https://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/08/22/hattusa/2026-03-31T07:06:55+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2026/01/20/sagalassos/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/site-plan-of-sagalassos-1-alexanders-hill-2-temple-of-hadrian-and-antoninus-pius.pngSite-plan-of-Sagalassos-1-Alexanders-Hill-2-Temple-of-Hadrian-and-Antoninus-Piushttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/8617422158_ab8addca0d_4k.jpgColossal portrait head, belonging to an acrolithic statue of the Hadrian, sculpted c. AD 120–125 and at that time perhaps displayed in the “marble room” of the Imperial Baths.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/eu2ozhmwgagicic.jpgMarc Waelkenshttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/55051632630_4cee8fe9b5_6k.jpgThe "marble room" of the Imperial Baths which originally displayed colossal acrolithic statues of Emperor Hadrian, his successors Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, and their spouse.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/55051545994_d7c0ce7dec_6k.jpgThe complex included various sections, such as a large open-air palaestra, a "marble room," and separate bathing circuits for men and women.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/55051298916_7300865fe3_6k.jpgThe Imperial Baths, a monumental bath complex covering c. 5,542 m2 and built during the High Roman Imperial Period.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/55050327462_95bc0e1913_6k.jpgThe southern necropolis.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/55051418708_768a242b34_6k.jpgAlexander's Hill, the scene of the battle in 333 BC by which Alexander conquered the city.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/55051575625_744f359093_6k.jpgThe Lower City looking south towards Alexander's Hill, the scene of the battle in 333 BC by which Alexander conquered the city.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/55051407883_ca7cbba14d_6k.jpgThe Trajanic Nymphaeum, constructed during the reign of Emperor Trajan in the northern side of the Lower Agora.2026-03-30T08:37:00+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/02/27/baalbek-heliopolis/2026-03-29T16:03:57+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/05/09/gerasa/2026-03-27T11:12:22+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/09/28/anjar/2026-03-27T10:09:37+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/05/21/persepolis/2026-03-22T18:10:55+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/10/24/shushtar/2026-03-22T17:51:01+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/10/29/firuzabad-gur/2026-03-15T16:38:40+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/08/14/naqsh-e-rostam/2026-03-11T18:52:07+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/04/minturnae/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/15029391546_91140167eb_5k.jpgEpigraph dedicated to Hadrian as Augustus and Pater Patriae (Father of the Country) attributed to Hadrian in 128 AD. Antiquarium of Minturnae.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/15000725842_4f7a098701_5k.jpgThe latrines, located in the Imperial Forum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/14998020851_ea6aa73f22_5k.jpgThe Via Appia.2026-03-11T09:55:10+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/05/06/susa/2026-03-04T18:54:57+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/10/24/pasargadae/2026-03-04T18:47:44+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/04/02/roman-bridges/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/27251575447_440d960bf1_5k.jpgRemains of the Trajan's Bridge on the right bank of Danube.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/54411295212_b56ec73a09_6k.jpgRoman bridge on the Smyrna-Erythrae road.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/54412523895_3f4c9c6a08_6k.jpgAlexandria Troas Bridge thought to have been built in the 2nd century AD. The bridge is left in the midst of fields today as the riverbed has changed over the course of time. It is located south of Alexandria Troas.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/54412503165_e0bfdac4d9_6k.jpgGargara Bridge, a Roman bridge over Mihli Ҫay on the Ephesus-Cyzicus road, to the northwest of Antandros, near Altinoluk.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/53261671172_86dc2802dc_6k.jpgKemere Bridge, a Roman bridge built to link the two hills of Amastris.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/54412421700_36b3486ba6_4k.jpgA Roman Bridge along the ancient roads crossing the Pontic Mountains.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/54412259128_6b0fc35628_4k.jpgPont del Diable (Devil's Bridge), a medieval bridge crossing the river Llobregat, originally Roman, the bridge formed a part of the Via Augusta, Martorell-Castellbisbalhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/54412023180_06709675ef_6k.jpgRoman Bridge over the Oued Ledama on the Carthage-Theveste road (via a Karthagine Thevestem).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/54410547177_7d6b880671_6k.jpgRemain of an arch Haïdra (ancient Ammaedara) from a Roman bridge over a tributary of the oued Medjerda.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/54411648198_48fb3fe99a_6k.jpgRoman bridge over the Oued (River) Sbeitla.2026-02-23T19:21:48+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/05/11/igel-column/2026-02-17T16:10:45+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/05/04/philae/2026-02-11T20:58:34+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/06/06/scythopolisnysa-beit-shean/2026-02-08T16:40:19+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/06/04/sepphorisdiocaesarea/2026-02-08T16:29:49+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/06/08/caesarea/2026-02-08T16:27:49+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/armenia/2026-02-03T19:10:00+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/arabia/2026-02-03T19:09:10+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/2026/02/03/hegra/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/55076663778_46b4142340_6k.jpgAncient rock art with camels and human figures along with early Islamic inscriptions in Jabal Ithlib.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/53543071522_ebb8c58d53_6k.jpgThe Diwan inside Jabal Ithlib, a large triclinium probably used for sacred banquets.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/53544122333_6d57e0cd81_6k.jpgRemains of niches inside Jabal Ithlib.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/53543072652_7aa3fda160_6k.jpgRemains of a building and niches inside Jabal Ithlib.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/53543073947_7254eebb0d_6k.jpgNiche along the side of the Siq inside Jabal Ithlib.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/55076621834_b27eb1bffd_6k.jpgNiche along the side of the Siq al-Hijr.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/55076662704_aa384611a2_6k.jpgThe Siq al-Hijr, a natural gorge adapted by the Nabataeans with carved niches, benches, and inscriptions dedicated to deities such as Dushara.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/53544236414_535c38439e_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/53544091063_5a2668f197_6k.jpgJabal Ithlib, a sacred place.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/53544856802_9c4a8760e1_6k.jpgView towards the Sulaymiyya, Jabal al-Mahjar and Jabal Banat necropolises.2026-02-03T19:03:59+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/11/20/tawern-temple-complex/2026-01-29T09:12:35+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/05/13/chogha-zanbil/2026-01-25T14:47:02+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2026/01/15/perge/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/55043022091_0ef1c29999_6k.jpgThe Southern Basilica, with three naves and a narthex, dated to the 6th century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/54985530302_a46ddb4dbb_6k.jpgView of the fortification towers and the South Baths from the top of the Stadium.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/54986699300_a194cb75c0_6k.jpgView of the fortification walls and towers from the top of the Stadium.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/54986419651_1d4cff24c2_6k.jpgView of the South Baths from the top of the Stadium.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/55042895581_47a72afe6c_6k.jpgThe Stadium.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/54986593328_d4a164e245_6k.jpgThe northern end of the Stadium where bloody gladiator fights took place.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/54986593413_f67e5be8f1_6k.jpgThe stadium of Perge is one of the best-preserved ancient stadiums in Asia Minor. Built in the second half of the 1st century AD, it could accommodate 12,000 spectators. The structure is 234 meters long and features twelve rows of seats.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/54986600203_f1a10261f7_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/55040955229_2d59464be2_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/54940112138_f6fe612ad8_6k.jpgView of the colonnaded Cardo Maximus and Decumanus from the Acropolis.2026-01-20T20:36:02+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/09/30/bishapur/2026-01-18T13:52:09+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/01/alinda/2026-01-15T19:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/01/alabanda/2026-01-15T19:45:48+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/02/euromos/2026-01-15T19:45:16+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/02/stratonicea-caria/2026-01-15T19:44:06+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/01/aphrodisias/2026-01-15T19:42:32+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/03/kourion/2026-01-15T17:00:08+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/11/02/naqsh-e-rajab/2026-01-14T13:16:44+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/27/nemea/2025-12-14T17:23:17+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2024/01/15/fraktin-hittite-relief/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/26234365832_aac4e8c6f7_5k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/26260807171_517ed23cf0_5k.jpgConcrete copy of the Fraktin Hittite relief in the Kayseri Archaeology Museum's garden.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/26053903380_3a098f114f_5k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53464975452_3ba25d1abc_5k.jpgLeft scene showing Hittite King Hattusili III pouring libation to the Teshub the Thunder God.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/26260571841_04a27c88b4_5k.jpgLuwian hieroglyphs.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/26300810386_13f644f78f_4k.jpgRight scene showing King Hattusili III’s wife, Tawannanna Puduhepa, making a libation to the Sun goddess Hebat. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/26300834586_7b3bb8a255_5k.jpgOverview of the Fraktin Hittite rock relief.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/fraktin05.jpgfraktin05https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/fraktin04.jpgfraktin04https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/26326794345_a4047252bb_5k.jpgFraktin Relief2025-12-08T17:32:25+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/01/08/sardis/2025-12-08T09:30:22+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/30/tripolis-ad-maeandrum/2025-12-08T09:29:09+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2024/03/06/teos/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53569872006_1b9c6c1f0c_6k.jpgThe Acropolis. The Acropolis of the ancient city’s was located on a rocky hill, dominating the North and South Harbours. Today, traces of the structure called the Hekatompedon can be seen on the Acropolis, as well as a possible altar to the east of it, and the terrace wall confining the Acropolis to the east. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53563102989_6e35fd717d_6k.jpgThe south harbour is one of the best preserved ancient ports in western Anatolia.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53561919427_94b22e2dae_6k-1.jpgThe Southern Harbour with traces of the ancient piers. The south harbour is one of the best preserved ancient ports in western Anatolia.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53570280570_8066cfdd30_6k.jpgThe Agora. Very little is known about the agora of Teos, which was at the centre of the social and political life of the city.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/antinous.jpgAntinousThe portrait of Antinous from Teos.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53563566059_375b441cf5_6k.jpgThe Temple of Rome and Augustus. The temple, dedicated to the goddess Roma and emperor Augustus, was a peripteral temple with 6 × 12 columns in the Corinthian order.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53563567949_e9a20ba9de_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53563688435_9f2b807fb6_6k-1.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53562388982_60664359dc_6k.jpgThe Bouleuterion was enclosed in a large rectangular building (33.05 x 21.90 m) accessed from the east by two monumental doors, one to the north and the other to the south.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53563437748_eb69f1a322_6k.jpgThe Bouleuterion was built on a flat area and rested on 1 m thick walls made of squared stone ashlars. It comprised a cavea with seventeen rows of seats, the orchestra, a low proscaenium/pulpitum (stage), and was enclosed in a large rectangular building (33.05 x 21.90 m) accessed from the east by two monumental doors, one to the north and the other to the south.2025-12-07T17:54:22+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/03/18/smyrna/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/archaeology-illustrated-94936.jpegSmyrna, Western Turkey, 2nd century ADSmyrna in the Roman period with the Acropolis of Mount Pagus. Illustration by Balage Balogh / archaeologyillustrated.comhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/53472504120_108c23baf6_5k.jpgA marble grouping of three deities (Artemis, Poseidon and Demeter). The statues were used in an altar complex located in a central place in the Agora. Antonine Period. Izmir Museum of History and Art.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/53470349816_a7ff1e2d48_6k.jpgHonorary inscription for Hadrian by mystai of Breiseus Dionysos, dated to AD 129/132.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/53472311745_6c06f0310b_6k.jpgThe Theatre of Smyrna had a capacity of around 16,000. It had a three-storey stage building and a three-tiered cavea with a diameter of 152 m, divided by two diazomas rising 30 m above the semicircular orchestra.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/53470985412_987c52d283_6k.jpgThe Theatre of Smyrna, built in the 2nd or 1st century BC, expanded during the reing of Trajan or Hadrian and repaired after the AD 178 earthquake.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/53470772055_edd115f9b8_6k.jpgA water channel undernearth the floor of the Mosaic Building.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/53470349841_c736c2528c_6k.jpgThe Mosaic Building, a structure most likely used for social and cultural events as well as political meetings. It is thought to have been built at the end of the 2nd century after the AD 178 earthquake with major repairs in the 4th century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/53470772690_eaceb65032_6k.jpgThe Bouleuterion, built in the 2nd century AD during the reign of Marcus Aurelius over an ealier late 1st century BC Bouleuterion. With 16 rows of seats it had a capacity of approximately 950 people.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_9510.jpegMudbrick fortification wall, dated to the 9th century BC.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/53470108334_c4febbc0fe_6k.jpgA small necropolis was located in front of the fortification walls with limestone sarcophagi. It was used for a short period, between the end of the 7th century BC and the middle of the 6th century BC.2025-12-07T17:37:00+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/01/21/mount-nemrut/2025-12-07T12:39:41+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/08/28/severan-bridge/2025-12-07T12:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/01/28/karakus-tumulus/2025-12-07T12:31:17+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/01/17/arsameia-ad-nymphaeum/2025-12-07T12:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2024/01/13/soli-pompeiopolis/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53461405061_3dffb763a0_5k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/50859936331_72df12ae82_5k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/25503122838_91f8399a44_5k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/38664064274_30d48ca891_5k.jpgRemains of the western mole.