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🆕 15th October 2025: The Antiqvarivm at Complvtvm (Alcalá de Henares, Spain) https://jbinnacle.com/2026/01/10/15th-october-2025-the-antiqvarivm-at-complvtvm-alcala-de-henares-spain/ #AlcalaDeHenares #Complutum #Hispania #RomanSpain #travel #JBinnacle

15th October 2025: The Antiqvarivm at Complvtvm (Alcalá de Henares, Spain)

Though October is usually my holiday month and I can go on long trips (such as Türkiye in 2024), this year I came across an unexpected project. That means extra money, but less time, and even thoug…

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World History Encyclopedia Apr 9, 2025

There was no compulsory state education for children in any of the western provinces of the Roman Empire. #History #RomanRepublic #RomanEmpire #RomanEducation #RomanSpain #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2692-en/

Education in Roman Spain

There was no compulsory state education for children in any of the western provinces of the Roman Empire. The primary sources are sparse when it comes to the education in Roman Spain, and while some...

World History Encyclopedia

Erotic Mythology 💘Feb 9, 2023

It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thorsday

Zeus-Jupiter as Planet Jupiter in the Mosaic of the Plantearium, found in the ancient Roman city of Itálica, Santiponce, Seville, Spain

#DayOfZeus #Zeus #Jupiter #GreekMythology #mythology @mythology @antiquidons @histodons #ancientRome #mosaic #RomanSpain

Dr. Birgitta Hoffmann Dec 19, 2022

My last #MosaicMonday for this year (I doubt anybody will be interested on the 25 Dec, unless is comes with cranberry sauce :-)): The Cosmological Mosaic in #Merida. One of the most outstanding mosaics ever produced in #RomanSpain, with an assembly of deities and personifications of Sea, earth & air worthy of a Baroque ceiling. but all on the floor in tiny mosaic tesserae mostly of glass. It is impossible to photograph well as a tourist so these photos are from the Spanish Antiquities Service.