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model of auxiliary
fort
Newcastle, Newcastle Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: army; military
reconstructed walls of
legionary fort
Xanten, Archaeological Park. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1988
Keywords: army; military
model of a
military chariot modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: army; military
model of legionary
headquarters
Chester, Chester Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1986
Keywords: army; military
statue of Praetorian
guardsman--model
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: army; military; Praetorian Guard; armor
replica of Roman soldier's
hobnailed boots (caligae)
Aalen, Limesmuseum. Credits: Paula Chabot,
1988
Keywords: army; military; armor
bronze parade helmet
Munich, Praehistorisches Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; armor
drawing of a
legionary soldier from the third century CE, with spear (rather than javelin),
wide sword belt on the left, and bracae (leg coverings) modern
Mainz,
Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military;
armor
drawing of a
legionary soldier from the early imperial period, with javelin, sword belt on
the right, and lorica segmentata modern
Mainz, Landesmuseum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; armor
drawing of a
legionary soldier on the march, carrying his weapons and other gear
modern
Mainz, Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords:
army; military; armor
drawing of a
legionary soldier in parade costume modern
Mainz, Landesmuseum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; armor
silvered tin and bronze
shield boss (placed in center of shield over hand grip) belonging to Junius
Dubilatus from Legio VIII second century CE
Mainz, Landesmuseum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; armor
relief from Trajan's
column- -military trophy (cast) c. 108-113 CE
EUR (Rome), Museum of
Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: army;
military; armor
drawing of the cornicen,
who played the curved horn (cornu) used to convey military commands
modern
Mainz, Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords:
army; military; armor; horns
replica of a legionary
helmet, modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: army; military; armor; legionary
replica of a legionary
helmet, modern
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
2001
Keywords: army; military; armor; legionary
relief from Trajan's
column--legionaries; shows armor (cast) c. 108-113 CE
EUR (Rome),
Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords:
army; military; armor; legionary
statue of legionary of
first century CE (based on Trajan's column) modern
EUR (Rome), Museum
of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: army;
military; armor; legionary
reconstructed legionary
belt with ancient scabbard for dagger and metal fittings
Bad Deutsch
Altenberg, Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1992
Keywords: army; military;
armor; legionary
statue of Julius as
general (cast)
larger version;
side view;
detail of head
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982,
2003
Keywords: army; military; armor; officers; Julius Caesar
tombstone of M. Caelius,
centurion of LegioXIIX, who died at age 53 (set up as a cenotaph by his brother
since body was not found)
Bonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; armor; officers; funerary
replica of Roman
catapult modern
Saalburg, Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; artillery
replica of a small Roman
catapult modern
Madrid, Archaeological Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1985
Keywords: army; military; artillery
replica of a large Roman
catapult modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: army; military; artillery
models of Roman siege
equipment--siege tower, battering ram, catapulta, onager modern
Aalen,
Limesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military;
artillery
facsimile of bronze
military diploma showing Latin text (color added) 98 CE
Credits: James
Egbert, Introduction to the Study of Latin Inscriptions, p. 357,
1896
Keywords: army; military; auxiliary
bronze diploma (military
"discharge papers" for auxiliary soldiers) from era of Vespasian first
century CE
Budapest, National Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1992
Keywords: army; military; auxiliary
bronze diploma
dated July 17, 122 CE
granting citizenship to an auxiliary named Gemellus
serving in Britain after 25 years of military service
close-up of text
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2002
Keywords: army;
military; auxiliary
lead curse tablet;
Roman, first-third century CE, said to be from Phrygia
view of both "pages";
detail of writing.
This lead tablet, naming more than 12 people, was hinged and fastened; it was found in a pot with
bones; the curse is scratched in lead with the words written backwards to give it
more power.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999; 2006
Keywords: magic; funerary
drawing of
auxiliary cavalrymen and horse modern
Mainz, Landesmuseum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; auxiliary; armor
bronze cavalry parade
mask (from Eining) third century CE
Munich, Praehistorisches Museum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; auxiliary; armor
drawing of auxiliary
cavalryman and horse in parade dress modern
Mainz, Landesmuseum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; auxiliary; armor
bronze horse armor with
eye protector (from Eining), depicting Hercules c. 233 CE
Munich,
Praehistorisches Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army;
military; auxiliary; armor; myth
ornamented bronze
parade helmet of auxiliary cavalryman 1st-2nd century CE
London,
British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: army; military;
auxiliary; cavalry; armor
tombstone of an
auxiliary cavalryman
Ribchester, Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1986
Keywords: army; military; auxiliary; cavalry; funerary
tombstone of an
auxiliary cavalryman, Longinus
Colchester, Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1986
Keywords: army; military; auxiliary; cavalry; funerary
tombstone of
cavalryman M. Aemilius Durises (served 16 yrs, died at age 38) c. 80 CE
Bonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords:
army; military; auxiliary; funerary
relief from
Trajan's column--women and children captives brought before emperor (cast)
c. 108-113 CE
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1979
Keywords: army; military; barbarians
relief from
Trajan's column--Dacian prisoner brought before emperor (cast) c. 108-113
CE
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1979
Keywords: army; military; barbarians
relief from Trajan's
column-- legionaries at wall besieged by Dacians (cast) c. 108-113 CE
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: army; military; barbarians; siege; legionary
model of Roman
soldiers quarrying stone for a construction project modern
Cologne,
Romisch-Germanisches Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army;
military; building
model of auxiliary
fort (with Asteryx figurines added) modern
Aalen, Limesmuseum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; camp
reconstructed barracks
blocks for two centuries modern
Saalburg, reconstructed auxiliary fort.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; camp; fort
reconstructed fortification
marking boundary of Roman empire in Germany (limes) showing wooden stockade and
ditch modern
Saalburg, reconstructed auxiliary fort. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; camp; fort
reconstructed gate
(Porta Praetoria) of auxiliary fort constructed under Antoninus Pius (with
duplicate statue of the emperor) modern
Saalburg, reconstructed
auxiliary fort. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military;
camp; fort
diagram of the typical
organization of a Roman legion modern
Chester, Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1986
Keywords: army; military; legion
distance slab from
Antonine wall (plaster cast)--vexillation of Legio XX Victoria Victrix built
3000 feet of the wall modern
Chester, Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1986
Keywords: army; military; legion
drawing of Roman
soldiers building London bridge modern
London, Museum of London.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: army; military; legion
model of legionary
soldiers building Hadrian's wall modern
Housesteads, Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: army; military; legion
model of one legionary
century in fighting formation (using toy soldiers)--headed by centurion,
signifer, cornicen modern
Aalen, Limesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1988
Keywords: army; military; legion; battle
model of one legionary
cohort in fighting formation (using toy soldiers)--shows 6 centuries deployed
three abreast modern
Aalen, Limesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1988
Keywords: army; military; legion; battle
foundations of barracks
for one legionary century
Caerleon, legionary fortress. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: army; military; legion; camp
foundations of barracks
for one legionary tent groups--one room for gear and one for eight men to
sleep
Caerleon, legionary fortress. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: army; military; legion; camp
relief from
Trajan's column--soldiers tending the wounded (cast) c. 108-113 CE
EUR
(Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: army; military; legionary
relief from Trajan's
column- -soldiers in tortoise formation (cast) c. 108-113 CE
EUR
(Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: army; military; legionary; turtle; siege
silver medallions
(phalerae) worn by officers as military decorations for valor
Mainz,
Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military;
officers
drawing of Julius
Caesar with general's cloak modern
Mainz, Landesmuseum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; officers; armor
drawing of
centurion showing vinewood staff, helmet with transverse crest, greaves, and
phalerae modern
Mainz, Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; officers; armor
drawing of a general
modern
Mainz, Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords:
army; military; officers; armor
model of Julius
Caesar's siege of Avaricum modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman
Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: army; military;
siege; Julius Caesar
statue of standardbearer
who carried the legionary eagle modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman
Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: army; military;
standards
relief from
Trajan's column--military parade (cast) c. 108-113 CE
EUR (Rome),
Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords:
army; military; standards
relief from
Trajan's column--parade of standardbearers (cast) c. 108-113 CE
EUR
(Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: army; military; standards
replicas of Roman
standards with eagles modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: army; military; standards
replica of Roman
standard with winged horse modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman
Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: army; military;
standards
replicas of Roman
standards with pigs modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: army; military; standards
replicas of
standards, javelins (pila) and flag (vexillum) modern
Mainz,
Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military;
standards
relief of standards
with eagle and with flag (cast)
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman
Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: army; military;
standards
relief of
standards with eagle and with hands (cast)
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman
Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: army; military;
standards
relief from Trajan's
column--emperor addressing troops (cast) c. 108-113 CE
EUR (Rome),
Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords:
army; military; standards
drawing of eagle
standardbearer (aquilifer) with lionskin headdress modern
Mainz,
Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military;
standards; armor; officers
model of a triumphal
procession--priests and sacrificial animals modern
EUR (Rome), Museum
of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: army;
military; triumph
model of a triumphal
procession--spoils modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: army; military; triumph
model of a triumphal
procession--captives modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: army; military; triumph
model of a triumphal
procession--senators and general modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman
Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: army; military;
triumph
large cameo depicting
an allegorical triumph (chariot pulled by eagles; emperor crowned by Roma),
probably Hadrian second century CE
Berlin, Antiken Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1992
Keywords: army; military; triumph; Hadrian
terracotta honey-cake
mold depicting the triumph of Marcus Aurelius second century CE
Acquincum, Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1992
Keywords: army; military;
triumph; dining
bronze statuette depicting
a military trophy 1st-2nd century CE
Munich, Praehistorisches Museum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: army; military; trophy
ancient legionary javelin
(pilum) showing how shaft bent on impact first century CE
Budapest,
National Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1992
Keywords: army; military;
weapons; legionary
British school
children visit a reconstructed Roman fort dressed as Roman legionaries
The Lunt (reconstructed fort). Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords:
army
triumphal plaque
depicting barbarian captive chained to trophy (probably refers to conquest of
Thrace under Claudius) first century CE
Fiesole, Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1990
Keywords: barbarians; army; military; trophy
hypocaust with
skeleton of dog found killed by fumes
Schwarzenacker, Open Air Museum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: baths; hypocaust; construction
drawing of
hypocaust construction modern
Wroxeter, Wroxeter Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: baths; hypocaust; construction
small latrine with mosaic
floor in bath complex of private villa fourth century CE
Piazza
Armerina, Villa del Casale. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: baths;
latrines
small latrine with
mosaic floor (with sponge sticks added via Photoshop) modern
Credits:
Barbara McManus,
Keywords: baths; latrines
cutaway model of
bath--furnace and caldarium modern
Saalburg, Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1988
Keywords: baths; leisure
cutaway model of
bath--tepidarium and frigidarium modern
Saalburg, Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: baths; leisure
cutaway model of
bath--whole building modern
Saalburg, Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1988
Keywords: baths; leisure
cutaway model of
bath--dressing room modern
Saalburg, Museum. Credits: Paula Chabot,
1988
Keywords: baths; leisure
baths--cold plunge in
frigidarium (cold room) first century CE
Pompeii, Forum Baths. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: baths; leisure
baths--caldarium (hot
room) with labrum (cooling fountain) first century CE
Pompeii, Forum
Baths. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: baths; leisure
baths--detail of
labrum with inscription first century CE
Pompeii, Forum Baths. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: baths; leisure
latrine with marble seats
showing construction of channels
Ephesus. Credits: Paula Chabot,
1989
Keywords: baths; leisure
baths--women's dressing
room with small cold plunge first century CE
Pompeii, Stabian Baths.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: baths; leisure
baths--detail of
graffito of ship in women's dressing room first century CE
Pompeii,
Stabian Baths. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: baths; leisure
baths--stucco decoration
and niches in men's dressing room first century CE
Pompeii, Stabian
Baths. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: baths; leisure
baths--palaestra (outside
exercise area) first century CE
Pompeii, Stabian Baths. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: baths; leisure
plan of the baths
of Trajan modern
Credits: S.B. Platner, The Topography and Monuments
of Ancient Rome (2nd ed.), p. 454, 1911
Keywords: baths; leisure; city
of Rome
cutaway model of a
small bath associated with a Roman house in Billingsgate modern
London,
Museum of London. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: baths; leisure;
housing
cutaway model of a bath
complex within a private villa modern
Cirencester, Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: baths; leisure; housing
view of harbor at Baiae,
overlooking ruins of ancient baths
Baiae, Campania. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1979
Keywords: baths; leisure; resort
Lucanian tomb
painting of chariot race in front of funerary stele fifth century BCE
Paestum, Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: chariot racing
Etruscan low relief
depicting a chariot race
Palermo, Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1982
Keywords: chariot racing
Lucanian tomb painting of
four-horse chariot fifth century BCE
Paestum, Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1979
Keywords: chariot racing
mosaic from private
Roman villa depicting a boy "charioteer" driving chariot pulled by birds,
receiving palm of victory fourth century CE
Piazza Armerina, Villa del
Casale. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: chariot racing; children
bronze statuette of two-horse
chariot (biga), Roman, first-third century CE
view from the front. One of the
horses is missing.
another view from the front;
view from the front with missing horse added;
view from the back;
view from the back with missing horse added;
view from the front with bronze charioteer added;
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986,
1999, 2003
Keywords: chariot racing; circus; sport; leisure
mosaic of charioteer
receiving palm of victory from magistrate fourth century CE
Piazza
Armerina, Villa del Casale. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords:
chariot racing; circus; sports; leisure
relief of chariot
race, c. 300 CE
The race takes place in the Circus Maximus, and one can see the egg counters, the turning post (meta), and some of the sculptures on the central barrier.
This detail shows an accident at the
turn, with another team about to trample a fallen driver.
Berlin, Pergamon Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2005
Keywords: chariot racing; circus; sports; leisure
statue of
charioteer
Credits: Leslie Noles.
Keywords: chariot racing;
circus; sports; leisure
relief of
charioteer from "circus monument" in Neumagen
Trier, Landesmuseum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: chariot racing; circus; sports;
leisure
model of Roman racing
chariot modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: chariot racing; circus; sports; leisure
mosaic of chariot race
in a circus--detail
Tunis, Bardo Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1982
Keywords: chariot racing; circus; sports; leisure
fragment of a
glass bowl with chariot and driver; Roman, 1st century CE
from a
mould-blown glass cut decorated with scenes from the circus.
London,
British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: chariot racing;
sports; leisure
terracotta lamp with
circus scene; Roman, 40-70 CE
Depicts a charioteer driving a 4-horse
chariot
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: chariot racing; sports; leisure
terracotta lamp with circus scene; Roman, 2nd-3rd century CE
This closer view shows a chariot race in the Circus Maximus; on the left one can see rows of spectators,
on the right the starting gates, and at the bottom the spina.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: chariot racing; sports; leisure
terracotta lamp with
circus scene; Roman, 30-70 CE
Depicts a victorious charioteer
processing with his team in the Circus Maximus; he holds a palm branch and
prize wreath, and one can see the spina behind him with the dolphins for
counting laps, the obelisk, and a shrine to a deity.
London, British
Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: chariot racing; sports;
leisure
terracotta lamp with
circus scene; Roman, second half of 1st century CE
Depicts the
principal horse of a victorious team surrounded by celebrating fans; the
placard would bear the horse's name and the number of victories he had won.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: chariot
racing; sports; leisure
red jasper sealstone
ring showing a chariot race in the Circus Maximus;
larger version; Roman, 2nd-3rd century
CE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2003
Keywords:
chariot racing; sports; leisure; jewelry
small ivory
bust, probably depicting the emperor Caracalla dressed as a charioteer
Roman, early 3rd century CE, said to be from the amphitheater at Arles.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: chariot
racing; sports; leisure
small ivory
figurine of a victorious charioteer holding a palm branch (Roman, 1st-2nd
century CE)
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: chariot racing; sports; leisure
gilded bronze
statuette of charioteer and chariot
larger version
Mainz, Landesmuseum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: chariot racing; circus; sports; leisure
model of Circus
Maximus and Palatine (plastico of fourth century city) modern
EUR
(Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: chariot racing; circus; sports; leisure
relief of procession
opening circus games (pompa);
smaller version, Roman,
c. 280 CE
Part of a sarcophagus lid, probably of Proconnesian marble (some
18th century restorations); belongs to series onRoman magistrates. Four horses,
escorted by a youth, pull the tensa (chest for sacred objects)
containing images of the gods who are to watch the races from the
pulvinar (in this case Jupiter, Castor and Pollux—
see detail).
London,
British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: chariot racing;
sports; leisure
mosaic of two race
horses
Tunis, Bardo Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: chariot racing; circus; sports; leisure; animals
plan of Circus
Maximus modern
Credits: S.B. Platner, The Topography and Monuments
of Ancient Rome (2nd ed.), p. 407, 1911
Keywords: chariot racing;
circus; sports; leisure; city of Rome
terra-cotta lamps of
victorious chariot teams
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1986
Keywords: chariot racing; circus; sports; leisure; houses;
furniture
Lucanian tomb
painting of gladiatorial combat and chariot race fifth century BCE
Paestum, Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: chariot racing;
gladiators
mosaic from private
Roman villa depicting charioteer driving a four-horse chariot in opening
procession fourth century CE
Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: chariot racing; sports; leisure
Roman mosaic of servant boy
in kitchen scene (with figs, fish, etc.)
St. Petersburg, Hermitage
Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: child slaves; clothing;
food
bust of little girl late
second century CE
Santa Monica, Getty Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1989
Keywords: children; hairstyle
terracotta of swaddled
infant with bulla
Brussels, Royal Museum of Art and History. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: children; jewelry; family
"A Chariot Race,"
painting by Alex. Wagner modern
Credits: Albert Kuhn, Roma,
insert facing p. 96, 1913
Keywords: circus; chariot races; sports; leisure
reconstruction drawing of the Circus Maximus by G. Gatteschi (color added); modern
detail: view of the track through starting gages (carceres)
Credits: Albert Kuhn, Roma, fig. 122, p. 114, 1913
Keywords: circus; chariot
races; sports; leisure; city of Rome
mosaic of victorious
charioteer for Red faction (Polydus) and his lead horse Compressor--centerpiece
of large floor mosaic from imperial baths mid-third century CE
Trier,
Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: circus; chariot
racing; sports; leisure
"The Second Founding
of Rome, after the Defeat of the Gauls," painting by G. Sciuti modern
Credits: Albert Kuhn, Roma, fig. 75, p. 55, 1913
Keywords: city of
Rome
replica of a Roman
sandal modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: clothing; footwear
ancient woman's leather
sandal with gold decoration
Saalburg, Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1988
Keywords: clothing; footwear
ancient Roman leather
shoe
Chesters, Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords:
clothing; footwear
ancient Roman leather shoes
on top with modern replicas below
Saalburg, Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1988
Keywords: clothing; footwear
drawing showing design of basic male
tunic (tunica pura) modern
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1998
Keywords:
clothing; men
drawing showing design of
equestrian tunic (tunica angusticlavia) modern
Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1998
Keywords: clothing; men; social class
drawing showing design of
senatorial tunic (tunica laticlavia) modern
Credits: Barbara McManus,
1998
Keywords: clothing; men; social class
drawing of a young man
in the toga pura, showing location of umbo and sinus modern
Credits:
adapted from William Miller, Costume of the Ancients, plate 237,
1812
Keywords: clothing; men; toga
drawing of a curule magistrate
in the toga praetexta modern
Credits: modified from William Miller,
Costume of the Ancients, plate 239, 1812
Keywords: clothing; men;
toga; social class
drawing of various
types of Roman clothing, showing different classes of society (modified)
modern
Mainz, Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords:
clothing; social class
statue of Livia
(head missing) inscribed "Augustae Juliae Drusi F."--shows stola and palla
(statue made after 14 CE)
Munich, Glyptothek. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1988
Keywords: clothing; stola; women; Livia
statue of
Livia--detail showing strap of stola (statue made after 14 CE)
Munich,
Glyptothek. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: clothing; stola;
women; Livia
replica of vertical loom,
showing how cloth was woven modern
Schwarzenacker, Open Air Museum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: clothing; textiles; women
drawing of Roman woman
using distaff and spindle to spin wool thread; replica distaff but ancient
spindle whorls modern
Saalburg, Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1988
Keywords: clothing; textiles; women
detail--drawing of Roman
woman using distaff and spindle to spin wool thread modern
Saalburg,
Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: clothing; textiles; women
drawing of Roman woman
using vertical loom to weave wool cloth; ancient loom weights modern
Saalburg, Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: clothing;
textiles; women
statue of aristocratic Roman
with toga and scroll
St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: clothing; toga
statue of Roman orator in
toga first century CE
Rome, Vatican Museum (Gregorian). Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: clothing; toga
bronze statue of Roman
orator in toga first century BCE
Florence, Archaeological Museum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: clothing; toga
ancient leather women's
"bikini" pants--probably belonged to female acrobat
London, Museum of
London. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: clothing; undergarments;
women
wall painting of girl
pouring perfume into a vial; Roman, end first century BCE
larger version
. From a beautifully decorated villa along the Tiber that probably belonged to someone close to Augustus.
Rome, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme (National Museums). Credits: Barbara McManus, 2007
Keywords: clothing; women
statue of Roman woman
with fringed palla
sometimes called "Juno Cesi"; Roman, early imperial period
right view;
detail, head;
left view
Rome, Capitoline Museum (Palazzo Nuovo). Credits: Barbara McManus,
2003
Keywords: clothing; women
detail of bust of
Plautilla, showing sleeves
Florence, Uffizi Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1979
Keywords: clothing; women
large (half
lifesize) terracotta statue of young Roman woman first century CE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: clothing;
women
drawing showing design of woman's tunic
based on the Greek chiton style modern
Credits: Barbara McManus,
1998
Keywords: clothing; women
drawing showing how chiton-style tunic
was worn modern
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1998
Keywords: clothing;
women
drawing showing design of woman's tunic
based on the Greek peplos style modern
Credits: Barbara McManus,
1998
Keywords: clothing; women
drawing showing how peplos-style tunic
was worn modern
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1998
Keywords: clothing;
women
drawing of a Roman woman
wearing a tunica, stola, and palla (modified) modern
Credits: William
Miller, Costume of the Ancients, plate 244, 1812
Keywords: clothing;
women; stola
marble statue of
Cupid and Psyche
copy of original by Antonio Canova made by Italian
sculptor Tadovino, 1834
Villa Carlotta, Como, Italy. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1983.
Keywords: mythology
Go to Index, Part I, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, Part XI, Part XII, Roman Coins: Republic and Principate, Roman Coins: Empire, Greek Coins, Coins from the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Coins from the Hunterian Museum
revised June, 2008