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/25502942718_a08a3eb099_5k.jpgThe ashlar marginal wall of the western mole.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/24507758947_17f1c9c870_5k.jpgWestern mole of the Hadrianic/Antonine harbour.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/50859221063_c04d09b3b2_5k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/50859220638_5e8022a2bd_4k.jpgCorinthian Column and Capital.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/24507885337_6ad70615fd_5k.jpgRestored southern end of the Colonnaded Street that led from the northern gate of the city to the harbour. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/50859219743_e01a346cf0_5k.jpgFragments of Columns from the Colonnaded Street.2025-12-07T12:22:00+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2021/01/21/elaiussa-sebaste/2025-12-07T11:21:26+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2021/02/06/olba-diocaesarea/2025-12-07T10:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2024/01/14/tyana/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/23777522658_409694bb77_5k.jpgThe water reservoir.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/36959786243_a28126af8e_5k.jpgThe water-reservoir, a rectangular (23m x 66m x 2.5m) basin decorated with marble.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/23777545198_c06e8fcbce_3k.jpgTyana archaeological site.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/37630877571_53424cc4c3_5k.jpgTyana archaeological site.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/23777547228_3193ca94eb_5k.jpgTyana archeological site.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/37598362582_ee0c2ea6bc_3k.jpgWater was transported via subterranean clay pipes for 2.5 km, and then along the aqueduct for the final 1.5 km.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/23777576218_9b88206de3_5k.jpgArches of the Roman aqueduct.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/37581915716_fb5f571048_3k.jpgIt stretches along Tyana Caddesi (Tyana Street) for nearly 1.5 km, from the town center to the east.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/23777572438_f9e9af0663_5k.jpgThe aqueduct brought fresh water to the city from a spring four miles east of Tyana.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/apollonius_of_tyana.jpgApollonius_of_TyanaCoin bearing the image of Apollonius of Tyana.2025-12-07T10:20:01+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2023/11/16/miletus/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/53297523397_0191691d42_6k.jpgThe Temple of Dionysus and Church of St Michael.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/53298765869_7406f66f74_6k-1.jpgThe Roman Heroon, a funerary monument dated to the early 3rd century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/5688185486_097905f47c_3k.jpgThe Stoa of the Lion Harbour. A long L-shaped Doric stoa (32 m), was built in the Hellenistic period on the waterfront of the Lion Harbour, accommodated shops and storehouses.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/5688179392_8296487d78_3k.jpgThe Roman harbour monument with triton relief.2025-11-18T09:40:09+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2024/02/25/cyzicus/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/6-x-4-in-copy-2.jpgAntinous as Kyzikos RPC III, 1528https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/gravestone-of-euprepes-istanbul-museum-1.jpegGravestone of the provocator Euprepes found in Cyzicus. (IMT Kyz Kapu Dağ 1418) https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/53547309370_6fe71c8376_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/53545997877_18af187873_6k.jpgRemnant of the biggest pilaster of the Roman amphitheatre.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/53547059038_8f0a52cafa_6k.jpgThe stream flows through the building, presumably for use in naval spectacular displays {naumachiae).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/53547200839_5f6603287d_6k.jpgPilasters of ashlar belonging to the amphitheatre of Cyzicus.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/53547309060_73d2aa9c4d_6k.jpgPanoramic view of the the isthmus of the Arctonessos peninsula.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/53545998412_d145c502b2_6k.jpgPanoramic view of Cyzicus with the amphitheatre in the distance.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/53551432805_2eaf733dbc_6k.jpgGutter with a lion head from the Temple of Hadrian at Cyzicus in the Erdek Açık Hava Müzesi.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/53075580351_f190ca234a_6k.jpgFragments of decorative and architectural elements of the Temple of Hadrian.2025-11-18T09:38:45+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/02/nysa-on-the-maeander/2025-11-10T20:45:25+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/02/lagina/2025-11-10T20:38:46+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/02/iassos/2025-11-10T20:33:50+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/02/halicarnassus/2025-11-10T20:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/11/09/kibyra/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54912076439_ef43dcaf51_6k.jpgThe gladiator reliefs from the necropolis of Kibyra in the Burdur Museum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54912076444_09b51ea169_6k.jpgThe gladiator reliefs from the necropolis of Kibyra in the Burdur Museum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54912078740_2f2b64adae_6k.jpgThe Eastern Necropolis.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54911461616_1fb54dfc03_6k-1.jpgeSarcophagi in the Eastern Necropolis.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54911461321_64edb65337_6k.jpgThe Eastern Necropolis, a burial area with different types of tombs built during the Roman Period.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54911681608_74d94d9070_6k.jpgA necropolis on one side of the Main Road leading to the Stadium. Here, two sets of friezes depicting gladiators in various actions were found, belonging to two monumental gladiator tombs that, along with other tombs.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54911461421_bcdccf0a06_6k.jpgThe Main Road with the necropolis area on both sides mostly composed of sarcophagi.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54911681683_89655148fa_6k.jpgThe Golhisar plain at the foot of Kibyra.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54911461491_6979b554c9_6k.jpgRoman Bath Complex.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54911769430_d37050298f_6k.jpgThe Roman Bath Complex, dated to the 1st century AD.2025-11-10T07:44:22+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2021/01/20/kanytelis/2025-11-09T09:37:55+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2024/01/15/tarsus/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/hadrian-tarsus-temple-e1705308091769.jpghadrian tarsus templeRPC III, 3274https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/37460207546_7a58a5dae2_5k.jpgThe Via Tauri.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/37477108732_e249f75c58_5k.jpgThe Via Tauri between Tarsus and the Cilician Gates.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53464033738_77cc9618d3_5k.jpgThe Justinian Bridge.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53464305260_201256bb9a_5k.jpgInterior of Saint Paul's Church with ceiling frescoes of Jesus in the middle, and Matthew, Mark, Luke and John at the two sides.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/37630456921_b102f8a0aa_5k.jpgSaint Paul's Church. According to tradition the building date of the Saint Paul Church is 1102, but the present structure, a domeless basilica, was built (or rebuilt) much later, in 1862. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/23777155148_fca9045327_5k.jpgThe popular name of the gate was Kancık Kapı (feminine gate) during the late Ottoman period. However, in the early 20th century, the name Cleopatra kapısı ("Cleopatra's Gate") replaced the former name.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/37630456381_3e53ed9c06_5k.jpgThe so-called Saint Paul's Well is a water well made of mostly rectangular-cut stone. It measures 1.15 metres (3 ft 9 in) in diameter at the top and has a depth of 38 metres (125 ft).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/23679870588_706f2d579c_3k.jpgCleopatra's Gate is a city gate named after the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. It was built either in the Byzantine or Abassid period on the site of an earlier gate. The popular name of the gate was Kancık Kapı (feminine gate) during the late Ottoman period. However, from the early 20th century, the name Cleopatra kapısı ("Cleopatra's Gate") replaced the former name.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/37497977996_d97b7c4d80_3k.jpgThe Justinian Bridge, built by the Byzantines in the 6th century AD over the earlier course of the Cydnus river (today's Berdan river).2025-11-09T09:14:18+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2024/01/22/nicaea/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53480904073_0bcb84d192_k.jpgThe funeral monument was carved from a single piece of basalt rock.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53479856137_3fc003173e_k.jpgBerber Kaya, a mausoleum of the 2nd century BC located on the hillside of Nicaea. It was destroyed in 1953 by tomb robbers who broke it with dynamite.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53478042309_cbe7d5e0c6_k.jpgIznik pottery. One of the most popular and recognisable motifs of Iznik designs are elegant sprays of flowers springing from a leafy tuft. They include tulips, hyacinths, and roses.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53467516937_052c24efd3_6k.jpgBasilica of Saint Neophytos, probably built shortly after the Ecumenical Council of AD 325, but became submerged by the lake after an earthquake of AD 740, and was only rediscovered in 2014:https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/28833009087_ffe3179024_5k.jpgThe relief is life-size and is placed inside a niche cut into the rock. However, the details were left untreated, and the surface was not polished, showing that it was left unfinished. It is believed that the relief was carved to protect the quarry workers. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/37829176492_4b025fb89e_3k.jpgUnfinished relief of Hercules carved into a stone block in a quarry outside of Nicaea in the 3rd century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/24765712078_c109ddd773_5k.jpgThe Beştaş Obelisk was probably a family grave. It is believed to have been built in the 1st or 2nd century AD and surmounted by an eagle or a Victory.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/24765713178_474f3346d4_5k.jpgOutside Nicaea, on the ancient road to Nicomedia, rises the funeral monument of Gaius Cassius Philiscus, a wealthy Nicaean landowner who died aged 83. The obelisk, triangular in section, is 12 m tall and is placed on a rectangular base.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53480707820_d334a8ba19_5k.jpgHagia Sophia was demolished after an earthquake in the 11th century. The church was rebuilt as a basilica with three naves. The church is still located at the point where the roads leading to the four main gates in the district centre meet.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53467389232_5914238394_6k.jpgThe Hagia Sophia is the site of the Second Council of Nicaea. It was originally a basilica built by Justinian in the middle of the city in the 6th century with three aisles that underwent repeated restoration until the 14th century.2025-11-06T10:15:05+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/03/04/thugga-dougga/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54112121034_232ae10017_6k.jpgThe Square of the Wind Rose and the Capitol.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54305619712_43051c92a6_6k.jpgThe upper level of the Libyco-Punic Mausoleum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54364772413_d322975cd1_5k.jpgThe middle level of the Libyco-Punic Mausoleum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54306486116_3be791d13e_5k.jpgAccording to the Punic-Libyan bilingual inscription on the podium, the mausoleum was dedicated to the Numidian Prince Ateban, son of Lepmatath. The monument is divided into three levels and showcases a blend of local and Hellenistic elements.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54363532592_e2380113cb_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54306726554_65ed45377f_6k.jpgLibyco-Punic Mausoleum, a remarkable 2nd-century BC royal tomb standing 21 metres high.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54363545027_f99c35c08d_6k.jpgThe Licinian Baths, donated to the city by the Licinii family in the 3rd century, during the reign of Caracalla, between 212 and 217.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54363332028_74a3a1354a_6k.jpgThe Arch of Septimius Severus, put up in this emperor’s honour in AD 205 after Thugga was made a municipium at his command.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54362524348_9cb1eb294d_6k.jpgThe baths were constructed of opus africanum and rubble masonry in the Punic–North African style. The structure contained a number of different rooms – such as heated rooms and frigidarium – and latrines. Archaeological research implies that the baths were symmetrical. The baths also contain mosaics depicting aquatic animals and Roman figures.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54362305481_10e56becd5_6k.jpgThe Aïn Doura Baths, built in either the early 2nd, late 3rd or 4th century AD.2025-11-04T10:18:48+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/08/13/sufetula-sbeitla/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54712499745_659e408016_6k.jpgThe unexcavated Roman amphitheatre.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54712161401_39ea271b41_6k.jpgA temple whose dedication is unknown.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54712374808_40997c7662_6k.jpgThe house is notable for its size and for being a primarily residential area, particularly in the Byzantine period, when it was enlarged by incorporating adjacent structures. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54712374828_c11c9b243b_6k.jpgThe House of the Four Seasons, named after a mosaic depicting the Four Seasons, which was once part of the house but is now in the Bardo Museum in Tunis.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54708755697_0362de38fb_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54712147351_eff7eaf04d_6k.jpgA large cistern that supplied water to the city, probably supplemented by an underground canal.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54712355859_4e8cb073ce_6k.jpgA basin in a private bath complex with a mosaic of fish and crustaceans.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54711292237_59c85f8709_6k.jpgA stone-paved street.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54711292242_4c42c4632b_6k.jpgThe foundations of a fountain dating from the 4th century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54423609939_f76fd98319_6k.jpgDedication to Venus Genetrix in the Forum. ILAfr 120 Veneri / Genetri/ci Aug(ustae) sac(rum) / C(aius) Caecili/us Maximi/nus IIvir fe/cit2025-11-04T10:18:27+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/09/21/bulla-regia/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54423826788_135c6eb656_5k.jpgIn-situ mosaic depicting Venus being carried ashore by a pair of Ichthyocentaurs (fish-tailed centaurs) following her birth from the sea foam, House of Amphitrite.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54801954695_58488eb7bd_5k.jpgMosaic floor depicting a female character in the corridor of the House of Amphitrite, dated to the 3rd-century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54800878767_70884dbab0_6k.jpgThe subterranean House of Treasure. The house was so named due to the hoard of 7th-century AD Byzantine coins that archaeologists uncovered here in 1942. The large dining room is decorated with a geometrically patterned mosaic; next door is a bedroom.