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The rose had long enjoyed a position as a numismatic marker of Rhodes (see below); while the diadem had long been a symbol of Hellenic kingship, i.e. sole power.

Image: Rhodian didrachm: ANS 1944.100.48620. Link - https://t.co/5Z0E4JRBVq

#LatinForTheDay – 29 July #Servasius

“omne quod Natura parens creavit,
quamlibet firmum videas, labascit:
tempore ac longo fragile et caducum
solvitur usu.

amnis insueta solet ire valle,
mutat et rectos via certa cursus,
rupta cum cedit male pertinaci
ripa fluento....

#FrescoFriday - A key example of the reconstruction of Minoan mural art from a few damaged fragments, with all the ensuing debate: the 'Ladies in Blue' fresco from Knossos, ca. 1525–1450 BC. #Minoan #Art

Image: Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Link - https://t.co/b2jGkSonoh

#LatinForTheDay – 25 July #Ovid

“cuius in introitu geminas habitasse sorores
Phorcidas unius partitas luminis usum;
id se sollerti furtim, dum traditur, astu
supposita cepisse manu perque abdita longe
deviaque et silvis horrentia saxa fragosis...

#FrescoFriday - As patron deity of Pompeii, Venus certainly knew how to arrive in style! Here's Venus Pompeiana in an elephant-drawn quadriga, from the frontage of the House of Verecundus (IX.7.6). #Roman #Art

Image: Antiquarium - Pompeii Sites. Link - https://t.co/tTudwjKREE

Statuette of Mercury in a contrapposto stance, holding a caduceus: Berthouville Hoard, ca. AD 175-225. Likely from the votive contents of a shrine of Mercury Canetonensis. #Roman #Archaeology

Image: Bibliothèque nationale de France (inv.56.1). Link - https://t.co/hFPe9XdzNV

#ReliefWednesday - Roman amethyst with the goddess Diana in her guise as a huntress. Signed ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΟΥ ('Of Apollonios'), suggesting the gem engraver active under Augustus. #Roman #Myth

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (26070). Link - https://t.co/rDrxWz507f

A spot of ancient colour with this staggeringly beautiful enamelled goblet, ca.1st-2nd Century AD, from the Begram Hoard, showing figures engaged in date-harvesting. #Archaeology #Afghanistan

Image: National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul (04.1.43). Link - https://t.co/eFTLMQQBUH

#FrescoFriday - Discovered in 1755 in the 'Villa at the Royal Stables' on Portici, this subtly coloured panel is usually interpreted as the myth of Galatea and Polyphemus, though other pairings have been suggested. #Roman #Art

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8983)

#FrescoFriday - Discovered 12 October 1829 in the atrium of the House of Meleager, Pompeii (VI.9.2). A grief-stricken Dido, alongside the personification of Africa in elephant headdress, weeps as Aeneas departs. #Roman #Art

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8898)