Ruins fire the imagination.

It really does bring home how technicolour the ancient world was in terms of the built environment.

Huge congratulations 🥂

Thought you might find this interesting
romansinscotland.com/roman-bas-re...

I think your link refers to that. It was really interesting.

In the museum that houses the Ara Pacis there was an exhibit showing the monument as it would have appeared when painted.

It was a thrill to see it for myself recently.

To be fair the ‘rules’ of naming were not always adhered to strictly. Some must have seen them as guidelines. 😊

It’s just gorgeous. Luxurious.

3/3
When I returned to Rome …in the consulship of Tiberius Nero and Publius Quintilius, the senate decreed that an altar of Augustan Peace should be consecrated next to the Campus Martius for my return … ‘
(Res Gestae 12, 2).

This was a powerful message to his people.
#Archaeology #ReliefWednesday

2/3 We know that the Altar was dedicated to the Pax Augusta because he told us in his own words in his Res Gestae inscription on bronze that he placed before his mausoleum close to the Ara Pacis. This survives only in copies from elsewhere.
📸 my own #MausoleumofAugustus #Archaeology #ReliefWednesday

And a warmonger, executing so-called drug runners out of Venezuela - the list goes on, and on.

It’s interesting because bribery among fellow Romans was normal. Jugurtha, the foreigner, was using bribery too effectively. He had to go.