Visuals of the Ancients

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Visuals of the Ancients

@visualsancients

All 📸 photos by me. | Telling history through art. Different angles of ancient & some medieval ruins & pieces. | Creator of The Cobra Effect Podcast.

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Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients·29 Nis

1/ By the 1st century AD, approx. 800k inhabitants lived in the "Eternal City." The imperial grain dole went to 200k of them every month. This was a logistical nightmare for the port city of Ostia. The solution? The Harbour of Claudius. A feast to the eyes, 🧵 of 📸 below!

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Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients·11h

@africanae9732 It's never the case

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Historiae Āfricānae@africanae9732·11h

@visualsancients Hopefully it won’t disappoint!

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Historiae Āfricānae@africanae9732·14h

Planning to drop a thread this week, however it will likely be tomorrow instead of today!

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Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients·14h

@Trierarch81 Oh that makes sense. It's a cool name.

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Trierarch the Sea Roman 𓊝🔱🏛️@Trierarch81·15h

@visualsancients Nah, a trierarch was essentially a captain of a warship (originally a trireme).

Trierarch the Sea Roman 𓊝🔱🏛️ tweet media

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Trierarch the Sea Roman 𓊝🔱🏛️@Trierarch81·15h

I’m tempted to defend the Pirate Emperor of Britannia, since he’s one of my all time favorite Roman historical figures…but that’s just too funny. 😂

Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients

As an emperor/usurper, Carausius stuck his neck out.

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Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients·15h

@Trierarch81 So, is it Trierarch because of Diocletian, Maximian and him?

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Trierarch the Sea Roman 𓊝🔱🏛️@Trierarch81·15h

@visualsancients Yup. I could go on about him for hours. He's my pfp btw. Or that is to say, my pfp is an AI augmented version of an illustration of him.

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Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients·15h

@Trierarch81 This is really cool man!

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Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients·16h

@darius_7227 😆😆😆

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Darius@darius_7227·17h

@visualsancients bro woke up today and choose to shit on Caraudius i’m crying

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Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients·17h

As an emperor/usurper, Carausius stuck his neck out.

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Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients·17h

@goodsam1988 Lol, just an emperor/usurper who stuck his neck out.

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Good Sam, Rugged Individualist #ChristIsKing@goodsam1988·17h

@visualsancients Inspiration for Godzilla?? 🤔

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Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients·17h

@darius_7227 😆😆

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Darius@darius_7227·17h

@visualsancients

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Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients·17h

@mclo_Bridger It's probably just the shape of his lips, lol.

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Bridger@mclo_Bridger·17h

@visualsancients what is that in his mouth-big teeth ?

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Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients·18h

@Shabbosgoy @rcchamberlain1 It's an amazing site! It's a pity we cannot walk inside the streets since the early 2000s. There was an accident and I think a tourist died. When I visited in 2024, one of the staff told me that 80-90% of the site remained unexcavated. Imagine that! 🤯

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JohnGilmore@Shabbosgoy·1d

Who knew? cc @visualsancients @rcchamberlain1

Michael Button@MichaelButtonX

The ancient city of Akrotiri was buried by a volcanic eruption around 1600 BC Perfectly preserved, multi-storey buildings, sophisticated drainage, vivid frescoes. It should be as famous as Pompeii.

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Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients·18h

@HistoryWJacob An amazing account, no doubt! 🇺🇸

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History With Jacob@HistoryWJacob·20h

This is History With Jacob 🇺🇸 I post primarily on American History and Western Civilization. If you are interested, please follow and interact. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients·1d

@AlaskanRock @JohnCleese Oh my 😆

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Nudie Reads Podcast 📚@AlaskanRock·1d

@visualsancients Blimey, looks just like @JohnCleese in A Fish Called Wanda!

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Visuals of the Ancients@visualsancients·1d

From AD 251 to 253, the destinies of Rome fell into the hands of this man, Trebonianus Gallus. If you ask for an image of the Crisis of the Third Century, it's this one, his bronze statue at the MET. Let's talk about him and Crisis of the Third Century in this 🧵 of 📸 today!