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After surviving exposure at birth, these unconventional academics realised they were destined to found the greatest Ancient Roman History podcast! 🏛📯⚔️ Our main series follows the history of Rome from the founding of the city. We also interview scholars and fantastic people about the ancient world. Dr Rad (she/her) specialises in Spartacus. Dr G (she/her) specialises in the Vestal Virgins. 📍 Dharug and Bidjigal Country. #Podcast #Ancient #Histodon #Historian #Rome #AncientHistory

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When he fits into your hand 🥰

Tiny golden phallus pendant found at Liverpool Street, .


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@AimeeMaroux @antiquidons awwww cute!!

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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

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@AimeeMaroux @antiquidons ‘clay-baked male genitalia’ has the connotations of a menu item at an unfortunate restaurant 🤣

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

Meet this sculpture of a dying Gaul for today.

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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.

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@seindal @elmyra @AimeeMaroux @antiquidons @LJTrafford Priapus is an example of what the Romans didn’t want for themselves (he was viewed as excessive). The Romans would have more likely approved of the Gaul’s situation phallus-wise ☺️

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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

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@Steerpike @histodons @antiquidons we’re bound to get to this gem in the podcast but it won’t be for many years yet!

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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

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@durru @histodons @antiquidons The vision of Mount Vesuvius is fantastic in this piece with enough detail to suggest this particular mountain as opposed to some others. The Spartacus connection might be a bit more challenging to nail down but it’s certainly fascinating to see how mountains could be understood in ancient frescoes.

18+ AimeeMaroux , to antiquidons
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For I present to you a fanny from !

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@AimeeMaroux @antiquidons @medievodons I first read ‘family’ in place of ‘fanny’ and boy was I surprised when I clicked on the picture 🤣

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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…).

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@SocialistStan @histodons @antiquidons seems likely!

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

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

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@AimeeMaroux @antiquidons loving the positive energy!

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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

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@durru @histodons @antiquidons that’s a real shame! The original is held in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli but it would be great to see a copy on display in the villa itself

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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

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@meulop @histodons @antiquidons @AimeeMaroux That would explain many many things!

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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

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@tlariv @histodons @antiquidons ooo lucky you! If you find it we’d love to see photos ☺️

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@tlariv @histodons @antiquidons ooooo thank you so much!!

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@tlariv @histodons @antiquidons This is a very impressive and embellished breastplate!

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@tlariv @histodons @antiquidons we only learnt about it recently by stumbling across the online catalogue. Our chances of getting to Chicago though are pretty low, so we’ve been enjoying what they have online. Lucky for you to be there on the ground!

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✨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/

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@AimeeMaroux @histodons @antiquidons It was like the Roman imagination was entirely fixated on patrilineal descent 🫠

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