r/ancientpics is a subreddit with 27k members. The community frequently discusses roman, italy, ce, greek, and archaeological sites.
Interesting visuals of the world's most *seemingly* distant cultures, from the earliest mention of bronze in the Cuneiform script of Mesopotamia (2800 BCE) to the final monument erected in the Roman Forum (August 1, 608 CE).
Popular Topics in r/ancientpics
#1
Roman
: "Ancient Roman staircase inside an upper-middle class residence at Paestum, circa 3rd century CE. Campania, Italy. [OC]"
84 posts
#2
Italy
: "Ancient Roman staircase inside an upper-middle class residence at Paestum, circa 3rd century CE. Campania, Italy. [OC]"
42 posts
#3
Ce
: "Ancient Roman staircase inside an upper-middle class residenCe at Paestum, circa 3rd Century Ce. Campania, Italy. [OC]"
34 posts
#4
Greek
: "Unroofed, circular meeting place for a civic deliberative body at the agora of Paestum, a Greek colony in southern Italy, c.450 BCE. It may be an ekklesiasterion, or popular assembly. The space may instead be a bouleuterion, the lot-selected executive council, as it only held 500-600 people. [OC]"
23 posts
#5
Archaeological Sites
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#6
Bce
: "One of the 175 documents that comprise the Elephantine Papyri from the Egyptian border fortresses of Elephantine and Aswan. This one is a Property Sale Document: Bagazust and Ubil Sell a House to Ananiah, September 14, 437 Bce."
20 posts
#7
Temple
: "The Temple of Mars Ultor in the Forum of Augustus, Rome, 2 BCE. The Senate would discuss matters of war and peace inside, while boys received their adult togas outside. Two attached exedrae held bust niches for hundreds of historic heroes, the Julio-Claudians, and personified conquered nations. [OC]"
18 posts
#8
Mosaic
: "Roman Mosaic floor in the women's bathing complex at Herculaneum, 1st century CE. This room was the "tepidarium," supplied with lukewarm water. The pattern follows the meander motif, with repeated swastikas and symbols shaped from a single line. [OC]"
14 posts
#9
Archaeology
: "2000 year-old glass mosaics, from the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey."
13 posts
#10
Egypt
: "Roman statue of the Egyptian goddess Isis, subject of one of Italy's most popular foreign cults, late 2nd to early 3rd century CE. She likely once held the cult's signature processional rattle (sistrum) and a small vessel for liquid sacrifices (situla). Baths of Diocletian Museum. Rome, Italy. [OC]"
9 posts
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