# ![@decimusclaudius Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1130384788181868544.png) @decimusclaudius Decimus Claudius

Decimus Claudius posts on X about italy, in the, turkey, history the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  82% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  41% [finance](/list/finance)  6% [nfl](/list/nfl)  1%

**Social topic influence**
[italy](/topic/italy) 19%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 16%, [turkey](/topic/turkey) 13%, [history](/topic/history) 13%, [rome](/topic/rome) 13%, [greece](/topic/greece) 11%, [roman](/topic/roman) 11%, [germany](/topic/germany) 9%, [tunisia](/topic/tunisia) 9%, [london](/topic/london) 6%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@miketabona](/creator/undefined) [@drjeball](/creator/undefined)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Several ancient bronze statues of Venus/Aphrodite presumably Roman although there was no individual description with these items. They are now on display in the British Museum in London England. #london #england #mythology #venus #aphrodite #britishmuseum #archaeology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2015205962315919748)  2026-01-24T23:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman "base decorated with reliefs of ten gods and heroes of the Greek pantheon in a mannieristic archaizing style.excavation of the Monument of Augustus and it was probably part of the relief decoration of the altar of Apollo." Arch. Museum of Nicopolis in Preveza Greece"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2015918606907814052)  2026-01-26T22:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Roman ruins from the 1st-6th centuries AD can be found in the Serdica Archaeological Complex in central modern day Sofia Bulgaria. In the background is a Ottoman mosque from [----] the only functioning mosque left in Sofia. #bulgaria #ancientrome #mosque #archaeology #ancient"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2017755350594695371)  2026-02-01T00:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman statue of Aphrodite/Venus a copy of a Hellenistic original. One can see a tail of a sea creature alluding to her birth coming out of the sea. On loan from Museum der bildenden Knste Leipzig and on display in the Antikenmuseum der Universitt Leipzig in Leipzig Germany"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2018000685745258657)  2026-02-01T16:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A portion of a splendid mosaic in the 'House of Africa' which was the largest house found in Roman Africa. Built around [---] AD it was approximately [----] square meters with large mosaics. Some reconstructed behind the archaeological musuem in El Jem Tunisia. #mosaicmonday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2018287930175889846)  2026-02-02T11:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Roman bronze head of Jupiter made in the 1st century AD and was first recorded in the collection of an Austrian Archduke who lived from 1529-1595. It is now on display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna Austria. #archaeology #ancienthistory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2018824887536697544)  2026-02-03T23:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Roman glass paste cameo of Drusus the Elder or his son Germanicus that was made by Herophilos son of Dioskurides per the engraving in Greek. This was commissioned by Emperor Tiberius. Dates to about [--] AD and is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna Austria"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2019746202128941516)  2026-02-06T12:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Roman statue dated to 2nd C AD from ancient city Cyrene Libya now on display in front of the Istanbul Archaeology Museums in Istanbul Turkey. The boots seem to me to have lion skins like on statues of some emperors. #istanbul #libya #archaeology #history #turkey #trkiye"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2020239055569711551)  2026-02-07T20:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Greek 'Medici Riccardi Horse Head'; "about 350-330 B.C. Cast bronze once gilded: gold plate on the body gold leaf inside the ears. Unknown provenance. The Greek inscription may link it to one of a few Greek cities in Sicily." National Archaeological Museum in Florence Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2020461043491750013)  2026-02-08T11:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A bronze statuette of a gladiator of the murmillo type dated to the 2nd-3rd centuries AD which was found in Tulovo Stara Zagora region. Now on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia Bulgaria. #sofia #bulgaria #roman #gladiator #archaeology #ancient #spqr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2019380718720417858)  2026-02-05T12:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A portion of a Roman mosaic showing a fishing scene made of marble and limestone tesserae. Dated to late 1st or early 2nd C AD; found in Rome in [----]. I took this pic in a special exhibition in Capitoline Museums - Centrale Montemartini in Rome. #mosaicmonday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2020616655689351236)  2026-02-08T21:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Roman era "Funerary relief from the monument of Onessimos and his family. Onessimos was a slave/household manager of Aelius Menogenes a commissioner in the administration of the Roman province of Macedonia.150-180 A.D." Per the Archaeological Museum in Thessaloniki Greece"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2021708710859424027)  2026-02-11T22:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman free-blown glass jug dated to the 1st century AD from the Eastern Mediterranean area. It is on display in the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco California USA. #sanfrancisco #california #archaeology #ancientrome #ancienthistory #spqr #ancient #glass"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2021917217659474231)  2026-02-12T12:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A hoard of [---] Roman #gold coins found in a bronze jug below the floor of a house in Corbridge UK. Due to the coin which was minted the latest in the group the British Museum in #London where it is on display dates the storage of the coins to [---] AD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2020983946297930218)  2026-02-09T22:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Roman bronze statue of Mercury and Diana from the 1st C AD that were found in Chur Switzerland and are on display there in the Roman Excavations building that is part of the Rtisches Museum. #mercury #diana #chur #switzerland #history #mythology #statue #roman #arkeoloji"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2021553850440696252)  2026-02-11T11:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Bronze statue of Herakles with the leont (lion skin). From Posada (SS). Roman Republic Age first half of the 4th cent. BC" Per the National Archaeological Museum in Cagliari Sardinia Italy where this astonishing artwork is on display. See ALT Text"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2022452745853362629)  2026-02-13T23:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman statue group of Leda and the swan per a scene from Greek mythology dated to the 1st or 2nd century AD. In the Art Institute of Chicago (in Chicago Illinois USA) displayed on a loan. #swan #queen #chicago #Illinois #roma #greek #archaeology #history #mythology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1974678034537234870)  2025-10-05T03:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Roman gold aureus of Tetricus as well as a gold ring with a carved gem of Mercury. Found in a grave of a Germanic soldier who was a mercenary in the Gallic Empire (a breakaway territory of the Western Roman Empire from 260-274 AD). State Museum of Prehistory in Halle Germany"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1974956803562881437)  2025-10-05T21:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Mosaic portion depicting Virgil & [--] muses with a quote of his epic poem Aeneid on the scroll: translated "Muse remind me of the causes tell me what breach of these sacred rights.for what.". Early 3rd C AD; found in Sousse; now in Bardo Museum(Tunis Tunisia) #mosaicmonday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1975084844293214596)  2025-10-06T06:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman portrait of the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius in incredible condition dated to the 2nd century AD. It is on display with no further information in the Ephesus Museum in Seluk Turkey. #royal #marcus #ancientrome #archeologia #archaeology #elegant #beard #history"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1978154697195180489)  2025-10-14T17:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A funerary portrait of a woman from Palmyra (Syria) dated to the late 2nd-early 3rd centuries AD when it was a part of the Roman empire. It is on display in the Louvre (Paris France). That hairstyle could be seen on a portrait found of the wives of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius per the official description. #sculpture #syria #louvre #france #paris #ancientrome #asia #archeologia #archaeology #historia #fashion #history #portrait #roman #museum #power #frankreich #coiffure #spqr #syrian #syrien #art #elegant https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1641748367268012032"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1641748367268012032)  2023-03-31T10:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Happy birthday Julius Caesar who was born on this day in [---] BC This iconic portrait of him called the 'Chiaramonti Caesar' dates to 30-20 BC after his death in [--] BC. It is owned by the Vatican Museums but it is normally not shown and therefore most pictures online of it are rather old. It was such an immense joy for me to see this in person and photograph it after waiting years and searching all the public areas of the Vatican Museums in vain. I even have a full sized copy of it (purchased in the Vatican gift shop) in my bedroom. #caesar #portrait #happybirthday #legend #spqr #archaeology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1679188674154491904)  2023-07-12T17:59Z [----] followers, 44.4K engagements


"@MikeTabona Not many statues have the names of the subject carved into it. Anyway the Vatican Museums say its Julius Caesar and I am not one to argue with the professionals there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1679448581168570368)  2023-07-13T11:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part of a superb fresco with vibrant colors in the room of the masks in the House of Augustus where the first Roman Emperor lived on top of the Palatine Hill in Rome. I visited this and also the Roman forum today. #fresco #rome #roma #painting #painter #italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1781821160881078569)  2024-04-20T23:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Yesterday I was in the Natale di Roma procession. This picture of me is in front of the Theater of Marcellus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1782447294043853301)  2024-04-22T16:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A bronze military decoration depicting the Emperor Caracalla. This dates to 212-217 AD and was presumably found in the Praetorian camp now called Castra Praetoria in Rome before being acquired by the Altes Museum in #Berlin #Germany. #portrait #history #rome #royal #roma"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1802667703619993875)  2024-06-17T11:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman denarius of Julius Caesar after whom the month of #July named as Imperator in front of an eight rayed #star. This was minted in #Rome at beginning of [--] BC