https://www.jasonklazmer.com/fasti daily 0.75 2026-09-11 https://www.jasonklazmer.com/fasti/julius-caesar-amp-the-pirates monthly 0.5 2026-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/9e90ff5d-815d-434e-80fa-0ad5f9be3370/Jack+Sparrow.jpeg Fasti - Julius Caesar & the Pirates - More or less. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/0d4b858b-b069-4359-922b-b94ff8dea4ad/Sulla.jpg Fasti - Julius Caesar & the Pirates - Marble bust of Lucius Cornelius Sulla (ca. 1st century B.C.E.), Glyptothek, Munich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/617bd7ba-3f5d-4926-849a-f3d6f360637a/images.jpg Fasti - Julius Caesar & the Pirates - Bartolomeo Pinelli, Giulio Cesare prigione de' Corsari comandando imperiosamente di tacere, (1819). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1788135489855-Q3YDUYRYRB3V58QUHQX7/M443922_Julius-Caesar-taken-prisoner-by-Cilician-pirates-while-crossing-the-Aegean-Sea-c75-BC.jpg Fasti - Julius Caesar & the Pirates - Henri de Montaut, César est fait prisonnier des pirates, (1865). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/47833ff5-30f1-4081-8c32-33493da7506e/1920px-Meister_des_Rabula-Evangeliums_002.jpg Fasti - Julius Caesar & the Pirates - Illustration of the crucifixion of Jesus from the Rabbula Gospels (586 C.E.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/4791a62b-539e-4041-b811-dd3f9fd0ff4d/Vincenzo_Camuccini_-_La_morte_di_Cesare.jpg Fasti - Julius Caesar & the Pirates - Vincenzo Camuccini, La Mort de César (1806), Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. https://www.jasonklazmer.com/fasti/unlucky-in-love-the-emperor-claudiuss-four-wives monthly 0.5 2026-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/fa8e48dc-fddd-4b9b-a6f5-c45a9296251a/Claudius_MAN_Napoli_Inv6060.jpg Fasti - Unlucky in Love: Claudius & His Four Wives - Marble bust of Claudius (ca. 41—54 C.E.), Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/c392bd1a-7715-41a8-a5d8-11c761b538f3/Plautia_Urgulanilla.jpg Fasti - Unlucky in Love: Claudius & His Four Wives - Woodcut of Plautia Urgulanilla from Guillaume Rouillé, Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, (Lyon: Guillaume Rouillé, 1553). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/3bc05f36-2889-465d-a3e1-cdc9282ebc2a/Livia_Drusilla_Louvre_Ma1233.jpg Fasti - Unlucky in Love: Claudius & His Four Wives - Basalt bust of Livia (ca. 31 B.C.E.), The Louvre, Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/84995d41-0078-42c9-aa70-1058f5475ae6/Aelia_Paetina.jpg Fasti - Unlucky in Love: Claudius & His Four Wives - Woodcut of Aelia Paetina from Guillaume Rouillé, Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, (Lyon: Guillaume Rouillé, 1553). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/0aff93e3-db6e-420f-8113-77cae309835e/Sejanus_Damnatio_Memoriae.jpg Fasti - Unlucky in Love: Claudius & His Four Wives - Coin from Augusta Bilbilis minted in the name of Tiberius (obverse) and Sejanus (reverse), ca. 31 C.E. Sejanus’s name has been abraded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/3e836c8b-43dd-4b68-a5d6-33000e4f1235/Messalina_from_Rome_Louvre_Ma1224_n3+%281%29.jpg Fasti - Unlucky in Love: Claudius & His Four Wives - Marble statue of Messalina with son, Britannicus (ca. 45 C.E.), The Louvre, Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/f685d0eb-0e3f-4854-a5bf-493afa059878/Messalina_%28Peder_Severin_Kr%C3%B8yer%29_-_Gothenburg_Museum_of_Art_-_GKM_0173.tif.jpg Fasti - Unlucky in Love: Claudius & His Four Wives - Peder Severin Krøyer, Messalina (1881), Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/d7c12f39-132d-430a-8b89-350a72df13a8/Nicolaus_Knu%CC%88pfer_-_Bordeelsce%CC%80ne.jpg Fasti - Unlucky in Love: Claudius & His Four Wives - Nikolaus Knüpfer, Scene from the Wedding of Messalina and Gaius Silius (ca. 1650), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/9349116f-f104-4a28-8393-4a6ee8d183be/The_Gemma_Claudia%2C_a_Roman_five-layered_onyx_cameo_of_ca._49_AD_depicting_Claudius_and_Agrippina_the_Younger_%28left%29%2C_Germanicus_and_Agrippina_the_Elder_%28right%29%2C_Vienna_Kunsthistorisches_Museum%2C_Austria_%2821885155418%29.jpg Fasti - Unlucky in Love: Claudius & His Four Wives - The Gemma Claudia, a five-layered onyx cameo (ca. 49 C.E.), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Claudius and Agrippina are depicted on the left. Agrippina’s parents (and