Part of the ancient drainage system of the Colosseum, exposed in the recent excavations and layout of the new piazza. #rome #archaeology #ancientrome #romanhistory #ancientrome

For those of you who may be looking for a "shorter" Otho read, I published a lighter post on Martial's Epigram about the death of Otho four years to the day.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/martials-epigram-on-emperor-otho/

#RomanHistory #Poem #Epigram #Martial

Martial’s Epigram on Emperor Otho

The New Leaf Journal

Today marks the 1957th anniversary of the death-by-suicide of the short-reigning Roman Emperor, Otho. Lest anyone thinks this is "random," I happened to write an article (the longest article in NLJ history by a good margin...) on the subject back in 2021.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/

#History #RomanHistory #Otho #YearOfFourEmperors

Emperor Otho’s Peculiar Life and Death

A comprehensive study of the views of the ancient Roman historians of the life and death of Emperor Otho, who ruled Rome for three months in 69 AD.

The New Leaf Journal
A selection of the ancient Roman and some early modern statues that once adorned the gardens and buildings of the Villa Borghese, replaced with casts for conservation reasons in the 1980s and 90s, now housed in the basement of the Pietro Canonical Museum. #rome #archaeology #ancientrome #romanhistory #ancienthistory
An ancient game board carved into the steps of the temple of Venus and Roma. #rome #archaeology #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ancientrome
The remains of the ancient Roman aqueducts the Aqua Marcia, Aqua Claudia and Anio Novus, as well as the 16th century Papal aqueduct Felice in Mandrione. #rome #archaeology #ancientrome #ancienthistory #romanhistory
Ancient Doric column capitals reused as bases on the #medieval church porch of Santa Prassede. #rome #archaeology #ancientrome #romanhistory
The gilded bronze hair attachments from an ancient marble statue, part of a Classical Greek sculptural group of Theseus fighting Amazons, later taken to #Rome and reused in the pediment of the Roman temple of Apollo Sosianus. Currently on display in La Roma e Grecia exhibition at the @museicapitolini #archaeology #ancienthistory #ancientrome #romanhistory
The extraordinary ruins of the ancient Roman bridge of Augustus at Narni, which one carried the via Flaminia across the river. #archaeology #ancientrome #romanhistory #architecturalhistory #ruins
A fragment of an ancient marble sculpture, possibly part of a Roman sarcophagus (?), reused above A doorway. #rome #ancientrome #romanhistory #ancienthistory #archaeology