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54800878757_72fe9e496b_6k.jpgThe residential area.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54800878827_035cd5dd3f_6k.jpgThe house features a separate double toilet and bathroom, as well as private baths. It also has an underground colonnaded courtyard. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54802067030_885bc223ea_6k.jpgThe House of Fishing with columns dug from the luxurious marble quarries of Simitthus (Chemtou).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54801930250_f73cd543ce_6k.jpgMeasuring 26.5m in length and 24m in width, this building, dedicated to Apollo, the city's protecting deity, features an African-Roman type plan with an open-air courtyard and worship rooms where the various deities were venerated. Built in AD 34-35, it later underwent numerous restorations until the end of paganism. Excavations at the site of the Temple of Apollo have yielded significant artefacts, including a large statue of Apollo now displayed at the Bardo Museum in Tunis. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54801316721_a5d95c2ac3_6k.jpgThe underground peristyle of the lower floor of the House of the Hunt featuring Corinthian columns.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54797446243_af06fb3063_6k.jpgThe Basilica in the Forum with an apse at each end, built on a platform and accessed by a staircase of four steps.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54797197571_170d969b82_6k.jpgThe Temple of Apollo, located within the Forum and to the north of the Capitol, likely built during the reign of Emperor Tiberius in AD 34-35.2025-11-04T10:18:11+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/09/24/mactaris-makthar/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54805578079_c832c37db5_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54806724239_6b84ed458b_6k.jpgMakthar Museum's garden.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54805633957_f04871a5a8_6k.jpgThe Makthar Museum's garden.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54805633997_a03e4e3b7e_6k.jpgRoman mosaic adorned with numerous animal motifs and Punic and Neo-Punic ex-votos and funerary stelae.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54809820567_879be5a01b_6k.jpgThe Neo-Punic mausoleum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54810910218_b538e31955_6k.jpgThe Temple of Apollo.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54809814207_7d9ea74625_6k.jpgThe Arch of Septimius Severus.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54808941489_ddcf756197_6k.jpgThe interior of the Western Baths.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54809030650_0e57092b12_6k.jpgThe Western Baths, built in the 2nd century AD during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and later converted into a church.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54809030570_d5166a8585_6k.jpgThe paved road leading to the New Forum from the west.2025-11-04T10:17:56+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/09/29/uthina/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54812940545_f13c33193e_6k.jpgInscription by soldiers of the legion XIII Gemina at the entrance to the archaeological site.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54812857269_16578b23ca_6k.jpgUthinahttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54816875611_8f0c12fc0e_6k.jpgThe imposing ruins of the Great Baths. Only the below-ground level of this 12,000m² structure remain today.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54817172818_f5050b83ff_6k.jpgView over the Great Baths, built in the mid-2nd century AD in the eastern part of the town.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54817139303_58d182fbd4_6k.jpgA cistern next to the urban section of the Aqueduct of Uthina. The water was stored in cisterns, which supplied the Great Baths with a steady supply of water. The aqueduct and cisterns were constructed in the 2nd century, alongside the town's other main public monuments.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54816875621_44beed9a79_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54811751707_20d8c9b101_6k.jpgThe urban section of the aqueduct. Uthina was supplied with water by an aqueduct that captured the water from three springs in the mountain to the south-east of the town, spanning a total length of 10 km.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54812857329_f16c737d82_6k.jpgFloor mosaic with Solomon's knots near the Capitolium.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54811751677_a3973c9f5b_6k.jpgThe Capitolium stood in the Forum, was at the top of the hill. It must have had a porticoed square, a basilica and other public buildings,https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54812852463_0a50b5bd5a_6k.jpg2025-11-04T10:17:39+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/04/19/petra/2025-09-28T15:47:09+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/04/05/thuburbo-majus/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54385057335_6efc7f50a9_6k.jpgIn the basement, there is a series of vaulted rooms, some of which were converted into cisterns. Under the cella, which is completely ruined, there is an extension of the basement, which was divided into barrel-vaulted compartments. At a later date, this basement was converted into an oil mill, of which the pressing platform, counterweight, and settling basins still remain.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54428738072_a29424a199_6k.jpgFoutain basin from the House of Neptune with a scene showing Oceanus surrounded by sea monters carrying Nereids. National Museum of Bardo.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54428597586_eebc2f6e99_6k.jpgA room paved with polychrome geometric mosaic in the House of Neptune (Maison de Neptune).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54428974250_d987c1354a_6k.jpgThe peristyle garden of the House of Neptune (Maison de Neptune) with a semicircular basin on the east side.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54428844533_e5ed647e29_6k.jpgThe House of Neptune (Maison de Neptune). The house was laid out around a peristyle garden, with four porticos supported by twelve columns. A low wall separated the porticos from the garden. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54427744442_1219ec632a_6k.jpgLatrines in the Winter Baths.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54428597881_4f4adff562_6k.jpgA hall in the Winter Baths with columns from Simitthus (Chemtou).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54428845088_37e4698ef2_6k.jpgThe Winter Baths, completed between AD 392 and 408, the bathhouse had more than 20 rooms decorated with mosaics.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54428598041_f97dbdb264_6k.jpgThe Western Gate.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54426938937_4c57fa968b_6k.jpgA massive cistern, once vaulted in concrete, that supplied the town with water.2025-09-24T16:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/09/20/schwarzenacker-roman-museum/2025-09-23T05:44:34+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/02/labraunda/2025-09-14T10:50:21+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/01/15/buthrotum/2025-08-10T16:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/subscribe/2025-08-06T09:56:18+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/04/24/pella/2025-08-04T07:33:36+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/01/05/laodicea-on-the-lycus/2025-08-02T15:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/01/21/hierapolis-pamukkale/2025-07-06T10:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/06/02/thubursicum-numidarum-khemissa/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52570010077_e0914e5db0_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52570921035_9d35def5ba_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52570477106_288aafcff5_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/tk1_8093-copy.jpgThubursicum Numidarumhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52571004573_3de738fe23_6k.jpgThe monumental public bath complex on the west side of the New Forum later refurbished to be used as a Byzantine fort.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52571003753_a6f477db6e_6k.jpgThe Macellum of the New Forum, a rectangular market building with stalls around a colonnaded courtyard.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52570919700_4793615642_6k.jpgThe New Forum, a late antique forum constructed between AD 360 and 370 with a rectangular piazza and a Macellum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52570747419_fa6829199e_6k.jpgThe sign of Tanit on a stone, a triangle representing the human body, surmounted by a circle representing the head, and separated by a horizontal line which represents the hands.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52570010197_27d5dfceec_6k.jpgView towards the New Forum, Public Baths, Macellum and Byzantine Fort.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/54559909690_af61ef37e7_6k.jpgView towards the New Forum and Public Baths.2025-06-25T16:06:33+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/06/25/madauros/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52678592679_aac7ba36d0_6k.jpgView towards the Forum and the Byzantine Fortress.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52678802928_6c8acbdbaa_6k.jpgThe Market, with the Forum and the Byzantine fortress in the background.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52678802973_9d9bd2b848_6k.jpgThe theatre had a capacity of 1,000.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52678592834_ebf2a97805_6k.jpgThe small Theatre, built in the Severan period by the flamen M. Gabinius Sabinus at a cost of 375,000 sesterces.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52678743105_04ce1542cf_6k.jpgThe walls of the Byzantine Fortress, constructed over the Forum in AD 535 as a rectangular building with square corner-towers and a central gate-tower.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52678592884_c449ddcf82_6k.jpgBases of statues found in the Forum evoke those referred to by Saint Augustine. one seems to have supported a statue of the writer Apuleius: [ph]ilosopho [Pl] atonico [Ma]daurenses cives ornament[o] suo d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) p(ecunia) [p](ublica) (‘To the Platonic philosopher, their ornament, the citizens of Madauros [set this up] by decree of the decurions at public expense’).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52678307416_7d74efff77_6k.jpgA refurbishment of the paved surface, which is almost intact, is commemorated by an inscription which ran across its width in bronze letters; these have been removed, leaving corresponding hollows in the paving slabs. The work cost 200,000 sesterces and was done at the expense of a certain M. Aurelius (not the emperor).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52678803243_3315fe6c93_6k.jpgThe paved Forum, built on a terrace and surrounded by porticoes.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52678743345_31033c3092_6k.jpgOverview of the ruins of Madauros.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52678742850_ace2a81e26_6k.jpgA church dating to the second half of the 5th century AD, adapted from an earlier building.2025-06-25T08:24:58+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/04/28/thamugadi-timgad/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54483358887_4ab98209b2_6k.jpgView of the city from the Great North Baths.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54484562065_0755f15213_6k.jpgThe Great North Baths.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54481981909_460f641664_6k.jpgCarved offering-table from a stele dedicated to Saturn.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54482147140_0337f8c770_6k.jpgFunerary stelai dedicated to Saturn.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54482111620_e3078a997d_6k.jpgMosaic with fruits.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/52708046476_4c08f7d584_6k.jpgMosaic with vegetal and floral designs from Thamugadi.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/52710534864_d06e8a18b5_6k.jpgMosaic of the Nereids by Aspasios, made up of small, closely set tesserae (opus vermiculatum), from the baths in Lambaesis, mid-2nd century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/54481875264_abae32b18a_6k.jpgMuseum of Timgad.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/52708457525_337c5e66ea_6k.jpgMosaic of the Philadelphi, the central panel portrays the pursuit of Antiope (represented as a Maenad) by Zeus, disguised as a satyr and the inscription FILADELFIS VITA (Long life to the Philadelphians), early 3rd century AD:https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/52708300459_c38e70f455_6k.jpgMarine Venus mosaic, the goddess is shown naked, sitting on the back of a marine centaur in the company of another sea centaur, from a private house in Thamugadi, 3rd century AD.2025-05-31T09:16:03+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/06/01/machaerus/2025-05-11T16:08:39+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/03/26/cuicul-djemila/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_9609.jpgModel of the ruins of Cuicul.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_9604.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54347845555_226a9ab19e_6k.jpgGreat Hunt Mosaic, from the banqueting hall in the House of Bacchus. Dated to the mid-4th century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54411422118_b95caaab1d_5k.jpgThe Rape of Europa, mosaic from the House of Europa. Dated to the late 4th century or 5th century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54411137116_b6831738c7_6k.jpgMosaic depicting the Toilet of Venus, from the House of the Ass, dated to the late fourth or beginning of the 5th century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54411502735_a9889409cc_6k.jpgTwo funerary statues of a couple.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54411109386_4c92a713ae_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/52652753306_d058e722fc_6k.jpgThe interior of the museum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/52652747481_88c339fbbd_6k.jpgColossal head of Septimius Severus.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/52664576199_c077544a50_6k.jpgThe entrance to the Christian Quarter.2025-03-26T19:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/01/19/tipasa/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52657506752_f158c37100_4k.jpgThe Pax et Concordia Mosaic, a stone mosaic mensa (banqueting table) cover. Verse inscription: In Chr(ist)o Deo/ pax et concordia sit/ convivio nostro, from the Necropolis of Tipasa-Matares.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52656221279_1e82d54608_6k.jpgMosaic of the Captives depicting a captive family (a Moorish tribal chief with his wife and son) crouching with their hands bound surrounded by twelve portraits of Africans. It once occupied the apse of the Civil Basilica, ca. AD 200-300.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52655451337_a756e14ab6_6k.jpgThe main hall of Tipaza's small museum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52573960426_46544a947a_6k.jpgThe Circular Mausoleum, a funerary monement probably dedicated to the cult of a martyr (martyrium) with fourteen vaulted recesses which accomoded the sarcophagi.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52574233189_43a097d343_6k.jpgView of Tipasa looking east from the northwest tower.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52573492982_da847e9fe9_6k.jpgThe circular tower marking the northwest extremity of the defensive walls built in the middle of the 2nd century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52574491168_ec345f3421_6k.jpgThe baptistery of the Great Christian Basilica.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52574230184_aed1d286d4_6k.jpgThe cross section of the Cardo and the Decumanus.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52574230574_695ce8c245_6k.jpgThe Decumanus Maximus.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52573490487_2ca957b5eb_6k.jpgThe Nymphaeum on the decumanus maximus, dated to between the end of the 3rd and the beginning of the 4th century AD. It is a monumental fountain dedicated to the Nymphs which was decorated with statues between columns.2025-03-26T12:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/02/05/tiddis-castellum-tidditanorum/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/52573054922_0d07b2ffb3_6k.jpgA carved phallus along the Cardo Maximus.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/52573057922_d3b2d13cfe_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/52573531856_d79a09ab8b_6k.jpgView over the lower town with the Potter's Quarter, large oilery and residential houses.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/52573059512_41921e3b65_6k.jpgView over the Forum and potter's quarter in the lower town.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/52573058597_64e260fbcf_6k.jpgView over the Khreneg gorge carved by the Oued Rhumel.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/52573971675_4f8e88cd1f_6k.jpgInscription celebrating the construction of the Small Baths, dated to AD 251. ILAlg 2, 3596https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/52573527256_1c9ab8bab4_6k.jpgThe cistern that supplied the Small Baths with rainwater. The three large basins could hold some 350,000 litres of water.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/52573059957_c9c60ed227_6k.jpgThe Small Baths and the defences of the Byzantine period in the background.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/52573060432_1c314e8dee_6k.jpgThe Small Baths equipped were with a caldarium, a tepidarium and a frigidarium containing a square bathtub.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/52574059713_3ae654a7e5_6k.jpgThe Small Baths and the defences of the Byzantine period in the background.2025-03-26T12:04:26+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/01/31/royal-mausoleum-of-mauretania/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/54298200853_4b15367536_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/54296491329_8d50d8ddf8_6k.jpgThe northern false door.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/54296495569_1d27966277_6k.jpgView of the Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania from the east with the false door leading to the sepulchral chambers.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52561314323_64f3798948_6k.jpgView of the Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania from the northwest.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52561314498_0585e9cb31_6k.jpgView of the Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania from the west with one of the four false doors.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52560793351_abc912f2a4_6k.jpgView of the Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania from the southwest.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52561087959_2611b8e360_6k.jpgView of the Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania from the south.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52560335412_0a27737150_6k.jpgView of the mausoleum from the W, with the square stone platform.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/0051_2000-d_ant_alg_sidi-rached-e1738186585503.jpgRestitution of the Mausoleum according to J.-C. Golvin.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52560771711_e3b92a9804_6k.jpgRoyal Mausoleum of Mauretania2025-03-26T12:03:54+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/01/26/lambaesis/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52478700487_0a697b304f_6k.jpgThe Capitolium.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/54287587929_f90a60b03f_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lambaesis-lambese-the-camp-of-the-iii-legio-and-the-amphitheatre.jpgLambaesis (Lambèse), the camp of the III Legio and the amphitheatreAerial view of the Lambaesis camp (Lambèse) in the 3rd century AD. Watercolor by Jean-Claude Golvin.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/roman-rule-in-north-africa-146-bce-to-395-ce-16818.pngroman-rule-in-north-africa-146-bce-to-395-ce-16818Roman Rule in North Africa (146 BCE to 395 CE). Map created by Simeon Netchev (link)https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52470958943_68a83db4e2_6k.jpgDedication to Aesculapius and Hygia (CIL VIII 2589). Dated AD 247/248.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52470697649_9d72042f40_6k.jpgInscriptions and architectural fragments from Lambaesis (Numidia) in the jardin épigraphique (epigraphic garden) of the Lambaesis Museum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52470963783_9c762efae6_6k.jpgDedicatory inscription commemorating the repair of an aqueduct called the Aqua Titulensis by Aelius Rufus in collaboration with Severinius Apronianus the governor of the province of Numidia (CIL VIII 2661), AD 276-282.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tk1_8766-copy.jpgInscriptions from Lambaesis (Numidia) in the jardin épigraphique (epigraphic garden) of the Lambaesis Museum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52469922642_5996f30aa2_6k.jpgTombstone of Sextus Vettius Geminus, veteran of Legio III Augusta who served as signifer (standard-bearer). He lived sixty years.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/52470886185_6a8e4af33b_6k.jpgInscription from the nymphaeum-septizonium built by Alexander Severus (CIL VIII 2659). Dated AD 222-235.2025-03-26T12:03:27+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2025/03/09/hippo-regius/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/roman-rule-in-north-africa-c33184.pngRoman rule in North Africa C[33184]Roman rule in North Africa. Map created by Simeon Netchev (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54374767234_29d2cb93a5_6k.jpgMosaic of the Nereids, four nereids are riding on various marine monsters, dated to the first half of the 4th century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54373679567_3f825a4206_6k.jpgBronze Trophy (tropaeum), a military monument that may commemorate Caesar's victory over Juba I at the battle of Tapsus in 46 BC.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54374776518_e33c9a7966_6k.jpgThe room of the mosaics.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/53582701772_bbfbef296d_6k.jpgMosaic depicting a hunting scene, in which lions, leopards and antelopes are chased into a trap, dated to the 3rd century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/52574444012_95c0227597_6k.jpgThe apse of the main Basilica and seat of Augustine of Hippo (?) with the new Basilica in the background.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/52574908136_98b069c01f_6k.jpgThe apse of the main Basilica.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/52575438033_d407a31a4c_6k.jpgAn apsed chapel, probably the Consignatorium associated with the adjoining baptistery.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/52574444857_18e23f21a0_6k.jpgA Baptistery.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/52575186304_73f67dccf7_6k-1.jpgView of the main Basilica. It measured 42x20m and was divided into a nave and two aisles by rows of columns on plain square bases.2025-05-15T04:10:25+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/06/29/masada/2025-03-16T13:19:09+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/09/26/argive-heraion/2025-02-27T16:47:27+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/01/15/augusteum-of-narona/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/11431655684_b372d80220_5k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/11431693904_262e4d942b_5k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/11431796303_dda1dc8808_5k.jpgFrom left to right: Lucius Caesar, Gaius Caesar, Julia, Agrippa and Antonia Minor.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/11431703476_06b47f9562_5k.jpgThe mosaic floor of the Augusteum's cella.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/11431592465_d265ffa8ac_5k.jpg2025-02-01T14:59:45+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/03/30/epidaurus/2025-01-30T19:24:38+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/algeria/2025-01-19T14:42:20+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/albania/2025-01-19T14:42:04+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/cyprus/2025-01-19T14:41:31+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/bulgaria/2025-01-19T14:39:34+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/turkey/2025-01-19T14:35:45+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/09/08/eleusis/2024-11-17T14:25:57+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/03/28/biriciana-kastell-weisenburg/2024-11-14T12:16:18+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/10/29/artaxata/2024-10-10T06:55:48+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2024/03/23/claros/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53579490084_d169f99cbd_6k.jpgDedications on stone pillars.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53579610500_37f7dbf7d0_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53579166441_1dfc84a3a1_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53579166616_bb380e9d48_6k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53596081000_35227a0829_6k.jpgTwo fragments from Hadrian's dedication to the Temple of Apollo Clarios. Dated to between December 135 and December 136.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53596493274_b70f38ccca_6k.jpgThree fragments from Hadrian's dedication of the Temple of Apollo Clarios. Dated to between December 135 and December 136.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53579612550_b5080b69ab_5k-1.jpgGreek inscription dedicated to Sextus Appuleius. The inscription reads: 'People honours Sextus Appuleius who is the founder of the city and is elected as proconsul for the second time.'https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53579487389_f23997a784_6k.jpgHellenistic building dedicated to Artemis.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53579167696_35e6fdd71a_6k.jpgCorinthian column dedicated to Sextus Appuleius, son of Octavia, step brother to the emperor Augustus, and proconsul of Asia.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53579163626_b9b9f46134_6k.jpgView of one of the two arched subterranean sacred rooms with the colossal statues of Apollo, Artemis and Leto in the background.2024-09-22T15:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2021/01/30/lixus/2024-07-16T16:52:17+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/02/20/sala-colonia/2024-06-30T13:09:00+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/02/06/faqra/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49413909956_f6b5eac756_5k.jpgThe façade of the Temple of Zeus Beelgalasos with six Corinthian columns.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49414109282_7f1402d6ed_5k.jpgView of the temple from the portico surrounding the courtyard.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49414109922_7f395d74d9_5k.jpgThe entrance to the Temple of Zeus Beelgalasos.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49413913276_f171cfb362_5k.jpgThe courtyard and the inner altar.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49413928651_454a737c83_5k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49413454068_a233ab0cb3_5k.jpgThe Byzantine Church.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49413453898_3fe4512ba3_5k-1.jpgThe Byzantine Church.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49413911036_68858918cc_5k.jpgThe entrance to the Temple of Zeus Beelgalasos.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49414109922_ae75682571_5k.jpgThe entrance to the Temple of Zeus Beelgalasos.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49414110802_9ce3a9dd36_5k.jpgGeneral view of the rock sanctuary.2024-05-27T07:15:48+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/03/sounion/2024-05-26T16:45:24+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/01/20/tyre/2024-05-23T17:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/29/sanctuary-of-apollo-hylates/2024-05-19T15:05:45+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/03/salamis/2024-05-19T15:03:58+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/13/nea-pafos/2024-05-19T15:02:04+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2021/01/26/qasr-al-abd/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50877213088_6b694e946f_k.jpgView of Qasr al-Abd from the southwest.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50877868356_4ebfd0a374_k.jpgUpper level of the southern façade with Corinthian columns.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50813513862_6306f8b048_k.jpgEastern Leopard fountain.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50877142703_9df256c060_k.jpgWestern Leopard fountain.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/39281169011_141885faf7_k.jpgInterior view.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/25414267668_3274bda7cb_k.jpgView from the northwest.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/24418876337_cb9efbf66d_k.jpgRelief of a Lioness with cub.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50813404791_fbe8adab8b_k.jpgUpper corner with remains of a lions' frieze and half-columns of the upper floor.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/39281217671_0d71f8f639_k.jpgNorthern entrance.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/24418889717_9ff2d4ad8a_k.jpgView of Qasr al-Abd from the southwest.2024-05-12T13:25:27+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/04/tarracinaanxur/2024-05-04T12:21:31+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/08/16/baelo-claudia/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/35803237623_3a0f898de3_b1.jpgThe Necropolis.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/baelo-claudia.pngBaelo Claudiahttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/35755294854_9eb609f0b6_b.jpgView of the Curia and the Macellum (the market place).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/25228410493_0f1834d80b_b.jpgThe Theatre.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/25228412913_7ab357e80c_b.jpgThe Theatre was constructed in the 1st century AD, approximately around 70 AD. At the end of the 2nd century, it was no longer in use.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/25554262770_eb527a097b_b.jpgThe defensive walls were built during the Augustan period and repaired and renovated with the same layout during the second half of the 1st century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/25554265830_ce2d195b85_b.jpg25554265830_ce2d195b85_bhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/25734077012_621e010b2a_b.jpgThey are accessed from the Decumanus Maximus. There is a \"caldarium\" or hot room, heated from the furnace which in turn distributed the heating; \"tepidarium\" or tepid room for washing oneself; \"frigidarium\" or cold room for the washing oneself and taking the baths.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/25228415883_0ef1aed085_b.jpgThe thermal baths dating to the end of 1st century or the beginning of 2nd century AD. There were in use until the end of the 4th century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/36538394196_eec1d05628_b.jpgModel of Baelo Claudia.2024-04-27T13:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/07/22/pont-flavien/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/14717830312_85fdf76b15_k.jpgPont Flavien.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/14717820402_1a98692eb5_k.jpgPont Flavien.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/28475266605_31183086e0_5k.jpg2024-04-13T17:37:28+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/02/07/munigua/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/25248307787_60b2357b56_b.jpgMarble portrait of Domitian found in Munigua. Seville Archaeological Museum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/25069700977_a930c9d5b9_b.jpgThe remains of the large two-tier portico of the forum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/25069706077_e09ed3b9a4_b.jpgThe complex was built early on, sometime in the second half of the 1st century CE. Later, at the end of that century, part of the baths were demolished to make room for the forum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/28161586839_86996b68b2_b.jpgBaths found on the lower terrace dating to the time of Nero still have intact stucco on the walls, and an arched ceiling.