James Heath
@mumblerjamie.bsky.social
BA Classical Civilisations, MA City of Rome. Views my own. Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mumblerjamie/
"Every road does not lead to Rome, but every road in Rome leads to eternity"
"Every road does not lead to Rome, but every road in Rome leads to eternity"
#EpigraphyTuesday with the Gravestone for Sophron, a Young Slave in Hadrian's Household. Museo di Villa Adele, Anzio.
D M / SOPHRONI VERN / IMP CAES HADRIANI AVGVSTI / PHILVMENUS PATER / DISP EIVSDEM AVG / FILIO OPTIMO QVI / VIXIT ANN X DIEB XVII
#AncientBlueSky🏺
D M / SOPHRONI VERN / IMP CAES HADRIANI AVGVSTI / PHILVMENUS PATER / DISP EIVSDEM AVG / FILIO OPTIMO QVI / VIXIT ANN X DIEB XVII
#AncientBlueSky🏺
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#EpigraphyTuesday with the Gravestone for Sophron, a Young Slave in Hadrian's Household. Museo di Villa Adele, Anzio.
D M / SOPHRONI VERN / IMP CAES HADRIANI AVGVSTI / PHILVMENUS PATER / DISP EIVSDEM AVG / FILIO OPTIMO QVI / VIXIT ANN X DIEB XVII
#AncientBlueSky🏺
D M / SOPHRONI VERN / IMP CAES HADRIANI AVGVSTI / PHILVMENUS PATER / DISP EIVSDEM AVG / FILIO OPTIMO QVI / VIXIT ANN X DIEB XVII
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#MosaicMonday with the Catalogue of Fish from the House of the Faun at Pompeii.
Now on display in the MANN.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Now on display in the MANN.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#MosaicMonday with the Catalogue of Fish from the House of the Faun at Pompeii.
Now on display in the MANN.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Now on display in the MANN.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday and we have this section of the fresco from the House of the Golden Bracelet Oecus.
As seen at Pompeii e Santorini: L'Eternita e un Giorno mostra in 2019.
A partridge strolls through the vegetation at the bottom of the panel.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
As seen at Pompeii e Santorini: L'Eternita e un Giorno mostra in 2019.
A partridge strolls through the vegetation at the bottom of the panel.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
#FrescoFriday and we have this section of the fresco from the House of the Golden Bracelet Oecus.
As seen at Pompeii e Santorini: L'Eternita e un Giorno mostra in 2019.
A partridge strolls through the vegetation at the bottom of the panel.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
As seen at Pompeii e Santorini: L'Eternita e un Giorno mostra in 2019.
A partridge strolls through the vegetation at the bottom of the panel.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#ReliefWednesday with this fragment depicting Victory, in the museum-space at Largo di Torre Argentina Sacred Area.
2nd Century AD, Luni marble, it was found in front of Temple B.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
2nd Century AD, Luni marble, it was found in front of Temple B.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
#ReliefWednesday with this fragment depicting Victory, in the museum-space at Largo di Torre Argentina Sacred Area.
2nd Century AD, Luni marble, it was found in front of Temple B.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
2nd Century AD, Luni marble, it was found in front of Temple B.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#EpigraphyTuesday An altar put up by Saturninus, Centurion of the II Legio Augusta.
DEAE SV / LI MIN(ERVAE) ET NV / MIN(IBVS) AVG(VSTORVM) G(AIVS) / CVRIATIVS / SATVRNINVS / C(ENTVRIO) LEG(IONIS) II AVG(VSTAE) / PRO SESV / ISQVE / V(OTVM) S(OLVIT) L(IBENS) M(ERITO)
#AncientBlueSky🏺
DEAE SV / LI MIN(ERVAE) ET NV / MIN(IBVS) AVG(VSTORVM) G(AIVS) / CVRIATIVS / SATVRNINVS / C(ENTVRIO) LEG(IONIS) II AVG(VSTAE) / PRO SESV / ISQVE / V(OTVM) S(OLVIT) L(IBENS) M(ERITO)
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
#EpigraphyTuesday An altar put up by Saturninus, Centurion of the II Legio Augusta.
