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Decimus Claudius Active Instagram user, world traveller, and part time novel writer. All pics self-taken.

The Roman temple of the Capitoline Triad in Brescia, Italy that was built in 73 AD by the Emperor Vespasian on top of an...
21/05/2026

The Roman temple of the Capitoline Triad in Brescia, Italy that was built in 73 AD by the Emperor Vespasian on top of an earlier Republican temple. This is a UNESCO world heritage site.

A Roman carnelian gemstone with an engraving of Asclepius and Hygeia (male and female deities of health). There is an in...
19/05/2026

A Roman carnelian gemstone with an engraving of Asclepius and Hygeia (male and female deities of health). There is an inscription that looks like it has the Greek letters HEIOΛ although the museum’s description didn’t mention it. This dates to 60-50 BC, was set into a modern gold ring and is on display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.

A Roman marble sarcophagus fragment "unearthed in the pool section of the nymphaeum structure. It is a fragment of a mar...
19/05/2026

A Roman marble sarcophagus fragment "unearthed in the pool section of the nymphaeum structure. It is a fragment of a marble sarcophagus measuring 95x95 cm with figured and inlaid decoration on three sides. The upper and lower panels bordering the depictions on the embossed sarcophagus are decorated with lotus palmette motif. The figures are depicted in a specific mythological plot from left to right. The main scene in the frieze relief is probably a helmet wearing and honouring scene of a soldier who defeated the enemy or is believed to have won a victory. Iconographically and stylistically it can be dated to the 3rd century AD." Per the Silifke Museum in Silifke, Turkey where this is on display.

A Roman bronze statuette of Jupiter (the chief Roman deity) that dates to the 2nd-3rd centuries AD, was found locally an...
18/05/2026

A Roman bronze statuette of Jupiter (the chief Roman deity) that dates to the 2nd-3rd centuries AD, was found locally and is on display in the National Museum of History and Art of Luxembourg.

A portion of an early Byzantine mosaic from a church with peacocks and a Greek inscription in situ in the ruins of Hadri...
17/05/2026

A portion of an early Byzantine mosaic from a church with peacocks and a Greek inscription in situ in the ruins of Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia, which is now in the Karabük province of Turkey. I asked Κώστας Κόκκορας, who I thank very much for his help, to translate this:

"ΥΠΕΡ ΕΥΧΗΣ ΣΑΝΨΑ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΝΤΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΔΙΑΦΕΡΟΝΤΩΝ ΑΥΤΩ
In fullfilement of the vow of Sanpsas and all his relatives"

He also added: "The male personal name Sanpsas is completely unknown to me. It is not attested in any other inscription...The name is definitely not Greek. Perhaps derived from some native Anatolian language, though it sounds more to me as Semitic."

The Roman ruins of Ostia is close to the Rome Fiumicino airport, and I was able to take this picture right before landin...
17/05/2026

The Roman ruins of Ostia is close to the Rome Fiumicino airport, and I was able to take this picture right before landing. That ancient river port city on the Tiber, near Rome, is an excellent place to explore for a day.

A stunning gold bracelet in the form of a snake from an intact Hellenistic tomb in Philippi, Greece."The tomb preserved ...
16/05/2026

A stunning gold bracelet in the form of a snake from an intact Hellenistic tomb in Philippi, Greece.

"The tomb preserved an underground rectangular chamber, that consisted of a roofed space with arch. It had an arched entrance to the south with a single leaf door from one-piece marble that was found intact in its place.
Inside the chamber there are five small niches in the lateral walls, two on the east and the west and one on the north. On the northwest corner there is a marble offering to the dead table while on the floor of the chamber was found a small cist grave, not looted, on the cover of which is preserved the engraved name of the deceased ΕΥΗΦΕΝΗΣ ΕΞΗΚΕΣΤΟΥ (Euephenes grandson of Exekestos). This tomb contained a gold chaplet, gold diadem and other gold jewelry, which must have been sewn upon the clothes of the dead and also black-glazed plates and other pottery. These finds date the tomb in the 2nd century BC.
The construction of the building and the finds of the un-looted tomb lead us to the conclusion that the 'Macedonian tomb' belonged to an important family of the Hellenistic society of Philippi. Its accession to the posterior Christian temples displays that it was most likely associated with an event concerning Apostle Paul, founder of the Philippi church, or some other Christian martyr of the 3rd century's AD pogrom." Per the archaeological museum of Philippi. As the tomb is from the 2nd century BC, it could have been made during the Antigonid dynasty in the Kingdom of Macedonia, or after the Roman conquest of that area in 168 BC through the Third Macedonian War.

A Roman “Bust designed to sit on a support. It portrays a young woman known as "La Gitana" ("The Gipsy") because of her ...
16/05/2026

A Roman “Bust designed to sit on a support. It portrays a young woman known as "La Gitana" ("The Gipsy") because of her hairstyle with side curls. The earlobes are pierced to accommodate earrings. 1st C. AD” Per the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano in Merida, Spain where this object is on display.

From the Roman "Domus of via Arena. Wall frescoes. The archaeological excavation carried out in Via Arena 20 in 1963-65 ...
15/05/2026

From the Roman "Domus of via Arena. Wall frescoes. The archaeological excavation carried out in Via Arena 20 in 1963-65 brought to light the portion of a domus. Large, although fragmentary, portions of frescos belonging to three different rooms have been discovered in the collapsed layers of the building...
The walls of one of the rooms show a complex decorative scheme on a yellow background, with large vertical brown bands. Inside the yellow fields different species of birds, including a peacock, are depicted singularly. The walls are framed on top by a rich vegetal frieze on a yellow background; small animals and birds are portrayed on its bottom part, under the spirals...
The subjects and style of the frescoes from Via Arena are widespread in the late 1st century AD in the north-Italic and provincial areas, where the experiences of Rome are received and reworked." Per the Civic Archaeological Museum in Bergamo, Italy where this is on display.

Natale di Roma 2026 pictures, including the parade to celebrate Rome’s birthday. I took the pictures except for the ones...
14/05/2026

Natale di Roma 2026 pictures, including the parade to celebrate Rome’s birthday. I took the pictures except for the ones in which I am in (as I didn’t take any pics during the parade or Pantheon event).

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