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/28161587839_544a9324bc_b.jpgThe baths with a L-shaped floor plan and seven different rooms, including the apsidal hall and the nymphaeum. Judging by their small size (barely 280 m2) and the absence of a palaestra, these facilities were probably balneae rather than thermae.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/munigua-ansicht-von-westen-tomc3a1s-de-gusseme-1757.pngMunigua, Ansicht von Westen,18th century drawing by Tomás de Gusseme depicting the the “Castle of Mulva”.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/25069708677_3eed90a4bf_b.jpgView of the Podium Temple, square block structure is supported by four buttresses on its eastern side.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/25069712657_bbb0f40ed3_b.jpgView of the Forum and the eastern residential zone.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/39219904805_b571ca61dd_b.jpgThe northern roadway ascending to the Terraced Sanctuary.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/26069193498_5987c3d6c4_b.jpgThe Forum Temple, surrounded by porticoes on three sides. The divinity to which he was dedicated is unknown.2024-03-09T10:57:57+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/02/07/hardknott-roman-fort/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/46959679731_d62893accd_b.jpgThe North-East Gate.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/33084306208_a73712d76d_b.jpgThe North-West Gate.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/33084307178_e2856537ec_b.jpgThe east side of the Fort.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/46939675482_2ebf1e7e3e_b.jpgThe Hardknott Roman Fort is located in the picturesque Hardknott Pass.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/46071291835_b358da66b5_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/46045680895_25b4eea7f6_b.jpgThe west side of the Fort.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/46933017652_7194b70900_b.jpgThe remains of a tribunal, a platform from which the Commanding Officer would have given orders for the day and officiated over ceremonial and official occasions.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/39995259583_12c609ae7b_b.jpgThe East Gate.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/34902043834_1bcfd861aa_b.jpgThe West Gate.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/35702498826_6bef310ec4_b.jpgAngle Tower. A tower was constructed in each of the corners of the fort.2024-01-31T22:02:18+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/09/glanum/2024-01-27T16:11:01+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/04/16/ulpia-oescus/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/41431484492_143379cd9e_b.jpgFragment of fresco from the civic basilica. Pleven Regional Historical Museum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/40759077814_307478b953_b.jpgThe earliest inscription from Oescus in memory of Resius Chronius, liberated slave of centurion Resius Albanus from legio V Macedonica, dated to 9 AD. Pleven Regional Historical Museum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/41429076992_0609f1de6a_b1.jpgU - shaped tower dating to the 4-5th century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/27600109938_a750b38247_b.jpgThe extra muros building dated to the 3rd century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/40676015684_c1594e0e1e_b.jpgScattered architectural elements from the Temple of Jupiter.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/41390193611_de4b97fd92_b.jpgScattered architectural elements from the Temple of Jupiter.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/39580918780_1fd8ed5e90_b.jpgScattered architectural elements from the Temple of Juno.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/46a.jpg46ahttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/43a.jpg43ahttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/40676013984_3959e98691_b.jpgView of the forum which occupiee an area of ​​96 x 58 m and is surrounded by porticos to the east, south and west.2024-01-27T15:14:18+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/08/01/alacahoyuk/2024-01-19T13:20:07+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/09/01/yazilikaya-hittite-rock-sanctuary/2024-01-15T19:33:09+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/03/30/banasa/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/33529320056_b8167ac1b0_b.jpgThe forum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/32755660743_e1f0d257b6_b.jpgView of the forum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/32755651093_63c17663c0_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/capture.jpgDetail of a mosaic found in the public baths depicting a triton, animals and shells. On display in the Museum of Volubilis.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/33529202326_094a4fe54b_b.jpgThe shops.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/33413225572_de725ef969_b.jpgThe ruins of the public baths.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/33413208802_416f8d1511_b.jpgThe ruins of the public baths.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/32726696814_08c52cf2fc_b.jpgThe public baths.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/32726718834_eca5791158_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/33413256112_30a9d46263_b.jpgThe ruins of the rectangular basilica to the north of the forum.2023-12-14T08:50:24+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/11/08/dvin/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/45039139424_296e50191e_b.jpgThe foundations of the single-aisled church located to the north of the cathedral. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30811753297_fe3dbc4947_b.jpgThe second palace of the Catholicos had a central hall of 11.4 × 26.7 metres and was surrounded on both sides by smaller rooms. Reconstruction drawings show a three-aisled pillared hall with four pillars in each row, supporting three square ceiling panels between them. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/45701431832_4f91405a98_b.jpgThe second palace of the Catholicos built in the 7th century near the northern side of the cathedral.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/45750166241_2a8ac3d045_b.jpgThe first palace of the Catholicos, built in the 5th century to the southwest of the cathedral. It consisted of five adjoining rooms and a portico with four pairs of columns.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/43934080000_c3f25c2c18_b.jpgThe Saint Gregory Cathedral.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/43932367470_84de95d164_b.jpgAncient stone capital with a fern-like relief from the erected in the second catholicos palace of Dvin.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/45714057132_41026431b0_b.jpgThe Saint Gregory Cathedral of Dvin. In the foreground the eastern apse of the first cathedral, behind it the eastern apse of the shorter second cathedral.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30811898547_8d19831ae0_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30811939687_de4e8c1458_b.jpgThe walls of the Citadel were made of two layers of tuff slabs with a filling of sand, loam and stones. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/44838116855_9a9293b322_b.jpgThe Citatel Hill of Dvin, the capital of early medieval Armenia, a 30-meter high tell located to the east of the Church city with residential buildings and workshops mostly made of baked mud bricks.2023-10-10T13:20:54+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/09/24/chesters-roman-fort-cilurnum/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44841244061_e3c6ffba95_b.jpgThe face of the north wing of the east abutment, showing the carving of a phallus and characteristic curved tooling lines on the face of the blocks.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44791313132_fb3ddff3d4_b.jpgThe remains of the two successive Roman bridges at Chesters encapsulate some of the main developments in the history of Hadrian’s Wall. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/30969092008_3484d1e0db_b.jpgChesters Bridge Abutment. The bridge was an imposing structure with an overall length of 58 metres and with four arches each 10.8 metres wide.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/29904395627_6c9a062cea_b.jpgThe viewing platform overlooking the site of the west end of the Roman bridge over the North Tyne.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/chesters-second-bridge.jpgThe second bridge, built in the AD 160s, was wide enough to carry the Military Way across the Tyne on four arches and had guard towers on each bank. © Historic England (illustration by Richard Lea)https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/chesters-first-bridge.jpgReconstruction of the bridge at Chesters in the time of Hadrian, when it was designed to carry the Wall alone on nine narrow arches. © Historic England (illustration by Richard Lea)https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/43845774095_d20df83bda_b.jpgThe bathshttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44705871822_88a09e344c_b.jpgThe Baths, located outside the fort. They are considered as the best-preserved Roman military building in Britain.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44754806671_bc9049bcbc_b.jpgThe remains of an internal tower along the southern fort wall.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/42944867170_8a9786f95d_b.jpgThe remains of the south-east angle tower.2023-06-14T11:46:30+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/11/15/hadrians-villa/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/14947571452_eb73a5f3ec_b.jpgOpus sectile pavement in the Imperial Palace.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/16036668848_5955ca7a4d_b.jpgThe double paved way leading to the Grande Vestibolo next to the Antinoeion.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/16036504998_c02ded9396_b.jpgView of the remains of the Antinoeion located to the west of the access road leading to the Vestibule. The recent excavations at the imperial villa have uncovered the remains of a temple complex devoted to Antinous which consisted of two small tetrastyle temples (with four columns) facing each other in front of a semi-circular colonnaded exedra. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/6269440179_8b371a132e_b1.jpgThe complex, which is generally thought to have been dedicated to Hadrian's personal use, dates to Phase I (118-125 AD).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/38343195816_b95031ba60_b.jpgThe complex, which is generally thought to have been dedicated to Hadrian's personal use, dates to Phase I (118-125 AD).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/6269932190_823b03effe_b.jpgThe Maritime Theatre was a complex with 35-room separated by a marble-lined canal from a circular colonnaded enclosure paved in white mosahttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/6269416059_51b0cea883_b.jpgThe Maritime Theater was a complex with 35-room separated by a marble-lined canal from a circular colonnaded enclosure paved in white mosaic. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/38088603572_997742e578_b.jpgroundhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/6272045846_46cef0c910_b.jpgCeiling inside the Large Baths decorated with stucco with geometric motifs and figured medallions.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/38088623872_6ff63cdf76_b.jpgHadrian's Villa.2023-04-18T14:18:06+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2023/04/17/following-hadrian-in-the-us-april-2023-rutgers-hosts-first-of-three-lectures-by-archaeological-traveler-photographer-carole-raddato/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/raddato_001.pnghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/raddato_002.pnghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/raddato_003.pnghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/raddato_uthina.jpeghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/raddato_us_s23_still.png2023-04-28T13:54:38+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/07/16/amantia/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/28183753742_6b56e1808d_b.jpg2023-03-26T14:39:09+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/10/05/roman-villa-nennig/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/9427614509_cdebc03bfb_o.jpgGeneral view of the Roman Villa Nennig (reconstructed according to Mylius).2023-03-19T08:27:45+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/04/24/regina-turdulorum/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/40892625592_0d08abe23d_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/39124916730_c160460fb6_b.jpgThe theatre.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/40040473205_f2fd90c534_b.jpgThe so-called Religious Building had a square floor plan (45x45), a central courtyard and porticoed galleries. The main area of the building was occupied by three rooms open to a courtyard. The central room was the largest where religious meetings and ceremonies were taking place.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/40040477725_29cb9a7960_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/40040476175_75e8a60561_b.jpgThe foundations of the religious building which occupied a prominent place in the sacred area of ​​the city. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/40040481775_5fafbd7eb4_b.jpgThe three temples was erected on a podium and had a staircase leading to the pronaos, originally surrounded by six marble columns. The statue of the deity would be placed inside the cella. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/40040478525_e51904168e_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/40226080224_0c8908a4cf_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/40226079214_2754880961_b.jpgThe foundations of the capitolium, the three temples dedicated to the capitoline triad (Jupiter, Juno and Minerva). https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/40955464194_ef05ea094d_b.jpg2023-02-27T19:57:58+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/12/05/italica/2023-02-26T17:09:20+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/05/aquileia/2023-02-07T14:28:03+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2021/01/22/wadi-rum-nabataean-temple/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/34151711876_92c0e8ad03_k.jpgWadi Rum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/33808340510_74d83006a1_k.jpgNabataean inscriptions near Lawrence's Spring.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/33808367190_0a77bf7b42_k.jpgThere are earlier structures below complex of 20 rooms, which have been tentatively dated to the late 1st century BC.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/34061649161_a8d34aa83b_k.jpgIn 1962 a complex of 20 rooms was cleared behind the temple. This complex was dated to the late 1st century.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/33381614583_2bf97987c2_k.jpgA side room.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/33808374270_1f2c939602_k.jpgUnfortunately, in 1995 an earthquake caused severe damage to the temple and other structures.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/33808376460_c5f9108dff_5k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50863350116_bc92c004f7_k.jpgNabataean column with inscriptions.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/33808371790_698bd6797d_k.jpgRear view of the temple.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50863437477_2d0cdb11d3_k.jpgThe central shrine.2023-02-02T07:50:28+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/07/13/apollonia-illyria/2023-01-28T13:00:07+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/02/27/gnathia/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/33355255158_cd9a13113c_b.jpgThe Sanctuary of Trajan in the area of the acropolis.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/museo-nazionale-e-parco-archeologico-di-egnazia-6.jpgMuseo nazionale e Parco archeologico di Egnaziahttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/33283033438_9ca7052fdf_b.jpgWall painting from a Messapian tomb depicting a young warrior with a horse, 5th century BC.