Roman “hologram” effect ring found in the grave of 1st century noblewoman, Aebutia Quarta. Thought to depict her son, Titus Carvilius Gemello, who died at age 18 : r/ancientrome

Roman graffiti found on a toilet wall in Herculaneum: “Apollinaris, doctor of the emperor Titus, had a great shit here.” (Apollinaris medicus Titi imp hic cacavit bene) : r/UtterlyInteresting

I dreamt of going to Rome since I was a teen because of Roman architecture and engineering. So in 2018 I finally went and snapped this picture of the most jaw-dropping building

Roman Legionary of Legio II Augusta, AD 43, by Angus McBride : r /RealisticArmory

Roman “hologram” effect ring found in the grave of 1st century AD noblewoman, Aebutia Quarta. Thought to depict her son, Titus Carvilius Gemello, who died at age 18. Found at the Grottaferrata

The Palatine Gate provided access through the city walls of Julia Augusta Taurinorum (modern Turin, Italy). It is one of the world's best preserved 1st-century BC Roman gateways. The pair of bronze

The Palatine Gate provided access through the city walls of Julia Augusta Taurinorum (modern Turin, Italy). It is one of the world's best preserved 1st-century BC Roman gateways. The pair of bronze

One of the panels from probably the most important discovery of Roman sculpture of the last 100 years - once decorating a precinct at Aphrodisias (Turkey). Agrippina crowns her son Nero, who

One of the panels from probably the most important discovery of Roman sculpture of the last 100 years - once decorating a precinct at Aphrodisias (Turkey). Agrippina crowns her son Nero, who came to the throne in 54AD. : r /ancientrome

I dreamt of going to Rome since I was a teen because of Roman architecture and engineering. So in 2018 I finally went and snapped this picture of the most jaw-dropping building

Roman Legionary of Legio II Augusta, AD 43, by Angus McBride : r /RealisticArmory

Roman Legionary of Legio II Augusta, AD 43, by Angus McBride : r /RealisticArmory

MOVING AN OBELISK: The emperor Caligula brought a great stone obelisk from Egypt to the Circus Nero in Rome. It was a 327-ton monolith, 83 feet long. In 1586,Pope Sixtus V ordered