HISTORIAE

The Temple of Saturn and the Temple of Vespasian, the Forum, Rome. 19th. century. Samuel Prout British 1783-1852. pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

Roman Gods And Goddesses of the Countryside, Arch of Trajan at Beneventum, 114 CE

These gods and goddesses represent the prosperity of the countryside: Bacchus, god of the vine with his thyrsos (a fennel-stalk staff); Ceres, goddess of corn and the harvest, with a torch; Diana, goddess of hunting and wild animals; and Silvanus, god of woods and fields, who holds a pine branch (in situ, west side, attic).

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

What's Hercules doing in a Christian catacomb?

Hercules and the Hydra,

4th century, Catacomb of Via Latina, Rome

recently uncovered pompeii reg. ix fragments!!!!

cast your votes!!

Dolce Far Niente by John William Godward (1897)

In the Tepidarium by John William Godward (1913)

pompey convincing cicero to come to him during caesars civil war

Ruins of a Roman Bath with Washerwomen by Hubert Robert

i had a joke about orpheus and eurydice but looking back it wasn't a good idea

how did sulla make the time for his five boyfriends in between all the killing and butchering and blood drinking? well he was just that motivated efficient & driven.

Seven times consul here, never was dictator but I was also pretty busy, you know? Sulla learnt it all from me after all

I did not have five boyfriends though...because I had the money to marry them

imagine trying to fuck in a toga though. it wouldbe so beautifully impractical &stupid <3

the toga IS a sexy item of clothing though its like lingerie to me. and this IS part of the appeal

byzantine mosaic

Museo Nacional de Beirut