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This equestrian bronze of Nerva spearing a fallen barbarian was found in Miseno in 1967, but only fragments of the horse survive.

2/5) '..he invited the father to dinner. The old man arrived with a countenance that showed no ill will. Caligula sent him a glass of wine and watched him closely. The grief-stricken father played his part, even if inside he felt he was drinking his son's blood. Next Caligula...

'Nearest the king, nearest the gallows.'

- Danish proverb

In honour of the successful maiden launch of NASA's Artemis 1, a vibrant Roman fresco of Artemis/Diana the Huntress, from the Hypogeum of Via Livenza, Rome.

'The Roman people gave way before the good fortune of Caesar and accepted the bridle bit, regarding the monarchy as a respite from the evils of the civil wars.'

Plutarch, Caesar, 57.

So odd that we seem to have no tombstones that clearly commemorate a Roman mint worker in any form - there must have been thousands over the centuries. Some show smithies and their tools but the actual guys striking coins - has anyone ever come across one?

2/4) "Dedicated in 509 BC – the very same year the kings were thrown out of Rome – the house of the thunder-god had watched proudly over the growing metropolis below for more than four centuries...

By the beard of Jupiter, another Roman coin blog goes live on my website! Head over there to check it out ⚡️🏦🔥

‘My tomb shall measure a hundred feet, decorated all over, and crowned with a statue of me and my little dog. It’s a mistake for a man to spend so much on a nice house while alive, but not bother about the house where he will have the much longer stay.’

Petronius (Satyricon, 71)

4) We can't know how people reacted to the total eclipse but it's likely that some watched in awe, some cried in fear, some called out in prayer or made hasty offerings to the angered gods. Devoted pagans may have blamed the Emperor Constantine who was...