MITHRIDATES I., son of Arsaces IV., whom Orosius (5.4) rightly calls the sixth from Arsaces I., a man of distinguished bravery, greatly extended the Parthian empire. He conquered Eucratides, the king of Bactria, and deprived him of many of his... https://t.co/0OonyvZJko
Archaeological site of Nora, near Pula, Sardinia, Italy Nora, ancient site about 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Cagliari (Caralis) on the island of Sardinia. Although tradition ascribes its foundation to Iberians from Tartessus, the site, which... https://t.co/OiKRZTxiLp
Numa Pompilius & the Nymph Egeria. Illustration for Stories from Livy by Alfred J Church (Seeley, 1895). 🎨Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian🇮🇹 (1781–1835) Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 1, chapter 18 Numa is said to have reigned from... https://t.co/wQzIVJ2Ikv
“The jug was aimed to be kept [in place] by three terracotta plates covering it,” lead archaeologist Elif Özer of Pamukkale University tells the Hurriyet Daily News, adding that that the coins were likely buried during Emperor Augustus’ reign... https://t.co/xL6j3GWP48
Mercury Bringing the Golden Apple to Paris. Wood engraving after a fresco (1590s) by Annibale Carracci (Italian painter, 1560 - 1609) in the in the Farnese Gallery, Rome, Italy, published in 1884. https://t.co/Dys5Jt5jCy
By his death in 1216, Pope Innocent III had increased papal power and extended the influence of the papacy over European monarchs. It was his belief that the Papal States were under threat from the expansionist plans of the Holy Roman Emperor,... https://t.co/cbNIsNHJve
Cornelius (RE 345) Scipio Calvus, Gnaeus, son of L. ‘Cor¬ nelius Scipio (1), brother of P. ‘Cornelius Scipio (1), and hence uncle of P. ‘Cornelius Scipio Africanus, father of P. ‘Cornelius Scipio Nasica. Consul in 222 bc, he and his colleague... https://t.co/bu3qJj0OPE
In this image of the system, X-rays from Chandra in gold are seen along with infrared data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope in red, green and blue. Pareidolia may strike again as some people report seeing a shape of a face in WISE's infrared data.
People walk along the Mura Aureliane in Rome April 16, 2001. A stretch of a third century Roman wall of the Mura Aureliane, once part of the colossal outer ramparts surrounding the capital of the Roman empire, collapsed late on Sunday. [📷 Alessia Pierdomenico]