Nina Willburger

Campaigning in Roman times: For #FrescoFriday a painting from Pompeii that was long believed to show the sale of bread. It's thought now to be the free distribution of bread ahead of an election by a politician in a white toga.

Photo: MANN Inv. No. 9071

#archaeology #romanarchaeology

Apr 10 at 10:56amWeb
Show threadThe Void ザ・ヴォイド4d ago
@ninawillburger But where are the circuses? ;-)
Show threadEcho Zebra4d ago

@ninawillburger

I guess a toga is a little inconvenient when selling bread, but a must for a politician.