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1/2) Roman ametrine ringstone showing Thetis, the Nereid mother of Achilles, riding a hippocamp sea-horse. Thetis holds the circular shield of Achilles emblazoned with the face of the Gorgon...

3) “The Lock” (1824)

2/3) ..As far as the Romans are concerned, a chance victory is less desirable than a failed plan - because such triumphs encourage men to trust in luck and not judgement. Indeed they are eager to learn from their mistakes in battle and ensure they never make the same one twice..

"To know laws does not mean simply to understand their wording, but also to understand their force and potential. Laws must be interpreted in a way that preserves their intent. The phrase "according to the law" must also mean "according to the spirit of the law." (Digest of Laws)

6) ..I'll pour the oil on my head and go to sleep, all this riding and sneezing have tired me out. Farewell my dearest teacher whom I cherish more than Rome itself."

(Marcus Aurelius writes to his tutor Cornelius Fronto c.145 AD, 'Fronto's Letters', 4.5)

Dazzling ancient colours of Pompeii's beautiful household shrines (lararia) - by the brilliant Luigi Bazzani who spent 35 years from 1880-1915 documenting the ongoing excavations of Pompeii with masterful watercolor paintings.

The farmer had unearthed the treasures gathered from a Roman sanctuary to the god Mercury dating to the 1st-2nd centuries AD. The temple treasure had been hastily concealed in a vault lined with Roman tiles around the 3rd century but was never recovered.

Details of the Germanic chief dropping the hacked metal objects into the sacred waters. (Art by Samson Goetze)

(Suetonius, Life of Caligula, 58-59) #roman #history #ancient #classics

Just photographed this electric portrait of Augustus, clearly channelling the power of the gods on this small silver denarius. Despite the ageless portrait of Augustus he was in reality over 60 years old when the coin was struck at the turn of the 1st century. #roman #numismatics