shortly before his assassination. #coin #caesar #rome #roma #silver #julio #antiguo #italy #archaeology #monedas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1807876725197754708)  2024-07-01T20:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman seat portion in the Colosseum with #graffiti depicting an animal hunt (venatio) that took place in the arena: a man holding a long spear among #bears. It was made of cipollino marble from the island of Euboea Greece and dates to the late 1st-4th C AD. #archaeology #Roma"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1820934406845956484)  2024-08-06T21:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Roman amber depiction of Cupid and Psyche that was used as a mirror case. This is on display in the National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia in Aquileia Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1890877872975294964)  2025-02-15T21:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman mosaic with still life & animals "From Toragnola on the Via Prenestina. A mixture of naturalistic scenes and depictions of food often alluding to the xenia (gifts for guests) a subject inherited from Hellenistic 'still life'. 350-375 AD": Vatican Museums #mosaicmonday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1893798168912970052)  2025-02-23T23:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman hoard of [----] coins that was buried in [---] AD; mainly bronze with a thin silver wash minted in the 4th C AD by mints in modern day Trier France Italy Croatia Tunisia Greece Turkey Syria and Egypt. Found in [----]. In the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Trier Germany"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1894100540709097631)  2025-02-24T19:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman marble statue of winged eros. This is named the "centocelle type" and was made in the 2nd half of the 2nd century AD as a copy of a Greek original from the 4th century BC. It is on display in the Royal Palace of Turin in Turin Italy. #roman #Italy #archaeology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1894477809319379408)  2025-02-25T20:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Roman "BUGGENUM TYPE HELMET" 2nd half of 1st C BC. 1st text: (centuria) Postumi M(arci) Valeri Bacini o Baginus (of Marcus Valerius Bacinus century of Postumus) 2nd: (centuria) Caesidieni C(aius) Tomius (Gaius Tomius century of Caesidienus) Museo Winckelmann in Trieste Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1944010175712506356)  2025-07-12T12:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman "Bronze statuette of Mercury.Mercury the messenger god and god of merchants shops and trade is shown resting on a bench with a purse underlining his importance in money. AD 100-200". Ashmolean Museum in Oxford England"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1949943269992833078)  2025-07-28T21:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A large Roman mosaic showing a central figure that in my opinion could be perhaps one of the seasons or an allegory surrounded by birds and fruit with a guilloche pattern. It is mounted up on a wall in the Vatican Museums and I didn't see a description for it. #MosaicMonday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1954826259021611201)  2025-08-11T08:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


""This monumental red porphyry sarcophagus is believed to have held the remains of Helena mother of Constantine the Great who died around [---] A.D. and was buried in the Imperial mausoleum at Tor Pignattara." Per the Vatican Museums where this is on display"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1956491068020514948)  2025-08-15T22:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Roman bronze portrait bustThe man is shown with the beard and short-cropped hair typical of the third century A.D. Likewise his toga has the broad fold across the chest that is found on many life-sized marble portrait busts of the period. Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1973558932749819960)  2025-10-02T01:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Roman relief of the triumph of Emperor Trajan which he celebrated twice over the Dacians in the very early 2nd century AD when this piece was made. It is on display in the archaeological museum of Palestrina in Palestrina Italy. #triumph #italia #emperor #archaeology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1976007376324132995)  2025-10-08T19:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman tile antefix from Holt Wresham Wales. Made in the tilery of the 20th legion whose boar emblem decorates the plaque this was one of a row of ornate terminals set along the eaves of a tile roof. Per British Museum in London England. Dates to the 2nd-3rd century AD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1980433956526002427)  2025-10-21T00:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens Greece was completed by the Roman emperor Hadrian in [---] or [---] AD more than [---] years after construction first started. The Parthenon from the 5th century BC dedicated to Athena is on the Acropolis in the background. #archaeology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1980742988163871145)  2025-10-21T21:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A portion of a Roman mosaic found in Dougga depicting Three Cyclopes: Brontes Steropes and Pyracmon forging the lightning of God Jupiter. Late Third century AD. Per the Bardo Museum in Tunis Tunisia where this depiction from Greek mythology is on display. #archaeology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1981097534643990766)  2025-10-22T20:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A "relief of Roman cavalryman with horse. First half of the 2nd century AD.The style of the armour almost certainly that used by the Praetorian Guard suggests that it belonged to a monument commemorating the Dacian campaigns of Trajan." Royal Palace of Turin in Turin Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1981468451672584256)  2025-10-23T21:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The Column of Constantine that was taken from Rome by Emperor Constantine and erected in Constantople which is now Istanbul Turkey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1982233380155461839)  2025-10-25T23:50Z [----] followers, 50.2K engagements


