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Lover of ancient history and traveling around all corners of the Roman Empire

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Th Square of the Corporations at Ostia Built by emperor Claudius there were 61 merchants’ offices in a double arcade. The offices had mosaics representing their work. Here we see 2 roman ships & a Pharos whilst on the other dolphins play with a hippocampus

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Leda and the swan myth on azulejos tiles at Palacio de Estoi

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From the same room as the fresco of the young girl in regio V at Is this painting in the House with Garden on Vicolo dei Balcone

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Second day of
The three graces fresco from the Villa d’Este Tivoli They have all the joys of spring with flowers in their hair.

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The classical inspired gardens of Palacio d’Estoi are a delight. An azulejo of Leda & the swan set amongst box hedges, bucolic scenes & fountains with views over the algarve to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Tombstone of a Asturian cavalryman from Ribchester and it’s likely original colour. The mixing of people’s from Spain, above, Hungary (Sarmatia) and Syria (Aelius Antoninus from Melitenis on the Euphrates) with the Celtic Brigantes is an amazing melting pot.

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died in 323bce. The painting from 1644 by Pietro da Cortona shows Alexander defeating Darius III at the battle of Issus which hangs in the Capitoline Museum

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A fanciful “Discovering the ruins of palmyra” by Gavin Hamilton 1758 in the - following James Dawkins and Robert Woods visit in 1751.

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from 4th century CE of Dionysus dressed in leopard skin with a maenad fighting Indians found near tusculum on display at Palazzo Massimo

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The Villa Farnesina # Rome has a room - actually under a stair case - layed out with bright pompeian frescos, painted in 1861 -63 for the then owner of the house the Spanish Duke of Ripalta

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