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bust of Agrippa 50-60
CE
Cologne, Romisch-Germanisches Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Agrippa; history
bust of Agrippa
(cast)
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1982
Keywords: Agrippa; history
bust of Agrippina the
elder, daughter of Julia (cast)
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman
Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: Agrippina the elder;
history; women
statue of Agrippina
the younger, mother of Nero, as a goddess (from Roman theater in Caere)
Rome, Vatican Museum (Gregorian). Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords:
Agrippina the younger; clothing; history; women; empress
bust of Agrippina
the younger, mother of Nero
Munich, Glyptotek. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1988
Keywords: Agrippina the younger; history; empress
bust of Agrippina
the younger, mother of Nero c. 60 CE
Santa Monica, Getty Museum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1989
Keywords: Agrippina the younger; history;
hairstyle; empress
marble bust of Antoninus Pius, Roman, c. 140 CE
The emperor is wearing the fringed military cloak (paludamentum).
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
relief of
apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina--replica
Mainz,
Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Antoninus Pius;
history; emperors
detail of
Antoninus and Faustina from apotheosis relief--replica
Mainz,
Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Antoninus Pius;
history; emperors
marble head of
Apollo--Roman copy of Greek bronze
London, British Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: Apollo; myth
relief of Victory
pouring libation before Apollo first century CE
London, British Museum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: Apollo; myth; religion
reconstruction drawing of the Forum of Augustus; modern
smaller version
Credits: S.B. Platner, The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome(2nd ed.), p. 277, 1911
Keywords: Augustus; Forum; city of Rome; history
bust of Augustus
mid-first century CE
Santa Monica, Getty Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1989
Keywords: Augustus; history; emperors
cameo of
Augustus with aegis (diadem is medieval; original had laurel wreath); c.
first century CE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: Augustus; history; emperors
statue of Augustus
with toga and scroll, Roman, end first century BCE - beginning first century CE;
smaller version.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
cameo of
Augustus wearing rayed crown of the sun god indicating deification; first
century CE
Cologne, Romisch-Germanisches Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1988
Keywords: Augustus; history; emperors; deification
bust of Augustus
with corona civica 40-50 CE
different view;
side view
Munich, Glyptothek. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988; 2005
Keywords: Augustus; history; emperors; military
statue of Augustus
enthroned in manner of Pheidias' Zeus, Roman, Julio-Claudian period, early first century CE
The statue was extensively resotered in the nineteenth century using pieces found in the vicinity of Cumae.
St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Octavian; imperial symbolism
altar with Augustus as augur, Roman, 2 BCE;
smaller version.
This altar of the Lares Augusti was set up by the vicomagistri in the Vicus Sandaliaribus in
Rome to commemorate Augustus' dedication of the Forum of Augustus and the first miliatry command of his
adopted son Gaius Caesar. Augustus is shown in the center holding the augur's curved wand (lituus),
taking the auspices as Gaius, on the left, is about to depart for his command in the East. One of the sacred chicken pecks at Augustus' feet. On the right, Livia holds out a libation bowl (patera) in a ritual gesture, indicating that she is also participating as a priestess.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1990
Keywords: Augustus; history; emperors; religion; women
marble equestrian statue of a youth, Roman, first century CE
The piece was restored in the sixteenth century by Giacomo della Porta. See this
detail of his head
and this detail of his hand holding a staff and showing a prominent signet ring. The young man wears only a lacerna, and this "heroic nudity" coupled with the finely worked equestrian statue means that he was probably a Julio-Claudian prince.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2006
Keywords: Augustus; succession
detail--head of
equestrian statue of Augustan prince
London, British Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: Augustus; history; succession
"Mainz
head"— bust of young Julio-Claudian (Gaius or Lucius Caesar?); end
first century CE
Mainz, Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Augustus; history; succession
busts of Augustus,
Livia, and other family members (from Gortyn, Crete); first century CE
Heraklion, Archaeological Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1998
Keywords:
Augustus; history; succession
marble bust of
Caligula—side first century CE
New York City, Metropolitan Museum
of Art. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1980
Keywords: Caligula; history;
emperors
marble bust of
Caligula—front first century CE
New York City, Metropolitan Museum
of Art. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1980
Keywords: Caligula; history;
emperors
bust of
Caligula: front, Roman, first century CE;
smaller version.