"The Roman capitol temple in Dougga Tunisia which was built in the 2nd century AD. Its in wonderful condition and is one of the highlights of this UNESCO world heritage site. #architecture #roman #tunisia #ancient #roman # #african #history #africa #temple #capitol #tunisie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1984001491502526782)  2025-10-30T20:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Roman limestone portrait of an elegant mother and child from a tomb in Palmyra Syria that dates to to 200-225 AD. No translation of the inscription in the background field was provided. In the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden Netherlands #archaeology #syrian #elegant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1985495614960845043)  2025-11-03T23:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A grinning mask from the 7th-6th century BC that was found in Carthage about [--] or [--] centuries before the Romans destroyed that mighty city. This item with disks and a lunar crescent between the eyebrows is on display in the Bardo Museum in Tunis Tunisia #Tunisie #Archaeology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1986027811245559911)  2025-11-05T11:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"2 Roman gold aurei: the top is of Emperor Augustus while the bottom is of his successor Tiberius. These are on display in the British Museum in London England. #london #england #roman #numismatics #coins #ancienthistory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1986191584317042964)  2025-11-05T21:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman statue of the deity Hecate found in the ancient city of Antioch of Pisidia with a Greek inscription at the base. This dates to the 3rd century AD was confiscated by the Gendarme in [----] and is on display in the Antalya Museum in Antalya Turkey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1986568201765871905)  2025-11-06T22:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Roman THE NAVICULARII OF ARLES. This text refers to a corporation of private shipowners from Arles that transported grain to Ostia for the annona. Per Louvre in Paris France where its in storage. Dating to [---] AD carved into a disc during Mamluk period found near Beirut"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1987312021193343318)  2025-11-09T00:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman sandstone portrait of Antinous the lover of Emperor Hadrian as the Egyptian deity Osiris. On display in the Zwinger in Dresden Germany. It dates to 130-138 AD and was purchased from the collection of Flavio Chigi in Rome in 1728"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1987851536140034395)  2025-11-10T11:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Greek corner crowning element (acroterion) that would have been on the corner of a pediment. Found in Olympia specifically in the "Workshop of Phidias". Dates to about [---] BC made of painted terracotta and is on display in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia Greece"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1988341388594036799)  2025-11-11T20:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman silver bust of an emperor that was found with some other gilded silver statuettes in a Roman house in Lyon buried at the end of the 3rd century AD. This is on display in the Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon-Fourvire in Lyon France. Who do you think it depicts #archaeology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1988574780308803864)  2025-11-12T11:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman silver denarius minted by the Emperor Severus Alexander in Rome between 231-235 AD. The reverse has Virtus standing on a helmet while holding a scepter and parazonium. The Latin text stating VIRTVS AVG means "Courage of the emperor""  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1989859164688916531)  2025-11-16T00:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman mosaic portion depicting a deer hunt using nets that was found in the portico of a peristyle of a house in Utica. A different panel of the mosaic shows a hunting dog used to pressure the deer towards the nets. In the National Museum of Utica Tunisia. #mosaicmonday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1990191988755358098)  2025-11-16T22:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Roman head of Venus late 2nd-early 3rd C AD. Purchased in [----]. "Provenance research into the origins and history of these works is ongoing." Per Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo Ohio USA. Marble quarried in Docimium now scehisar Turkey. #romanempire #ancientrome #roman"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1990544485311520901)  2025-11-17T22:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman gold pyxis (container to hold jewelry cosmetics or medicine) lid with the head of Medusa made of chalcedony in the center. This dates to the 3rd century AD and is on display in the National Museum of History in Sofia Bulgaria. #gold #oro #Archaeology #ancientroman"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1991239118223782180)  2025-11-19T20:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman bronze sphinx that looks archaic but was dated to the 2nd century AD and found in the Troy Excavations. It is on display in the Museum of Troy near the presumed (but not identified with certainty) ruins of ancient Troy that is modern day Turkey. #archaeology #trkiye"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1991474404501676527)  