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#OTD in 1508, Maximilian I was proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor - the 1st in centuries not to be crowned by the Pope as the journey to Rome was deemed too dangerous.
The collection houses a set of engravings of the 28 statues placed around Maximillian's tomb in Innsbruck in 1519
#Pantheon, Rome, Italy. Reconstruction Sketch by J. Golvin. Read Story: https://t.co/Y9HKcYgq39
For future orators the quality of Demosthenes' works and speeches he left behind became a major source of inspiration - to none more so than Cicero, Rome's answer to Demosthenes. After death, Demosthenes became the epitome of Athenian virtue.
Sistine Chapel - Vatican Museums - Detail View. Rome Tickets & Tours: https://t.co/PyohW7DJDI
🏛️York, 5 févr. 211: leur père mort, les deux frères ennemis et désormais co-Empereurs, Caracalla et Geta, s'empressent de regagner Rome séparément pour s'en rendre seul maître.
Dans moins d'un an, Geta sera assassiné et Caracalla s'acharnera à éradiquer sa mémoire «honnie»!👇🤨
Caesar's Tenth Legion, Legio X Equestris, was the backbone to his military successes. From the start of his Gallic Campaigns to Caesar's last battle at Munda, the Tenth remained steadfastly loyal to their commander and became renowned as Rome's most formidable force
On this day in 1871 Rome became the capital of a united kingdom of Italy
#Earlymodern #heavymetal: the #devil blows the air for the pipe organ on which the Cantus Diabolicus (Devilish music) is played. A man is dancing to the diabolic music and rhythm of a drum. Rome, c.1608. @ThE_ED @HuubBellemakers https://t.co/t5enKe9Tjj
Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) painted this, The Funeral of Patroclus, in 1778. It is his first neoclassical work & he would go on to be the master of the neoclassical movement. It was painted in Rome. Now recognised as seminal in his oeuvre, it was once a table top!
Poussin (1594-1665) painted Acis & Galatea. Although created in Rome in 1627-8, this stunning mythological piece has a classic French colour palette. The lovers are exquisitely portrayed. Poussin is out of favour now but deserves more interest.
Landscape with the Ruins of Mount Palatine in Rome, 1608 #peterpaulrubens #baroque
Born in Rome to English painter parents he enrolled in the RA (1871)& exhibited at their annual shows. His interest was in Arthurian & Classical mythology. Undine (1872), Gone but Not Forgotten (1873) & The Unwelcome Companion (1873)
Jerusalem, Babylon, and Rome
Add MS 37049; 1460-1500; A Carthusian miscellany; England, N; ff.3r, 9v @BLMedieval
St. Martina, Martyr
A noble virgin of Rome, the daughter of a Consul. Martina openly testified to her Christian faith. She was arrested under the emperor Alexander Severus and commanded to worship false gods. She refused, was tortured and was finally beheaded in 226.
He was in Rome (1513-6). He had a good relationship with the Pope & met with the French King. He entered the King’s service in 1516, & was given a Manor House & a pension. Woman (1508), Embryo (1509-14) & St John (1510-15). The latter was based on an idealised Salai, his lover.
Rome Aiguille - Le Voile de L'Oubli by Rome (no he wasnt named after them it was just a coincidence! haha)
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"I was made to distrust
Both my will and my lust
In the shades of sorrow
In the feasts of the morrow"
3/3 Waking up a sleeping friend by poking a burning candle under his nose. LOL joke that just never got old for Nicolas Regnier of Antwerp/Rome, whose day is today.
Big day in Roman imperial history:
41: Claudius is declared emperor by the Praetorian Guard following the assassination of Caligula, his nephew.
76: One of Rome's greatest Roman emperors is born: Publius Aelius Hadrianus, better known as Hadrian