome. The hypogeum contained two marble sarcophagi, both sealed. The sarcophagi belonged to a Roman noblewoman named Aebutia Quarta and her son, Carvilius Gemellus, who died at the age of 18.
#SarcophagusSaturday
#SarcophagusSaturday
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A magnificent copper alloy #Roman wine jug with the goddess Minerva and owl
Recovered during gravel extraction in the early 1980s with over 1000 other items
Loot from a raid accidentally lost in the Rhine or deliberately deposited as an offering?
📷 December 2024 Neues Museum, Berlin
#FindsFriday
Recovered during gravel extraction in the early 1980s with over 1000 other items
Loot from a raid accidentally lost in the Rhine or deliberately deposited as an offering?
📷 December 2024 Neues Museum, Berlin
#FindsFriday
September 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
A magnificent copper alloy #Roman wine jug with the goddess Minerva and owl
Recovered during gravel extraction in the early 1980s with over 1000 other items
Loot from a raid accidentally lost in the Rhine or deliberately deposited as an offering?
📷 December 2024 Neues Museum, Berlin
#FindsFriday
Recovered during gravel extraction in the early 1980s with over 1000 other items
Loot from a raid accidentally lost in the Rhine or deliberately deposited as an offering?
📷 December 2024 Neues Museum, Berlin
#FindsFriday
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#FindsFriday
A vast #Roman fortress was established at Usk in the 50s AD. Covering an area of 19.5ha. This was the base for a #legion of 5,000 at a time when the Usk river probably marked the edge of the Roman Empire.
Iron dagger and scabbard inlaid with Silver.
📷My own #History
A vast #Roman fortress was established at Usk in the 50s AD. Covering an area of 19.5ha. This was the base for a #legion of 5,000 at a time when the Usk river probably marked the edge of the Roman Empire.
Iron dagger and scabbard inlaid with Silver.
📷My own #History
September 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
#FindsFriday
A vast #Roman fortress was established at Usk in the 50s AD. Covering an area of 19.5ha. This was the base for a #legion of 5,000 at a time when the Usk river probably marked the edge of the Roman Empire.
Iron dagger and scabbard inlaid with Silver.
📷My own #History
A vast #Roman fortress was established at Usk in the 50s AD. Covering an area of 19.5ha. This was the base for a #legion of 5,000 at a time when the Usk river probably marked the edge of the Roman Empire.
Iron dagger and scabbard inlaid with Silver.
📷My own #History
Live from Palazzo Braschi in #Rome, visiting the exhibition dedicated to Yoshitaka Amano. If you are in Rome, love Japan and the works of Amano sensei (including the illustrations for the Final Fantasy game franchise) you won’t want to miss this exhibition!
#ローマ のブラスキ宮殿で開催される天野喜孝展！
#art #美術
#ローマ のブラスキ宮殿で開催される天野喜孝展！
#art #美術
September 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM