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For #FrescoFriday we present this incredible work from the Tomb of the Dancers!

Found in a Peucetian tomb in Ruvo di Puglia in Italy, it dates to the 5th - 4th century BCE. The tomb held the remains of a distinguished warrior.

🏛️ @MANNapoli

#Classics #History #Archaeology

This #MythologyMonday we've chosen the 1903 painting of Echo and Narcissus by J. W. Waterhouse!

It depicts Narcissus, who, enamoured with his own reflection, rejects the love of Echo for so long that only her voice remains.

🏛️@walkergallery

#Classics #Art #Myth #Love #Painting

It's #FrescoFriday!

These two still life pieces decorated the walls of the House of Julia Felix in #Pompeii. Dating to c. 1st century CE, Julia rented parts of her house as luxury apartments prior to Vesuvius's eruption in 79 CE.

🏛️@MANNapoli

#Classics #Roman #Art #Archaeology

This #ReliefWednesday, we present this tender 4th century BCE grave stone of a dead youth.

Found on Rheneia, it depicts a young boy with an adult. These scenes of quiet contemplation were common on Classical Greek stelae.

🏛️@britishmuseum

#Classics #Greek #Archaeology #Art

This #FrescoFriday we present this touching portrait of two young Roman women.

Dating to the 1st century CE, it is a fragment from a now lost decorative wall fresco.

🏛️@GettyMuseum

#Classics #Roman #Art #Women #Archaeology #Fresco

(4/8) The Pantheon is an incredible feet of engineering. Its most significant feature is the freestanding concrete tufa dome, which for 1,300 years was the largest in the world. To this day, its dome remains the largest unsupported concrete dome in the world.

To coincide with #MythologyMonday, we've chosen this stunning silver and gold Roman patera for our #ArtefactOfTheDay!

Dating to c. 2nd century CE, it depicts Athena and Hermes presenting Perseus with a polished shield to use against Medusa.

#Classics #Roman #Art #Myth

Meticulously carved on an amethyst, this ethereal portrait of an idealised Julio-Claudian prince is our #ArtefactOfTheDay!

With a strong profile and tussled hair typical of Augustan imperial portraiture, this piece may in fact date to the 2nd century CE.

#Classics #Roman #Art

#FrescoFriday! Today we've chosen this stunning depiction of a Bacchic rite from the Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii - the fifth of seven similar frescoes.

Here a woman kneels before a priestess beside a mynaed or thyiad and a figure holding a thyrsus.

#Classics #Art #Archaeology

#OnThisDay in 552 CE the Battle of Taginae was fought in Italy between the Byzantine Empire and the Ostrogoths ⚔️

Lead by the eunuch Narses, the Byzantine force won, killing some 6,000 men and the Ostrogothic King Totila.

#Classics #Roman #Byzantine #History #Battle