Volterra, Guarnacci Etruscan Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1990
Keywords: Caligula; history; emperors
bust of
Caligula: side, Roman, first century CE;
smaller version.
Volterra, Guarnacci Etruscan Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1990
Keywords: Caligula; history; emperors
bronze head of Caligula
(looking demonic)
Rome, Conservatori Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1982
Keywords: Caligula; history; emperors
plan of the
Capitoline modern
Credits: S.B. Platner, The Topography and
Monuments of Ancient Rome(2nd ed.), p. 293, 1911
Keywords: Capitoline;
temples; city of Rome
bronze head of
Claudius; larger
image; first century CE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1986, 2001.
Keywords: Claudius; history; emperors
marble statue of
Claudius portrayed as Jupiter
larger image;
side view;
detail of head
Rome, Vatican Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979. 2003
Keywords:
Claudius; history; emperors; Jupiter; religion
model of temple
of Divine Claudius in Colchester—cutaway showing sanctuary; modern
Colchester, Colchester Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords:
Claudius; temples; religion
model of
temple of Divine Claudius in Colchester modern
Colchester, Colchester
Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: Claudius; temples;
religion
portrait bust of
Levantine woman with hairstyle of Cleopatra c. 50-25 BCE
London,
British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: Cleopatra;
history; women
statue of Ceres with garment
of colored marble
Florence, Uffizi Gallery. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1990
Keywords: Demeter; Ceres; myth
enthroned goddess
(probably Demeter)—vase painting on plate, probably from Tanagra
Athens, National Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1980
Keywords: Demeter;
Ceres; myth
Hades carries
off Perspehone who reaches out to Demeter—detail of Apulian vase
painting
Fiesole, Civic Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1990
Keywords: Demeter; Ceres; myth
Hades carries off
Persephone as Hecate watches—detail of vase painting on volute krater;
c. 340 BCE
Berlin, Antiken Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1992
Keywords: Demeter; Ceres; myth
terra-cotta statuette of
Baubo from the Fayoum first century CE
London, British Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: Demeter; Ceres; myth; religion
statue of Demeter of
Knidos c. 350 BCE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1986
Keywords: Demeter; Ceres; myth; religion; Cnidus
head of Demeter of
Knidos c. 350 BCE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1986
Keywords: Demeter; Ceres; myth; religion; Cnidus
initiation of
Herakles and Dioscuri at Eleusis—vase painting; c. 340 BCE
London,
British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: Demeter; Ceres;
myth; religion
kneeling Metaneira
offers wheat to Demeter—detail of vase painting on hydria; c. 340
BCE
Berlin, Antiken Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1992
Keywords:
Demeter; Ceres; myth; religion
Ninion
pionax—painting of Eleusinian Mysteries; fourth century BCE
Athens, National Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1980
Keywords: Demeter;
Ceres; myth; religion
Boetian terra-cotta
statuette of mother goddess with small daughter on lap c. 500 BCE
Munich, Antiken Sammlung. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Demeter;
Ceres; myth; religion; women
statue of Roman matron
portrayed as Ceres 110-130 CE
Munich, Glyptothek. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1988
Keywords: Demeter; Ceres; women
bust of Drusus the elder,
brother of Tiberius (cast)
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: Drusus the elder; history
statue of Drusus the
elder, brother of Tiberius, in cuirass (from Roman theater in Caere)
Rome, Vatican Museum (Gregorian). Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords:
Drusus the elder; history; army; officers
bust of Drusus the
younger, son of Tiberius
Florence, Uffizi Gallery. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1979
Keywords: Drusus the younger; Tiberius; history
reconstruction
drawing of the Capitol and the Roman Forum c. 300 CE by Joseph Gatteschi
(color added); modern
Credits: Albert Kuhn, Roma, fig. 80, p. 65,
