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18+ AimeeMaroux , 2 months ago to antiquidons

When he fits into your hand 🥰

Tiny golden phallus pendant found at Liverpool Street, #London.

#PhallusThursday
@antiquidons @phistorians #RomanBritain #GreekRomanArt

18+ AimeeMaroux , 3 months ago to antiquidons

When you can't get it up, fret not! Make a votive offering to the god of your choice and let the divine work their magic.

Clay-baked male genitalia, ancient Roman votive offering, 200 BCE - 200 CE

#PhallusThursday #GreekRomanArt #RomanReligion #ReligioRomana #pagan @antiquidons @phistorians

18+ AimeeMaroux , 3 months ago to antiquidons

This foreigner surely doesn't have a phallus as small and sophisticated as a Roman 😉

Meet this sculpture of a dying Gaul for #PhallusThursday today.

@antiquidons @phistorians @LJTrafford #ancientRome

Close-up of the crotch of a Gaul. His phallus is thick in flaccid state and he doesn't have a long, tapered foreskin, a Graeco-Roman beauty ideal.

phistorians , 4 months ago to antiquidons

This detailed ivory relief is thought to depict the goddess Roma ~ C5th–C6th CE

Roma appeared with a helmet and staff, and holds the globe in her hand while being crowned by the goddess Victory.

This is part of a diptych showcasing a personification of Constantinople but I’m afraid I don’t have a picture of that side. But pairing these two together would make perfect sense in a world where Constantinople was increasingly the central city and Rome a historic symbol…

🏛 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #History @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 4 months ago to antiquidons

Love seeing artistry that seeks to capture what the ancient past may have looked like.

This illustration by Jean-Claude Golvin is entitled ‘Capua - Façade of the Amphitheatre’. Capua was a famous centre of gladiator schools and Spartacus himself escaped from one there!

#AncientRome #ClassicalReception #History @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 4 months ago to histodons

A scene from the Etruscan Tomb of the Bulls ~ c. 530 BCE

This impressive scene is thought to depict Achilles (left) about to ambush Troilus. The range of colours from reds, yellows, and blues gives a sense of Etruscan artistry during the sixth century.

#FrescoFriday #AncientEtruria #History @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 4 months ago to histodons

Like many things in life, there’s the art and then there’s the phallus drawings. I guess we can safely appreciate this gesture that’s near Hadrian’s wall as either one or the other 😅

#PhallusThursday #History #AncientRome @antiquidons @histodons @AimeeMaroux

phistorians , 4 months ago to histodons

This depiction of praetorians comes from the Arch of Claudius celebrating his invasion of Britain. The arch has not survived, but this panel suggests the artistry used to enhance the sense of military glory…

🏛 The Louvre
📸 Christophe Jacquand

#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #History @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 4 months ago to histodons

Those ducks look pretty relaxed right now, but if they knew what was happening in the panel above them, we suspect they might be quite disturbed!

📍House of the Faun, Pompeii
🏛MAN Napoli
📸 Marie-Lan Nguyen

#MosaicMonday #History #AncientRome @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 4 months ago to histodons

✨ Early Release - The Early Roman Military ✨

We sit down with the fabulous @bretdevereaux to learn more about the evidence (and theories) when it comes to the military in the early phases of Rome’s history.

Out now on early release!

#AncientRome #History @histodons @antiquidons

https://www.patreon.com/posts/96470130?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

18+ AimeeMaroux , 4 months ago to antiquidons

For #FannyFriday I present to you a #Medieval fanny from #Milan!

@antiquidons @phistorians @medievodons
#Medievodons #MedievalArt #ItalianArt

phistorians , 4 months ago to histodons

If anyone ever tries to talk you out of dressing up as a bunch of grapes, just remember that Bacchus did it and he looked amazing 🍇🍇🍇

📍 The Lararium of the House of the Centenary, Pompeii
🏛 MAN Napoli

#FrescoFriday #History #AncientRome @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 4 months ago to histodons

This sculpture is on display in the House of the Vettii in Pompeii. Quite the surprise awaits those who happen upon this piece unexpectedly!

📸 Aaron Wolpert via Wikimedia Commons

#PhallusThursday #History #AncientRome @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 4 months ago to histodons

This polychromatic relief shows a classic scene of satyrs crushing grapes for the production of wine 🍇🍷

This looks to be a painted terracotta relief and the colours add to the sense of movement.

🏛 Pushkin Museum

#AncientRome #History #ReliefWednesday @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

Looking to add more light to your ancient villa? Good news, you can add a touch of golden light to proceedings with a lamp finished with a gold mask!

🏛 The Getty
🕰️ C1st BCE – C1st CE
📍Unknown…

#AncientRome #History @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

Detail from a larger mosaic showing Bacchus. This delightful depiction has the god of wine and debauchery looking slightly uncertain about things, which might be an indication of how the party life is going (but also, he looks like how I feel about Mondays…).

#MosaicMonday #AncientRome #History @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

Glass flask ~ C1st CE

This beautiful flask is so delightful that it would not be out of place in the home today. At seven centimetres high, it would have been used to hold small quantities, possibly ointment.

🏛 The Getty, 2003.418
#AncientRome #History @histodons @antiquidons

18+ AimeeMaroux , 5 months ago to antiquidons

"When she [#Inanna] went out to the shepherd, to the sheepfold, [...] her #vulva was remarkable. [...] her vulva was remarkable. She praised herself, full of delight at her vulva, she praised herself, full of delight at her vulva."
#Inana and Enki, Segment A, lines 1-10

🏛 Ishtar or Inanna, dated 19th-17th century BCE from modern #Iraq.