Claudius’s brother and sister-in-law), Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder are on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/69102181-ea0d-40f1-9c0a-8c20e071d054/Rome_Agrippina_Minor.jpg Fasti - Unlucky in Love: Claudius & His Four Wives - Marble bust of Julia Agrippina (ca. 50—54 C.E.), National Museum, Warsaw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/f8fd6f16-ab78-4331-988c-71142b98b188/Statue_of_young_Nero_%28Detroit_DIA_69.218%29_06.jpg Fasti - Unlucky in Love: Claudius & His Four Wives - Marble statue of Nero (ca. 50 C.E.), Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit. https://www.jasonklazmer.com/fasti/rome-permanent-theaters monthly 0.5 2026-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/378b7c21-d1b3-4720-aad2-db05f5a997a0/Colosseo_2020.jpg.webp Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/4cb62d0d-f6d5-468e-b848-310f9d0818f4/Choregos_actors_MAN_Napoli_Inv9986.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Roman mosaic depicting actors and an aulos player (ca. 1st century C.E.), House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784657583279-B305PJ2ZERBRBKJGR9NR/images.jfif Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Amphitheater Fresco (ca. 59 C.E.), House of Actius Anicetus, Pompeii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/83e4ea97-1797-4518-82ac-8a40a2265bab/images+%281%29.png Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Imagine that the stands are much fuller and that all you can hear is an ominous, creaking groan… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/a3053006-a794-46f7-83bd-2dc3d9ee493a/Tiberius%2C_Romisch-Germanisches_Museum%2C_Cologne_%288115615744%29.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Marble portrait bust of Tiberius (ca. 14—37 C.E.), Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/d9e60b94-86b0-4de4-8d88-8b1c1b63be33/%28Venice%29_Pompey_the_Great%2C_Museo_Archeologico_Nazionale.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Marble portrait bust of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (ca. 1st century B.C.E.), Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Venice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/ad6d3408-fa08-4c44-8ee4-fdc0d033ecad/Theatre_of_Pompey_3D_cut_out.png Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Pictured: Not the Theater of Pompey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/6f2dbb58-54f8-48a9-8773-f208e9358bb3/Theater-of-Marcellus-Featured.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Theater of Marcellus, Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784664255371-9DNFXVB7N06NW3E7PG67/Circo-Massimo-guida-Roma.webp Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Circus Maximus Rome, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784662319291-9WDQITEDBRD2VFJ2SOH7/MK54160_Ar%C3%A8nes_d%27Arles.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Amphitheater of Arelate Arles, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784662638299-QJ76RM5K1DTMIL535BKX/Palmira_Teatro_romano_-_GAR_-_7-01.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Theater of Palmyra Tadmor, Syria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784663690619-V08U0J8NQNCBXJYNGXGC/The_hippodrome%2C_built_by_Herod_the_Great_for_the_inauguration_of_the_city_in_9-10_BC%2C_it_was_the_venue_of_the_Actian_Games_instituted_by_King_Herod_in_honor_of_emperor_Augustus_and_held_every_4_years%2C_Caesarea_%2815572622871%29.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Hippodrome of Caesarea Maritima Caesarea, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784661756379-9BFOFE7948CIKDPEILA7/Amphitheatre_of_Durr%C3%ABs_%28by_Pudelek%29.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Amphitheater of Dyrrhachium Durrës, Albania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784662396332-CQML5C7TCEAPKU1PGMB4/Aspendos_Amphitheatre.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Theater of Aspendos Serik, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784664958583-06XUUKGJ1ABCC8WA0S2L/The_stadium%2C_Aphrodisias%2C_Turkey_%2816911544529%29.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Hippodrome of Aphrodisias Geyre, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784661756328-WLON2TDG2F7OII1HS0WS/Anfiteatro_de_las_ruinas_romanas_de_It%C3%A1lica%2C_Santiponce%2C_Sevilla%2C_Espa%C3%B1a%2C_2015-12-06%2C_DD_26-29_PAN.