by Maelyn Draguet | Feb 13, 2024 | Non classé
The lararia is a structure used as a private place of worship. The Gallo-Romans, under the supervision of the Pater familias (the father of the family), prayed there to the household deities: Lares, Genius and Penates. Little is known about these deities, as ancient...
by Maelyn Draguet | Feb 13, 2024 | Non classé
Lion-fountain in the main courtyard of the Gallo-Roman villa at Anthée (1st-) 2nd century PCN Pierre d’Euville (Meuse, France 76cm – W. 84cm – D. 35cm Namur Archaeological Museum Property of the Société archéologique de Namur Classified on 9 June...
by Maelyn Draguet | Feb 13, 2024 | Uncategorised
Here are a few examples of ornamental ponds found by archaeologists in...
by Maelyn Draguet | Feb 13, 2024 | Non classé
There is no time, weather or becoming without water: “everything flows”, as Heraclitus said. Water is life… this has been a clear idea for mankind since Thales of Miletus. In the writings of ancient authors, you will find rivers of information and...
by Maelyn Draguet | Feb 13, 2024 | Non classé
The Romans were great wine-lovers and introduced vine-growing to Gaul, right down to the Moselle valley. Reading Latin authors such as Pliny the Elder, Columella, Palladius and Ausonius provides us with valuable information on this subject. “Here is a spectacle...
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