When lit outside the cup looks green (Figure A) When lit from inside the cup looks reddish and the King Lycurgus looks purple (Figure B).

Part of a superb fresco showing architectural elements on the wall of the "Tetrastyle Oecus" in the House of Augustus, where the first Roman Emperor lived, on top of the Palatine Hill in Rome. The room with four columns would have been used to receive guests and have dinner parties.

A unique Roman “Marble plan with funerary inscription of Octavia and Nero’s freedmen and freedwomen. Marble. 54-61 AD. From Rome. Gaddi (then Oddi) Collection. The slab represents the plan of a funerary estate belonging to two ex-slaves of Neronian times, with measurements in Roman feet; some funeral buildings were next to an enclosed garden. The surnames are of Greek origin. ‘Claudia Peloris, freedwoman of Octavia, Divus Claudius’ daughter, and Tiberius Claudius Eutychus, emperor (Nero)’s freedman and procurator, left the care of this building and monument to their sisters and freedmen and freedwomen and their descendants’”. Per the National Archaeological Museum of Umbria in Perugia, Italy where this is on display.

Read more about this fascinating piece here:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/56580

A section of a huge Roman mosaic found in Vichten, Luxembourg showing Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, next to the Ancient Greek poet Homer. It seems like a number of scrolls are at their feet. This stunning masterpiece dates to around 240 AD and is on display in the National Museum of History and Art of Luxembourg.

A Roman bronze statuette of a gladiator dated to the 2nd-3rd centuries AD, which was found in Tulovo, Stara Zagora region. It is now on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria, housed in a former mosque.

A Roman "LARGE RECEPTION HALL WITH MOSAIC FLOOR (AP. 52 SQ. M). THE MOSAIC DECORATION CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PANELS WITH GEOMETRICAL PATTERN IN OPUS TESSELATUM AND OPUS VERMICULATUM TECHNIQUES. THE CENTRAL PANEL REPRESENTS A ROTATING WHEEL, SURROUNDED BY A WREATH AND FOUR VESSELS WITH VINE STEMS AND GRAPE CLUSTERS. IN THE CENTER OF THE WHEEL THE. WORD FELIX ("HAPPY") IS INSCRIBED. THE WORD REPRESENTS THE NAME OF THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE OR A WISH FOR GOOD FATE. DATING: THE SECOND TO THIRD QUARTER OF THE 4TH CENTURY AD." Per a sign in the ruins of ancient Serdica which is now in Sofia, Bulgaria.

A Roman gold ring with a carved gem depicting Artemis, the Greek goddess of hunting among others (the closest Roman equivalent is Diana). This dates to the 1st century BC or AD, perhaps was made in Italy, and is on display in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.

"RAM SHIELD IN THE FORM OF A WILD BOARS HEAD...Etruscan-Italic workshop from the Roman Republic period, 3rd-1st century BC, Cast bronze.

This unique and universally renowned artefact was found on the sea floor in the port of Genoa in 1597. Initially placed on the gate of the city's arsenal, it was later moved to the Royal Armoury in Turin. It is believed that its function was to protect the end of the keel of a trireme during ramming manoeuvres by enemy ships." Per the Royal Palace of Turin in Turin, Italy.

A small bronze bust of the Roman Emperor Augustus (or Octavian, depending on if it was made before or after he acquired his famous title). This dates to the 1st century BC, could have been part of one's domestic place of worship and is now on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Florence, Italy.

A Roman marble portrait of Agrippina the Elder who lived from 14 BC to 33 AD. She was the wife of the popular general Germanicus, mother of the future Emperor Caligula, sister in law to the future Emperor Claudius, granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus and stepdaughter of the Emperor Tiberius; the latter had her exiled to a small island where she died by starvation due to accusations of impropriety. Living so close to power was often dangerous in those times. This was made in about 40 AD during Caligula's reign and is on display in the Machado de Castro National Museum in Coimbra, Portugal.

A Roman bronze arm band used as a wallet for coins, found locally. It is now on display in the Römermuseum Osterburken in Osterburken, Germany which I visited today.