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/47158089511_a6a0c05a43_b-1.jpgPart of the mosaic floor decorating an area connected to the Basilica Civile, 4th century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image.pnghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/47106083892_658a1f7caf_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/47147930302_0a18520616_b.jpgThe underground tunnel network below the temple complex.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/46476226334_07cc5bb7de_b.jpgThe Cryptoporticus was built in the southern area in the Augustan period. It was a large underground corridor with a quadrangular plan, likely surmonted by a collonnade and a temple (now gone).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/47068511292_0e3868e4b5_b-1-e1550770979653.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/47113458681_3c77994f3a_b.jpgThe Episcopal Basilica built in the last years of the 5th century AD on the initiative of bishop Rufensius who signed the acts of the Roman synods of 501 and 502 as Egnatiane ecclesiae episcopus.2023-01-27T16:12:05+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/02/05/byllis/2023-01-22T12:50:31+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/07/20/hadrianopolis-epirus/2023-05-01T15:28:53+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/03/04/alcantara-bridge/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/38782138390_fedb3747e3_b.jpgThe Alcántara bridge is still used for traffic.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/40549492032_55e1249337_b.jpgThe entrance is flanked by two Tuscan columns and accessed by an exterior staircase, covered with a gabled roof made of slabs of stone, with a pediment with trim at the edges and a smooth tympanum without decoration.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/39681515635_073440cd40_b.jpgThe Alcántara bridge and the small temple, view from the east.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/39695884535_a8a0e132a3_b.jpg39695884535_a8a0e132a3_bhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/26704611328_d7beae6cde_b.jpgThe small votive temple dedicated to the Roman emperor Trajan and the Roman Gods.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/26704597218_5fcc00cced_b.jpgView of the Alcántara Bridge looking south-east.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/39681519985_68c2bcdaf9_b.jpgThe honorific arch at the centre of the bridge dedicated to the emperor Trajan.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/39681521435_1e7cf080e3_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/26704614618_09e597cf35_b.jpgView of the Alcántara Bridge looking north-east.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/38766394620_0ee1fdec13_b.jpgView of the Alcántara Bridge looking north-west.2023-01-12T17:35:18+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/26/lepreon/2023-01-08T15:30:27+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/11/30/porte-mars/2023-01-07T14:06:04+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/12/29/verige-roman-villa/2022-12-18T13:54:13+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/06/06/histria/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/28636930058_ba0171f473_b1.jpg28636930058_ba0171f473_b(1)https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/28707393998_26d2f0ef48_b.jpgDedicated to emperor Antoninus Pius by the governor of Moesia Inferior Titus Pomponius Proculus Vitrasius Pollio, 157-159 AD. Museum of Histria.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/40773484720_dff44321c9_b1.jpgBilingual inscription dedicated to emperor Hadrian, 117-128 AD. Museum of Histria.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/28707390948_0848d61989_b.jpgView of the upper floor of the museum dedicated to the Greek and Roman periods of the city's history.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/40773478930_689021d06b_b.jpgThe central hall of the Museum of Histria where architectural elements of the Greek temple of Theos Megas are exhibited.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/42581189441_6207acc26b_b.jpgHellenistic marble frieze with representations of Greek deities, Apollo, Hephaistos, Poseidon, Eros, Aphrodite, Athena, Zeus, Hermes and Hera. Museum of Histria.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/27639405137_257060c71e_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/27639402767_4d578da887_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/28636930058_ba0171f473_b.jpgThe residential district.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/40702048380_f2e262324d_b.jpgThe residential district.2022-12-18T10:27:40+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/morocco/2022-12-18T10:04:16+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/03/19/volubilis/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/32912546365_0337275327_5k.jpg32912546365_0337275327_5khttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/volubilis.pngVolubilishttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/32989068436_6a63b29fe7_b.jpgOverview of Volubilis.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/32904266841_aca3b51b32_b.jpgOverview of Volubilis.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/32875119972_458c17be5f_b.jpgDetail of the a mosaic depicting Oceanus in the House of the Nereides.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/32648695900_4e461987b7_b.jpgThe House of the Nereides.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/32989118266_b603383982_b1.jpgmosaic showing Diana and a companion nymph being surprised by Actaeon while bathing. Actaeon is depicted with horns beginning to sprout from his head as he is transformed by the angry goddess into a stag, before being chased down and killed by his own hunting dogs.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/32904331041_b97c6228be_b.jpgThe House of Venus, towards the eastern side of the city under a prominent cypress tree, was one of the most luxurious residences in the city. It had a set of private baths and a richly decorated interior, with fine mosaics dating from the 2nd century AD showing animal and mythological scenes.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/33030786535_3d7d268491_b.jpgThe Tingis Gate, built 169 AD, forming the North East entrance to the city at the Tangiers Gate at the end of the Decumanus Maximus.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/32875203872_51cc6398e8_b.jpgIonic columns lining the Decumanus Maximus.2022-12-18T10:01:48+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/28/bagacum-bavay/2022-12-03T13:56:36+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/09/27/gadara-umm-qais/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/34550575145_f48f145fc4_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/34550573065_41274dd957_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/33708151584_4598c4916c_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/34550577365_3c5e24b377_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/34420510671_35fbfa69b6_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/33708100774_3913f9e17d_o.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/33708103304_04666cb694_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/33708110044_1df9e11f59_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/34550580255_063ab6067e_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/33708136694_25d7940290_k.jpg2023-09-14T07:03:51+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/12/11/temple-of-antas/2022-11-19T18:10:42+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/06/23/herodium/2022-11-12T16:00:30+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/06/12/megiddo/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/19888642855_4c81d71b86_5k.jpg19888642855_4c81d71b86_5k2022-11-12T15:03:05+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/02/28/palatium-house-of-augustus/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20673985972_f7fdeff270_k1.jpgThe architecture depicted in the Room of the Masks is a one-storey structure with a central recess and narrow side-doors on each side, probably evoking a scaenae frons, a wooden theatre stage building.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20659532566_fa8266bf99_k.jpgThe dominant tones of the ceiling are pink and white with a range of shades of indigo, porphyry, violet, ochre and gold.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20497776048_a0ff43ee23_k.jpgThe upper cubiculum so-called “Emperor’s Study”: painted frieze on the ceiling with winged female figure, satyr’s head and plant-shaped motifs.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20692552511_d7515e03e6_k.jpgThe ceiling decoration in the “The Emperor’s Study” also reveals the influence of Alexandria with lighter colours.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20141896733_9057f32976_b.jpgThe upper cubiculum so-called “Emperor’s Study”.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20685804815_5b9aadc985_k.jpgNorth wall of the Lower cubiculum with architectural decoration.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20659554676_af075b2c0e_k.jpgNorth-east corner of the Lower cubiculum with architectural decoration.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20497839000_b5d6cf5b57_k1.jpgSouth wall of the “Large oecus” depicting a stage-like structure with human figures standing inside the central recess. One of the female figure wears a clock as well as a rich diadem and necklace while others are carrying votive offerings.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20497839000_b5d6cf5b57_k.jpgNorth wall of the “Large oecus” depicting a stage-like structure with various human figures carrying offerings.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20676590312_3d7e71a787_k.jpgNorth wall of the “Large oecus” with wall painting imitating marble wall-facing.2022-11-12T14:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/03/07/verulamium/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/16192960570_5b9f5fb9fa_b-1.jpgThe Lion and Stag Mosaic.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/16192740628_684da7d993_k-1.jpgThe reconstructed dedicatory inscription from the Basilica inscription, dated to AD 79 or 81. The inscription is notable because it mentions Gnaeus Julius Agricola, the Roman governor of Britain from AD 77-84, who is otherwise known from a biography written by his son-in-law Tacitus.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/16192983890_b23bb3cbed_b-1.jpgVerulamium Museum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/16379510482_62e21882fa_b-1.jpgWall painting with imitation columns and panelling, ca. AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/16378634241_ae6d5a18a3_b-1.jpgThe reconstructed painted plaster walls dating to about AD 180.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/14033981720_c5dd481756_b-1.jpgThe Dahlia Mosaic with flower motif, AD 175-200.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/14210961491_c8ca5beb63_b-1.jpgThe Shell Mosaic, dated to c. AD 15.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/14212743925_12ec39971a_b-1.jpgThe Oceanus Mosaic, AD 160-190.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/14033985549_100bf6351a_b-1.jpgThe Mosaic Room.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/5922983371_d32edb37d5_b-1.jpgThe Verulamium Museum in St Albans.2024-05-31T16:31:04+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/09/20/aventicum-avenches/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50323665593_ae6e159835_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50323284783_a0523a07d5_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20_avenches_aquarelle_400.jpgAventicum circa AD 180. Illustration: Brigitte Gubler, Zurichhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50363719491_2e0a690429_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50323664518_99a0215d32_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50324502622_ee10cf1f4a_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50324325286_13b75ecf42_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50324326141_59bf66834b_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50323953356_8dd9e2eeb8_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50323953216_f34679561e_k.jpg2022-11-12T10:42:54+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/10/17/ocriculum/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/44933590962_dc1992bbaf_b.jpgThe Tiber river.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/44933592782_ca0bdc5726_b.jpgThe theatre, dating to the late 1st century BC / early 1st century AD. Most of the surviving structure is in opus reticolatum and was originally faced in marble. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/44933605872_3b3d890145_b.jpgThe imposing substructures consisting of twelve vaulted rooms on two levels that supported a terrace.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/volpato_roman-mosaic-at-otricoli.jpgPannini watercolour of the bath house with the octagonal mosaic (c.1784).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/44933608192_d4b717e8a8_b.jpgThe thermal bath complex is the only ancient monument of the city recorded in epigraphic sources, relative to its construction, restoration and expansion. Constructed around the second half of the second century AD by Iulius Iulianus, it occupies a vast area made suitably flattened just for this purpose. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/44933610122_1a92d59c98_b.jpgThe the so called “octagonal room” of the thermal bath complex which polychrome mosaic, now preserved in the Sala Rotonda of the Vatican Museums.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/44933613902_827f272669_b.jpgJust in front of the VIa Flaminia stands a circular funeral monument with a drum and a huge square podium built in concrete.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/45075907781_cc743a598c_b.jpgThis stretch of the Via Flaminia was brought to light the years 1992-94. It is about 6 m wide and 25 m long, and is made of large leucite slabs coming from the nearby ancient Borghetto quarries.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/30046197587_2b8fb02e83_b-e1538576244667.jpgThe so-called Tower Tomb of large dimension. It has a square plan and is surmounted by a circular body. This type of tomb, very common in the East, follows some Hellenistic prototypes from Asia Minor.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/44982106381_a4a49cb87f_b.jpgThe public fountain opening onto the Via Flaminia.2022-11-05T09:54:17+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/09/18/roman-villa-borg/2023-03-11T06:36:05+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/10/30/gortyn/2022-10-18T08:59:00+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/02/26/palatium-house-of-livia/2022-09-23T10:23:24+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/09/25/rheinbrohl-wp-1-1-the-caput-limitis/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dsc_0302.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dsc_0303.jpgAn artist’s impression of a wooden palisade and tower on the German frontier. Phase 2 of development on the limes, c. AD 120. Illustration: Heike Wolf von Goddenthowhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dsc_0301.jpgAn artist’s impression of a wooden palisade and tower on the German frontier. Phase 2 of development on the limes, c. AD 120. Illustration: Heike Wolf von Goddenthowhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dsc_0300.jpgAn artist’s impression of the ditch that replaced the timber palisade and the stone watchtower that replaced the wooden watchtower. Phase 1 of development on the limes, c. AD 100. Illustration: Heike Wolf von Goddenthowhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/49934484307_42ddc2db55_k.jpgViews over the Rhine valley.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/49934512502_97dc54273a_k.jpgThe restored stone watchtower 1/8.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/49933661508_11c6eec274_k.jpgTimber reconstruction of watchtower 1/9.