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️ When in Rome, look up! 🇮🇹
A different angle on history — this is the Column of Marcus Aurelius at Piazza Colonna. Standing tall since the 2nd century, it’s been watching over Rome as empires rise and fall. Fun fact: the carvings tell the story of Marcus Aurelius’ military campaigns. 📜️
Just another reminder that in Rome, history isn’t just in museums. It’s everywhere you look.
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The only surviving bronze statue of a Roman emperor to have completely survived from Antiquity - bronze statues had a tendency to be melted down, but this one survived both the late Roman empire and the Christian Middle Ages (when it was thought that this was a portrait of Constantine the Great). The exact original place for this larger than life statue, once coated with gold and dating to 175 A.D., is not known. In 1538 it was placed in Piazza del Campidoglio (that is, the square on the Capitoline hill) - it has now moved indoors and a replica has taken its place.
I posted this a while ago on my other stream but as I'm limited in my movements right now, me and a few billion others of course, and wishing to choose an image that I'm particularly proud of with it being the weekend, almost, this one has everything I can ever wish for photographically.
Why? Because it's timeless and holds a reminder that the important things in life happen today right in front of you without any assistance from the news media. A mystery awaits us all and we can choose to break the tranquility if we desire but sometimes a journey to the end of the street and back again is all we need. To quote Marcus Aurelius, the happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. To quote myself, don't go overthinking, it ain't worth it :)
"Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away." ~Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius was a Roman Emperor who lived from 121 to 180 AD. If he were on Instagram, I'd totally follow him.
I look at Italy over & over again and find myself thinking . . . what kind of nature, power, universe created this kind of beauty ♥️ . . . It doesn’t look real, it doesn’t feel real. It touches my heart to tears
Marcus Aurelius (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180), called the Philosopher, was a Roman emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled the Roman Empire with his adoptive brother Lucius Verus (who took Verus as a regnal name) until Lucius' death in 169. (2/22/2019)
A serene afternoon moment captured in the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, where the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius stands as an eternal witness to the passage of time. This shot aims to encapsulate the interplay between Rome's ancient grandeur and the casual modern-day life that flutters around its base. The architectural precision of Michelangelo's Renaissance plaza design serves as a stately counterpart to the organic movement of visitors, creating a timeless scene.
Berlin, Altes Museum, August 2014
A bust of a young Marcus Aurelius, the future philosopher-emperor, dating from around 140 CE.
The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn
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The column was made sometime before 193 A.D. in honour of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (either on order from him himself, or after his death in 180 A.D.) The Latin name for it is Columna Centenaria Divorum Marci et Faustinae and the Italian Colonna di Marco Aurelio. The column is made of 27-28 blocks of Carrara marble and depicts emperor Marcus Aurelius Marcomannic Wars, by the Romans called bellum Germanicum which took place from 166 to 180 (when the emperor died). It now stands in Piazza Colonna, a square named after the column, in front of Palazzo Chigi. Originally the statue on the top of the column depicted the emperor, but it was later lost and in the 16th century it was replaced by a bronze statue of the apostle St Paul.
The Pantheon
Early morning at the Pantheon, a rare time when this piazza (Piazza della Rotonda) is not full of visitors.
“The Pantheon is one of the best-preserved monuments of ancient Rome. The structure, completed around 126-128 A.D. during the reign of Emperor Hadrian, features a rotunda with a massive domed ceiling that was the largest of its kind when it was built. The Pantheon is situated on the site of an earlier structure of the same name, built around 25 B.C. by statesman Marcus Agrippa, and is thought to have been designed as a temple for Roman gods.” (1)
“Due to a lack of written records, many unknowns surround the present-day Pantheon, including who designed it and how long its construction took. Made primarily from bricks and concrete, the Pantheon consists of three sections: a portico with granite columns, a massive domed rotunda and a rectangular area connecting the other two sections. Measuring 142 feet in diameter, the domed ceiling was the largest of its kind when it was built. At to the top of the dome sits an opening, or oculus, 27 feet in width. The oculus, which has no covering, lets light—as well as rain and other weather—into the Pantheon. The walls and floor of the rotunda are decorated with marble and gilt and the domed ceiling contains five rings of 28 rectangular coffers.”(1)
“The 16 massive Corinthian columns supporting the portico weigh 60 tons each. They are 39 feet (11.8 m) tall, five feet (1.5 m) in diameter and brought all the way from Egypt. These columns were dragged more than 100 km from the quarry to the Nile river on wooden sledges. They were floated by barge down the Nile River when the water level was high during the spring floods, and then transferred to vessels to cross the Mediterranean Sea to the Roman port of Ostia. There, they were transferred back onto barges and pulled up the Tiber River to Rome. The Columns support a triangle pediment with an inscription attributing the Pantheon to Marcus Agrippa (“M•AGRIPPA•L•F•COS•TERTIUM•FECIT” meaning “It was built by Marcos Agrippa in his third consulate”). It is the only remain from the original temple built by Agrippa and it is believed that Hadrian left it as a gesture to his predecessor when he rebuilt the pantheon.” (2)
Fountain of the Pantheon
“The “Fountain of the Pantheon” was designed by famous architect Giacomo Della Porta in 1575 and sculpted out of marble by Leonardo Sormani. In 1711, Pope Clement XI requested that the fountain be modified and had Filippo Barignoni design a new layout, which included a different basin, made of stone, and the obelisk of Ramses II set in the centre on a plinth with four dolphins decorating the base.” (2)
Sources: (1) History. The Pantheon. Available at www.history.com/topics/ancient-greece/pantheon
(2) 10 facts about the Pantheon. Available at romeonsegway.com/10-facts-about-the-pantheon/
Marcus Aurelius is a Tibetan goat breed. He is son of Rosina + Oswald.
