Image #1:
Found at Housesteads Roman
fort in England, this stone relief depicts three deities wearing the cucūllus a
hood attached to a cloak, to protect them from the rain and cold weather. The
cloak itself may be a birrus Britannicus, a woollen cloak made in
Britannia and exported throughout the Empire.
Image #2:
This is a contemporary image
of the amphitheatre at Pompeii which, like the Colosseum in Rome, could support
a large awning known as a vēlārium (visible at the top of the
picture). This covered the seating area and protected spectators from the sun.
The fresco actually shows a riot in progress at the amphitheatre although the
hot weather wasn’t the cause of it.
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