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  2. Pinacotheca

    in Romana Humanitas

    Posted

    As far as the current statue is concerned, this is a tough one. It looks late empire to me. Let's be really bold and say 5th century (or even after).

     

    Maladict already got it right.

     

    For your information: The statue's of both Plinius Maior and Plinius Minor are part of the facade of the Duomo of Como (on the site of the ancient

    Santa Maria Maggiore) which was finished in 1486.

    Beneath the platform of the statues are episodes of their lives depicted. In one of them Plinius

    Maior is talking to an anxious crowd with a mountain full of flames in the background: Must be the harbor of Stabiae, when he tried to explain the

    eruption scientificly and not aware of any danger.

     

    It's special that two non-religious civilians from a non-catholic period are represented this prominent.

     

    Quote from "The Cathedral and the three basilcas of Como":

    At the sides of the portal there are the famous podia of the Plinies: Dedicated to two pagans, they became the apolistic visitor's target in 1578, in full

    climate of counter-reformation, but Bishop Volpi defended them to the bitter end.....

  3. Pinacotheca

    in Romana Humanitas

    Posted · Edited by Auris Arrectibus

    Back to post: Who do think this guy is?

     

    Is it Pliny the Elder in Como?

     

    So close!

     

    Correction: Bit confusing (try the internet, there mixed up -even italian sites), so I searched my own bookshelfs for the book about the Duomo in Como, I bought in a kiosk next to it.

    And searched my holiday pictures, the description (see for yourself) below the statue confirm it's the uncle ....

     

    The book states the same.

    The internet (the wiki's, even the italian one, and lot's of travelling-sites) can't be trusted!

     

    So, you're right Maladict!

     

    It's Gaius Plinius Secundus aka Plinius Maior aka Pliny the Elder, who was born in Como, and lost his life in Stabiae in the pyroclastic flows when the Vesuvio erupted in 24th of August 79 AD.

    Pliny the Elder was a scientist

  4. Pinacotheca

    in Romana Humanitas

    Posted

    So far as I can see there are no restrictions which I can amend which should stop any member posting on this thread I now suspect that it may be a restriction built into this particular forum by one of the Triumviri- possibly requiring them to release priviliges to individual members.

     

    Unfortunately I don't think that anything can therefore be done by any of the legati until Viggen comes back to resolve the issue himself. :unsure:/>

     

     

    In the meastime if anyone has problems posting images here you may have to consider putting up a suitably anonymised image somewhere else where you do have access and putting a link to it instead. :(/>

     

    Okay Mel, thank you for trying to solve this problem.

     

    Back to post: Who do think this guy is?

  6. Guess the ancient city!

    in Vacatio

    Posted · Edited by Auris Arrectibus

    Interesting one. The setting looks like Rockbourne or Wall, but the masonry most certainly does not. The scenery looks fairly British, but on the grounds I don't recognise it, I'll start the ball rolling with this:

     

    It's somewhere outside the Britannia.

     

    I would go a bit farther and suggest that the vegetation looks like northern France or possibly more likely somewhere 'fairly' near the Rhine in Germany. I don't think that it is in the Netherlands but I may be wrong.

     

    I find it an interesting site in that the visible 'standing' masonry looks to be around 4-5 foot (1.2m - 1.5m) high.

     

    No, not in the Netherlands ...

    France it is.

  7. Guess the ancient city!

    in Vacatio

    Posted

    Interesting one. The setting looks like Rockbourne or Wall, but the masonry most certainly does not. The scenery looks fairly British, but on the grounds I don't recognise it, I'll start the ball rolling with this:

     

    It's somewhere outside the Britannia.

     

     

    Outside Brittaniae it is ....

  8. Pinacotheca

    in Romana Humanitas

    Posted · Edited by Auris Arrectibus

    Guess I'm lucky: Two strikes in one week.

     

    Do you know this guy?

    unrv1

     

    Challenge me for some clues!

     

    Jeroen H de Lange,

    Amsterdam

     

    (sorry, couldn't upload an image in this forum ... so created a link)

  9. Guess the ancient city!

    in Vacatio

    Posted · Edited by Auris Arrectibus

    My previous posts were too easy, maybe this one isn't.

     

    This site also doesn't expect many visitors, though it's an amazing historical place.

    Good luck, challenge me for some clues.

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  11. Guess the ancient city!

    in Vacatio

    Posted

    Well, that was a nice journey, Maladict.

    Quite a torment.

    After I found MikroqhbeV, it was easy with the help of an atlas (google-earth), though.

     

    Pfoehee .... !

    It must be Fthiotides Thebes or "Christian Thebes".

     

    Pyrassos (inhabited since 6.000 BC), which is mentioned in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad was destroyed in the 3rd century BC and from

    its ashes rose Fthiotides Thebes.

     

    Thousands of objects from 5th-6th century AD and 5 churches, rich of decoration and mosaic floors, were found in the Fthiotides Thebes area.

    The church of Peter has an impressive length: 75m and counting because not all of the building is excavated yet. Because of these early

    Christian finds from the Byzantine period, the city is also called "Christian Thebes".

    The community was destroyed in the 7th AD and never rebuild.

     

    So, I guess I got al the clues right, and learned a lot today.

     

    Jeroen H de Lange,

    Amsterdam

  20. Guess the ancient city!

    in Vacatio

    Posted

    I'm not so sure, my pictures of the arch show neither inscription nor such a metal guard underneath. Also their is a line inside the arch not present here, and the arch of Trieste is also much more ornate (pilaster and such) so it can't be him I think...

     

    On the other hand the Arch of Drusus in Spoleto could maybe fit the bill better.

     

     

    Nice guess, Bryaxis!

     

    It's the Arco di Druso in Spoleto, erected in 23 AD in the honour of Tiberius' son.

     

    Next!

  25. The Battle of Gergovia (52 BC)

    in Gloria Exercitus - 'Glory of the Army'

    Posted

    Hi Gilius,

     

    Don't know where you are from, but if you can read dutch I recommend this book: Vercingetorix, author Fik Meijer.

    I don't think it's available in English. Some of his books do, like "Emperors don't die in bed".

     

    The author is a very inspiring story-teller (non-fiction). He was my teacher of "Classic History" at the university. Often

    on dutch radio (and sometimes television).

     

    The book is very informative about the Vercingetorix and his his struggle to stand up against Caesar and his allies.

     

    I red it, and of course "De Bello Gallico", before and during a trip to the Mont Beuvray (Bibracte), Alise St Reine (Alesia)

    and the "Plateau de Gergovie" near Clermont-Ferrand.

    When we visit the latter site we were surprised by "Les Arverniales", a so called "spectacle d'histoire vivante". Very nice

    happening. See: http://www.ot-gergovie.fr/divertir/arverniales/arverniales.html

     

    So what do want to know in laymen's terms (jip-en-janneke-taal) that Wikipedia already doesn't?

     

    http://www.emersonkent.com/wars_and_battles_in_history/battle_of_gergovia.htm

     

    http://www.unrv.com/fall-republic/battle-of-gergovia.php

     

    http://www.angelfire.com/me/ik/gergovia.html

     

     

    Jeroen H de Lange,

    Amsterdam

     

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