#EpigraphyTuesday A hole new world. For many visitors, a trip to the Roman Forum often begins with a spectacular monument (15.4 X 13.5m): the Arch of Titus. It's beautifully inscribed: you can still see the holes where bronze letters were embedded to sparkle in the Sun.🧵1/7
📷Me The marble text (CIL 6.945; EDR103961):
"The Senate & People of Rome (dedicated this) to Divine Titus Vespasianus Augustus, son of Divine Vespasianus"
Whether or not you could read, the lettering, spacing & centred margins are exquisitely executed, illustrating control &order.2/7

#EpigraphyTuesday It's my birthday, so here is one of my favourite inscriptions, still in situ, leading onto Tiber Island: the Pons Fabricius (62 BCE). The oldest bridge in Rome is 62m x 5.5m with 2 arches 24m wide in lovely travertine; built to last! #Roman #Archaeology 1/5
📷Me The bridge, beautifully drawn by Piranesi (1756) was reworked by consuls after a flood (21 BCE) (Dio 53.33.5). A central chamber with a stone prow let high waters to pass: illustrating the innovative technology behind Rome's majestic architecture 2/5
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#EpigraphyTuesday Spring has Sprung!🌷 This delicately punched piece of copper alloy, 8cm (ca. the width of a credit card) shows how #Roman soldiers on Hadrian's wall measured the passing seasons.
But what is it? 🧵1/4
🏛️📷 @VindolandaTrust @VindolandaTrust @DocCrom @roamintheempire @AncientRomeLive @TheClassicalCo Answer: We're not entirely sure. It was probably part of a larger ring (ca. 35cm in total), which roughly labelled the days (K), weeks (N), mid-month (Id) & the equinox (Ae). Some suggest that it was a clock, others a calendar... 2/4

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#MuseumsUnlocked Day 107: Rome/Architecture. The Pantheon: How did this beautifully preserved mix of concrete, bronze & precious materials from across the globe come together as one of the world's most magnificent buildings? It began with Marcus Agrippa...1/5
#Roman #Archaeology In his 3rd consulship (27 BCE), in an effort to unite a divided nation, Agrippa honoured 'all the gods'. Pliny ( Elder) describes Syracusan bronze (NH. 34), Cleopatra's pearls became Venus' earrings (NH. 9). Jupiter did not approve: ⚡️& 🔥 struck! Only his facade survived... 2/5