1913
Keywords: Forum Romanum; city of Rome; history
reconstruction
drawing of west end of Forum Romanum and Capitoline in fourth century CE
modern
Credits: S.B. Platner, The Topography and Monuments of Ancient
Rome(2nd ed.), p. 293, 1911
Keywords: Forum Romanum; city of Rome;
history
reconstruction
drawing of rostra from back;
larger image;
modern
Credits: S.B. Platner, The Topography and Monuments of Ancient
Rome (2nd ed.), p. 223, 1911
Keywords: Forum Romanum; city of Rome;
history
reconstruction
drawing of rostra from front modern
Credits: S.B. Platner, The
Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome (2nd ed.), p. 222 (adapted),
1911
Keywords: Forum Romanum; city of Rome; history
bust of Germanicus
(cast)
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1982
Keywords: Germanicus; history
bust of Julia
Domna c. 195 CE
Munich, Glyptothek. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Julia Domna; history; empress; hairstyles
bust of Julia Domna--
side view
Aalen, Limesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Julia Domna; history; empress; hairstyles
bust of Julio-Claudian
woman, possibly Julia, Roman, first century CE;
smaller version.
The museum identified this as a portrait of Julia, daughter of Augustus, but the hairstyle is more closely associated with Livia, wife of Augustus.
Volterra, Guarnacci Etruscan Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1990
bust of Julius
Caesar—front, Roman (portrait reworked in modern times);
full bust, medium-sized;
full bust, larger
Rome, Braccio Nuovo, Vatican Museums. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2007
bust of Julius
Caesar—side, Roman (portrait reworked in modern times);
full bust, medium-sized;
full bust, larger
Rome, Braccio Nuovo, Vatican Museums. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2007
bust of Julius
Caesar—front, Roman, c 1-50 CE
side view
The bust is carved of green basanite with minor restorations to the ear and drapery; the carving of the inlaid marble eyes is not ancient. The stone and style of the bust suggest that it was made in Egypt.
Berlin, Altes Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2012
bust of Julius
Caesar—side
Rome, Vatican Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1979
Keywords: Julius Caesar; history
bust of Julius
Caesar—front (cast; original in Vatican);
larger version
EUR
(Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982, 2003
Keywords: Julius Caesar; history
portrait bust from
"Royal Portico" in ancient Thera on island of Santorini (Julius Caesar?);
first century BCE
Fira, Archaeological Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1998
Keywords: Julius Caesar; history
view of Rubicon River from
modern bridge (with "Caesar's men" figurines)
northern Italy. Credits:
Paula Chabot, 1982
Keywords: Julius Caesar; history; civil war
Zeus, Hera,
Apollo—detail of vase painting from Apulian amphora
Munich,
Antiken Sammlung. Credits: Paula Chabot, 1988
Keywords: Jupiter; Juno;
Apollo; myth
colossal marble statue of
Jupiter
Rome, Vatican (Gregorian) Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1979
Keywords: Jupiter; myth
statue of Jupiter
enthroned (style of Pheidias's Zeus at Olympus)
St. Petersburg,
Hermitage Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Jupiter; myth
Jupiter brandishing
thunderbolts atop a column
Xanten, Archaeological Park. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Jupiter; myth
statue of Jupiter
enthroned (Jupiter Verospi)—Roman copy of Hellenistic original
Rome, Vatican Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: Jupiter;
myth
marble head of
Jupiter ("Jove of the Valley")—Roman copy of Hellenistic original
Rome, Capitoline Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: Jupiter;
myth
statue of seated
Livia—side view (from Roman villa in Paestum); first century CE;
found with a seated statue of Tiberius
Madrid, Archaeological Museum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1985
Keywords: Livia; clothing; history; women;
empress
statue of seated
Livia—front view (cast; original in Madrid); first century CE
EUR
(Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: Livia; clothing; history; women; empress
statue of Livia with
stola and palla, Roman, end first century BCE
smaller version.
