Legio XII Fulminata - Australia

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If you have a spare $130 be sure to check out this lecture

Step into the world of Ancient Rome with renowned historian Mary Beard as she uncovers the stories that history forgot, live on stage.

30/06/2025

In the 1950s, botanist Wilhelmina Jashemski identified traces of pollen, spores and plant fossils in the ancient city of Pompeii. The discovery suggested that the site had once been a lush, cultivated garden. Now, that garden is in bloom once again, complete with thousands of roses, ruscus plants, violets, cherry trees and vines.

Keep reading about this fragrant garden: https://bit.ly/4lsVbwq

📸: Archaeological Park of Pompeii

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Roman makeup for the women in your life

Discover how cosmetics from the Roman Empire literally changed the face of Britain in the 3rd century in our latest History Inspired Makeup Tutorial.Fashion ...

06/06/2025

Home away from home

06/06/2025

These portrait busts of the Greek doctor Claudius Agathemerus and his wife Myrtale are part of an impressive tombstone from Rome. The hairstyles of the couple indicate that the monument dates from around 90–110 CE.

Myrtale is positioned slightly in front of her husband, a symbol of authority suggesting that she may have commissioned and paid for the monument, after Claudius’ death.

The doctor and his wife were Greek, but died in Rome – showing the Empire’s social mobility. Claudius is perhaps the famous doctor from Sparta who came to Rome, mentioned by the writer Suetonius.

Beneath the couple is an inscription in Greek, which states that the doctor was a ‘swift healer of disease’ and that the couple are now together with the blessed deceased in Elysium, a conception of the afterlife that was maintained by some ancient Greeks. In Homer’s writings, the Elysian Fields was a land of perfect happiness at the end of the Earth.

🪦 Tombstone Of Claudius Agathemerus and Myrtale, Rome, 90–110 CE. Marble, 83 x 89 x 23.5 cm. ANMichaelis.155

05/06/2025