2025-11-20T11:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A silver denarius of Julius Caesar minted just weeks prior his assassination in Rome in [--] BC depicts him while still alive going against Roman convention. The legend says CAESARIMP next to a portrait of Caesar wearing a wreath. Owned by the central bank of the Netherlands"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1992004644739203517)  2025-11-21T22:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Roman temple of Augustus and Livia in Vienne France which served the cult of the emperor. In late antiquity it became a church until [----] when it was a temple of reason. Later a court then museum & library and now finally after restoration it is an archaeological monument"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1992327935718834202)  2025-11-22T20:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Roman fresco painting depicting a peacock the symbol of immortality and the goddess Juno. It decorated the wall of a patio that contained the lararium - the domestic worship area- of a luxurious domus in the Tarraco port suburb. 2nd-3rd C AD. Tarragona Spain #archaeology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1992719990685049137)  2025-11-23T22:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Roman republic gold aureus minted between [---] BC-212 BC (before or during Second Punic War) in Rome weighing [---] grams. Obverse: Janiform head of Dioscuri. British Museum in London England. My phone didn't focus well on the coin but the printed high resolution image is nice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1994013483541635396)  2025-11-27T12:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A portion of a fresco from an ancient Roman house showing a man & woman plus an arm of an additional female. My guess is that it is a scene from mythology. This was found in Venafro Molise Italy and on display in the archaeological museum there. Dates to 1st C AD. #frescofriday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1994121941847036361)  2025-11-27T19:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Roman statue group: "Bacchus is the god of wine. He entered Greece on a triumphal chariot drawn by panthers. Here a satyr is supporting his drunken master. Marble; Italy; 1st-2nd century AD." Per National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden Netherlands where this is on display"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1994732138307228030)  2025-11-29T11:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"An Athenian storage jar depicting a scene from the aftermath of the Trojan war when Neoptolemus sacrifices Polyxena. In the British Museum in London England where this item dated to 570-550 BC that was found in Italy. There are even names in Greek next to many of the figures"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1994878632330993969)  2025-11-29T21:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman marble relief section showing construction with stones being moved into place. Was found in Terracina Italy dates to late 1st - early 2nd C A.D. and is in storage of Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo in Rome. I photographed this last year at a special exhibition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1995215663988953181)  2025-11-30T19:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"An ancient Greek fresco portion depicting a river landscape and a nearby town with ships in front. From a house in Akrotiri dated to roughly 17th C BC; that town was covered in volcanic material. Now in Museum of Prehistoric Thera located in Fira Santorini Greece #frescofriday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1997100041597514169)  2025-12-06T00:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Roman bronze oil lamps found in various places in Bulgaria. They date to the 1st century AD and are now on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia Bulgaria. #bulgaria #roman #bronze #antik #archaeology #ancient #bulgarian #lamps #history #ancienthistory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1997652896435872045)  2025-12-07T13:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Mosaic from a Roman funeral monument depicting a young boy sitting with a fixed gaze; his right hand lays on a partridge his left hand holds a brunch of grapes with a thrush pecking at it. 3rd C AD. From a mausoleum. Archaeological museum in Sousse Tunisia. #mosaicmonday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1998009719886147689)  2025-12-08T12:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman milestone with a Latin inscription that was dedicated to the emperor Hadrian in 122-123 AD. Found in Ankara and is on display outside of the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara Turkey. The transcription is in ALT text. #ancient #history"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1998519985032016178)  2025-12-09T22:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Yesterday in the Roman ruins of Aquincum (Budapest Hungary) I took part in the Saturnalia festivities that were organized by Nova Roma #roman #clothing #toga #ancient #reenactor #history #spqr #boots #budapest #hungary #magyar #scavi #archaeology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2000688482486800418)  2025-12-15T22:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Roman cult image of Aphrodite of Aphrodisias found in Ephesus (in modern day Turkey). It is on display in the Ephesus Museum in Vienna Austria. This statue is from the 1st-2nd century AD. #archaeology #ancient #trkiye"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2003572271064260613)  2025-12-23T21:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman bronze depiction of Medusa that perhaps came off of a large statue of Minerva. This was found in Colonia Ulpia Traiana capital of the province Germania inferior. It dates to the 1st C AD and is now on display in