#AmphitheatreSaturday - The Amphitheatre of Salona in Croatia, built in the late 2nd century AD, is a major Roman arena that seated up to 18,000. It features vaulted chambers and shrines to Nemesis beneath. The site later became linked to Christian martyrdom during Diocletian's persecutions.
#WorldOceanDay - Two Roman altars dedicated to Neptune and Oceanus by the Sixth Legion Victrix Pia Fidelis, showing symbols associated with each deity. The altars are thought to have formed part of a shrine on the Pons Aelius bridge (Newcastle), which the legion helped build around AD 120/2.
#ReliefWednesday - Relief frieze of the 2nd-century AD Parthian Monument commemorates the Roman victory over the Parthian Empire, featuring Lucius Verus on Helios' chariot, driven by Nike.
Ephesos Museum, Vienna, Austria.
#PortraitThursday - “The Beauty of Palmyra”, a funerary bust from Palmyra (AD 190–210) that depicts a woman with an elaborate jewelled headdress, necklaces, and decorated garments, showcasing Palmyrene portraiture. Traces of paint reveal its vivid colours.
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
June AD 123 – Hadrian returns to the East and inspects the frontiers of northern Syria and Cappadocia.
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#TheatreFriday - The Theatre of Thugga is a top Roman theatre in North Africa, part of the UNESCO site of Dougga in Tunisia. It was completed around AD 168-169 and was funded by Publius Marcius Quadratus, a member of a wealthy family. Quite modest in size, it could seat 3,500 people
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#PortraitThursday - This half-life-sized bronze head, believed to depict Marcus Aurelius and featuring bright blue glass-inlaid eyes, was discovered in a field in Northamptonshire in 1976. Several features suggest it was not made in Rome but in Britain or northern Gaul.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
#RomanSiteSaturday - The Temple of Antenociticus at Condercum (Benwell) is an unusual late 2nd-century AD religious site on Hadrian’s Wall, dedicated to the Celtic god Antenociticus, worshipped only there. Excavations revealed his sandstone head and altars dedicated by Roman officers.
For #WorldOceanDay, four Roman mosaics depicting the marine god Oceanus. Oceanus, the eldest Titan and son of Uranus and Gaia, personified the freshwater river Oceanus, believed to encircle the earth and be the source of all gods and creatures.
#TheatreFriday - The Roman Theatre in Phaselis, Lycia (Turkey), built in the 2nd century AD on Hellenistic Greek foundations, is located on a hill's western slope overlooking the central avenue. It seats about 1,500–2,000 spectators and is smaller than major Lycian theatres like Myra or Patara.
Following Hadrian
Following Hadrian
Following Hadrian
Following Hadrian
Following Hadrian
After spending the winter of AD 122/3 in Tarraco (see here), Hadrian left Spain and set sail for Antioch and the Euphrates frontier, probably reaching his destination in June 123. According to a dr…