The arms of this statue were incorrectly restored in the 19th century, probably in imitation of the
bronze statue of Livia found in the theater of Herculaneum.
Rome, Braccio Nuovo (Vatican Museums). Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: Livia; empress
marble head of Livia
with wreath of wheat sheaves and wool fillets (vittae); first century
CE
St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Livia; history; empress
portrait head of Livia;
side view; last quarter of
first century BCE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986,
1999
Keywords: Livia; history; empress
basalt head of
Livia—front; last quarter of first century BCE
partial side view;
full side view
Paris,
Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: Livia; history;
empress
life-size statue of
Livia with attributes of Ceres (floral crown, wheat sheaves,
cornucopia)
close-up of
head; Tiberian era
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1999
Keywords: Livia; history; empress
head of a Roman woman,
probably Livia; Roman, end first century BCE
side view. In 1992 the museum
identified this bust as Octavia, sister of Augustus, and in 2005 it was identified as Julia,
daughter of Augustus. Elizabeth Bartman (Portraits of Livia, 1999) maintains that this is actually Livia, but the confusion indicates the similar iconography used for the women of the Augustan imperial family.
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2005
Keywords: portrait, empress
onyx cameo of Livia
holding the bust of the deified Augustus (frame from 17th century); shortly
after 14 CE
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1992
Keywords: Livia; history; empress; Augustus; deification
garden painting of
statue of Mars first century CE
Pompeii, House of the Marine Venus.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: Mars; houses; garden; wall
painting; myth
bust of Augustan woman
(Octavia? Livia?): front view, Roman, late first century BCE;
smaller version.
The nodus hairstyle was characteristic of both Octavia, half-sister of Augustus, and his wife Livia.
The shape of the face may indicate that this is Octavia.
Arezzo, Archaeological Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1990
bust of Augustan woman
(Octavia? Livia?): side view, Roman, late first century BCE;
smaller version.
The nodus hairstyle was characteristic of both Octavia, half-sister of Augustus, and his wife Livia.
The shape of the face may indicate that this is Octavia.
Arezzo, Archaeological Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1990
reconstruction
drawing of the Palatine (Area Palatina); modern
smaller version
Credits: S.B. Platner, The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome (2nd
ed.), fig. 19, p. 145, 1911
Keywords: Palatine; emperors; city of Rome;
temples
drawing of section
of a frieze from Temple of Apollo Palatinus, showing laurel leaves and
lyre
Credits: Rodolfo Lanciani, Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent
Discoveries, 1888, p. 114
Keywords: Palatine; emperors; city of Rome;
temples
reconstruction
drawing of the Domus Flavia; showing aula regia, basilica,
peristyle
Credits: S.B. Platner, The Topography and Monuments of Ancient
Rome (2nd ed.), fig. 20, p. 151, 1911
Keywords: Palatine; Domitian;
emperors; city of Rome
model of Tiber bridges
(plastico of fourth-century CE city); modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman
Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: Tiber; bridges; city
of Rome
model of Tiber island
from east (plastico of fourth century city); modern
EUR (Rome), Museum
of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: Tiber;
bridges; city of Rome
model of Tiber island
from west (plastico of fourth century city); modern
EUR (Rome), Museum
of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: Tiber;
bridges; city of Rome
plan of Tiber
island
Credits: S.B. Platner, The Topography and Monuments of
Ancient Rome (2nd ed.), p. 84 (updated), 1911
Keywords: Tiber; bridges;
city of Rome
view of ruins of Tiberius's
Villa Jovis looking upward from road
Capri. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1979
Keywords: Tiberius; history
view of sea from top of
Tiberius's Villa Jovis—"execution point"
Capri. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1979
Keywords: Tiberius; history
marble bust of man
(Tiberius?)
