#Augustus

Izabella Kaminska

izakaminska

To this day, historians are divided on whether Augustus was really a good or bad force in the course of the breakdown of the Roman Republic, and whether his reign

Max

Max08013598

#CLST6 #RR17 Trajan's column is a spectacular victory monument honoring Trajan (and his soldiers) for defeating the Dacians in two different warsA 625 foot frieze winds 23 times around the

Jim OShaughnessy

jposhaughnessy

1/ Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known to English-speakers as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus, Rome's first, and in the eyes of many historians best,

Melly

MellyUTD

Tweeting like the big United ft accounts a thread: @UTDTrey Ryan Giggs has beat his wife more times this week (1) than Pulisic has league goals this season (0) dfkmmmmm

Tom Hamilton

thhamilton

It’s important, every Christmas, to take a moment to think about how completely bonkers this method of conducting a census is. Look at the state of it: every man travels,

Steve Boxman

SteveBoxman

𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝Micky never held a major world title but he was as tough as they come. He was only ever stopped once (on cuts) in a 51 fight

Dr Rob Cromarty

DocCrom

Ancient Coin of the Day: An aureus of Nero from AD 64-65, with a Reverse showing the closed doors of the Temple of Janus. #ACOTD #Nero Image: RIC Nero 50

Bret Devereaux

BretDevereaux

Alright, let's do this!My first recommendation for someone looking to start reading on this topic is always J.E. Lendon, Soldiers and Ghosts (2006), which offers an basis for the whole

Carla Ardis

Carla_Ardis

For today's #MuseumsUnlocked, let's take a tour around the #RomanEmpire to explore some #DomesticArchitecture. The most common #house for medium-upper classes in cities&towns was the #domus (: T.Langhammer on @WikiCommons

studio100a

studio100a

My daughter is learning to play "what shall we do with the drunken sailor". I thought sailors may have been working on slave ships. Not an original thought, James Fenton

Rauðgrani ᚱᛆᚢᚦᚴᚱᛆᚿᛁ

GraniRau

3rd-4th century mosaic. The Sun God Sol. He is holding the sphere of the heavens in his hand. What makes this notable is that this is from a Jewish synagogue.

Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans)

IwriteOK

A rifle was confiscated today at a Portland protest. Based on the sticker that adorned it, I suspect the guy carrying it was more on the Boogaloo end of things

Tertullian's Turtle the Vicar

TertulliansTur1

A tour of a few churches from my hometown of Quincy, IL.Today I took my wife on a tour of some of my favorite churches in Quincy. The following thread

BLACK CONSERVATIVE

blackrepublican

The Black Queen Who Put The Fear Of God Into the Roman Empire.Amanirenas was the queen of the Kingdom of Kush. Her full title was #Amnirense qore li kdwe li

Durotriges Project

Durotrigesdig

The Pevensey *Roman* tile hoaxA short thread for #MuseumsUnlocked day 126: FORGERIES (1/7) Fragments of stamped tile were found In 1906 during excavations by Louis Salzman for the @sussex_society inside

Thomas Morris

thomasngmorris

This historic document is the first electrocardiogram (ECG), recorded in 1887 by the British physiologist Augustus Desiré Waller. By the 1880s, experiments had already shown that electrical activity played an

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