Images of Roman Art and Architecture Courtesy of AICT

N.B.: With the blessing of Allan T. Kohl, creator of AICT (Art Images for College Teaching), Ross Scaife made these images available for teaching online back in ancient times (Internet reckoning), when scanners were slow and screen resolutions were low. We leave them here so that they continue to be included in the VRoma image search and especially for the instructors who have been linking to them for years, so we don't break their links. However, the University of Michigan Library has much better versions of these available in their digital archive.

1 She-Wolf of the Capitoline
ca. 500 B.C. (Romulus and Remus suckling are Renaissance additions) bronze Etruscan Museo Capitolino, Rome h. 34?
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2 Cinerary effigy-urn
mid- to late 6th century B.C. Etruscan (Chiusi) Museo Nazionale Archeologico, Palermo, Sicily
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3 Temple of Portunus (Fortuna Virilis)
Rome: exterior view from NE. [in L. background Temple of Vesta]; ca. late 2nd to mid-1st cent. B.C. Roman (Republic) Rome, Italy
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4 Temple of Portunus (Fortuna Virilis)
Rome: exterior view from NE; detail of entablature with Ionic capitals; ca. late 2nd to mid-1st cent. B.C. Roman (Republic) Rome, Italy
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5 Temple of Portunus (Fortuna Virilis)
Rome: exterior view from NE.; detail of podium and entrance stairs; ca. late 2nd to mid-1st cent. B.C. Roman (Republic) Rome, Italy
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6 Temple of Portunus (Fortuna Virilis)
Rome: exterior detail of engaged columns on E. side; ca. late 2nd to mid-1st cent. B.C. Roman (Republic) Rome, Italy
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7 Ara Pacis Augustae: detail of long R. wall and rear angle
13-9 B.C. marble Rome, Italy
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8 Ara Pacis Augustae: detail
Italia (?Tellus?) relief from top register of rear wall
13-9 B.C. marble Rome, Italy
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9 Ara Pacis Augustae: detail
R. front relief: [T] Aeneas sacrificing to the Penates; [B] calyx scroll
13-9 B.C. marble Rome, Italy
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10 Ara Pacis Augustae: detail
calyx scroll panel
relief from R. front
13-9 B.C. marble Rome, Italy
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11 Ara Pacis Augustae: detail
sacrificial procession from long R. wall
13-9 B.C. marble Rome, Italy
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12 Ara Pacis Augustae: detail
sacrificial procession from long R. wall
13-9 B.C. marble Rome, Italy
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13 Ara Pacis Augustae: detail
sacrificial procession from long L. wall
13-9 B.C. marble Rome, Italy
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14 Villa of Livia
Primaporte: courtyard with environmental garden murals
ca. 30-20 B.C. Roman (Augustan period) Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome
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15 Maison Carree
Nimes: exterior view from NE.
ca. 20 B.C. Roman (Gaul) Nimes, France
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16 Maison Carree
Nimes: exterior detail of N. [main portico] colonnade and pediment
ca. 20 B.C. Roman (Gaul) Nimes, France
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17 Maison Carree
Nimes: exterior detail of engaged columns on W. side
ca. 20 B.C. Roman (Gaul) Nimes, France
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18 Pont-du-Gard aqueduct
ca. 19 B.C. - 14 A.D. Roman (Gaul) Provence, France total original length of topmost level 275m.
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19 Pont-du-Gard aqueduct
ca. 19 B.C. - 14 A.D. Roman (Gaul) Provence, France total height of structure 49m.
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20 Pont-du-Gard aqueduct: detail of arcade unit
ca. 19 B.C. - 14 A.D. Roman (Gaul) Provence, France height: lower arcade level 22m.; middle level 19m.; top level 8m.
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21 Pont-du-Gard aqueduct: detail of topmost course showing (originally) covered and lead-lined water channel
ca. 19 B.C. - 14 A.D. Roman (Gaul) Provence, France
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22 Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater): exterior
view from N.
70-82 A.D. Roman (Flavian period) Rome, Italy h. 50m.
