The Arch of Septimius Severus in Leptis Magna, modern Libya.
We can only hope that this beautiful building and all those like it will stand proud and tall and safe despite whatever national unrest is happening in Libya and all places like it. That is a true thing of beauty.
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Timeline of the Roman Empire. This is pretty awesome.
Yeah I absolutely can not stop looking at this. Only problem is I don’t really have a huge deal of knowledge about the evolution of the Empire beyond the 5th century. So everywhere from 500AD to 1453AD are irritating blank spots in my knowledge that must be filled! …looks like a lot more library time ahead.
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“Statue of Cleopatra VII holding a fly-whisk. Note the unusual triple uraeus. Musee du Louvre. E13102.”
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Not usually too into anything Egyptian but anything unusual is worthy of being shared.
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Well, this certainly sucks.
However it seems like a extremely small loss in comparison to the loss of human life here.
LEAVE PALMYRA ALONE! Go and fight in the desert you nasty people.
Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor, reigning between 161- 180AD. He married Faustina, who was actually his cousin.
At the beginning of his reign, he co-ruled with Lucius Aurelius Verus (ruling in the east) but suddenly died in 169AD.
He was well known for his stoic philosophy (quotes of his can be found on this blog), and wrote Meditations, but also waged war on the Parthian Empire and Germanic Tribes, with his reign marking the end of the Pax Romana which Emperor Augustus had established.
Nice post! I write these little sort of things up a lot and people seem to enjoy them. I usually also throw a picture in there too, always a crowd pleaser :)
“Wall relief of Horus, Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra II and III (right to left).”
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I’ve been looking for a new summer home
Abu Simbel Temple, Egypt (by discopalace)
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Romance at the Circus Maximus <3
I don’t know if I could handle the romance of the Capitoline Hill…I’d probably be asked never to return to the city of Rome! *tumbles with girls in all sorts of romantic and indecent positions*
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_MG_3655 by Matthias Hilf on Flickr.
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