#FannyFriday #Sumerian #mythology @antiquidons @phistorians

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

When you wake up, it’s a bad hair day, and the artist who has come by to do the paintings decides you’ll be the subject anyway…

Harrumphs in Latin

📍Villa di Arianna, Stabiae
🏛 MAN Napoli
📸 Carole Raddato

#AncientRome #History #FrescoFriday @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

Top reason to go to Delos? To see these magnificent phalloi set up to show appreciation to Dionysus and Pan. Just a matter of finding where the tips went…

📸 Mark Cartwright via World History Encyclopedia

#PhallusThursday #AncientGreece #History @histodons @antiquidons @AimeeMaroux

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

#ReliefWednesday

The monument of Eurysaces the baker offers us a beautiful insight into the funerary displays possible in the late Republic/early principate while also offering a great cycle of friezes exploring the making of baked goods in ancient Rome.

Delicious!

The excellent illustration allows you to see more clearly all the phases of getting the bread made from the extant sides of the monument.

#AncientRome #History @histodons @antiquidons

Illustration of the friezes from Eurysaces’ monument showing weighing and trading, milling, kneading, and baking. Source: https://digitalmuret.inha.fr/s/digital-muret/agorha/263139

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

This she-wolf with the twins Romulus and Remus is a striking black and white portrait of the family that would go on to have quite some dramas… not least of all being that adoptive mum seems to have quite sharp teeth!

#MosaicMonday #AncientRome #History @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

Bronze dual light lamp ~ C1st CE

This beauty offers a lamp with the bust of none other than Jupiter himself complete with eagle and thunderbolt. Bound to put the fire into your day!

🏛 Art Institute of Chicago

#AncientRome #History @histodons @antiquidons

18+ AimeeMaroux , 5 months ago to antiquidons

It's not only phalloi that are auspicious: vulvas are just as lucky and protect from evil. Between women, flashing of the vulva is depicted as light-hearted and funny, such as when Baubo flashes hers to Demeter to cheer her up. But Pliny the Elder writes that a woman can avert storm and hail by exposing her vulva towards Z̶e̶u̶s̶ the lightning.

🏛️ Relief of Baubo exposing her #vulva.

#FannyFriday @antiquidons @phistorians

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

“And when I finally pulled it out of the sea, it was this big!”

May you be blessed with stories that require big gestures like this actor in a theatre scene. The onlookers (fellow actors) seem riveted by the tale!

📍House of Quadretti Teatrali, Pompeii

#FrescoFriday #AncientRome @histodons @antiquidons

18+ AimeeMaroux , 5 months ago to antiquidons

For an especially auspicious first #PhallusThursday of the year, I'm sharing with you one of my favourites, this flock of flying fucks from Suffolk. May good luck and happiness find you in the #NewYear2024!
Hic habitat felicitas, nihil intret mali. (Here lives happiness, may nothing bad happen)

@antiquidons @LJTrafford @Phi @phistorians

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

Far be it from us to suggest you visit Pompeii to go on an exploratory phallus-finding mission… but we certainly wouldn’t try to dissuade you either. Just look at that phallus framed by other phalluses! Must be good fortune 🥳

📸 Sailko via Wikimedia Commons

#PhallusThursday #AncientRome #Pompeii #History @histodons @antiquidons @AimeeMaroux

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

✨Special Episode - Roman Naming Conventions ✨

How did the Romans name people and why is every second guy called Lucius? We delve into some of key naming conventions of ancient Rome!

https://partialhistorians.com/2024/01/04/special-episode-roman-naming-conventions/

#AncientRome #Podcast @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

This Greek marble stele commemorates a young girl. Although there is some damage to her face and what she holds (pomegranates?), the poignant grief of saying goodbye to a child too soon is clear.

🕰️ c. 440–425 BCE
📍Boeotia
🏛 The Met, 11.141

#ReliefWednesday #AncientGreece #History @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

Ancient textiles that have survived until today tend to be very rare, making this beauty all the more jaw-dropping.

This fragment depicts a scene from the myth of Leda and the swan and showcases the use of purple dye no less!

🕰️ C2nd CE
📍Karanis, Egypt; KM 10662
#AncientRome #AncientEgypt @histodons @antiquidons

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

May the music that led into your New Year continue to rock your world in the one to come!

The Romans knew how to knock out a tune as these folks on the water organ and pipes can attest 🥳

📍Musicians from Zliten, C2nd CE

#MosaicMonday #HNY2024 @histodons @antiquidons

flaviafrisone_storiagreca , 5 months ago to antiquidons

🌊 SICILY/GRECE/MAGNA GRAECIA: how to tell the story of a seminal relationship, that built the #AncientMediterranean giving shape to our cultural imaginary. An exhibition of extraordinary artefacts from various #museums of #Sicily, southern Italy and from Athens at the Salinas Archaeological #Museum of Palermo

#Exhibition curated by F. Frisone,
C. Greco, E. Bonacini @antiquidons #ancientgreece @archaeodons @AimeeMaroux
@phistorians #GreekHistory #archaeology

Exhibition
Visual exhibition
Atena

phistorians , 5 months ago to mythology

Happy New Year 🥳

May you open new doors onto wondrous things in MMXXIV. Our dream is for a sustainable world and support for those who need it.

🎨John Waterhouse ‘Psyche Opening the Door into Cupid’s Garden’

#ClassicalReception #Myth @mythology @antiquidons

phistorians , 5 months ago to histodons

Greek golden wreath ~ c. 350–300 BCE

This golden wreath is thought to represent oak indicated by gold acorns. Interwoven with the foliage is a bee and two cicadas. Breathtakingly beautiful!

🏛 British Museum, 1908,0414.1

#AncientGreece #History @histodons