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23 Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater): exterior
detail of superposed Corinthian, Ionic and Doric architectural orders
70-82 A.D. Roman (Flavian period) Rome, Italy
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24 Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater): exterior
detail of arcaded construction of entrance at street level
70-82 A.D. Roman (Flavian period) Rome, Italy
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25 Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater): arena interior
view through entrance passage
70-82 A.D. Roman (Flavian period) Rome, Italy
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26 Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater): arena interior
view towards E. showing substructure
70-82 A.D. Roman (Flavian period) Rome, Italy
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27 Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater): detail of arena interior showing substructure
70-82 A.D. Roman (Flavian period) Rome, Italy
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28 Relief (from Ephesus) showing combat between two gladiators
marble Roman (Asia Minor) Pergamon Museum, Berlin
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29 Gladiatorial combat scene
fragment of a relief from Appia
ca. 3rd century A.D. marble Roman Empire Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome
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30 Gladiatorial combat scene
fragment of a relief from Appia
ca. 3rd century A.D. marble Roman Empire Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome
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31 Lion and Gladiator
1st century A.D. Gallo-Roman Musee Denon
Chalon-sur-Saone, France
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32 Relief fragment (from an amphitheatre or gladiatorial school?) showing scenes of combat
ca. 2nd century A.D. Roman (Asia Minor) Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
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33 Forum Romanorum: general view towards W. from Arch of Titus [inc. Temple of Castor and Pollux
Rome, Italy
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34 Forum Romanorum: general view towards E.
with Temple of Castor and Pollux [R. foreground]
rebuilt ca. early 1st century A.D. [Arch of Titus in far L. background] Rome, Italy
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35 Temple of Castor and Pollux
(Forum Romanorum): view from NW. [rebuilt ca. early 1st century A.D.] Rome, Italy
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36 Temple of Vesta (Forum Romanorum)
rebuilt under Septimus Severus
ca. 205 A.D. Rome, Italy
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37 Temple of Vesta (Forum Romanorum)
rebuilt under Septimus Severus
ca. 205 A.D. Rome, Italy
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38 House of the Vestals (Forum Romanorum): detail of entrance on N. side
[reconstructed 2nd century A.D.] Rome, Italy
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39 Basilica Julia (Forum Romanorum): detail of engaged column from arcade
[original structure from 1st century B.C. - rebuilt ca. early 1st century A.D.] Rome, Italy
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40 Basilica Nova of Maxentius & Constantine (Forum Romanorum): detail of Corinthian capital and portion of entablature from entrance to S.
early 4th century A.D. Roman
Late Empire Rome, Italy
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41 Temple of Antoninus and Faustina (Forum Romanorum): exterior
view from SW.
141 A.D. Rome, Italy
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42 Arch of Titus
Rome: view from W. [through the Forum]
81 A.D. Roman Empire Rome, Italy
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43 Arch of Titus
Rome: detail of C. arch [from W.]
showing ?Triumph of Titus? relief panel
81 A.D. Roman Empire Rome, Italy
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44 Arch of Titus
Rome: detail of inner [N.] facing of arch showing ?Triumph of Titus? relief panel
81 A.D. Roman Empire Rome, Italy
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45 ?Spoils of the Temple in Jerusalem,? relief panel from inner facing of the Arch of Titus
Rome
81 A.D. Roman Empire Rome, Italy
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46 Trajan?s Column: view from S. (through Basilica Ulpia)
113 A.D. marble Rome, Italy h. of column 29.7m.; overall length of frieze 200m.
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47 Trajan?s Column: detail
lower registers of frieze on E. side; Trajan?s campaigns against the Dacians
113 A.D. marble Rome, Italy h. of frieze 0.89 to 1.25m.
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48 Trajan?s Column: detail of E. side
laurel wreath base and lower registers of frieze
113 A.D. marble Rome, Italy h. of frieze 0.89 to 1.25m.
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49 Trajan?s Column: detail
middle registers of frieze on E. side; Roman campaigns against the Dacians
113 A.D. marble Rome, Italy h. of frieze 0.89 to 1.25m.
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50 Trajan?s Column: detail
lower registers of frieze on W. side; legionaries on campaign against the Dacians
113 A.D. marble Rome, Italy h. of frieze 0.89 to 1.25m.
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51 Trajan?s Column: detail
lower two registers of frieze on W. side
departure of legionaries from their garrison
113 A.D. marble Rome, Italy h. of frieze 0.89 to 1.25m.
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52 Trajan?s Column: detail
bottom register of frieze on W. side (River god Danuvius watching legionaries crossing a pontoon bridge)
113 A.D. marble Rome, Italy h. of frieze 0.89 to 1.25m.
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53 Trajan?s Column: detail of victorious legionaries from E. side
113 A.D. marble Rome, Italy h. of frieze 0.89 to 1.25m.
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54 Trajan?s Column: detail of bottom register on E. side showing Roman garrison
113 A.D. marble Rome, Italy h. of frieze 0.89 to 1.25m.
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55 Pompeii: general view to N. showing paved street with pedestrian crossing blocks [in background
Mount Vesuvius] Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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56 Via Consulare
Pompeii: view towards NW, paved street with pedestrian crossing stones spaced for vehicular passage
ca. 1st century A.D. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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57 Pompeii
construction detail: ?faux marble? column of brick covered with stucco Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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58 Pistrinum (mill) and Panificium (bakery)
Pompeii: interior view showing querns for grinding grain and hearth for baking bread Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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59 Pompeii: termopolio (taverna or inn)
interior view showing serving counter with receptacles for warm food containers Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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60 Forum Baths
Pompeii: interior of calidarium (hot bath) with marble labrum basin in apsidal end
early 1st century A.D. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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61 House of Sallust
Pompeii: interior
detail of ?First Style? painted faux marble decorative mural panels
ca. late 2nd - early 1st century B.C. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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62 House of the Vettii
Pompeii: Lararium shrine in framing aedicule
with agathodemone serpant at altar below Genius of the Paterfamilias flanked by two lares
2nd half of the 1st century A.D. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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63 Lararium shrine from the House of the Vettii
Pompeii: detail of Genius (spirit) of the Paterfamilias flanked by two lares
2nd half of the 1st century A.D. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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64 Putti frieze
4th-style mural painting from the Triclinium
House of the Vettii, Pompeii
ca. 62-79 A.D. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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65 4th-style mural painting sequence from the Oeci
House of the Vettii, Pompeii
ca. 62-79 A.D. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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66 4th-style mural painting sequence from the Oeci
House of the Vettii, Pompeii
ca. 62-79 A.D. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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67 4th-style mural painting sequence from the Oeci
House of the Vettii, Pompeii
ca. 62-79 A.D. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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68 Great Theatre
Pompeii: interior view showing auditorium seating
orchestra stage with skena
orig. ca. 2nd century B.C. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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69 Odeon (Small Theatre)
Pompeii: interior view showing auditorium seating
orchestra stage with skena
orig. ca. 75 B.C. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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70 Odeon (Small Theatre)
Pompeii: interior detail; Telamon (Atlantid) figure supporting balustrade by E. parodos
orig. ca. 75 B.C. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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71 Amphitheater (Arena)
Pompeii: exterior view from W. showing stairways to upper level seating
original ca. 80 B.C. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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72 Amphitheatre (Arena)
Pompeii: interior view from SW.
orig. ca. 80 B.C. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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73 Pompeii
plaster body cast of victim killed by toxic fumes during eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Roman (Campania) Pompeii, Italy
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74 Sulla, portrait bust (later copy with alterations
after original of the 2nd century B.C.) marble Roman (Republican period) Glyptothek, Munich
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75 Marius, portrait bust (later copy with alterations
after original of the 2nd century B.C.) marble Roman (Republican period) Glyptothek, Munich
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76 Octavian (portrait bust from the Forum Arles)
ca. 39 B.C. marble Roman
Early Empire Musee Lapidaire Paien, Arles
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77 Portrait bust of a Lady
late 1st century B.C. - early 1st century A.D. marble Roman Empire (Augustan period) Glyptothek, Munich
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78 Portrait bust of a Flavian Lady [L. profile view]
ca. 90 A.D. marble Roman Empire (Flavian period) Museo Capitolini, Rome
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79 Portrait bust of a Flavian Lady [rear view
detail of coiffure]
ca. 90 A.D. marble Roman Empire (Flavian period) Museo Capitolini, Rome
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80 Emperor Titus
ca. 79-81 A.D. marble Roman Empire (Flavian period) Olympia Museum, Greece
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81 Roman Lady (probably Domitia
wife of the Emperor Domitian)
ca. 81-96 A.D. marble Roman Empire (Flavian period) Olympia Museum, Greece
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82 Citizen in a Toga (Herodes Atticus?)