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Amphitheater of Italica Santiponce, Spain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784662466530-9KU08LNJM8BVKGOJ5WTC/Bulgaria_Bulgaria-0785_-_Roman_Theatre_of_Philippopolis_%287432772486%29.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Theater of Philippopolis Plovdiv, Bulgaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784663766686-864UEWL8RNC3FXAKHS86/Al-Bass_Arch_Site_Hippodrome.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Hippodrome of Tyre Tyre, Lebanon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784662243444-78UQ61P816DSI9RNG37Z/15438270006_960e6cbd5c_k-scaled.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Amphitheater of Isca Augusta Caerleon, Wales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784663102608-YA2TIWOW75YYXTM9OXV7/Lixus%2C_Morocco_%2827483980089%29.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Theater of Lixus Larache, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784663839841-X77VZ3A5FPFDOG2SF9EQ/VR_Merida_03-Circo_Romano.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Circus of Emerita Augusta Mérida, Spain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784661757480-10UL38BF0BAQS72O0TSE/El_Jem_Amphitheatre_%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Amphitheater of Thysdrus El Djem, Tunisia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784663214934-RKMQZL3EJROA7FQJX2B4/Theater_Kaiseraugst.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Wooden Theaters - Theater of Augusta Raurica Augst, Switzerland https://www.jasonklazmer.com/fasti/imperial-last-words monthly 0.5 2026-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/ba1dae29-31da-427a-b864-f98e493c48d2/Glyptothek_Mu%CC%88nchen_%E2%80%93_18.04.2022_%E2%80%93_Augustus_Bevilacqua_%284%29.jpg Fasti - Imperial Last Words—Part 1 - Marble bust of Augustus (ca. 1st century B.C.E.), Glyptothek, Munich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/73dd7070-e483-4f81-9f12-5ce324b52cf0/Cuirass_bust_of_Caligula._Copenhagen%2C_Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek._%285296624060%29_%28cropped%29.jpg Fasti - Imperial Last Words—Part 1 - Marble bust of Caligula, (ca. 37—41 C.E.), Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/fa8e48dc-fddd-4b9b-a6f5-c45a9296251a/Claudius_MAN_Napoli_Inv6060.jpg Fasti - Imperial Last Words—Part 1 - Marble bust of Claudius (ca. 41—54 C.E.), Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/27981b46-4948-4d22-ad3c-de302b561f35/Nero_1.png Fasti - Imperial Last Words—Part 1 - Marble bust of Nero, (ca. 54—68 C.E.), Capitoline Museums, Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/cbe1f3ce-0140-4b41-a526-f4e1fc42fde3/Vespasian%2C_from_Naples%2C_c._AD_70%2C_Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek%2C_Copenhagen_%2813646730625%29.jpg Fasti - Imperial Last Words—Part 1 - Marble bust of Vespasian, (ca. 70—79 C.E.), Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. https://www.jasonklazmer.com/fasti/savior-geese-amp-scape-dogs-the-gallic-sack-amp-the-supplicia-canum monthly 0.5 2026-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/e5c90ac1-c136-4cb2-93f7-2df8449315c3/Luminais%2C+Gaulois+en+vue+de+Rome.jpg Fasti - Sacred Geese & Scape-Dogs: The Supplicia Canum - Évariste Vital Luminais, Gaulois en vue de Rome (1896), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, Nancy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/560fe9a9-9937-407b-9840-7bb0eeb6c3c8/b93e40f9a5bc74eea91634c20d752b42.png Fasti - Sacred Geese & Scape-Dogs: The Supplicia Canum - H. A. Guerber, “The Gauls scaled the Capitoline Hill,” illustration in The Story of the Romans (New York: American Book Company, 1896). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/37e804bb-f58a-44b9-91e6-3fd67009cf93/Brennus+and+Camillus.jpg Fasti - Sacred Geese & Scape-Dogs: The Supplicia Canum - Paul Lehugeur, Brennus and Sulpicius, illustration in Histoire de France en cent tableaux (Paris: A. Lahure, 1886). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/bffb4cfe-f21d-4d61-9507-7e79cd898c85/Dog+Statue.jpg Fasti - Sacred Geese & Scape-Dogs: The Supplicia Canum - He knows what he did! Serpentine marble statue of a dog (ca. 1st century B.C.E.