The boy-Emperor Romulus Augustulus is often described as the last (Western) Roman Emperor. He abdicated the royal purple to Odoacer on September 4, 476. But there remained another claimant to the title of Western Roman Emperor -- the exiled Julius Nepos, who lived until 480. Who was the last Western Roman Emperor? One year to the day, I wrote an article on this ultimately unimportant question.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/who-was-the-last-western-roman-emperor/

#RomanEmpire #rome #fallofrome #history #romanhistory

How We Misunderstood Roman Britain. The Exeter Story

- Paul and Rebecca Whitewick

https://youtu.be/qtZfzgwqUzM?si=LKb3nkE3NVug3H3D

#history #romanhistory

✨New Episode - Divide and Conquer

We’re back in the thick of things with the years 418–416 BCE. Rome struggles with their neighbours, and faces strife from within from tribunes looking to make things right for the little people!

#RomanHistory #Podcast

https://partialhistorians.com/2023/08/31/episode-141-divide-and-conquer/

Scoffing at another bird omen in my #RomanHistory reading, I had to stop and reassess. 2000 years ago there must have been SO MANY BIRDS! (Suddenly I’m jealous of the Augurs.)

Flocks of awkward juvenile eagles dropping wolf cubs and pregnant hens on every noble family! Twelve vultures flying over Augustus? Sure! Vultures for days! It’s so hard to keep in mind how MUCH LIFE there was earlier in species decline, particularly as Caesar didn’t decree any census for the animal world.

Archaeologists Identify Roman Road Network [LiDAR]
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https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-identify-roman-road-network/148177 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.109 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #LiDAR #landscape #history #romanhistory #romanroads #archaeology #roads #transportation #ancientroads #UK #Britian #England #Devon #Cornwall #SouthWest #spatialanalysis #gischat #LeastCostPaths #MADO #CMTC #floodprone #grade #roadnetwork #Medieval

Robert Graves had a unique and idiosyncratic approach to historical fiction. Best-known for I, CLAUDIUS but COUNT BELISARIUS, set against the background of Justinian's attempt to reconquer the Roman Empire in the West, is very much worth reading.

#HistoricalFiction #RobertGraves #RomanHistory #belisarius #justinian #Historicalnovel #Historicalnovels

Dr Devereux's posts are always interesting...

#History #RomanHistory #AncientHistory

@bretdevereaux https://historians.social/@bretdevereaux/110794041798548461

Playing games at Vindolanda: Board gaming in Roman Britain
https://www.vindolanda.com/Blog/playing-games-at-vindolanda #Vindolanda #RomanBritain #RomanEmpire #RomanHistory #BoardGames #TabletopGames #Gaming #GamingHistory #Games #Archaeology

The spectacle of production: a Roman imperial winery at the Villa of the Quintilii, Rome.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/spectacle-of-production-a-roman-imperial-winery-at-the-villa-of-the-quintilii-rome/C3BFAFED7E6C5F14DBAFEB443EDB6CC2

#ancienthistory #ancientrome #archaeology #romanhistory

Kitchen shrine serpents and more fascinating new #Pompeii discoveries.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66226417

#Rome #ancienthistory #RomanHistory #archaeology #AncientArt

Grillius was the most centrist of all Roman rhetors #onomastics #Romanhistory #rhetoric #memes

Sol Invictus was a Roman sun god worshipped by emperors and soldiers in the late Roman Empire. This is because Sol Invictus represented the power and glory of the sun and was seen as a protector and a source of victory. Sol Invictus also influenced the development of Christianity, as some of his symbols and festivals were adopted by early Christians.

#SolInvictus #RomanHistory #SunGod

https://bigthink.com/the-past/sol-invictus/

Taken this day, 2021, all roads lead to Rome https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/51241898862/

Giant sculpture of a Roman Legionary's helmeted head on the line of the Antonine Wall, still keeping an eye on the northern border of the Roman Empire...

#photography #Scotland #Ecosse #History #Sculpture #Roman #RomanHistory #RomanLegionary #AntonineWall

I acknowledge this is A NICHE PULL, so feel free to reblog this around -

Does anyone have any good documentaries or even lecture series about the daily life on the Roman frontier?

Going for in Britain for ease of language, but I'm not going to kick out Gallic or Hisperian borders out of bed either lol. Basically somewhere frontier enough to be a fort, instead of in the middle of Londinium or downtown Rome.

Something that really goes into the domestic history minutiae would be great, especially if it focuses not just on the military forces but also what the civilians around the settlement were doing, too! Also the daily life of a Roman woman would be great - though this may not be easy to find outside of in the middle of Rome, hoping for focus on women's daily life on the romanobritish frontier is probs pushing it a bit.

I don't mind if there's some stuff pitched more towards kids in here too lol, just a sort of solid "here's somebody's day from when they wake up to when they go to sleep" is what I'm looking for. Or honestly a lecture series is fine too!

I'm sure there's tons of books that can fit the bill but, well, brain says no reading book because we gotta multitask. Looking after my dog also says we gotta multitask lol. Ideally something I can listen to is best, especially if it's in more bite-sized format than a long audiobook.

I know this is a long shot but I also feel like there may be a greater than average chance this will cross the eye line of some classicist who will immediately go "oh I know what you need exactly!" so fingers crossed, and thank you all in advance! :boost_ok:​

(I'm also trying to think of tags to go here so uhhh #romanhistory #britishhistory that's about all I can think of oh well)

“Though a man like Marius used populare rhetoric to fuel his political rise, he also burned to be accepted by the nobility, to be recognized as their equal. Saturninus, on the other hand, was a bomb-thrower. Like many popular revolutions in history, the men who unlock the door are not always the same men who come bursting through.”
—Mike Duncan, The Storm Before the Storm

Not at all relevant to the modern grand old fascist party.

#RomanHistory #MikeDuncan #USPol

Happy Birthday, Marcus Aurelius! #philosophy #rome #romanhistory #stoicism #marcusaurelius https://www.dustinjbyrd.org

When in #Rome. The Roman #Colosseum by night with all of the lights brings out the beautiful architectural lines in the arches and ancient stones. Dramatic, can you hear the crowds roar? Images will NOT include logo when purchased.

Fine ART: https://www.rhfinearts.com/Architectural-Photography/

#Art #Architecture #Photography #Photo #RomanHistory #History #buyintoart #MastoArt #Artwork #ThrowBackThursday #artmatters #Artist #wallart

If you're interested in historical warfare and martial arts, this series is marvellous.

Here's a world-standard javelinist throwing a Roman pilum. In and out of armour. With and without a shield.

#history #martialArts #romanHistory #rome #roman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLd2JPL7UAg

I see that not a lot has changed in the wine industry since Roman times... 😅
#WineHistory #Wineries #RomanHistory
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/rome-winery-intl-scli-scn/index.html

1954 years to the day (April 16, 69 AD), the Roman Emperor Otho ended his brief reign by his own hand rather than continue in a Civil War for the throne against Vilettlius. Otho's seemingly noble(-ish) end captured the imagination of Roman historians in light of the fact he had previously been noted for his relationship to Nero, having serious debt problems, and seizing the throne by murdering his predecessor in January 69. I wrote a very long article about the enigmatic life and death of Otho, focusing on comparing four Roman historian accounts and their different opinions on the matter.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/

#history #romanempire #romanhistory #romanemperor #otho #yearoffouremperors