DEAE SV / LI MIN(ERVAE) ET NV / MIN(IBVS) AVG(VSTORVM) G(AIVS) / CVRIATIVS / SATVRNINVS / C(ENTVRIO) LEG(IONIS) II AVG(VSTAE) / PRO SESV / ISQVE / V(OTVM) S(OLVIT) L(IBENS) M(ERITO)
#AncientBlueSky🏺
DEAE SV / LI MIN(ERVAE) ET NV / MIN(IBVS) AVG(VSTORVM) G(AIVS) / CVRIATIVS / SATVRNINVS / C(ENTVRIO) LEG(IONIS) II AVG(VSTAE) / PRO SESV / ISQVE / V(OTVM) S(OLVIT) L(IBENS) M(ERITO)
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#MosaicMonday and we're at the MANN! This scene of comes from, preusmably, a larger Nilotic scene found at the House of the Faun in Pompeii.
It mostly features a group of ducks, though you can also spot a kingfisher and a frog in the scene.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
It mostly features a group of ducks, though you can also spot a kingfisher and a frog in the scene.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
#MosaicMonday and we're at the MANN! This scene of comes from, preusmably, a larger Nilotic scene found at the House of the Faun in Pompeii.
It mostly features a group of ducks, though you can also spot a kingfisher and a frog in the scene.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
It mostly features a group of ducks, though you can also spot a kingfisher and a frog in the scene.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday from the MANN! We have the Lares and Snakes panel from Pompeii (Regio VII.2/3)
We have two Lares in their typical pose with rhytons, the Genius performing a sacrifice with attendants and an aulos-player. Below a pair of snakes lie near an altar that has eggs on.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
We have two Lares in their typical pose with rhytons, the Genius performing a sacrifice with attendants and an aulos-player. Below a pair of snakes lie near an altar that has eggs on.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
#FrescoFriday from the MANN! We have the Lares and Snakes panel from Pompeii (Regio VII.2/3)
We have two Lares in their typical pose with rhytons, the Genius performing a sacrifice with attendants and an aulos-player. Below a pair of snakes lie near an altar that has eggs on.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
We have two Lares in their typical pose with rhytons, the Genius performing a sacrifice with attendants and an aulos-player. Below a pair of snakes lie near an altar that has eggs on.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#ReliefWednesday at the Lovure with this portrait of Antinous.
Around AD 130
Marble
Modern back, nose, mouth, chin and neck.
Formerly in the Campana Collection
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Around AD 130
Marble
Modern back, nose, mouth, chin and neck.
Formerly in the Campana Collection
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
#ReliefWednesday at the Lovure with this portrait of Antinous.
Around AD 130
Marble
Modern back, nose, mouth, chin and neck.
Formerly in the Campana Collection
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Around AD 130
Marble
Modern back, nose, mouth, chin and neck.
Formerly in the Campana Collection
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#EpigraphyTuesday with this Altar of Claudia Bassilla from the Capitoline's Domitian exhibition.
The altar was dedicated by Daphnus, Domitian's slave, to his daughter Claudia Bassilla, who died at 7 and a half years of age.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
The altar was dedicated by Daphnus, Domitian's slave, to his daughter Claudia Bassilla, who died at 7 and a half years of age.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#EpigraphyTuesday with this Altar of Claudia Bassilla from the Capitoline's Domitian exhibition.
The altar was dedicated by Daphnus, Domitian's slave, to his daughter Claudia Bassilla, who died at 7 and a half years of age.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
The altar was dedicated by Daphnus, Domitian's slave, to his daughter Claudia Bassilla, who died at 7 and a half years of age.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#MosaicMonday with this mosaic of showing a garum container.
