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Oval amethyst intaglio, perhaps ca. Early 1st Century AD, with a portrait of a woman framed by three stars: interpreted as a representation of Livia Augusta as a goddess. #Livia #Roman #Gem

Image: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (65.625). Link - https://t.co/KpOpgEwBAX

#LatinForTheDay – 23 December 🧵

“Sic ubi lux acta est et noctis amicior hora
exhibuit pulso sidera clara die,
protinus in summo vigilantia lumina tecto
ponimus, adsuetae signa notamque viae,
ortaque versato ducentes stamina fuso...

Ok, so I did the AI art thing for my thesis too...

"Burning Bulls" indeed.

#MosaicMonday - beginning with a Late 2nd Century mosaic scene: ca. AD 180-190, from Carthage. Typically interpreted as showing preparations for a banquet, with figures carrying dishes and tableware. #Roman #Art

Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1796). Link - https://t.co/wChhLMjblc

#FrescoFriday - a rather fabulous panel from the large triclinium of the Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale. I love the details of the shadows on the column. #Roman #Art

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (SN5). Link - https://t.co/ViArjVex6h

#MosaicMonday - Mythical emblemata on this rather fabulous ca. 2nd Century AD mosaic. The central panel shows Agavé killing Pentheus, a punishment for his refusal to acknowledge Dionysus' godhead. #Roman

Image: Museum Romanité, Nîmes (2007.1.1.0). Link - https://t.co/Ac4B8t46Fx

#LatinForTheDay – 26 November 🧵

“integra quaeramus rorantis prata per herbas
undamque occultis meditantem murmur in antris,
quam neque durato gustarint ore volucres,
ipse nec aetherio Phoebus libaverit igni.
nostra loquar, nulli vatum debebimus orsa,...

#LatinForTheDay – 5 November

“tempus erit, cum vos orbemque tuebitur idem,
et fient ipso sacra colente deo,
et penes Augustos patriae tutela manebit:
hanc fas imperii frena tenere domum.
inde nepos natusque dei, licet ipse recuset,...

Painted plaque from an Etruscan tomb, ca. 470 BC, showing a female musician playing a lyre with a plectron. I enjoy the details in the depictions of the clothing. Provenance sadly limited. #Etruscan #Art

Image: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (62.362). Link - https://t.co/QGmbMp4J0g

#LatinForTheDay – 4 October

“certus es ire tamen miseramque relinquere Dido,
atque idem venti vela fidemque ferent?
certus es, Aenea, cum foedere solvere naves,
quaeque ubi sint nescis, Itala regna sequi?
nec nova Carthago, nec te crescentia tangunt...