Ryan Saputo
@ryansaputo.bsky.social
History Ph.D. student at UCLA studying usurpation, civil wars, political violence, and political legitimacy in the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity
https://history.ucla.edu/person/ryan-saputo/
https://history.ucla.edu/person/ryan-saputo/
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Weekend timeline cleanse!
A #Greek rhyton in the shape of a #dog's head. 🐕🐶
Vessels such as this were used in drinking parties. Since they didn't have a base, their contents had to be consumed before the vessel could be put down
Dating ca. 475 BC.
📷 Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia 🏺
A #Greek rhyton in the shape of a #dog's head. 🐕🐶
Vessels such as this were used in drinking parties. Since they didn't have a base, their contents had to be consumed before the vessel could be put down
Dating ca. 475 BC.
📷 Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia 🏺
January 17, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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WOW! This late Roman blue glass cup made an epic 12,000 km journey!
Made in the eastern Mediterranean, it was excavated from the Cheonmachong Tomb, a royal tomb of the ancient Silla Kingdom in Korea! 🤯
Early AD 500s. Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Made in the eastern Mediterranean, it was excavated from the Cheonmachong Tomb, a royal tomb of the ancient Silla Kingdom in Korea! 🤯
Early AD 500s. Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
January 16, 2026 at 2:22 PM
WOW! This late Roman blue glass cup made an epic 12,000 km journey!
Made in the eastern Mediterranean, it was excavated from the Cheonmachong Tomb, a royal tomb of the ancient Silla Kingdom in Korea! 🤯
Early AD 500s. Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Made in the eastern Mediterranean, it was excavated from the Cheonmachong Tomb, a royal tomb of the ancient Silla Kingdom in Korea! 🤯
Early AD 500s. Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
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Happy New Year - 2026 already, wow!
In the #Roman world, lamps were often given as New Year's gifts - on this example, a winged Victory inscribes a shield with a wish for happiness in the new year, surrounded by coins & dried fruits (also traditional new year gifts).
In the #Roman world, lamps were often given as New Year's gifts - on this example, a winged Victory inscribes a shield with a wish for happiness in the new year, surrounded by coins & dried fruits (also traditional new year gifts).
January 1, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Happy New Year - 2026 already, wow!
In the #Roman world, lamps were often given as New Year's gifts - on this example, a winged Victory inscribes a shield with a wish for happiness in the new year, surrounded by coins & dried fruits (also traditional new year gifts).
In the #Roman world, lamps were often given as New Year's gifts - on this example, a winged Victory inscribes a shield with a wish for happiness in the new year, surrounded by coins & dried fruits (also traditional new year gifts).
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Anatolia’s only known ‘Good Shepherd’ Jesus fresco uncovered in Iznik, crafted in Roman style - Türkiye Today
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/anat...
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/anat...
Anatolia’s only known ‘Good Shepherd’ Jesus fresco uncovered in Iznik, crafted in Roman style - Türkiye Today
In a frescoed tomb at Iznik’s Hisardere Necropolis, a rare Good Shepherd image of Jesus offers a new glimpse into Early Christian faith in Anatolia
www.turkiyetoday.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Anatolia’s only known ‘Good Shepherd’ Jesus fresco uncovered in Iznik, crafted in Roman style - Türkiye Today
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/anat...
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/anat...
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This is such brilliant archaeology. There's a bit of a persistent story that Britain was somehow culturally separate from europe in the Roman empire when it was so intertwined and connected by people and goods travelling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rare mosaic in Rutland reveals forgotten Trojan War tale - BBC News
A paper by experts at the University of Leicester has been described as a "fascinating development".
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is such brilliant archaeology. There's a bit of a persistent story that Britain was somehow culturally separate from europe in the Roman empire when it was so intertwined and connected by people and goods travelling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Our book, _War and Community in Late Antiquity_, is out in January and is edited by Tina Sessa and Susanna Elm. My chapter is on the literary and archaeological mapping of Roman troop billeting (no Third Amendment in Ancient Rome!) Excited to see this in print soon. www.cambridge.org/universitypr...
War and Community in Late Antiquity | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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December 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Our book, _War and Community in Late Antiquity_, is out in January and is edited by Tina Sessa and Susanna Elm. My chapter is on the literary and archaeological mapping of Roman troop billeting (no Third Amendment in Ancient Rome!) Excited to see this in print soon. www.cambridge.org/universitypr...
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One of my most favourite glass vessels: A marvellous Roman vessel in the form of a pig, made of blue glass. It was used to hold ointment or perfume.
Found in a burial in Cologne. Dating late 2nd/early 3rd century AD
📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln
🏺 #archaeology
Found in a burial in Cologne. Dating late 2nd/early 3rd century AD
📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln
🏺 #archaeology
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
One of my most favourite glass vessels: A marvellous Roman vessel in the form of a pig, made of blue glass. It was used to hold ointment or perfume.
Found in a burial in Cologne. Dating late 2nd/early 3rd century AD
📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln
🏺 #archaeology
Found in a burial in Cologne. Dating late 2nd/early 3rd century AD
📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln
🏺 #archaeology
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A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology