Article

2020-12-28 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Thermopoliums: Here One Day and Gone the Next - Oh the Humanity!

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by ee green 2020-12-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 The pics of this one are spectacular -- brilliant color to the frescoes on the counter.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-12-28 01:03|| 2020-12-28 01:03|| Front Page Top

#2 That day

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-12-28 05:06|| 2020-12-28 05:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Even more could have perished. Luckily it was shuttered due to COVID.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-12-28 05:53|| 2020-12-28 05:53|| Front Page Top

#4 What were the dishes of dog?

Posted by 3dc 2020-12-28 14:23|| 2020-12-28 14:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Kegogi?

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-12-28 14:47|| 2020-12-28 14:47|| Front Page Top

#6 All the other pictures are food items.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-12-28 16:55|| 2020-12-28 16:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Graffito in nearby necessary:

Hungry? Just direct your feet
To Subway! V sesterces? Eat!
Our bread and dogmeat can't be beat --
II stadia down any street!

Posted by Hupusoter Theremp1466 2020-12-28 17:20|| 2020-12-28 17:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Little Caesar's?

Posted by Clavimble Spiter8745 2020-12-28 17:47|| 2020-12-28 17:47|| Front Page Top

#9 The dog fresco was a warning to thieves, kind of like an ADT sticker, and was not 'food related'. Meant their guard dog(s) were leashed...for now.

These images have been found elsewhere in antiquity, not only in Roman venues.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-12-28 21:04|| 2020-12-28 21:04|| Front Page Top

#10 "Cave Canem" for those who are illiterate.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-12-28 21:05|| 2020-12-28 21:05|| Front Page Top

#11 Even the "Cave Canem" mosaic/welcome mat had a dog on it.

When I saw it, it even had a live dog on it.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-12-28 22:22|| 2020-12-28 22:22|| Front Page Top

23:40 CrazyFool
23:37 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843
23:11 Phinetch Wherese4624
22:22 Rob Crawford
21:52 SteveS
21:44 SteveS
21:32 jpal
21:31 gorb
21:30 trailing wife
21:28 Blossom Scourge of the Huns9930
21:20 Veruca Biden
21:17 Oscar Fillmore8018
21:12 Hupolurt the Fat3405
21:05 Mullah Richard
21:04 Mullah Richard
20:48 Clem
20:43 Clem
20:42 Clem
20:20 SteveS
20:08 Hupusoter Theremp1466
20:05 Lionel Ebbeaper4939
20:04 SteveS
19:59 Procopius2k
19:39 crazyhorse