From the House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus, Pompeii (VII.16.13)
Scaurus made a fortune from fish sauce. bought a mansion in Pompeii and set four of these panels into the floor of its entrance hall.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
From the House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus, Pompeii (VII.16.13)
Scaurus made a fortune from fish sauce. bought a mansion in Pompeii and set four of these panels into the floor of its entrance hall.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
#MosaicMonday with this mosaic of showing a garum container.
From the House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus, Pompeii (VII.16.13)
Scaurus made a fortune from fish sauce. bought a mansion in Pompeii and set four of these panels into the floor of its entrance hall.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
From the House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus, Pompeii (VII.16.13)
Scaurus made a fortune from fish sauce. bought a mansion in Pompeii and set four of these panels into the floor of its entrance hall.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday in the MANN!
Here we have bows of ships decorated with apotropaic eyes, seen through the arches of an arsenal.
From Pompeii, Insula Occidentalis, VI.10.
I think they look very, very sheepish.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Here we have bows of ships decorated with apotropaic eyes, seen through the arches of an arsenal.
From Pompeii, Insula Occidentalis, VI.10.
I think they look very, very sheepish.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
#FrescoFriday in the MANN!
Here we have bows of ships decorated with apotropaic eyes, seen through the arches of an arsenal.
From Pompeii, Insula Occidentalis, VI.10.
I think they look very, very sheepish.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Here we have bows of ships decorated with apotropaic eyes, seen through the arches of an arsenal.
From Pompeii, Insula Occidentalis, VI.10.
I think they look very, very sheepish.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#ReliefWednesdayat the British Museum's Legion exhibition was this terracotta panel showing Roman soldiers leading distressed prisoners in chains.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
#ReliefWednesdayat the British Museum's Legion exhibition was this terracotta panel showing Roman soldiers leading distressed prisoners in chains.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#EpigraphyTuesday from Petra Museum!
This limestone altar has 6 lines of Latin inscribed on 2 sides. It mentions Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (M. AVR. ANTONI), Roman Emperor from AD 161-180.
After the annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom, Latin was used in Petra.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
This limestone altar has 6 lines of Latin inscribed on 2 sides. It mentions Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (M. AVR. ANTONI), Roman Emperor from AD 161-180.
After the annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom, Latin was used in Petra.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#EpigraphyTuesday from Petra Museum!
This limestone altar has 6 lines of Latin inscribed on 2 sides. It mentions Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (M. AVR. ANTONI), Roman Emperor from AD 161-180.
After the annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom, Latin was used in Petra.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
This limestone altar has 6 lines of Latin inscribed on 2 sides. It mentions Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (M. AVR. ANTONI), Roman Emperor from AD 161-180.
After the annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom, Latin was used in Petra.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#MosaicMonday with birds having a drink, while a feline waits below.
Now in the MANN, discovered in Sant Maria Capua Vetere.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Now in the MANN, discovered in Sant Maria Capua Vetere.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
#MosaicMonday with birds having a drink, while a feline waits below.
Now in the MANN, discovered in Sant Maria Capua Vetere.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Now in the MANN, discovered in Sant Maria Capua Vetere.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday with this one known as Theseus the Liberator in the MANN!
From the exedra fo the House of M. Gavius Rufus in Pompeii (VII.2.16-17) it depicts the hero being celebrated by the Athenians after he has slain the Minotaur
#AncientBlueSky🏺
From the exedra fo the House of M. Gavius Rufus in Pompeii (VII.2.16-17) it depicts the hero being celebrated by the Athenians after he has slain the Minotaur
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
#FrescoFriday with this one known as Theseus the Liberator in the MANN!
From the exedra fo the House of M. Gavius Rufus in Pompeii (VII.2.16-17) it depicts the hero being celebrated by the Athenians after he has slain the Minotaur
#AncientBlueSky🏺
From the exedra fo the House of M. Gavius Rufus in Pompeii (VII.2.16-17) it depicts the hero being celebrated by the Athenians after he has slain the Minotaur
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#ReliefWednesday from Jerash!
