Following Hadrian
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[New Post] Late Spring AD 125 - Hadrian visits Sicily to climb Mount Etna and returns to Rome #Hadrian1900 followinghadrian.com/2025/06/17/lat…
#FrescoFriday - Second-Pompeian-Style fresco depicting a winged genius holding a patera (sacrificial dish). From the north wall of the peristyle of Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, 40–30 BC. Louvre Museum, Paris.
Summer AD 124 – Hadrian visits Smyrna and Ephesus and sails to Athens. #Hadrian #HadriansTravels followinghadrian.com/2024/10/01/sum…
Gaps in our knowledge of ancient Rome could be filled by AI. bbc.com/news/articles/…
Athens Is Reviving a 2,000-Year-Old Roman Aqueduct to Deliver Water to the City Amid Prolonged Droughts - smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ath… @smithsonianmag
Following Hadrian in Cyzicus. #Hadrian1900 👉 followinghadrian.com/2024/07/18/sum… Cyzicus was one of the most prosperous cities of Asia Minor during classical antiquity and was particularly attractive to the Romans. Referred to as the “noble city” by the Roman historian Florus, the city…
Following Hadrian in Pergamon. #Hadrian1900 👉 followinghadrian.com/2024/08/22/sum… Literary sources do not provide information about Hadrian’s visit to Pergamon in 124. However, the city’s rich ancient history and abundant religious sites would have likely attracted the Emperor’s attention,…
Following Hadrian in Delphi #Hadrian1900 👉followinghadrian.com/2025/05/28/spr… After two centuries of decline, Delphi flourished again in the 2nd century AD and regained its former glory, becoming once more, along with Athens, the centre of panhellenism. It was undeniably a period of…
#EpigraphyTuesday - Latin inscription honouring Lucius Verus, dating from AD 167. Found in the 17th century and now on the wall of the Columns of San Lorenzo in Milan, Italy. CIL V, 5805 Imp(eratori) Caesari / L(ucio) Aurelio Vero / Aug(usto) Armeniaco / Medico Parthico /…
#MosaicMonday - In celebration of Alexander the Great's birthday, here is the Alexander Mosaic from Pompeii depicting the Battle of Issus between Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia. Naples Archaeological Museum, Italy.
Happy birthday to Alexander the Great, born in Pella #OnThisDay (or possibly July 20) in 356 BC.
#AncientSiteSunday - Caesarea Maritima, an ancient metropolis in modern-day Israel, lying on a sandy shore of the Mediterranean. The city was founded between 22 and 10 BC by Herod the Great as an urban centre and harbour on the site of the earlier Strato’s Tower. It became the…
#RomanSiteSaturday - The Macellum of Pozzuoli (so-called Serapeum), the market building of the Roman colony of Puteoli. It was built between the late 1st and early 2nd century AD, and restored during the 3rd century AD under the Severan dynasty. The Macellum consisted of a square…
So happy to be back in Burdur and Sagalassos in October! #archaeologytravel
You’re invited to Burdur #Museum to meet Apollo in all his glory! 🎶✨ Depicted with a kithara, Apollo is shown not just as a god, but as a symbol of music and the protector of the arts. Visit Burdur Museum and explore the story of #Apollo. (Burdur Museum, Burdur) #Türkiye…
Herod the Great's Building Program worldhistory.org/article/2487/h…
🔥 #OnThisDay in AD 64, the Great Fire of Rome broke out, burning for six days and causing widespread devastation, ultimately destroying two-thirds of the city. Did Nero, as legend says, set fire to Rome so he could rebuild it in his own image? followinghadrian.com/2013/07/22/mag…
A well-preserved 45-metre stretch of a Roman side road (diverticulum) leading to the Appian Way under the McDonald's in Frattocchie, southeast of Rome. The road was discovered during the 2014 construction of the building. McDonald’s decided to sponsor the dig and worked with the…
