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Mostly Ancient History & NatM Jedtavius stuff. | She/Her. @readingandsiamese
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uncleclaudius

The base of a table with lion paws and heads. The top was probably made of wood and decayed over time. The inscription bears the name of the original owner whom archaeologists identify as Publius Servilius Casca Longus, the first of Caesar's assassins to strike him. Casca died in the Battle of Phillipi and his property was auctioned off by Octavian which is how the table ended up in a luxurious villa in Pompeii. It might also have been considered a historical curiosity at that time, just as it is now.

#i love the idea of this literally being auctioned off by octavian as the auctioneer#everyone bud because they were afraid ro piss him off as agrippa stood next to him#publius servilius casca longus#pompeii#ancient rome#art
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riverlarking

i want to share with you some of my favourite graffiti from Pompeii

  • “Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!“ 
  • “Amplicatus, I know that Icarus is buggering you. Salvius wrote this.“ 
  • “We two dear men, friends forever, were here. If you want to know our names, they are Gaius and Aulus.“
  • “Floronius, privileged soldier of the 7th legion, was here. The women did not know of his presence. Only six women came to know, too few for such a stallion.“
  • “On April 19th, I made bread.“
  • “ I have buggered men.“
  • “If anyone does not believe in Venus, they should gaze at my girlfriend.“
  • “It took 640 paces to walk back and forth between here and there ten times.“
  • “Chie, I hope your hemorrhoids rub together so much that they hurt worse than when they every have before!“
  • “Epaphra is not good at ball games.”
  • “Two friends were here.  While they were, they had bad service in every way from a guy named Epaphroditus.  They threw him out and spent 105 and half sestertii most agreeably on whores.“
  • “Secundus likes to screw boys.“

I’ve always loved these. Humanity has never fucking changed.

the guy who wrote “if anyone does not believe in Venus, they should gaze at my gf” drank XTREME respect women juice

#pompeii#ancient rome#ancient history#archeaology#archeology
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ancientcharm

Virtual reconstruction of the thermopolium discovered during the last excavations in Pompeii.  Made by the Spanish archaeologist Pablo Aparicio Resco, based on original photographs by Luigi Spina / Parco Archeologico di Pompei.

Note: “Thermopolium” is a popular word created by the archaeologists; there was no such word in Latin, the actual word is Caupona; the modern equivalent of Restaurant, and at the same time Cafe/Bar and fast food stall.

#thermopolium#thermopolis#caupona#ancient rome#i would eat there#and probably die but still#ancient fast food#pompeii
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Okay so I'm curious as to how messed up my childhood self was compared to the rest of you.

When I read more about Pompeii and researched it to the best of my 9 year old ability, I went around my house leaving hand written notes to future archaeologists so they would be able to understand things about our society in the event all of us were ever carbonized due to ash.

On a dried apple wreath my great aunt made, I hid a note under it that explained that despite it seeming like a food source this was only for decoration and did not have ritual significance at least to our family.

I did this on various items throughout the house until my Mom found the notes and took them down and explained we weren't near a volcano.

Is that weird? Feel free to comment. XD

#pompeii#me being a weird kid#history geek#roman history
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