In the North Theatre, on the wall at the end of the cavea, are reliefs, including this aulos-player!
Originally built in the 2nd Century AD, it was restored in the 3rd Century AD.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
In the North Theatre, on the wall at the end of the cavea, are reliefs, including this aulos-player!
Originally built in the 2nd Century AD, it was restored in the 3rd Century AD.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#ReliefWednesday from Jerash!
In the North Theatre, on the wall at the end of the cavea, are reliefs, including this aulos-player!
Originally built in the 2nd Century AD, it was restored in the 3rd Century AD.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
In the North Theatre, on the wall at the end of the cavea, are reliefs, including this aulos-player!
Originally built in the 2nd Century AD, it was restored in the 3rd Century AD.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
For #EpigraphyTuesday this week we have this honorary pedestal to Quintus Calpurnius Flavus from Barcelona
Q[VINTO] CALPVRNIO / L[VCI] FIL[IO] GAL[ERIA] / FLAVO / AED[ILI] II VIR[O] FLAM[INI] / ROM[AE] ET AVG[VSTI] / [BARC]IN[ONENSES] EX D[ECVRIONVM] D[ECERETO]
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Q[VINTO] CALPVRNIO / L[VCI] FIL[IO] GAL[ERIA] / FLAVO / AED[ILI] II VIR[O] FLAM[INI] / ROM[AE] ET AVG[VSTI] / [BARC]IN[ONENSES] EX D[ECVRIONVM] D[ECERETO]
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
For #EpigraphyTuesday this week we have this honorary pedestal to Quintus Calpurnius Flavus from Barcelona
Q[VINTO] CALPVRNIO / L[VCI] FIL[IO] GAL[ERIA] / FLAVO / AED[ILI] II VIR[O] FLAM[INI] / ROM[AE] ET AVG[VSTI] / [BARC]IN[ONENSES] EX D[ECVRIONVM] D[ECERETO]
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Q[VINTO] CALPVRNIO / L[VCI] FIL[IO] GAL[ERIA] / FLAVO / AED[ILI] II VIR[O] FLAM[INI] / ROM[AE] ET AVG[VSTI] / [BARC]IN[ONENSES] EX D[ECVRIONVM] D[ECERETO]
#AncientBlueSky🏺
It's #MosaicMonday! Here we have a scene from the Gladiator Mosaic in Galleria Borghese!
A victorious retiarius, alumnus, stands over his defeated opponent, the secutor, Mazicinus.
3rd-4th C. AD, from an excavated villa at the Borghese's Torrenova estate.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
A victorious retiarius, alumnus, stands over his defeated opponent, the secutor, Mazicinus.
3rd-4th C. AD, from an excavated villa at the Borghese's Torrenova estate.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It's #MosaicMonday! Here we have a scene from the Gladiator Mosaic in Galleria Borghese!
A victorious retiarius, alumnus, stands over his defeated opponent, the secutor, Mazicinus.
3rd-4th C. AD, from an excavated villa at the Borghese's Torrenova estate.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
A victorious retiarius, alumnus, stands over his defeated opponent, the secutor, Mazicinus.
3rd-4th C. AD, from an excavated villa at the Borghese's Torrenova estate.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday at Palazzo Altemps. Two frescoes here of a man and a woman, date to the circa AD 200 and come from the area fo the Baths of Titus on the Oppian Hill.
They form part of a set in the Pallavincini Rospigliosi Collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
They form part of a set in the Pallavincini Rospigliosi Collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#FrescoFriday at Palazzo Altemps. Two frescoes here of a man and a woman, date to the circa AD 200 and come from the area fo the Baths of Titus on the Oppian Hill.
They form part of a set in the Pallavincini Rospigliosi Collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
They form part of a set in the Pallavincini Rospigliosi Collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#ReliefWednesday and we have this from the British Museum! While fragmentary it depicts Satyrs working a wine press.
