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#EroticPompeii House of the Gilded Cupids - graffiti and seal ring indicate the owner as Gnaeus Poppaeus Habitus, a relative of Poppea Sabina, #Nero's second wife. It also
witnessed the rendez vous of Modestus and Albana:
Modestus cum Albana, CIL IV 6818
#Roman #Pompeii #love
#Martial the writer of epigrams praises #Nerva for his quiet way of life this was before he became #emperor – and for his #poetry, saying that he was the Tibullus of the age, although modest about his own ability.
#ImperialRome
#Roman
#Archaeology #History
#Empire
Thales of #Miletus.
"Everything is made of water" & "water is best"
Made his fame by predicting and eclipse around 585BC.
He is said to have travelled in #Egypt and brought back #geometry to the #Greeks. Considered 1 of the 7 wise men of #Greece
#Philosophers
#Ancient #Philosphy
#EroticPompeii The same yearning for #love, draws from another #poet a lament for happiness that he has never experienced -
"Who is it that spends the night with you in happy sleep? Would that it were me! I would be many times happier."
House of Fabius Rufus #Pompeii #Romans
#WorldOysterDay
We know from #Pompeii and many other archaeological sites in Europe that #Oysters formed an important part of an ancient Roman diet.
#Corinium #Cirencester the #tombstone of a #Thracian trooper, Valerius Genialis, who served there, and was a Frisian by birth. He died at the age of 40 having served as a soldier for 20 years. A #Military man.
#romanbritain
#RomanArmy
#Soldiers
#romanarchaeology
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