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That the Pegasus came to be seen as something of a personal device for Mithridates VI is suggested by this pro-Pontic Athenian tetradrachm minted by Aristion and Philon in ca. 97-96 BC.

Image: ANS 1944.100.24839. Link - https://t.co/c0rAdMI8Jj

#LatinForTheDay - 18 February

"Callidus effracta nummos fur auferet arca,
prosternet patrios impia flamma lares:
debitor usuram pariter sortemque negabit,
non reddet sterilis semina iacta seges:...

A last #FrescoFriday for the morning, with this awesome panel of Dido from the House of Meleager, Pompeii (VI.9.2). Dido is seated on her throne, with an attendant personification of Africa, as Aeneas' ship departs. #Dido

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8898)

#LatinForTheDay - 17 January

"Aeneas, quamquam et sociis dare tempus humandis
praecipitant curae turbataque funere mens est,
vota deum primo victor solvebat Eoo.
ingentem quercum decisis undique ramis
constituit tumulo fulgentiaque induit arma,...

Painted and gilded glass medallion, ca. Mid-3rd Century AD.

This glorious portrait is thought to represent Marcia Otacilia Severa, the wife of Marcus Julius Philippus 'Arabus' - Philip the Arab - who was Roman emperor AD 244-249. #Roman

Image: Palazzo Madama, Turin (0094 / VD)

#LatinForTheDay - 11 January

"“ne trepidate meas, Teucri, defendere navis
neve armate manus; maria ante exurere Turno
quam sacras dabitur pinus. vos ite solutae,
ite deae pelagi; genetrix iubet.” et sua quaeque
continuo puppes abrumpunt vincula ripis...

Bronze statue of a 'Victorious Youth', the so-called 'Getty Bronze', ca. 3rd-2nd Century BC, described as being "found in the sea in international waters" in 1964. #Greek

Plus a shot for the benefit of @museumbums

Image: J. Paul Getty Museum (77.AB.30)

#LatinForTheDay - 26 December

"quale solet silvis brumali frigore viscum
fronde virere nova, quod non sua seminat arbos,
et croceo fetu teretis circumdare truncos:
talis erat species auri frondentis opaca
ilice, sic leni crepitabat brattea vento....

Io Saturnalia!

Yes, it's been a strange year, but #ClassicsTwitter and #MuseumsUnlocked have been real sources of solace for me. So my thanks to you all and my best wishes for the season!

Image: 'The Romans in their Decadence', Thomas Couture - 1847 (Musée d'Orsay: 3451)

Amethyst intaglio signed by the artists Dioskourides, ca. 25 BC. #Roman

The gem is typically claimed to depict the Greek orator Demosthenes. Provenance extending back to ca. 1602, once owned by Sir Arthur Evans.

Image: J. Paul Getty Museum (2019.13.15)