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@TweetsCoffman @_RomanBritain @TheNovium Yes these detailed laser scans make the resemblance to Trajan quite clear. There was an in-depth write up in the ARA @romanarchaeouk too I think but I don’t have it to hand at the moment.
As huge as victory over the Parthians would be, rumours suggest this would just be the first stage in a much larger plan; Caesar then striking north through Scythia, rounding the Caspian Sea, returning through Sarmatia and finally crushing the Germans for good measure! #LiveIdes
Details of the dining room fresco from the palatial House of the Golden Bracelet at Pompeii. Painted to resemble a pavilion, the scene offers imaginative views of a luxuriant garden filled with birds; roundels mounted on columns are decorated with cupids. #LastSupperinPompeii
Roman fresco showing Europa riding the bull, Zeus in disguise, who looks knowingly at the viewer. Taking the form of a bull, Zeus abducted Europa, taking her to Crete where she became queen. Early 1st century AD, from the House of Jason, Pompeii #LastSupperinPompeii