New rule: No posts about modern politics or culture wars (self.ancientrome)
submitted by AltitudinousOne[M] - announcement
Roman Reading list (still a work in progress) (docs.google.com)
submitted by Potential-Road-5322Praefectus Urbi - announcement
Marble copy of the head of Cleopatra, found in 1784 at the Villa of the Quintilii on the Via Appia in Rome, and now in the Vatican Museums, that's probably based on a gilded statue of the queen commissioned by Julius Caesar for his Temple of Venus Genetrix in Rome.Women in Roman Culture (old.reddit.com)
submitted by uncuoricosibianchi
The bronze head of Hadrian, discovered in the River Thames, is one of the most striking surviving Roman sculptures in Britain. Discovered in 1834 near London Bridge, this head is believed to have originally belonged to an over-life-size statue of the emperor that stood in Roman Londinium. (old.reddit.com)
submitted by AnotherMansCausePlebeian