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/49934171906_c5da46498d_k.jpgThe Limes ditch near watchtower Wp 1/10https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/49933607098_3234d9726d_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/49933606903_0a8a4d7f0a_k.jpg2021-08-21T08:45:55+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/09/23/abusina/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50373806068_ff21b43756_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50356689897_30ad417c15_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50356688997_e4cb57e617_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50356526786_717c271071_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50356528501_253b1e722a_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50356690577_74d42dca46_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50356689162_de5463324e_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50356526466_115b314ed2_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50356688352_9be7653b52_k.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50356526156_f73257e561_k.jpg2021-03-04T11:24:25+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/09/04/selinus/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/36809226126_505726c312_b.jpgThe remaining arches of the aqueduct.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tpplace2360inset.jpgTPPlace2360insethttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/36136996286_d5434bb006_b.jpgThe aqueduct of Selinus that used to carry a steady supply of water to the bath from its presumed origin only 1,5 kilometres away and over the river.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/35789995160_81b91ace83_b.jpgThe remains of the nymphaeum, part of the Large Bath Complex.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/35340521134_b9e2e864a3_b.jpgThe remains of the Hellenistic odeon.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/35968876410_c79da44e80_b.jpgThe cenotaph of Trajan was remodelled by the Seljuks in the early 13th century using the ancient building materials which altered the monument in a structural way. The name Şekerhane Köşkü refers to the use of the building in Seljuk time as a hunting lodge.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/35336295384_4dd158ee37_b.jpgThe cenotaph of Trajan. The Imperial monument consisted of a central tetrastyle prostyle building (with four columns in front and two on the sides) of the Corinthian order with a cella and pronaos, on a high podium enclosed in a large temenos surrounded on all four sides by porticoes.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/36006627732_71c06c132c_b.jpgView of the so-called Şekerhane Köşkü from Selinus hill.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/36824430882_ce4ef72445_b.jpgModern stairway going through the gate of the lower fortification walls.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/35982435922_d21fc28064_b.jpgThe Walls of the Acropolis fortress of Selinus and the harbour of Gazipaşa.2021-01-20T12:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/05/14/longuich-villa-urbana/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_0110.jpgThe stone sarcophagus found near the villa in which the skeleton of a youthful girl lay.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/30641074662_a662da55c5_b.jpgLonguich Villa Urbana.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/30641080702_31eab6a8eb_b.jpgLonguich Villa Urbana.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/30125660694_1c94309a12_b.jpgThe courtyard of the villa urbana surrounded by a portico connecting the baths to the main residential building, which has not been excavated.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/34485917132_f79c5bf3e2_b.jpgThe interior of the bath complex of the Longuich Villa Urbana with its original bathtub.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/33838290963_903104507c_b1.jpgThe interior of the bath complex of the Longuich Villa Urbana.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/30125646074_55be78ee3c_b.jpgThe interior of the bath complex of the Longuich Villa Urbana.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/30757666365_82f5f543a8_b.jpgLonguich Villa Urbana.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/30669413361_9740a7fdf7_b.jpgLonguich Villa Urbana.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/30641033212_b4a97602df_b1.jpg2021-01-11T14:20:32+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/germany/limes-germanicus/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/17632063308_3d8be15574_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/lilimes.gifUpper Germanic & Raetian Limes (click to zoom)2020-09-25T12:07:17+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/tunisia/2020-09-21T15:23:50+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/switzerland/2020-09-20T14:10:08+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/02/03/milecastle-48-poltross-burn/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/day-56-milecastle-poltross-800x539.jpgArtist's depiction of the Poltross Burn Milecastle.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/31950349387_6c8780de41_b.jpgThe foundations of Milecastle 48, looking north east.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/844588_51467c44.jpgThe remains of an oven in the northwest corner. From geograph.org.uk by Mike Quinn (CC BY-SA 2.0).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/geograph-4587041-by-john-m-1.jpgTurret 48b (Willowford West). The line of ditch and rampart can be seen in front of the wall. From geograph.org.uk by John M (CC BY-SA 2.0).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/33073181568_64aae539ff_b.jpgBuilding inscription found east of Turret 48b, now built into a farm outbuilding at Willowford Farm.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/39975352133_9c4982dedc_b.jpgThe west barrack block.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/39926745203_22b4257523_b.jpgThe north side of Milecastle 48 with the remains of a flight of stairs on the right.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/39975350693_5393944716_b.jpgThe north side of Milecastle 48.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8751183618_f2ca7e5474_b.jpgPoltross Burn Milecastle.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8751217836_acf57209a0_b.jpgTurret 48a. Several hearths and evidence of bronze and iron working were found in the interior.2020-09-07T18:01:33+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/hadrians-wall/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/42757475250_c221b58fcc_b.jpgThe South Gate of Housesteads fort and vallum between the field boundary west of milecastle 36 and the field boundary west of turret 37a in wall miles 36 and 37.2020-09-05T09:24:12+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/germany/limes-germanicus/upper-german-limes-rhineland-palatinate/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/500px-zeichen_386-51_-_kennzeichnung_von_touristikstrac39fen_auc39ferhalb_autobahnen_stvo_1992-svg.png500px-Zeichen_386-51_-_Kennzeichnung_von_Touristikstraßen_außerhalb_Autobahnen,_StVO_1992.svghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/pohl-holzhausen.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/bad-ems.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/hillscheid.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/neuwied1.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/rheinbrohl-bad-hc3b6nningen.jpgRHEINBROHL, BAD HÖNNINGENhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/rhineland-palatinate-2-e1537899582405.pngThe Limes Road in Rhineland Palatinate 2.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/8113004059_0a101eccfd_b-e1537899832654.jpg2020-05-18T15:08:11+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/06/06/museum-of-ancient-seafaring-mainz-germany/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/35092165396_77df63dcab_b.jpgMuseum für Antike Schiffahrt, Mainz.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/35092163166_5cf94737b2_b.jpgMuseum für Antike Schiffahrt, Mainz.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/35092167256_1cc95f3dc7_b.jpgMuseum für Antike Schiffahrt, Mainz.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/34744911100_89f66266df_b.jpgRelief of a marble coffin depicting a crewship raising the sails of two cargo ships in front of a harbour (original in Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam), 3rd century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/34286386374_a263e63c2b_b.jpgTombstone of the ship owner (naukleros) and sailor Aurelius Theogeiton from Arados in Syria, early 3rd century AD. He seems to have been one of those ship owners who navigated their vessels by themselves between the Eastern Mediterranean and Italy. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/35000055671_0f971e0a22_b.jpgRelief of a Mediterranean cargo ship, 1st - 3rd century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/34320555303_3f310974b6_b.jpgRelief depicting soldiers on a ship of the Neumagen type (original in the National Museum in Naples), 1st century BC / 1st century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/35130314675_0143a4ecf5_b.jpgTombstone from Mainz-Weisenau depicting a warship from the 1st century AD (orginal at the Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe, Direktion Landesarchäologie, Mainz).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/34729616210_da2a59e364_b.jpg1:10 model reconstructions of Roman ships, 5: Dromon of the Byzantine navy (10-12th centuries AD), left: Bireme of the Neumagen Type (220 / 230 AD).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/34305899133_4d3d91f9d1_b.jpg1:10 model reconstruction of a quadrieme (four-banked gallery) according to a graffito from Alba Fucens in Italy. The vessel, dated to the mid-1st century AD, carried 200 oarsmen with two oarsmen operating each oar. The oars were arranged in two rows of 25 per side.2024-10-25T11:18:52+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/09/17/oplontis-villa-poppaea/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48732282877_344b4bf7e1_b.jpgSecond Style painting in the walls surrounding the viridarium (small garden).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48730571416_0a7283152e_b.jpg48730571416_0a7283152e_bhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48744201802_a9b2cee617_h.jpgOn the north side of the atrium is a viridarium, a small enclosed garden. Its walls are decorated with red and black panels containing garden scenes with images of plants and birds along the lower frieze.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48743690453_0c12c109d0_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48744201272_1ddd3df353_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48743690783_1c43c4b4ea_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48743690893_cbb5db498b_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48743919116_526f2289e4_h.jpgThe 61x17 metre pool is the central element of the northern section of the villa and was added in the Julio-Claudian age.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48744095272_205e8d7a98_h.jpgView of the northern side of the villa complex.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48743584723_22a0f9b895_b.jpgSecond Style painting in the walls surrounding the viridarium (small garden). 2020-05-11T07:55:17+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/egypt/2020-05-04T17:56:56+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/08/02/carsulae/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/picmonkey-collage.jpgFragments from a statue of Claudius (ca. 50 AD). This colossal statue (twice life-size) stood in the forum of Carsulae (Umbria, Italy). Only the head and a knee survive.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/29930967318_8f3293d070_b.jpg29930967318_8f3293d070_bhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/28864804167_1c30a2bc7f_b.jpg28864804167_1c30a2bc7f_bhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/43759995181_18ac55971d_b.jpgThe interior of the Church of S. Cosma and Damiano.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/29889207808_710328c177_b.jpgThe Church of S. Cosma and Damiano was built, like the portico, using many building materials of the Roman period.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/43044186314_72625e1973_b.jpgThe Church of S. Cosma and Damiano was built in the XI century using a pre-existent building whose function is uncertain and dated between the 1st and the 2nd century AD, Carsulae, ItalyThe Church of S. Cosma and Damiano, built in the XI century using a pre-existent building whose function is uncertain and dated between the 1st and the 2nd century AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/41927694780_050e82ffd2_b.jpgThe second mausoleum is of tower type on a rectangular base. The cylindrical body has skylights and above a Doric frieze.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/43736553191_0b2769175e_b.jpgThree funeral monuments that belong to the prestigious Carsulae's families stood outside the town boundaries. Two are restored and dated back between the 1st century BC and the 1stI century AD. The first is a drum shaped funeral tomb on a rectangular base.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/43688541622_84654ec50f_b.jpgThe so-called Arco di San Damiano. The arch is located at the northern entrance of the town. It was originally an arch with three fornices (the two lateral minor ones have collapsed). The arch, like the most monuments of the town, is dated back to the period when Augustus renovated the via Flaminia.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/43736585371_747d5813e2_b.jpgThe Via Flaminia went through the town (north–south axis) and became the main road or the cardo maximus. The urban route of the road was built using limestone blocks and near the Forum was intersected (east–west axis) by another main road, the decumanus.2021-01-05T19:31:24+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/04/01/pompeii/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/14856274509_75db328535_h.jpgA marble surfaced counter of a thermopolium.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/15006651826_e77b8bcd4a_b.jpgNorth view of the Arch of Caligula at the start of the Via Mercurio, Pompeii Italy. In the background is Mount Vesuvius.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/48755127873_992f224855_h.jpgFountain with relief of Silenus as fountain-god resting on a wineskin, corner of Via della Fortuna and Via del Vesuvio.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/14842888779_a5eebfe756_h.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/48755642872_2940d10e54_h.jpgThe atrium, tablinum and peristyle of the House of Bronze Bull.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/48809012588_be6902ca1b_h.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/14402122118_a39c82104d_h.jpgBlack and white mosaic floor in the House of the Tragic Poet featuring the well-known mosaic of a dog on a chain, bearing the warning cave canem, 'beware of the dog'.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/48809508342_584a8d10d6_h.jpgThe atrium of the House of the Tragic Poet which was richly decorated with six large frescoes depicting scenes from the Illiad.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/14846072740_71bce5bad4_h.jpgStepping stones for pedestrians to cross the streets without having to set foot on them.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/48809508637_7bad9aaba8_h.jpgThe atrium of the House of the Diadumeni was dominated by 16 Doric columns 4.3m high set around a central impluvium.2022-11-07T04:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/lebanon/2020-01-20T18:27:52+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/about/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/collections.pngcollections2019-11-17T20:57:51+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/06/pula-pola/2019-06-04T07:48:54+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/06/15/gallo-roman-museum-of-tongeren-belgium/2019-05-16T15:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/11/louvre-lens-france/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/26311017403_7ab8e74734_b.jpg2019-05-15T10:53:25+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/01/31/centrale-montemartini-rome-italy/2019-05-14T10:53:22+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/11/06/aptera/2019-05-08T06:41:52+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/iran/2019-05-04T14:33:16+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/03/21/metapontum/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/image-2-1.pngSilver coin from Metapontum, Lucania, 340-330 BC.Obverse: Head of Leukippos wearing Corinthian helmetReverse: Barley ear of seven grainshttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/47322880182_02ba4a81c0_b.jpgIn plan, the temple is peripteral with 6 x 12 columns surrounding a cella building containing pronaos, naos and adyton, with no propteron.