Ancient History & Arts

This is an account that focuses on the fascinating history of the ancient world. Follow me for more history content.

[stories from athena's city! @athenianism]

A full moon rises over the Acropolis of Athens ❤️‍🔥

[stories from athena's city! @athenianism]

A reconstruction of Hadrian's Library, which was built in 132 CE on the north side of the Athenian Acropolis. ❤️‍🔥

[Ancient History & Arts @ArchaicWorlds]

A tragic mask of a young male character. The sculpture is Roman and dates from the 1st-2nd century CE.

[Ancient History & Arts @ArchaicWorlds]

The 19th century sculpture of Augustus that overlooks the island of Capri in Italy. During the Roman period this beautiful isle was dotted with villas belonging the Eternal city's elite. One of the biggest examples is Villa Jovis which belonged to Emperor Tiberius....

[Ancient History & Arts @ArchaicWorlds]

https://t.co/8ALKxn44RD

[Ancient History & Arts @ArchaicWorlds]

A diver off the coast of Israel discovered an 1,800-year-old Roman shipwreck containing 44 tons of ancient artifacts including marble capitals! The cargo most likely came from Turkey or Greece and was traveling possibly to the city of Alexandria in Egypt.

[βάλλ' εἰς κόρακας @cycladian]

Athens is the biggest city in Greece with a history spanning over 5,000 years! But how did this ancient city get its name? A *mythological* thread on Athens' naming contest.....

[βάλλ' εἰς κόρακας @cycladian]

Since my favourite season is approaching: Here is a personification of Summer holding a sikcle and a sheaf of wheat. Her exposed breast is meant to represent abundance and fertility. This mosaic was discovered at the church of Petra in Jordan and it dates from late Roman period.

[βάλλ' εἰς κόρακας @cycladian]

Pictured here is the humble spot where in 1820 a Greek farmer by the name of Georgios Kentrotas found the famous Venus de Milo which is nowdays housed at the Louvre in Paris! ⛵🧿<3

[βάλλ' εἰς κόρακας @cycladian]

In 1342 the people of Thessaloniki overthrew the Byzantine administration and established the government of the Zealots. Under their rule the property of the local aristocracy was confiscated, and their wealth was redistributed. A thread on a forgotten part of our history.....

[βάλλ' εἰς κόρακας @cycladian]

In 904 the the Abbasid Caliphate led by Leo of Tripoli, a pirate and Greek Muslim convert from Antalya sacked and destroyed Thessaloniki, the second largest city in the Byzantine Empire which was also known as Symvasilévousa or “co-reigning” alongside Constantinople (a thread)‼️

[βάλλ' εἰς κόρακας @cycladian]

Ancient Greek Hangover! This red-figure oinochoe was made by the Oionokles Painter sometime in the 470's BCE. It depicts a drunk man and an enslaved youth who holds a vessel for his master to urinate into. This artifact can nowadays be found at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

[βάλλ' εἰς κόρακας @cycladian]

A thread on Sparta's history after the Roman period. What happened to this once great city-state of the Peloponnese? Is Athens' rival still around? (a thread 🧵)

[βάλλ' εἰς κόρακας @cycladian]

If you want to help the people affected in Turkey ↓

[Ancient History & Arts @ArchaicWorlds]

see you soon! ⛵

[Ancient History & Arts @ArchaicWorlds]

Roman mosaic depicting two Pygmies engaging in sexual intercourse next to a trelliced structure in Egypt (2nd century CE—Shtheby’s Auctions).

[βάλλ' εἰς κόρακας @cycladian]

Thessaloniki Urban Legend: The bleeding stone

The Bleeding Stone was erected by the ancient citizens of Thessaloniki to memorialize the 7,000 (some sources claim 18,000) spectators that were brutally murdered at the site by the Byzantine emperor Theodosius. (1/6)

[βάλλ' εἰς κόρακας @cycladian]

Eternal Love: This artifact that was made in Attica in 510–500 BCE depicts an intimate moment “with remarkably acute observation as well as with considerable artistic attention to the juxtaposition of nude and clothed forms and the deployment of drapery.”

[βάλλ' εἰς κόρακας @cycladian]

snowy athens (2022) ☃️

[βάλλ' εἰς κόρακας @cycladian]

Something that a lot of people don't know about the biggest Museum in Athens is that they have a rare collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts. This collection covers every period of ancient Egyptian history from the from the Predynastic era up until the age of the Ptolemies.