guy Posted August 20 Report Share Posted August 20 (edited) The will be the first (of hopefully many) interesting, mostly ancient-themed pictures I come across. Above shows the layers of history found in one Istanbul (previously Constantinople) building. Source: Substack “Nenad Giorgievski” https://substack.com/@nenadgeorgievski/note/c-318624714?r=k9yfw&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action Edited August 22 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted August 22 Author Report Share Posted August 22 (edited) There was a recent post about the Via Appia (see below). Above is a recent photo of the Via Appia, outside Rome (from the substack “Modern Scholar”). https://substack.com/@worldscholar/note/c-255995870?r=k9yfw&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action Edited August 22 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted August 30 Author Report Share Posted August 30 A kitchen knife block (from the Substack @Coolstoriesabouthistory). https://substack.com/@coolstoriesabouthistory/note/c-321894285?r=k9yfw&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted September 1 Author Report Share Posted September 1 (edited) This is a fascinating chart from Jeremy Ney at Substack: https://substack.com/@jeremybney/note/c-325465601?r=k9yfw&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action Edited September 1 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted September 19 Author Report Share Posted September 19 “Good morning from the Pantheon” from Eric J Lyman https://substack.com/@italiandispatch/note/c-336473860?r=k9yfw&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted Friday at 01:53 AM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 01:53 AM James Coverly at Substack has some interesting posts. This is an inscribed copper disc worn by a slave with this message: “Hold me, in case I escape.” Return me to my master Viventius on the estate of Callistus.” I recommend following Coverly at Substack. He does some good stuff. https://substack.com/@jamescoverley/note/c-367322603?r=k9yfw&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guidoLaMoto Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Several such slave tags have been found. https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2016/03/26/i-have-run-away-seize-me-a-slave-collar-of-the-time-of-constantine-and-other-similar-items/ The inscription in your example may not be translated quite correctly-- Ara Callisti is another name for Augustus' famous Ara Pacis (Altar of Peace), and the second to last line of the tag reads " evvivendium - in" .....inscriptions inconsistently put a dot between words....they run the"EV" and "viventium" together-- one word or two? (Ev or EU is not a word in Latin, but "e" or "ex" is ...viventium could be a proper name (ever heard it before?) or it could be the pl gen case of "vivens"-- the living...so it could mean (with bad grammar) "Recall me to the owner among those living near the Ara Pacis." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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