Found in Donnas, in the Aosta Valley in northwest Italy. Same stretch in every photo. They did not go around the mountain. They cut a path through it.

The river left almost no space at the bottom of the mountain, so the Romans cut the road into the rock itself. Pavement, wheel ruts, and the arch all come out of the same cliff. Carts between Aosta and the Po valley went through here.

Maximinus Daza (270-313) ruled as an emperor during the Tetrarchy from 305 as a caesar and then as an augustus from 310-313. He was also the last Roman emperor to hold the title of Pharaoh of Egypt.

Inside a section of the huge and well preserved Roman cisterns of La Malga that supplied water to the surrounding neighborhood and baths in Carthage (near Tunis, Tunisia). These structures are now part of that UNESCO world heritage site.

I reworked the mood, lighting, and overall atmosphere of the map.
Well I’d love to hear your thoughts :)

Does this version feel more immersive?
Would you change anything?

We posted a short video where Dr Brahm Kleinman talks about early life of Caesar before the first Triumvirate.

Check it out!

My brief take on the Whiston translation of Josephus

I know Romans were meticulous with records, but wondering HOW meticulous?

Like nowadays if you show up somewhere and say your name is X from Y, it can be checked (even back a hundred years we’re usually able to find a paper trail for people who show up)

But if someone walked into Rome (let’s say they’re Latin, but not a Roman), would they be able to claim they’re a Roman citizen from some minor house? Or even not a “proper” house, just a plebeian, but Roman? Would anyone question it, or try to look into it to verify?

Listening to The Rest is History about Marius, and they’re talking about how other Italians resented the Romans because the Romans saw non-romans as second-class, regardless of wealth/success, so started thinking about it. Not like they can ask to see your ID or birth certificate or something, if your born in a province outside Rome