DOMUS AUREA - Rome.
Photos: Andreas Wiessner (March 10, 2024)
After the great fire in Rome on July 19, 64, Emperor Nero ordered the construction of a new palace (he did not like the old one). Nero was not interested in politics and even less in military affairs, his true interest was art: music, theater, poetry and beautiful works.
The palace was built on the neighborhoods destroyed by the fire and called DOMUS AUREA (Golden House). It was this fact that made the people believe that he himself had ordered the burning of Rome, although it is very likely that the fire was accidental and Nero simply took advantage of the new space.
Nevertheless, he only lived there for a few months before taking his own life.
Three years later, Emperor Vespasian took all the treasures of Nero's palace and, added to the gold and treasures of the temple of Jerusalem, ordered the construction of the Amphitheater known as The Colosseum in that place, as well as thermal baths and other facilities that brought joy to the people.
Even so, part of the ruins of the Domus Aurea emerged and are now an archaeological site.
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i wonder how camp jupiter feels about the ides of march
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One of the panels of a mosaic of a cheery skeleton uncovered in 2016 in Turkey, probably dated to the Late Roman era Antioch. The word can be transliterated as EUPHROSYNOS (cheerful).
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Yesterday was my first Ides of March
Annnnd, it was FUN☺️ I'm gonna prepare for it the next year properly
I have a little excess of unused knives and daggers, but I'm sure they'll find a use soon, thank you Tumblr users-
So I'm asking you this...
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making life decisions via coin flip like ancient Rome intended.
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Actual roman epitaph for a dog
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Ruins of Trajan's market in Rome.
Photos: Andreas Wiessner.
Trajan was the first emperor who was originally from a province (Hispania). During his reign (98-117) the empire reached its greatest expansion in the East. He is the second of the so-called "Good Emperors" who marked the most prosperous and glorious era of the Roman Empire, an era that ended with the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Trajan was the last conqueror of Rome, since his successor Hadrian decided that it was no longer necessary to expand and established the definitive borders of the Empire with his famous Hadrian's walls.
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This seems to be what I've learned.
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Boys night on the 15th of March, in the senate! so excited so hang out with the boys, heard theres cake, hope someone brought a knife.
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