Tibetan or Pygmy goats are small goats of African origin.
The Pygmy Goat is hardy, alert and animated, good-natured and gregarious; a docile, responsive pet, a cooperative provider of milk, and an ecologically effective browser. The Pygmy goat is an asset in a wide variety of settings, and can adapt to virtually all climates.
UPDATE: He crossed the Rainbow Bridge on February 14th 2009.
“Take everything that’s bright and beautiful in you and introduce it to the shadow side of yourself.”
Detail of the equestrian statue of Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Sarmaticus in the Capitoline Museum.
Rediscovering the Antonine Wall project.
This sculpture is installed at Lambhill Stables, in the garden, overlooking Possil March and the Campsies. Works have started on the landscaping and the sculpture, over 7 metres high, is by Malcom Robertson complementing its "brother" named Silvanus, meaning a Roman god of the woods, at the Nethercroy site of the Antonine Wall, 14 miles away, near Kilsyth.
The installations aim to raise awareness of Roman heritage and the significance of this historical site to the local community and visitors from further afield.
It is impressive.
Konak - İzmir - Türkiye/Turkey
Explore May 7, 2009 #496
Smyrna Agora
The remains of the agora of Smyrna constitute today the space of İzmir Agora Museum in İzmir's Namazgah quarter, although its area is commonly referred to as "Agora" by the city's inhabitants.
Situated on the northern slopes of the Pagos hills, it was the commercial, judicial and political nucleus of the ancient city, its center for artistic activities and for teaching.
İzmir Agora Open Air Museum consists of five parts, including the agora area, the base of the northern basilica gate, the stoa and the ancient shopping centre.
The agora of Smyrna was built during the Hellenistic era. After a destructive earthquake in 178 AD, Smyrna was rebuilt in the Roman period (second century AD) under the emperor Marcus Aurelius, according to an urban plan drawn by Hippodamos. The bust of the emperor's wife Faustina on the second arch of the western stoa confirms this fact.
It was constructed on a sloping terrain in three floors, close to the city center. The terrain is 165 m wide and 200 m long. It is bordered on all sides by porticos. Because a Byzantine and later an Ottoman cemetery was located over the ruins of the agora, it was preserved from modern constructions. This agora is now the largest and the best preserved among Ionian agoras. The agora is now surrounded by modern buildings that still cover its eastern and southern parts.
There is no mention of the equestrian statue dedicated to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius in ancient literary sources, but it was in all likelihood erected in 176 CE, along with numerous other honors on the occasion of his triumph over the Germanic tribes, or in 180 CE soon after his death. There were many equestrian statues in Rome at that time: late-Imperial descriptions of the areas of the city listed 22 such statues, called equi magni, that is larger-than-life-size, just like the monument to Marcus Aurelius. The latter statue, however, is the only one to have survived to the present, and by virtue of its integrity it soon assumed the symbolic value for all those who wished to present themselves as heirs to Imperial Rome. Its location in the Lateran is first recorded in the tenth century, but it is likely that it had been there from at least the end of the eighth century, when Charlemagne wanted to copy the layout of Campus Lateranensis when he transferred a similar equestrian statue, taken from Ravenna, to his palace in Aachen. In 1538 Pope Paul III ordered the Farnese family to have the statue moved to the Capitoline Hill, which had become the headquarters of the city's authorities in 1143. A year after its arrival, the Roman Senate commissioned Michelangelo to refurbish the statue. The great Florentine artist did not just limit himself to planning an appropriate site for the monument, but made in central element in the magnificent architectural complex known as the Piazza del Campidoglio.