1st Century AD, from the Hamilton collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
1st Century AD, from the Hamilton collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#ReliefWednesday and we have this from the British Museum! While fragmentary it depicts Satyrs working a wine press.
1st Century AD, from the Hamilton collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
1st Century AD, from the Hamilton collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#EpigraphyTuesday at Museo delle Terme with this altar dedicated to Hercules by Tiberius Claudius Onesimus.
HERCVLI / SANCTO / SACRVM / TI(BERIVS) CLAVDIVS / ONESIMVS D(ONO) D(EDIT)
Dated between AD 31-100, it was found at Vicolo dell'Arsaccio.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
HERCVLI / SANCTO / SACRVM / TI(BERIVS) CLAVDIVS / ONESIMVS D(ONO) D(EDIT)
Dated between AD 31-100, it was found at Vicolo dell'Arsaccio.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
#EpigraphyTuesday at Museo delle Terme with this altar dedicated to Hercules by Tiberius Claudius Onesimus.
HERCVLI / SANCTO / SACRVM / TI(BERIVS) CLAVDIVS / ONESIMVS D(ONO) D(EDIT)
Dated between AD 31-100, it was found at Vicolo dell'Arsaccio.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
HERCVLI / SANCTO / SACRVM / TI(BERIVS) CLAVDIVS / ONESIMVS D(ONO) D(EDIT)
Dated between AD 31-100, it was found at Vicolo dell'Arsaccio.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#MosaicMonday with this one of a Panther and other Dionysiac symbols on display in Herculaneum's on-site musem.
The museum panel doesn'tsay where it's from, or specify each symbo, though I can definitely see the thyrsus.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
The museum panel doesn'tsay where it's from, or specify each symbo, though I can definitely see the thyrsus.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
#MosaicMonday with this one of a Panther and other Dionysiac symbols on display in Herculaneum's on-site musem.
The museum panel doesn'tsay where it's from, or specify each symbo, though I can definitely see the thyrsus.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
The museum panel doesn'tsay where it's from, or specify each symbo, though I can definitely see the thyrsus.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday From high above the clouds, and under a rainbow, Jupiter, flanked by an eagle, gazes at something a Cupid is pointing out.
Originally from Herculaneum.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Originally from Herculaneum.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#FrescoFriday From high above the clouds, and under a rainbow, Jupiter, flanked by an eagle, gazes at something a Cupid is pointing out.
Originally from Herculaneum.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Originally from Herculaneum.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#ReliefWednesday and this comes from Amman's Citadel! It would appear to be a fist holding a stylistic form of lightning bolts. Perhaps Zeus/Jupiter?
Currently on a patch of open space near the Temple of Hercules, it may have come from the temple.
#ReliefWednesday
Currently on a patch of open space near the Temple of Hercules, it may have come from the temple.
#ReliefWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#ReliefWednesday and this comes from Amman's Citadel! It would appear to be a fist holding a stylistic form of lightning bolts. Perhaps Zeus/Jupiter?
Currently on a patch of open space near the Temple of Hercules, it may have come from the temple.
#ReliefWednesday
Currently on a patch of open space near the Temple of Hercules, it may have come from the temple.
#ReliefWednesday
#EpigraphyhTuesday with a milestone cippus from Mt. Nebo Museum.
It's the 6th Milestone from the Esbous-Livias road. The road was upgraded in the early 3rd Century AD, and therefore the inscription features the name of Caracalla.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
It's the 6th Milestone from the Esbous-Livias road. The road was upgraded in the early 3rd Century AD, and therefore the inscription features the name of Caracalla.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#EpigraphyhTuesday with a milestone cippus from Mt. Nebo Museum.
It's the 6th Milestone from the Esbous-Livias road. The road was upgraded in the early 3rd Century AD, and therefore the inscription features the name of Caracalla.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
It's the 6th Milestone from the Esbous-Livias road. The road was upgraded in the early 3rd Century AD, and therefore the inscription features the name of Caracalla.
#AncientBlueSky🏺