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Romans and their dogs
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A remarkable 2000 year old ladies shoe found in a well amongst the ruins of a Roman Fort archaeological dig in Germany
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Colosseum, Rome
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Reconstruction of the House of the Faun, Pompeii
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One of the oldest surviving Roman Amphitheaters, Pompeii,Italy
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Aerial view of the theatre of Palmyra
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The Pantheon
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Column of Marcus Aurelius
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Leptis Magna in Libya
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A 2000 year old street from Pompeii
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Today 1578 An entrance into the catacombs north of Rome, on the Via Salaria, was accidentally discovered.
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Now THIS is how you show off the past! The black lines are on a glass pane in front of the monument, very clever!
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Trajan's Column. Just imagine all those ancient Romans carving this!
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Roman Ruins: Triclinium of the House of Orpheus. Archaeological site of Volubilis (Morocco)
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Bronze Roman baking pan, dating to the 1st Century CE, some designs never change
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Pula Arena Croatia. Roman amphitheater built between 27 BC and 68 AD
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The Roman Baths in Bath, England
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The 2,300-year-old Grand Theatre of Ephesus, in Turkey, before and after excavation
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The Roman Forum at dusk
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Carbonised loaf of bread, 79 AD, Roman, Herculaneum
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The Appian Way is a roman road constructed in 312 BC that is still in use today.
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Roman theatre, Palmyra, Syria.
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Aerial view of the theatre of Palmyra
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Happy birthday Rome. Rome was founded on 21 April 753BC
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Sunset in Rome
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This papyrus signed by Cleopatra grants tax exemption from sales of imported wine to the Roman businessman Publius Canidius, a friend of Mark Antony. At the bottom, in a rare example of her handwriting, Cleopatra herself added the Greek word "ginesthoi," "make it happen."
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Oldest olive oil The nearly 2,000 year old bottle filled with solidified olive oil from Pompeii with carbonized bread. Roman, 79 AD
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A street in Pompeii
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So that's what Barbie looked like in ancient times! This 2nd century Ivory doll was found in the grave of a Roman child.
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The Roman Pantheon is the most well preserved and influential building of ancient Rome.
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Eternal City by Night
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Today 1184BC Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes
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Wonderful old photo of the Colloseum
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Pantheon Rome
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Rome aerial view
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A 2000 year old street from Pompeii
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Rome!
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PANTHEON, Canaletto, 1742
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These are statues of the early Roman emperors, with colour added. The Romans painted their statues - this is reasonably close to how they would have looked in the emperors' lifetimes. The hair and eye colours are taken from ancient Roman descriptions.
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A street in Pompeii!
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Leptis Magna amphitheater, Libya.
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Circus Maximus!
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Night view of the great Roman Colosseum
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Roman Forum with Moon
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Roman Forum, Then and Now.
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Ephesus turkey ❤️ Just imagine walking in those ancient streets 🏛️
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The Roman Forum
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Roman Emperor Trajan built the city of Timgad in Algeria. It was later abandoned in the desert for 1,000 years. When it was found again
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Roman Baths, England
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Happy birthday Rome. Rome was founded on 21 April 753BC
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Roman road in Pompeii, leading towards Vesuvius.
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Look how big the Pantheon doors are!
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The Punic port of Carthage, 2300 years later.
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Surgical materials from Roman times found buried in a house in Pompeii
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Rome - The Eternal City
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Claudius's Aqueduct was one of Rome's ancient aqueducts.
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Germanic trader crossing into Roman border
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A Roman helmet found in the Rhine River, With the name of the soldier who wore it, L. Lucretius Celeris, inscribed inside.
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Very İmpressive Female hairstyle in ancient Rome
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Rome
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The Eternal City
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Rome in the late 1800s A fruit seller, in front of the Colosseum. Photo 1885
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Ancient Rome was the the first city to reach a population of 1 million people in 133BC. London, England reached the mark in 1810.
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Pompeian bread preserved in ash. You can see the stamp of the baker who made it.
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Stunning! The Colosseum of Africa! The Roman Amphitheatre of El Jem. Tunisia.
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Mouse eating a nut. Roman mosaic (200 BC). Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome
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Inside the Colosseum - View of the ruins below the ground floor. Rome, Italy.
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Happy birthday Rome. Rome was founded on 21 April 753BC
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Roman glasses discovered in Denmark. Third century
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Rome when it became the capital of the Kingdom Of Italy (1871)
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Pompeii, a hug that lasts 2000 years
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A marble Roman toilet decorated with a cart wheel 211-224 AD
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Reconstruction of the Pantheon of Agrippa
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Rome!
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Give Them Bread and Circuses and They Will Never Revolt
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The Arch of Triumph was a Roman ornamental archway in Palmyra, Syria. It was built in the 3rd century during the reign of emperor Septimius Severus. Its ruins later became one of the main attractions of Palmyra, until it was destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq in October 2015.
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Bottle of olive oil and 2000-year-old roasted bread Pompeii, Italy
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Today 49BC Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. He was leading one legion, the Legio XIII Gemina.
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Today 55bc Julius Caesar gives orders to start the invasion of Britain.🏛️
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The Roman theatre at Sabratha on the coast of North Africa. Libya. 2nd-3rd century AD
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A stunning bronze gladiator greave (shin guard) from Pompeii.
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Roman legions
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The splendid Roman Forum!
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2000 years old mosaic depicting Medusa from the Roman Odeon in ancient Kibyra, Turkey
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Circus Maximus in Rome now and then
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Roman period bronze wheel cutters, similar to modern-day pizza or pastry cutters.
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Circus Maximus - now and then
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A pair of 2,000 year-old Roman children's shoes found in the ruins of Palmyra.
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Eyes in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius.
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Beware of the dog. Home of the tragic Poet in Pompeii
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Coliseum and Arch of Constantine
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Today 558AD In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt.
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The Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, Lebanon, ca. 150 AD. This stunning Roman temple, still very well preserved, is actually larger than the Parthenon of Athens
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The original and only remaining section of marble flooring in the colosseum. It’s astounding it still remains after 2000 years
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The Temple of Garni - Armenia
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Library of Celsus in Ephesus, built in 117 A.D
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Roman Roads
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An array of ancient Roman surgical instruments discovered at Pompeii, on display at Naples Museum
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Then and Now. Recosntruction, Great theater of Ephesus.
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