—1st century C.E.), Capitoline Museums, Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/0ae6cd6d-2765-4395-8f19-85676bdc3e1b/Relief+of+Capitoline+Geese.jpg Fasti - Sacred Geese & Scape-Dogs: The Supplicia Canum - Marble bas-relief of the Capitoline Geese, (ca. 1st century—2nd century C.E.), Museo Archeologico Ostiense, Ostia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/0cb72358-9261-4f17-921b-5a5104d08c29/Bronze+House+Head+Applique.jpg Fasti - Sacred Geese & Scape-Dogs: The Supplicia Canum - Bronze dog head appliqué from a bed (ca. 1st century C.E.), Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. https://www.jasonklazmer.com/fasti/review-fire-in-the-east-by-harry-sidebottom monthly 0.5 2026-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1783380074021-TT32JA4OYMRZGSY6EEVY/Fire+in+the+East.jpg Fasti - Review: “Fire in the East” by Harry Sidebottom - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jasonklazmer.com/fasti/romes-most-underwhelming-emperor monthly 0.5 2026-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/2cd4bd08-9c34-4730-8e0f-60a70ed3eda4/Taq-e+Bostan.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Most Underwhelming Emperor - The Coronation of Ardashir II (ca. 379—383), Taq-e Bostan, Iran. Rock relief depicting Ardashir II (center) receiving the royal diadem from Shapur II (right), with Mithra (left) raising a ceremonial rod. The fallen figure beneath the kings’ feet is to be identified with Julian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1783649003314-N1DD94Y7P4UOIRPXI2MN/Jovian+Solidus+1.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Most Underwhelming Emperor - Solidus of Jovian (ca. 363—364) Bust of Jovian Legend: Our Lord Jovianus, dutiful and fortunate Augustus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/4ade79ce-49b2-4820-b851-7d8203b7a6fb/Shapur+II.jpg Fasti - Rome’s Most Underwhelming Emperor - Gilded silver plate, Shapur II hunting wild boar (ca. 4th century), Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/64d10b84-045a-4684-bf94-f7deb61cd67f/Jovian+Solidus+2.jpeg Fasti - Rome’s Most Underwhelming Emperor - Solidus of Jovian (ca. 363—364) OBVERSE Bust of Jovian Legend: Our Lord Jovianus, Pious and Fortunate Augustus REVERSE Rome and Constantinople enthroned, holding a shield Legend: Safety of the Republic https://www.jasonklazmer.com/fasti/sex-ancient-rome monthly 0.5 2026-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/1784715421839-8J5UD8DE28LPSSNC3074/Lupanar+Fresco.jpeg Fasti - Loquamur de Venere, mea voluptas - Erotic fresco from the Lupanar (ca. 72—79 C.E.), Pompeii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/4ff890ff-6baf-4e71-9a67-01af3f931e06/Erotic+Oil+Lamp.jpg Fasti - Loquamur de Venere, mea voluptas - Terracotta oil lamp with erotic motif, Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/25d33540-879c-44c7-98fd-541cda20386a/Love+Scene+Mosaic.jpg Fasti - Loquamur de Venere, mea voluptas - The Love Scene, mosaic (ca. 1st century B.C.E.), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/3bb9fa87-acbe-4928-830e-f6133ea5fbdb/Terracotta+Ithyphallic+Slave.jpg Fasti - Loquamur de Venere, mea voluptas - Terracotta figurine of ithyphallic slave (ca. 1st century C.E.), The Louvre, Paris. https://www.jasonklazmer.com/fasti/bona-dea-scandal monthly 0.5 2026-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/69e3b11e-5f54-4ef1-8fd2-042b4c82939c/App+Claudius+Pulcher+Coin.jpg Fasti - The Bona Dea Scandal - Coin of Appius Claudius Pulcher, father of Clodius, struck 111-110 B.C.E. 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Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/cce86255-2359-4e4a-8459-7b54bf26d074/Jeux+Seculaires.png Fasti - Special Edition: America’s Birthday & Rome’s Secular Games - Silvestre David Mirys (des); P.L. Auvray (grav.), Jeux Seculaires, An de Rome 515, plate from Figures de l'Histoire de la République Romaine, (Mirys, Paris, 1800). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/79436052-903c-415b-abde-b7084ac06f0c/Philip+the+Arab.jpg Fasti - Special Edition: America’s Birthday & Rome’s Secular Games - Marble portrait bust of Philip, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2747fbed387b6a08085e7b/5a640b03-59ed-4414-b688-22e5b7417071/Philippus_I._-_Mu%CC%88nzkabinett%2C_Berlin_-_5484489.jpg Fasti - Special Edition: America’s Birthday & Rome’s Secular Games - Bronze commemorative medallion of Philip, struck 247-248. 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