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Picture of the day: Los Milagros Aqueduct, Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain)
Los Milagros Aqueduct, Augusta Emerita© Carole Raddato The Los Milagros Aqueduct (Acueducto de Los Milagros) is an incredibly well-preserved Roman water supply system in Mérida in Spain. Augusta...
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How the Romans did their business: images of Latrines throughout the Roman world
In Roman times, toilets used to be a public and convivial place. An epigram from Martial reveals just how public privies were among the most frequented places in the city for socializing: “Quod in...
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Picture of the day: The circular temple dedicated to the Venus of Knidos,...
Temple of Venus Knidos, Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli© Carole Raddato It is a small circular temple with doric columns situated on the Temple Valley at Hadrian’s Villa. It belongs to the latest building...
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Picture of the day: Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland (UK)
Hadrian’s Wall, Sycamore Gap© Carole Raddato An absolutely beautiful spot! This iconic tree was made famous by the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). It is one of the best Hadrian’s Wall views...
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Exploring the Limes Germanicus… images from Rome’s Germanic Frontier (part one)
From one end of the empire to another! The Roman empire encircles the Mediterranean Sea, and beyond that, lay its frontiers. By the early 2nd century the empire was stretching from the Atlantic Ocean...
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Fragmentary bust of Hadrian, from the area of Santa Bibiana at Termini...
Hadrian, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome© Carole Raddato Inv. no. 124.491 Termini portrait sculptural type. This fragmentary bust was discovered in 1941 during work on the main train station (Stazione...
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Picture of the day: Cat among the ruins of the Prytaneion at Ephesus (Turkey)
Ephesus is teeming with cats. I happen to love cats and this is my best cat shot from Ephesus. The reason I chose this photo today is that I just caught Cat Scratch Disease, an infection following the...
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Picture of the day: The Column of Trajan, Rome
© Carole Raddato Column of Trajan, Carrara marble, completed in 113 AD, Trajan’s Forum, Rome On this day (26th May) 107 AD, Trajan celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Dacians. The...
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The Gladiator Mosaic at Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Last November, I visited the Römerhalle at Bad Kreuznach, Germany. It is a museum that displays finds from a late 2nd century Roman villa as well as other Roman finds from the district of Bad...
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Music for Hadrian
In addition to his great provincial travels and skills of leadership, Hadrian was an unrivaled patron of the arts. He was considered an expert in many fields, such as arithmetic, geometry,...
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Marble bust of Antinous, circa AD 130, Glyptothek Museum, Munich
© Carole Raddato The classical features of the face and body as well as the thick, curly hair are sensually rounded and smoothly formed. A strange melancholy pervades the completely impassive face.
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Gods and Goddesses: the Immortals depicted on Roman oil lamps
While on a four day trip to explore the Limes Germanicus, I ended up visiting the Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Museum of antiquities) and the Glyptothek in Munich due to poor weather conditions. The...
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Picture of the day: The Temple of Venus and Roma, Upper Via Sacra, Rome
The Temple of Venus and Roma designed by the emperor Hadrian© Carole Raddato The Temple of Venus and Roma (Latin: Templum Veneris et Romae) was the largest temple in Ancient Rome. It was located at the...
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Marble head of Hadrian with laurel wreath, from Carthage (North Africa),...
© Carole Raddato Mixed portraiture type: Baiae & Imperatori 32. The photograph was taken during the exhibition “L’image et le pouvoir. Le siècle des Antonins” (Image and power. The age of the...
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Wandering along the Appian Way… images from milestone I to VI
“O Appian way, which Caesar consecrates under the form of Hercules, and renders the most celebrated of Italian roads…” Martial, Spectacula 9.101 Via Appia, near the Villa dei Quintili© Carole Raddato...
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Statue of Hadrian from Troia IX, found in the Odeon, Troy (Ilium), Canakkale...
Statue of Hadrian from Troia IX, found in the Odeon, Troy (Ilium), Canakkale Museum Turkey© Carole Raddato The emperor Hadrian visited Ilium (Troy) in 124 AD. In 1993, archaeologists discovered a...
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Picture of the day: the Roman theatre at Augusta Raurica (Augst,...
Roman theatre, Augusta Raurica© Carole Raddato Last week, I was fortunate enough to visit the ancient Roman city of Augusta Raurica, the Roman town on the river Rhine at Augst (Switzerland). 2000 years...
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Picture of the day: Dupondius commemorating Hadrian’s arrival in Rome on July...
On this day (July, 9) in 118 A.D., Hadrian entered the city of Rome, eleven months after his succession to Trajan. RIC 554 Dupondius, 118 A.D. Obv: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG Rad. r., dr. l. s....
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Animula vagula blandula… Hadrian’s farewell to life
On this day ante diem VI idus quinctilias (July, 10th) in 138 A.D., Hadrian died after a heart failure at Baiae on the Bay of Naples. He lived 62 years, 5 months, 17 days. He reigned for 20 years, 11...
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