r/ancientrome 11h ago

Inside the Roman amphitheater in Uthina, Tunisia

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This picture I took standing on the floor of the Uthina amphitheater built during the reign of Hadrian that seats about 16,000 for gladiatorial and animal games. The high wall was made to protect the spectators from the wild animals & combatants. It is the third largest in Tunisia and has been partially reconstructed.


r/ancientrome 6h ago

Roman Forum in Bricks

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Hey. A few months ago I found a lego model and presented it to you. Recently I found out that I guess thanks to your support it's now even available to buy at Letbricks.com. you can find it under Roman Forum there.

No self promotion so please no ban


r/ancientrome 7h ago

TIL the first Roman dynasty was of Greek descent. Demaratus, an exiled Corinthian noble, was grandfather of Rome's last kings. After the monarchy fell, his descendants became the Republic's first two consuls.

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r/ancientrome 4h ago

Nuraghe Santu Antine, located in Torralba, Sardinia, Italy

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r/ancientrome 16h ago

By some magical hypothetical power, you get to replace Emperor Honorius with any other Roman Emperor of your choosing, who would you pick to save the west?

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r/ancientrome 18h ago

Possibly Innaccurate Banquet of the bull.

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Here is my piece I created called Banquet of the Bull. I created to demonstrate Roman culture. I thought I'd share it here. I tried to include everything in an idealistic Roman banquet. I imagined this piece to be displayed in the triclinium, where the pater familias shows off one of his raging parties he's had in fresco form.


r/ancientrome 23h ago

Antony's descendants

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Modern Italians and Western Europeans either have or will have some percentage of Mark Antony's (the triumvir's) DNA. It's known that Antony was an expert womanizer; he had so many children that even great-grandchildren survived him at the end of the 1st century. Adding to this, he was in Gaul (during the Gallic Wars, 58 BC - 52 BC). And to add even more spice to the matter, I heard the story that Caesar had a favorite Gallic prostitute.