the archaeological museum in Xanten Germany. #ancient"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2003944958118724047)  2025-12-24T21:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The huge Roman fountain in Sagalassos also known as the Antonine Nymphaeum was built between 161-180 AD. In the upper agora and was restored in [----] with running water making it unique. This ancient city is up in the mountains near the modern town of Alasun Burdur Turkey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2004315301958373801)  2025-12-25T22:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A fresco from Pompeii showing Thalia the muse of comedy. It was found in the wealthy House of Julia Felix which was destroyed in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius (Italy) and dates to 62-79 AD. Now it is on display in the Louvre (Paris France). #frescofriday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2004633948304097575)  2025-12-26T19:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Roman toga figure made out of crystal dated to the 4th century AD with mid-16th century gilded bronze additions to depict Emperor Hadrian. This is on display in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Massachusetts USA. #hadrian #crystal #boston #Massachusetts #spqr #history #toga"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2005010199439163659)  2025-12-27T20:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A portion of the Roman aqueduct dated to the 2nd century AD next to the ancient city of Aspendos (in modern day Turkey) which is now a UNESCO world heritage site. #aspendos #architecture #turkey #ancientrome #archaeology #arches #roman #spqr #trkiye #ancient #unesco"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2006138342505656625)  2025-12-30T23:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Roman clay lamp depicting a woman crocodile and phallus. Due to the scene on the Nile and diadem with that hairstyle it is believed that this is a caricature of Cleopatra. Dates to 3rd quarter of 1st C AD found in Trier and is in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Trier Germany"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2007225411684712468)  2026-01-02T23:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Roman Marble statue of a bearded HerculesThis statue and the over-life-sized statue of Hercules across the courtyard in all probability were made as a pair to decorate one of the great spaces in a large public bath. Although they are much restored Met Museum in NYC;68-98 AD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2008514903662051492)  2026-01-06T12:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Roman-Egyptian mummy mask of a girl named Didyma (which is also the name of a sanctuary with a huge temple of Apollo) per an inscription in Greek. Dates to 180-200 AD. Is similar stylistically to some others found in Antinoopolis. On display in Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge UK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2009238115471483244)  2026-01-08T12:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman bronze portrait of a boy/young man found in the ancient city of Aphrodisias (modern day Turkey) that dates to 275-300 AD and is on display in the Allard Pierson Museum Antiquities in Amsterdam Netherlands. #ancientrome #portrait #trkiye #ancient #amsterdam #netherlands"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2009761174607319180)  2026-01-09T22:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Torso of the large-scale statue of the Roman emperor Claudius wearing a cuirass.decorated with a scene of the battle of the Centaurs in relief." Per arch. museum in Tinos Greece where this (plus [--] similar ones) found in the Temple of Poseidon and Amphitrite is on display"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2010321317363589226)  2026-01-11T12:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A huge stunning late Roman mosaic in the Bishop's Basilica in Plovdiv Bulgaria that was built over earlier Roman ruins in the 4th century AD although some mosaics there date to the 5th century. #MosaicMonday #bulgaria #archaeology #roman"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2010816798115934670)  2026-01-12T20:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Roman inscription in Latin for a burial college 1st-2nd C AD: "Of the worshipers of Mars in front it is . feet on the land it is . feet" Martis cultorum in fro(n)te p(edes) L. in agro p(edes) X. On display in the Museo di Villa Guinigi in Lucca Tuscany Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2011043106507116559)  2026-01-13T11:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A dark orange Roman carnelian gemstone showing Hercules with his usual club and lion skin being tied up by Cupid which dates to the 1st century BC. It is on display with a light behind it in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna Austria. #vienna #history #archaeology #hercules"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2011205434284351812)  2026-01-13T22:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Me in the Roman amphitheater of Uthina built during the reign of Hadrian to seat about [-----] for gladiatorial and animal games. It is the third largest in Tunisia and has been partially reconstructed. #tunisia #arena #archaeology #tunisie #ancienthistory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2011569176050352312)  2026-01-14T22:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Roman era latrine that offered no privacy in the archaeological park in Dion Macedonia Greece. #architecture #ruins #macedonia #greece #greek #spqr #dion #archaeology #roman #ancient #history"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2012818897955668227)  2026-01-18T09:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A portion of a Roman mosaic depicting Orpheus wearing a Phyrgian cap with an instrument in hand taming beasts a scene from Greek mythology. Dates to 2nd half of 3rd C AD was uncovered in Cagliari Sardinia and is now in the Royal Palace of Turin in Turin Italy. #mosaicmonday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2013020607865094335)  2026-01-18T22:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Roman coin hoard found in the ancient ruins of Side in [----]. [---] coins minted from Claudius to Elagabalus were found & extracted with medical tools so the terracotta container would remain undamaged. In the archaeological museum in Side Turkey #turkey #coins #silver #archaeology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2013218731367792912)  2026-01-19T11:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