Roman, probably 176 CE. Gilded bronze
Musei Capitolini, Rome (inv. MC3247)
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~ Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (often referred to as "the wise"; April 26, 121 – March 17, 180)
After three days of rain (which we needed) the sun came out today just before Noon. I decided to push my photography comfort zone a bit. Please HONESTLY tell me what you think!!!! THANKS!!!
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
Words by Marcus Aurelius 26 April 121 AD - 17 March 180 AD
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"We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne."
Marcus Aurelius
I just learned of the passing of my very dear friend who retired to Cape Cod
and produced many gorgeous photographs of that area.
This sculpture sits in front of his house. I had posted it years ago, and have gone into my archives for other shots, but this is how I've been feeling all morning, in deep reflection about life, death and friendship.
"Observe and contemplate on the hidden things of life:
how a man's seed is but the beginning;
it takes others to bring it to fruition.
Think how food undergoes such changes to produce health and strength.
See the power of these hidden things which,
like the wind cannot been seen,
but its effects can be.
~ Marcus Aurelius ~
"There is no art without contemplation."
~ Robert Henri ~
Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
#MarcusAurelius
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” ~Maria Robinson
"We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne."
Marcus Aurelius
Have a great day!
The Capitoline Museums (Italian: Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The historic seats of the museums are Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo, facing on the central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1536 and executed over a period of more than 400 years. The history of the museums can be traced to 1471, when Pope Sixtus IV donated a collection of important ancient bronzes to the people of Rome and located them on Capitoline Hill. Since then, the museums' collection has grown to include a large number of ancient Roman statues, inscriptions, and other artifacts; a collection of medieval and Renaissance art; and collections of jewels, coins, and other items. The museums are owned and operated by the municipality of Rome.
The new great glass covered hall — the Sala Marco Aurelio — created by covering the Giardino Romano is similar to the one used for the Sala Ottagonale and British Museum Great Court. The design is by the architect Carlo Aymonino. Its volume recalls that of the oval space designed by Michelangelo for the piazza. Its centrepiece is the bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, which was once in the centre of Piazza del Campidoglio and has been kept indoors ever since its modern restoration.
Colonna di Marco Aurelio - Piazza Colonna, via del Corso
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Emperor Marcus Aurelius (r A.D.161-180), Capitoline Museum, Rome.
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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your estimate of it, and you have the power to revoke this at any moment.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
If people could wrap their minds around the idea of life and the world, they would always be happy except in truly bad situations such as death. In reality, the only death in this life is darkness.
I love science! To think about how everything works in life is truly a miracle! But I’m really into books, photography, poetry, philosophy, traveling… They make my blood boil!
One of the Roman emperor's many duties was to serve as commander-in-chief of the Roman army. This portrait bust depicts Emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned 161-80 CE) wearing full military dress: a tunic, body armor (cuirass), and a thick cloak pinned at the right shoulder known as a paludamentum.
Marcus Aurelius spent much of his reign defending the empire's increasingly unstable borders, yet he was also a devout follower of Stoicism, a Greek belief system that encouraged moderation, responsible behavior, and respect toward others. His personal writings, known as the Meditations, show that although he preferred a philosophical life, he accepted the challenges of the imperial office.
Roman, ca. 170-180 CE.
Art Institute of Chicago, anonymous loan
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This building began as the mausoleum of emperor Hadrian. He began work here already in 125 A.D., and it was finished by his successor in 139, a year after the death of Hadrian. It was not just for Hadrian himself, but also his family, the buried here included his wife Sabina, Antoninus Pius and his wife Faustina Maior, Lucius Aelius Caesar, Commodus, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus and his wife Julia Domna, Geta and Caracalla. Caracalla's burial in 217 A.D. is the last recorded one in the mausoleum.
In 401 it was turned into a fortress and got built into the Aurelian wall. When Alaric and the Visigoths sacked Rome in 410 A.D. the place was looted and the urns taken away and the ashes scattered. And in 590 an angel is supposed to have appeared on the roof - where the bronze statue now can be found - given the place its current name.
The popes rebuilt the mausoleum/fortress several times, continuing to use it as a fortress, connected to St Peter through a covered fortified corridor and a lot of structural revisions were made in the 16th century making it a Roman/Renaissance crossover.