from the Nymphaeum, Olympia
ca. 101-178 A.D. marble Roman Empire Olympia Museum, Greece
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83 Emperor Hadrian
ca. 117-138 A.D. marble Roman Empire Olympia Museum, Greece
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84 Emperor Hadrian: detail of corselet showing Victory Crowned
with Romulus and Remus and symbols of the Roman state
ca. 117-138 A.D. marble Roman Empire Olympia Museum, Greece
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85 The Goddess Isis
early 2nd century A.D. marble Roman Empire Museo Capitolini, Rome
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86 Bust of Antinous (orig. from a statue)
ca. 130-135 A.D. marble Roman Glyptothek, Munich
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87 Portrait bust of Emperor Antoninus Pius
ca. 150 A.D. marble Roman Empire Glyptothek, Munich
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88 Lucius Verus
adopted brother and co-regent with Marcus Aurelius in military garb
ca. 161-169 A.D. marble Roman Empire Glyptothek, Munich
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89 Portrait head of an Official (the Co-Emperor Lucius Verus?)
ca. 170-180 A.D. marble Roman Empire (Antonine period) Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Ohio h. 15?
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90 Portrait bust of the Emperor Commodus
ca. 180-192 A.D. marble Roman Empire Glyptothek, Munich
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91 Portrait bust of the Emperor Septimus Severus
ca. 193-212 A.D. marble Roman Empire Glyptothek, Munich
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92 Portrait bust of a Lady of the Severan Period
ca. 193-235 A.D. marble Roman Empire Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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93 Emperor Caracalla
portrait bust in military garb
ca. 215 A.D. marble Roman Empire Pergamon Museum, Berlin h. 58cm.
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94 The Tetrarchs
ca. 305 A.D. porphyry Roman (Late Empire) Piazza San Marco, Venice h. 51?
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95 The Tetrarchs: detail of the Augusti (Diocletian and Maximian)
ca. 305 A.D. porphyry Roman (Late Empire) Piazza San Marco, Venice
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96 The Tetrarchs: detail of the Augusti (Diocletian and Maximian)
ca. 305 A.D. porphyry Roman (Late Empire) Piazza San Marco, Venice
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97 Constantine
head and fragments from a colossal statue (on display in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori
Rome)
ca. 313-315 (or 330?) A.D. marble Roman (Late Empire) Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
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98 Constantine
head from a colossal statue (on display in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori Rome)
ca. 313-315 (or 330?) A.D. marble Roman (Late Empire) Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
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99 Constantine
hand from a colossal statue (on display in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori Rome)
ca. 313-315 (or 330?) A.D. marble Roman (Late Empire) Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
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100 Emperor Julian ?the Apostate? in garb of a Priest or Philosopher
ca. 361-363 A.D. marble Roman (Late Empire) Louvre, Paris
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101 Sarcophagus of Volusia
Daughter of Dionysiodorus Longinus
early 3rd century A.D. marble Roman Empire Museo Nazionale Archeologico, Palermo
Sicily
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102 Mithraic cult scene (tauroctonos): Mithras slaying the Sacred Bull
3rd century A.D. marble (originally painted) Roman (Late Empire) Museo Nazionale Archaeologico, Palermo
Sicily
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103 Sarcophagus relief: Dionysus attended by the Four Seasons, Tellus (Earth), and Oceanus (River)
ca. 220-230 A.D. marble Roman Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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104 Sarcophagus with reliefs of the Calydonian Boar Hunt
ca. 2nd century A.D.(?) marble Roman Eleusis Museum
Attica, Greece
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105 Sarcophagus relief: the Calydonian Boar Hunt
ca. 2nd century A.D.(?) marble Roman Eleusis Museum
Attica, Greece
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106 Comic mask
fragment from a mosaic Roman Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis
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107 Villa at Casale (Piazza Armerina): floor mosaic with erotic scene from a private chamber
ca. 2nd half of 4th century A.D. marble tesserae Roman (Sicily) Piazza Armerina
Sicily, Italy
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108 Still life mosaic of food for a banquet; from a villa at Tor Marancia
near the Catacombs of Domitilla
2nd century A.D. Roman Gallery of the Candelabra, Vatican
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109 Marble relief: theatre set design with three entrance portals
part of a votive work dedicated to Dionysus marble Roman Empire Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome
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