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/46652567244_b86afb522c_b.jpgThe temple is dated to ca. 520 B.C. due to the style and profile of the column capitals, and the date of the ceramic and terracotta votive objects from the votive deposit inside the cella.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/47322880832_916ffc2efd_b.jpgRemains of the 6th century BC Temple of Hera at Tavole Palatine, a sanctuary near Metapontum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/47375779531_6570a49f2a_b.jpgA Roman tomb.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/32434025797_ee88b57a90_b.jpgThe foundations of Temple C, the oldest temple in the sanctuary. ca. 600 BC - ca. 475 BC.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/47322905792_5337f2d103_b.jpgThe foundations of the Temple of Apollo Lykeios. This temple belongs to an early archaic building with an exterior colonnade (9 x 18 columns). The order was Doric.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/32434026447_25e1c4ef58_b.jpgThe foundations of the Temple of Hera (Temple B), ca. 570 BC - ca. 530 BC.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/47322907942_4a2d2c6077_b.jpgThe foundations of the Temple of Artemis (Temple D) situated at the north-east border of the sanctuary of the city, the temple was peripteral and was extremely long & narrow with the unusual number of 8 x 20 columns.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/47322910142_e30ee84c60_b.jpgRemains of Ionic capitals from Temple D situated at the north-east border of the religious sanctuary of the city, ca. 475 BC.2019-03-25T19:20:19+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/israel/2019-03-14T09:29:25+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/05/23/saalburg-roman-fort/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/7957579690_22a633d7af_b.jpgPortrait of a man imitating the appearance of Hadrian, 120-140 AD.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/34461014120_d69301e066_b.jpgA reconstructed Thermopolium (cook shop).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/34004431824_c580aa4dde_b.jpgTwo reconstructed Fabrica (workshop).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/7957309982_41fdf68c5c_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/7957298538_0ab08470af_b.jpg7957298538_0ab08470af_bhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/7957251526_b77e115431_b.jpgThe reconstructed Horreum, the fort's double granary. Typically, Horrea were very solidly built, with massive stone foundations. Their floors were elevated, raised on timber platforms. Today, the Granary serves as an exhibition room containing many original Roman finds that illustrate varied aspects of daily life.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/34007872543_04370bf8c4_b.jpgTwo reconstructed wooden troop barracks (centuriae).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/7957563350_1280ca4448_b.jpgThe painted fresco from Echzell was created in the mid-2nd century AD. Figures can be seen within framed spaces between the columns on the rear wall. In the central image, Fortuna, who carries a horn of plenty (cornucopia) and a wheel, greets Hercules. On the right, Daedalus uses wax to attach wings to the limbs of his son, Icarus. On the left, Theseus kills the Minotaur.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/7957565472_79ae4e8cc4_b.jpgA richly decorated triclinium (officer’s dining room), the most complete Roman wall-painting of all the limes, found in the Limes fort at Echzell.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/7957476616_0a422629b1_b.jpgReconstructions of ancient mechanical artillery. Left standing: Polybolos, a 3rd century BC repeating catapult (reconstruction by the German engineer Erwin Schramm (1856–1935)) Right standing: Philo's Chalkotonon, a bronze-spring catapult (reconstructed by Schramm as "Erzspanngeschütz") Bottom center: Wooden chain-drive mechanism of the Polybolos Bottom right: Philo's Aerotonon, a pneumatic catapult displayed without tripod stand (reconstructed by Schramm as "Luftspanngeschütz") Background, on wall: Gastraphetes, a Greek crossbow.2019-03-03T19:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/09/12/housesteads-roman-fort-vercovicium/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/43848606804_ef89a2be45_b.jpg43848606804_ef89a2be45_bhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44517306032_7255698f13_b.jpg44517306032_7255698f13_bhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/30696479498_172a4674af_b.jpg30696479498_172a4674af_bhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/43848569414_f6e4440ecb_b.jpg43848569414_f6e4440ecb_bhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/43848567594_1cec4c06b0_b.jpg43848567594_1cec4c06b0_bhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/30696482398_02b04a6899_b.jpg30696482398_02b04a6899_bhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44567050901_c28484e400_b.jpgThe foundations of Turret 36 B and the remains of a later rampart building along the north curtain wall.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44517280232_6e8231eddf_b.jpgThe north curtain wall.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/43848597614_513c7b7731_b.jpgThe Commanding officer's household included his family and several servants who looked after the domestic tasks, under the supervision of the commender's wife.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/30696511278_738cfc2e9d_b.jpgThe Commanding officer’s house (praetorium), the largest building in the fort. 2019-02-02T10:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/01/31/corbridge-roman-town-coria/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/the_corbridge_lanx2c_4th_century_ad2c_from_corbridge2c_northumberland2c_roman_britain2c_british_museum_281552467567629.jpgthe_corbridge_lanx2c_4th_century_ad2c_from_corbridge2c_northumberland2c_roman_britain2c_british_museum_281552467567629The Corbridge Lanx as displayed in the British Museum. It is 4th century AD Roman silver dish found near Corbridge, northern England in 1735. Once part of a large Roman treasure, only the silver lanx remains from the original find.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/46167126174_133d6f2f8a_b28129.jpgThe Barracks of the East Compound.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/46167128354_49ae3412af_b.jpgThe massive base of the East Compound enclosure wall.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/46840125372_0d563ba747_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/45977342615_d1eaae4d52_b.jpgThe Officers' Accommodation. This complex originally formed two houses with an entrance corridor and seven rooms arranged around a central courtyard. They accommodated officers in charge of the legionary detachment.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/45977339335_c966605d31_b28129.jpgThe East Compound comprising the Headquarters (Principia), Workshops, the Barracks and the Officer's Accommodation.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/image28429-e1548933041957.pngRelief found in the west principia strongroom of Hercules raising a club to strike the Hydra. Minerva (left) directs his blow.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/39927053043_3960759621_b.jpgThe Principia (Headquarter Building) of the West Compound.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/39927053473_7a568d7909_b.jpgThe West Compound with the Civilian Buildings on the left and the Barracks (later workshops) on the right.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/33016732958_6dddf89f30_b.jpgThe West Compound with a water tank in the foreground and two rectangular barracks in the background.2019-02-02T10:13:50+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/09/06/hadrians-wall/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/6823340481_8074b6c135_b.jpgHadrian's Wall at Sycamore Gap, near Steel Rigg.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/hadrians_wall_1200.jpgThe route of the Wall © Newcastle Universityhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/6823529249_8e50588bab_b.jpgNorth gate arch of Milecastle 37 (Housesteads).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/43556119005_d6c6f45476_b.jpgBanks East Turret 52a. Banks East in Cumbria is the best preserved turret in the western sector of Hadrian's Wall where the Wall was originally built from turf.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/8751218480_696f89994d_h.jpgTurret 48A (Willowford East).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/30561789688_839d1ef496_b.jpgHadrian's Wall running eastwards from Birdoswald to Harrow's Car is the longest visible stretch of Wall rebuilt in stone.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44447542471_7aceebdda6_b.jpgThe vallum at Hadrian's Wall near Milecastle 42 (Cawfields). It was built within a few years of the Wall, blocking almost all access to the Wall from the south, and then slighted (cut through) when the army moved into Scotland.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/40579061_1765560683570201_808531132525051904_o.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/39288838872_b4b502c762_b.jpgMilecastle 38 inscription proving that Hadrian commissioned the wall that now bears his name. Great North Museum, Newcastle.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44430969901_bd01230f2b_b.jpgMilecastle 39 (Castle Nick). The milecastles along Hadrian's Wall are numbered from 1 to 80, east to west.2019-02-02T10:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/05/08/civitas-tropaensium/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/picmonkey-collage.jpgOriginal metopes from the Tropaeum Traiani.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/40834560685_c78a0bcdee_b.jpgThe defensive walls.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/39995416960_3f272c99b0_b.jpgThe 1977 reconstruction of the Tropaeum Traiani.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/39926061870_fde6fa4c61_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/41733677291_49c778690e_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/41733696561_681f8da3c3_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/40834545275_bcf9de3ffd_b.jpghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/39926035820_d1ddb0a1f0_b.jpgThe western gate with horseshoe-shaped defensive towers.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/39926026350_2c150ea3bc_b.jpgView towards the western gate.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/40834554745_40cbfed9d2_b.jpg2019-01-03T14:43:05+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/04/bassae/2018-10-21T17:46:02+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/britain/2018-09-25T07:03:32+00:00weekly0.6https://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/09/17/temple-of-mithras-carrawburgh-brocolita/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/43741717885_154fbc775f_b.jpgThe Temple of Mithras from the south east.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44697431481_007bf85986_b.jpgTraces of Carrawburgh Fort to the north of the Temple of Mithras.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/picmonkey-collage2.jpgLimestone statues of Cautes and Cautopates, the twin torchbearers who were companions of Mithras. On display in the Great North Museum in Newcastle.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/38609985534_f67d95ba01_b.jpgThree altars dedicated to Mithras, from Carrawburgh. On display in the Great North Museum in Newcastle.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44651319531_a99c78363f_b.jpgThe Temple of Mithras from the north.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44651316681_36dc0612ee_b.jpgThe interior of the Temple of Mithras looking north west.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44651317771_246e08d961_b.jpgThe Temple of Mithras from the South West.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/carrawburgh_reconstruction_092.jpgCeremony reconstruction at the Carrawburgh Mithraeum.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44601190592_ed7971a168_b.jpg2018-09-21T03:50:30+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2018/09/03/rusellae/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/29443322567_847ab01ddc_b.jpgMarble statues from the Augusteum of Rosellae, Museo Archeologico e d'Arte della Maremma, Grosseto.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44095292761_9d78969a32_b-e1535882590329.jpgThe Hadrian's Baths (120 AD). They were built during the reign of Hadrian. Shaped like an L, they are characterised by the presence of a pool (natatio). In the early Middle Ages a church was erected on the remains of baths, using the preexisting structures.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/map.pnghttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/30227165758_1852972d4a_b.jpgThe cardo maximus (1st century BC). The eastern side of the Forum is delimited by a road paved with basalt flagstones: the Cardo Maximus, which is the other main road in the town, running north to south. On its surface the marks left by cart wheels are visible. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/43188316665_1c5d33fc83_b.jpgThe city walls, running along the hill’s contour, defended one hundred acres of territory. The purpose of the city walls was to circumscribe the built-up area and protect it. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44095294001_c679504720_b.jpgThe Etruscan walls were made as a dry stone wall using big blocks of stone.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/30227116338_b332c4b946_b.jpgThe Etruscan walls. During the Archaic period (6th century BC), was provided with city walls three kilometres long. They were made as a dry stone wall using big blocks of stone. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/42285929910_f461f967cc_b.jpgThe elliptical amphitheatre is located on Russellae's northern hill and was built in the 1st century AD. https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/43188322195_ecc446894c_b.jpgThe Hellenistic house, Rusellae at the top of the northern hill.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/43409394884_8a11c3746c_b.jpg2018-09-17T07:33:04+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/15/burnum/2018-07-01T18:16:06+00:00monthlyhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/2017/06/25/european-archaeological-park-of-bliesbruck-reinheim/https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/34719891793_13e8104037_b.jpgReplica of the equestrian iron mask with bronze plating found at the rear of one of the courtyard’s buildings. The original is in the Museum of Prehistory and Protohistory in Saarbrücken.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/34687767154_ca223b5070_b.jpg34687767154_ca223b5070_bhttps://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/35507953715_e73ae8f779_b.jpgInside the exhibition centre where finds from the vicus are exhibited.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/35121260470_2085a3aa71_b.jpgThe exhibition centre.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/35376808831_744395bafc_b.jpgThe eastern craftsmen's quarter of the provincial Gallo-Roman settlement (vicus).https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/35467878436_66d5fb1680_b.jpgThe foundations of building from the monumental public centre.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/35119303310_a4fa0b5c7e_b.jpgThe furnace of the caldarium.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/35119069780_7e3eeee405_b.jpgThe caldarium with heated floor. Its walls were plastered and painted in red.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/35465697146_74a5da172b_b.jpgA row of porticoed shops were located on each side of the bath-complex. Here bathers could by something to eat while along the covered arcade after their ablutions.https://followinghadrianphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/35504875345_fac3a9fe9c_b.jpgThe bath-complex covered under an elegant modern structure. 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