chapter 10 ancient rome
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Chapter 10: the Roman Empire
Detail of the façade of the Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater), Rome, ca. 70-80 CE.
Head of an old man, from Osimo, mid-1st c. BCE, marble, life size
Portrait of a Roman general, from the Sanctuary of Hercules, 75-50 BCE, Marble, 6’2” high
Dionysiac mystery frieze, Second Style wall painting, room 5 of the Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii, c. 60-50 BCE, fresco
Gardenscape, Second Syle wall paintings, from the Villa of Livia, Primaporta, Italy, ca. 30-20 BCE, fresco
Detail of a Third Style wall painting, from cubiculum 15 of the Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Boscotrecase, Italy, ca. 10 BCE, Fresco
Fourth Style wall paintings in the Ixion Room of the House of the Vettii, Pompeii, ca. 70-79 CE.
Portrait of Augustus as general, from Primaporta, early-first century CE copy of a bronze original, of ca. 20 BCE marble, 6’8” high
Ara Pacis, Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace, looking NE), Rome, 13-9 BCE
Female personification panel from the east façade of the Ara Pacis, Augustae, Rome, 13-9 BCE, marble, 5’3” high
Procession of the imperial family, detail of the south frieze of the Ara Pacis, Augustae, Rome, 13-9 BCE, Marble, 5’3” High
Pont-du-Gard, Nimes, France, ca. 16 BCE
Aerial view of the Colosseum, Rome, ca. 70-80 CE.
Portrait Bust of a Flavian woman,from Rome, ca. 90 CE, Marble, 2’1” High
Arch of Titus, Rome, after 81 CE
Spoils of Jerusalem, relief panel from the Arch of Titus, Rome, after 81 CE, Marble
Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, Rome, dedicated 112 CE
Arch of Trajan, Benevento, Italy, ca. 114-118 CE
Pantheon, Rome, 118-125 CE
Al-Khazneh (“Treasury”) Petra, Jordan, second c. CE
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, ca.175 CE, Bronze, 11’6” high
Painted portrait of Septimius Severus and his family, from Egypt, ca. 200 CE, Tempera on wood, 1’2” diameter
Portrait of Caracalla, ca. 211-217 CE, Marble, 1’2” high
Battle of Romans and barbarians from Rome, ca. 250-200 CE, Marble, 5’ high
Portraits of the four tetrarchs, from Constantinople, ca. 305 CE, porphyry, 4’3” high
Arch of Constantine (south side) Rome, Italy, 312-315 CE
Portrait of Constantine, from the Basilica Nova, Rome, ca. 315-330 CE, Marble, 8’6” high