Sold at Auction: Exceptional Ancient Roman Mosaic - Autumn Season Bid now on Invaluable: Exceptional Ancient Roman Mosaic - Autumn Season from Artemis Fine Arts on September 22, 2016, 08:00 AM PST.

For what it’s worth, here’s the link: www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...

The provenance is murky, so suspicion is circumspect. The auction house that sold it had these details: “Provenance: Ex-private French collection aquired in the early 80's from an old Swiss collection.” So not at all promising!

To honour the season, we offer this beautiful mosaic. It’s provenance is not ideal but it is thought to date to the 2nd to 3rd century CE.

#AncientRome #NearEast #Autumn #History

Thought to be part of a series of the four season, this mosaic depicts a figure with wings wearing a wreath of grapes and holding more grapes in a hold of their gown. The mosaic is a square panel with a wavy border in undulating reds and grays.

✨Belated #MosaicMonday with a mosaic thought to personify Autumn✨

We must confess to enjoying the long weekend and entirely missing Monday, but we’re back now! In our corner of the globe, autumn is upon us - though it might very well be the warmest autumn in quite some time.

Geese honked for an attack of Gauls in 390 BCE while the dogs did not.

The geese have let this go to their heads every since

From the @partialhistorians.bsky.social 's "Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire"

The way they chase dogs is very revealing 👀

What a way to celebrate Friday with this gorgeous depiction of Venus. She appears to glide across the sea as she reclines in a shell. She is accompanied by a nereid riding a dolphin and Cupid shyly hanging back behind the shell.

✨Venus, House of Venus - Pompeii✨

What a way to celebrate Friday with this gorgeous depiction of Venus. She appears to glide across the sea as she reclines in a shell. She is accompanied by a nereid riding a dolphin and Cupid shyly hanging back behind the shell.

#FrescoFriday #AncientRome

Bring on Season 2!

It's been well over a year since we last checked in on Wiros and Yemos to see how their little city of Rome is managing. Helping us to separate the original founding myth from an imaginative modern retelling are @partialhistorians.bsky.social, Dr. Rad and Dr. G!

Listen now at movieswedig.com!

What a way to celebrate Friday with this gorgeous depiction of Venus. She appears to glide across the sea as she reclines in a shell. She is accompanied by a nereid riding a dolphin and Cupid shyly hanging back behind the shell.

✨Venus, House of Venus - Pompeii✨

What a way to celebrate Friday with this gorgeous depiction of Venus. She appears to glide across the sea as she reclines in a shell. She is accompanied by a nereid riding a dolphin and Cupid shyly hanging back behind the shell.

#FrescoFriday #AncientRome

Enjoy!

Special Episode - Archaic Roman Religion - The Partial Historians - Ancient Roman History with smart ladies In this episode, we discuss aspects of archaic Roman religion, such as the role of nature, early gods, and priesthoods.

However, the gods were hugely important to the Romans, so there are a variety of sources that we can use to piece together a picture of what practices and ideas guided the early Romans.

#AncientRome #Religion #Podcast

partialhistorians.com/2026/04/02/s...

Image description: A lararium in the House of the Vettii, Pompeii, dedicated to the Lares and the genius of the household.The lares stand on either side of the central figure, the Genius of the household. Text below reads: “Special Episode - Archaic Roman Religion, podcast, special episodes, April 2nd 2026.”

✨Special Episode - Archaic Roman Religion✨

As with all aspects of the archaic period, it can be difficult to find reliable and detailed source material for certain aspects of religious life.

Hopefully Herc can make it there to do some quick cleaning magic!

The hydra was known to terrorise the countryside around Lerna with its nine serpenty heads. Between the venom and the fact that one head was immortal, this was not a labour to be sneezed at!

#Hercules #AncientRome #AncientGreece

Image description: Hercules on the left faces off against the hydra on the right. In the background, a figure seems to emerge from rock. The relief is dated to end of 3rd century CE and comes from the Roman Villa of Chiragan. This artefact is held by the Musée des Antiques de Toulouse.

✨It’s a god; it’s a man; it’s HERCULES!✨

Hercules’ second labour is a fitting match for #ReliefWednesday (that old hump day). Here he squares off against the Lernean Hydra.

Oh no 👀👀

Thank you so much!

Uh oh!

Coming soon: YOU ARE ODYSSEUS an interactive audiobook podcast

TOMORROW - the interactive audiobook podcast of YOU ARE ODYSSEUS begins!
Listen to teasers now!
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Part of the Memory Collective: @mythsbaby.bsky.social @ancienthistory101.org @movieswedig.bsky.social @partialhistorians.bsky.social @sweetbitterpod.bsky.social

I assume so, but I’m not sure. Ancient language folk, please weigh in

Likely a nod to his Thracian origins

This mosaic scene shows Orpheus playing his lyre while birds, big cats, and other species gather around him.

✨Orpheus✨

This #MosaicMonday we celebrate Orpheus, whose musical gifts were such that he was capable of attracting all manner of animals to his side. In this mosaic panel, found near Edessa and dated to 194 CE, Orpheus plays his lyre and predator and prey alike are soothed by his song.

@movieswedig.bsky.social thanks for hosting this televisual feast!

Posted for Romulus II: The War for Rome. Poster shows Titus Tatius in the centre on his throne. Clockwise from left: Silvia, of Alba, Wiros, Yemos, Ilia, and Ersilia.

Catch all the discussion and watch along with us and the excellent crew from Movies We Dig. Earlier today we watched Romulus S2, E1 ‘Offesa’ which brings the rule of Wiros and Yemos at Rome in 753 BCE to the attention of the Sabine king Titus Tatius…

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Starts in just over an hour! ROMULUS WATCH PARTY United States: 28 March at 8:00 PM EDT Australia: March 29 at 11:00 AM AEDT Join the hosts of ‘Movies We Dig’ and ‘The Partial Historians’ as we watch the first episode from Season 2 of Romulus! (If you have Tubi, watch along with us!) WATCH AT: YOUTUBE.COM/@MOVIESWEDIG

Starts in just over an hour!

ROMULUS WATCH PARTY

✨United States: 28 March at 8:00 PM EDT

✨Australia: March 29 at 11:00 AM AEDT

Join the hosts of ‘Movies We Dig’ and ‘The Partial Historians’ as we watch the first episode from Season 2 of Romulus!

YOUTUBE.COM/@MOVIESWEDIG

Happening later today! Join us and The Partial Historians @partialhistorians.bsky.social as we unpack a fun and unique series about ancient (prehistoric) Rome! The episode we'll be reacting to depicts the abduction of the Sabine Women. Get ready to dig into it! #Romulus

Amazing!

This fresco from the triclinium in the House of the Vettii in Pompeii, seems to run counter to today’s notions of good taste…

#FrescoFriday #AncientGreece #AncientRome #Euripides

Pentheus was ripped limb from limb. His death was viewed as a sparagmos, where tearing an animal (or human) apart was viewed as a special type of sacrifice.