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The site at Baalback is one of the top Roman ruins. The stones used were the biggest anywhere. The humans in the picture give an idea of scale. Lebanon.
ROMAN EMPIRE ~ Columbus Park Neighborhood ~ Kansas City, Missouri USA ~ Copyright ©2015 Bob Travaglione ~ FoToEdge Images
This model is my take on a subject of ancient roman architecture. It does not represent any particular real building. Instead I took inspiration from them and I tried to model features that I thought are the most prominent. I mixed them with more unusual ones like placing columns in groups instead of using a regular grid pattern or using several smaller stairs from three sides of the building instead of a single and wide ones leading only to the main front doors.
The Roman Prince
When in Rome your biggest foes can be members of your own house.
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Model: Geddings Hempal
A late shot for the 'Roman Numerals' theme in the Weekly Alphabet Challenge. (just for my own album)
Roman Bridge in Cordoba Spain, crosses the River Guadalquivr.
Wikipedia:
The bridge was built by the Romans in the early 1st century BC, perhaps replacing a previous wooden one. It currently, after the Islamic reconstruction, has 16 arcades, one less than original ones, and a total length of 247 meters. The width is around 9 meters.
The Via Augusta, which connected Rome to Cádiz, most likely passed through it. During the early Islamic domination the Muslim governor Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani ordered a bridge to be built on the ruins of what was left of the old Roman construction. In the Middle Ages, the Calahorra Tower and the Puerta del Puente were built at the bridge's southern and northern ends, respectively (the latter is now a 16th-century reconstruction). The bridge was reconstructed and expanded to its current size. The arches depict the famous Moorish architecture that dominates the city's scenery. In the 17th century, a sculpture depicting St. Raphael was put in the middle of the bridge, executed by Bernabé Gómez del Río.
During its history, the bridge was restored and renovated several times (in particular in the 10th century), and now only the 14th and 15th arches (counting from the Puerta del Puente) are original. It was extensively restored in 2006.
Rome has so much to offer for any historian or a photographer like me. Personally, I feel that Roman Forum will help you get closest to the Roman era., the way they actually used to live and to a certain extent it captures the essence of Roman life.
This was shot from Palantine Hill. Why such dark tones!!!??? Well, I was watching Spartacus series while processing this pic which is quite like this in looks. So probably the processing got influenced with it.
I am sure this will either be really liked or really hated.
Will visit your streams by tomorrow.
Nikon D800
Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8G
The temple is a 22.235 brick 1:26 scale model of the Maison Carrée in Nîmes, southern France.
The Maison Carrée is one of the best preserved Roman temples today and was built in about 4-7 AD. The temple is so well preserved becaused it was transformed into a church after the fall of the Roman Empire. It was restored several times, the last major restoration was in 2006-2011.
The model was built with Lego Digital Designer, and rendered with Bluerender.
The Roman Forum is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum.
It was for centuries the center of Roman public life: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men. The teeming heart of ancient Rome, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world, and in all history. Located in the small valley between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills, the Forum today is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archeological excavations.
Many of the oldest and most important structures of the ancient city were located on or near the Forum.
The Roman Baths complex is a site of historical interest in the English city of Bath. It is a well-preserved Roman site once used for public bathing. The Roman Baths themselves are below the modern street level.
I originally wanted to make a ship for my collection of Game of Thrones minifigs, but I ended up making a historical Roman ship instead. This MOC is a recreation of a trireme used by the Roman republic in the first Punic war (264 - 241 BC). The trireme is a heavy warship used by the ancient Mediterranean civilizations. It has three rows of rowers (this is the meaning of “trireme”), and it has a bronze ram for ramming into enemy ships. The Romans added a bridge (corvus) to the ship, which they dropped onto and boarded enemy ships.
This is the ancient Roman road that went from Augsburg to Salzburg, nowadays called Via Julia
It passed Gauting and Buchendorf You can still drive on it through parts of Gauting (die Römerstrasse).
Originally the Flavian Amphitheater, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering. Construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus.
Finale. Thank you for not catnapping.
NSW Public Schools Dance Competition.
Martin Place, Sydney, Australia (Wednesday 8 September 2010 @ 1:52pm).
A wonderful day spent in the roman Baths in Bath
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"The Roman" is a regular haunt for me and a typical east end of London street, full of interesting characters.
Cordoba's beautiful Roman Bridge over the Guadalaquiver River with the magnificent Mezquita, Mosque / Cathedral in the background. A wonderful city with stunning attractions all within walking distance of each other.
This was labeled as 'Funerary Relief of Tation and Tatianos'.
The two-dimensional figures on this marble tomb tablet are said to be characteristic of Roman funerary reliefs made in Phrygia (in present day Turkey).
The figure at left is a man wearing armor and boots, perhaps a soldier. On the right is a woman with a mirror nearby, perhaps indicating that she was beautiful.
While the two figures can represent a Husband and Wife, the Greek inscriptions below indicate that perhaps four members of the family are memorialized here. The translated inscriptions include “Demetrios and Tation for their sweet child (son) Tatianos", as well as “Theaitetos for his mother Tation.”
Getty Villa Museum, Los Angeles; July 2021
Custom Lego Roman Skoutatoi, based loosely on the Roman Skoutatoi units that replaced the Legionnaire as the heavy infantry of the Roman Empire.
