"A Roman cavalry helmet unearthed as part of the most important Iron Age discoveries ever made in the UK has been replicated to show how it might have looked some 2,000 years ago."
I took this at the Foro Romano (Roman Forum) in Rome, near the Temple of Divus Julius. The Roman Forum is situated between the Palatine and Capitoline hills. I was here in 2022.
CFP: Letter writing in the Roman empire (from Serena Connolly, Rutgers):
The Roman Epistulae Project invites abstracts for the conference 'Empire of Correspondence: Roman Imperial Letters as Literature and State Messaging, 31 BCE–534 CE' to be held in Boulder, Colorado, 4-5 October 2024.
Papers should examine the role of imperial correspondence in Roman society and governance.
The so-called ‘Nicchioni’ in the Italian city of Todi. #ancient#roman and perhaps dating to the mid-first century, it is unclear what the larger structure these impressive four niches built of Travertine belong to was. #archaeology#ancientrome#romanhistory#ancienthistory
This is the Foro di Pompei at the Pompeii Archaeological Park (Parco Archeologico di Pompei). You can see the Centauro di Igor Mitoraj in the distance. The foro was ancient Pompeii's main piazza. I took this in 2022 while I was in Italy.
This is the Villa dei Misteri. It is a Roman villa from the 2nd century BCE. The villa is part of the Pompeii Archaeological Park (Parco Archeologico di Pompei). I took this last year while I was in Italy.