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#Trajan 'I should certainly have crossed over to the Indians too, if I were still young.'
He was interested in #India and regarded #Alexander as having been fortunate. Yet he himself used to say that he had advanced further than Alexander and wrote this to the #Senate. #Romans
The majority of well preserved #Roman frescoes were found in #Campania, in the region around the Bay of #Naples. It is here that Mount #Vesuvius erupted in August, 79 A.D., burying much of the countryside, the cities of #Pompeii and #Herculaneum
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology
#art
A #Roman floor #mosaic dating to the 4th century CE and depicting #Dionysos fighting #Indians. Dionysos was a very popular subject in Roman mosaics. Provenance: Villa Ruffinella, #Rome #Archaeology #History #Italy #art
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday In the city of #Sousse in #Tunisia, there is the #Archaeological #Museum, which has a really impressive collection of #Roman #mosaic. The beautifully preserved mosaic depicting #Neptune travelling on his sea #chariot is especially impressive.
#Archaeology #History
Part of a wall-#painting from the #Villa of the Papyri. Four ducks have been hung above two antelope. The antelopes are still alive, and their hooves have been tied. #Hunting is a common themw in the wall-paintings of #Herculaneum and #Pompeii.
#roman #Archaeology #Roman #Art