Ancient Seleucia..... (Greek: Σελεύκεια – also transliterated as Seleukeia) was an ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast of Pamphylia, in Anatolia, approximately 15 km northeast of Side; the site is currently about 1k north of the village of Bucakşeyhler (also Bucakşıhler), approximately 12 km northeast of Manavgat, Antalya Province, Turkey. It is situated on a hilltop with steep escarpments on several sides making a strong defensive position. The track from the village has recently been clearfelled but the main site is still within a mature pine forest. The German researcher Johannes Nollé has suggested, however, that the remains at this location are not those of Seleucia but rather those of Lyrba. An inscription that was found later (written in the language of Side) indicated Lybre should be the name of well-preserved set of ruins, the most important of which is the agora. A notice indicates the inscription implied the city was founded before Hellenistic times, which would put its foundation before the 330-30 BC period. There are remains of an agora containing a row of two-storey and three-storey building façades, a gate, a mausoleum, a Roman bath, a necropolis, in addition to several temples and churches.Because of its remote location,the site has not been plundered for building materials and the area is littered with columns and other items like large grindstones for flour making.
The Roman Baths in the beautiful city of Bath, UK. The naturally green spring water that is warmed by a thermal vent is turned blue by the intensity of the winter sky.
The Roman Cultural Garden is located in Washington Park, Springfield Illinois. Two long rows of raised bed lay in front of a reflecting pond at the base of the columns. The columns standing at the west end of the garden were salvaged from the Lincoln Library. Lincoln Library was one of the more than 2500 libraries funded by philantropist Andrew Carnegie.
Washington Park is locaed on the west side of Springfield Illinois and spans 150 acres. The park was constructed in 1901 and was designed by Ossian Simonds, noted for his naturalistic style of landscape design. Washington park is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Domvs Romana is a ruined Roman-era house located on the boundary between Mdina and Rabat, Malta. It was built in the 1st century BC as an aristocratic town house (domus) within the Roman city of Melite. In the 11th century, a Muslim cemetery was established on the remains of the domus. The site was discovered in 1881, and archaeological excavations revealed several well preserved Roman mosaics, statues and other artifacts, as well as a number of tombstones and other remains from the cemetery. Since 1882, the site has been open to the public as a museum, which is currently run by Heritage Malta.
Despite its location in rural Shropshire, this was the fourth-largest city in Britain during Roman times. It served as the base of operations for overseeing Roman control of Wales, which today lies about 10 miles to the west.
Though Hadrian’s Wall was built by Legionaries, it was manned by Auxiliaries. These included cavalry and all types of light infantry.
Auxillia were originally formed from frontier populations to fight in their homelands, using their local knowledge. However, following such events as the Revolt of the Batavi in AD 69, they were relocated to other parts of the Empire. Consequently, Hadrian’s Wall found itself garrisoned by Batavian and Tungrian Cohorts.
With the formalisation of units came the standardisation of equipment. Though some auxiliaries wore no armour, those who did wore either mail or scale armour, while the helmets were usually cheap versions of the current legionary type. The weapons of the infantry were usually a sword, similar to the legionary gladius, and a short spear.
The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum (Italian: Foro Romano), is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum.
For centuries the Forum was the center of day-to-day life in Rome: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men. The teeming heart of ancient Rome, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world, and in all history.Located in the small valley between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills, the Forum today is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archaeological excavations attracting 4.5 million or more sightseers yearly.
Many of the oldest and most important structures of the ancient city were located on or near the Forum. The Roman Kingdom's earliest shrines and temples were located on the southeastern edge. These included the ancient former royal residence, the Regia (8th century BC), and the Temple of Vesta (7th century BC), as well as the surrounding complex of the Vestal Virgins, all of which were rebuilt after the rise of imperial Rome.
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Roman Theatre of Aspendos
View of the Roman Theatre of Aspendos in 2011
Roman Theatre of Aspendos is located in TurkeyRoman Theatre of Aspendos
Shown within Turkey
LocationAspendos, Turkey
Coordinates36°56′20″N 31°10′20″E
TypeRoman theatre
Width96 metres (315 ft)
History
BuilderZenon
Founded161 a.D - 180 a.D
AbandonedNo
PeriodsAncient Rome
CulturesRoman
Site notes
ConditionAlmost intact
Public accessYes
The Roman theater of Aspendos is a Roman theater in the ancient city of Aspendos in Turkey. It was built in the 2nd century and is one of the best preserved ancient theaters of the Greco-Roman world.[1]
Description
With a diameter of 96 metres (315 ft), the theatre provided seating for 7,000/13,000 people. The theatre was built in 155 AD by the Greek architect Zenon, a native of the city, during the rule of Marcus Aurelius. It was periodically repaired by the Seljuks, who used it as a caravansary, and in the 13th century the stage building was converted into a palace by the Seljuks of Rum. Technically the structure is a theatre not an amphitheatre, the latter being fully round or oval shaped.
History
The theater was built during the reign of Marcus Aurelius (161-180). An inscription lists the brothers Curtius Crispinus and Curtius Auspicatus as commissioners and Zenon as architect. The cavea is partly built against the slope of the hill, which provides a natural foundation. The rest of the stand rests on stone arcades. The cavea has 41 rows of benches, providing seating for 12,000 spectators. The stage wall is completely intact, only the original eight-meter-deep wooden ceiling has disappeared. Around the theater, 58 holes have been found where there used to be poles, which could be used to stretch a large velarium over the grandstand to protect the spectators from the sun.[2]
In the 13th century, the stage building was converted into a palace for the Seljuks.
In modern times, the theater has been restored to its original state. It is an important tourist attraction for the region. In spring and summer, opera and ballet performances are held there.