Dominae and fashion: the Flavian matrons
At the end of the civil war between 68 and 69 AD, which broke out after Nero's death, the empire passed into the hands of Vespasian, who re-established the balance lost with the end of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. A man
Stories of St. Mark Square. Symbol, pride and mirror of the Republic
You may recall that in a previous post, we dealt with the routes through which many ancient marbles reached Venice. In reality, coloured marble has travelled extensively from the classical period untill today, greatly appreciated for its beauty, symbolic meaning,
Each object is a journey. The routes of the marbles
The need to procure building materials was innate in the very birth of Venice. Born from the water and stretched out over the sea with a small hinterland, the city did not arise on a previous ancient settlement. It was
