The ancient ‘cryptoporticus’ in the Roman emperor’s Nero’s Golden House. #rome #archaeology #ancientrome #ancienthistory #romanhistory
The ancient ‘cryptoporticus’ in the Roman emperor’s Nero’s Golden House. #rome #archaeology #ancientrome #ancienthistory #romanhistory

I made a edition of Edward Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ as a phone/tablet-sized PDF: https://archive.org/details/gibbon_declineandfall (3863 pages!)

LuaLaTeX source code: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/gibbon_declineandfall

The style uses the interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, so (at least in theory), it is an accessible #TaggedPDF.

The font is @mc_wiki’s beautiful Garamontio.

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#TeXLaTeX #typography #history #literature #RomanHistory

A large ancient mithraeum, with parallel dining benches along the sides, built into the underneath structures of the Roman baths of Caracalla. #rome #archaeology #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ancientrome
Details of the extraordinary ancient Nile mosaic at Palestrine. #rome #archaeology #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ancientrome
📚🗂️⏳#EAZArchive: EAZ 17 (2) is now available in our digital archive
Published in 1976, this issue brought together studies in vegetation history, ancient Nile Valley topography, Meroitic language, Late Roman imperial restoration attempts in the Rhineland, as well as Vedic scholarship.
Read here: https://www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/eaz/issue/view/119
#archaeology #ethnography #anthropology #research #eaz #NileValley #RomanHistory #VedicStudies #AncientWorld

Augustus understood that power survives through memory.

The Res Gestae presented conquest, patronage, and political control as civic virtue, turning autocracy into the language of republican restoration.

Imperial propaganda rarely looked so polished. 🏛️📜

#Brewminate #AncientRome #Augustus #RomanHistory

https://brewminate.com/res-gestae-augustus-imperial-propaganda/

‘Res Gestae’ of Augustus and Imperial Propaganda

How Augustus used the ‘Res Gestae’ to turn civil war, autocracy, and selective memory into a fake legacy of republican restoration.

Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas
An ancient stone block with a round loaf of bread carved decoration, found near Porta Maggiore, possibly from a Roman tomb of someone connected to the baking industry. #rome #archaeology #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ancientrome