""Roman tombstone of the veteran Caius Julius Clemens and his son Caius Julius Sabinus centurion of the Cohors II Raetorum. Father and son hold a scroll in the left hand. As a sign of his military rank as centurion the son holds a vine staff." Kastell Saalburg fort Germany"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2013757851198509496)  2026-01-20T23:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"3 Roman-Egyptian objects made of faience: a crouching Aphrodite a female head and a reclining hermaphrodite. Were found in Karanis Egypt during excavations from 1924-1935 and are now in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Michigan USA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2014127138853486815)  2026-01-22T00:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Roman fresco portion depicting a small painted boat with fish nearby found near the San Paolo River Port along Via Portuense. It dated to 125-150 AD and is now on display in the National Roman Museum - Palazzo Massimo in Rome. #boat #rome #roma #ancientrome #archaeology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2014445690877792262)  2026-01-22T21:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


""Romano-Egyptian funerary portrait of a woman painted in tempera on a native Egyptian sycomore fig panel.Carbon-14 dates of [--] BC AD [--] are early for this panel which is historically and stylistically dated at AD 170-200."Per Getty Museum Los Angeles California USA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2015035184375030255)  2026-01-24T12:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Marble portrait of Agrippina the Elder - prominent member of the roman imperial dynasty of the Julio-Claudians. The statue of Agrippina together with four statues of the Roman emperor Claudius wearing cuirasses were found at a small building that functioned as a temple dedicated to the worship of the Roman imperial family." Per the archaeological museum in Tinos Greece where this artwork depicting Caligula's mother that was found in the precinct of the Temple of Poseidon and Amphitrite in Kionia is on display. #roman #royal #archaeology https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1745716590778183719"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1745716590778183719)  2024-01-12T07:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Roman sestertius by Emperor Nero (AD 54-68) in Rome. This reverse shows the emperor on horseback with a standing soldier next to him holding a vexillum. The legend DECVRSIO per Numista is "Military maneuver." Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna Austria"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2016271104394866797)  2026-01-27T22:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Temple of Hercules Victor dating to the 2nd C BC in the Forum Boarium (cattle market) in Rome. It is among the oldest well preserved buildings in the city. Later it became a church and was restored several times. #ancientrome #temple #rome #archaeology #italy #roma #italia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2016475188896936185)  2026-01-28T11:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A silver tetradrachm with the #Jewish Temple in #Jerusalem from the Bar Kokhba revolt (132-135 AD) in the #Roman province of Judaea ca [--] years after its destruction. Hadrian put down the revolt. Staatliche Mnzsammlung in #Munich #Germany. #coin #archaeology #israel #history"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/1626139270317502467)  2023-02-16T08:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Roman chainmail with countless iron rings from a soldier that was found in a late 4th century AD grave in Weiler-la-Tour Luxembourg in [----] and is on display in the National Museum of History and Art of Luxembourg. #ancientrome #chainmail #luxembourg #armor #archaeology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2014304532600062125)  2026-01-22T11:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A portion of an ancient Roman fresco depicting a face of a woman with leaves in her hair. It is in the on-sight museum of the huge "Grottoes of Catullus" Roman villa in Sirmione Italy. #frescofriday #italia #painting #archaeology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2017017669124337727)  2026-01-29T23:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Byzantine gold medallion 6th C AD. "Symbols of eternal triumph fill the medallions and characterize imperial authority. In a chariot drawn by six horses the emperor is crowned by the winged personification of victory and holds the orb." Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C. USA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2018450153951117506)  2026-02-02T22:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A mosaic of the Byzantine Emperor Alexander in the Hagia Sopha. His reign was [--] May [---] [--] June [---] with saw wars against an Islamic Caliphate as well as Bulgaria. Old sources accused him of things like being a drunkard as well as idolatry. #mosaicmonday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/decimusclaudius/status/2015756111123566898)  2026-01-26T11:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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