St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1988
Keywords: Tiberius; history
bust of Tiberius
(cast)
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1982
Keywords: Tiberius; history; emperors
bronze head of
Tiberius; Roman, first century CE
smaller view;
London,
British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999, 1986
Keywords: Tiberius;
history; emperors
marble portrait bust of
Tiberius first century CE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1986
Keywords: Tiberius; history; emperors
relief of Venus washing her
hair with two water nymphs—blend of Roman and Celtic styles; third
century CE
Newcastle, Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords:
Venus; myth
view of sea from acropolis
at Cumae
Cumae, Campania. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords:
Vergil; Sibyl
traditional entrance
to the cave of the Cumaean Sibyl with Vergilian plaque (6.42-51, slightly
altered from actual plaque)
Cumae, Campania. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1979
Keywords: Vergil; Sibyl; Underworld
smaller image of
entrance to Sibyl's cave
Cumae, Campania. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1979
Keywords: Vergil; Sibyl; Underworld
view of Lake
Avernus, supposed entrance to Underworld near Cumae
Campania. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: Vergil; Sibyl; Underworld
terra-cotta lamp
portraying shepherd with name Tityrus
Brussels, Royal Museum of Art
and History. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Vergil; literature;
furniture
Hadrumatum mosaic of
Vergil with Clio and Melpomene, Roman, third century CE;
larger version;
detail of Vergil.
Vergil wears an equestrian tunic and a toga; he holds a
scroll on which are written these
words from the opening section of the Aeneid: "Musa mihi causas memora quo numine laeso quidve . . ." The
epic poet sits between Clio, the muse of history, carrying a scroll, and Melpomene, the muse of tragedy,
holding a tragic mask.
Tunis, Bardo Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2010
Keywords: Virgil; muses; literature
Low Ham mosaic (4 of
the 5 scenes depicting events from the Aeneid)—floor of
frigidarium of baths in Roman villa at Low Ham; 4th century CE
Taunton; Somerset County Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords:
Vergil; Aeneid; Dido; Aeneas; literature
Low Ham
mosaic—detail of hunt depicting Dido, Aeneas, Ascanius; 4th century
CE
Taunton; Somerset County Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: Vergil; Aeneid; Dido; Aeneas; literature
Low Ham
mosaic—detail depicting Dido and Aeneas as lovers; 4th century CE
Taunton; Somerset County Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords:
Vergil; Aeneid; Dido; Aeneas; literature
Low Ham
mosaic—detail depicting Aeneas, Ascanius. Dido, and Anna; 4th century
CE
Taunton; Somerset County Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: Vergil; Aeneid; Dido; Aeneas; literature
Low Ham
mosaic—detail depicting Dido and cupids with torches ; 4th century
CE
Taunton; Somerset County Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: Vergil; Aeneid; Dido; Aeneas; literature
Low Ham
mosaic—detail depicting Aeneas' ships departing; 4th century CE
Taunton; Somerset County Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords:
Vergil; Aeneid; Dido; Aeneas; literature
statue of priestess sacrificing; Roman, early third century CE (Severan period);
smaller version.
The statue was largely intact; only the left hand and fingers of the right hand have been restored. Becasue
of the flame, the statue was formerly thought to depict a Vestal Virgin, but she does not wear the Vestal headdress or infulae typical of the Vestals.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1990
Keywords: religion; sacrifice
bust of chief Vestal, Roman, second century CE;
smaller version.
This depiction of the virgo vestalis maxima comes from the House of the Vestals in the Roman Forum. She wears a
high banded headdress with infulae (looped woolen bands hanging down on teither side of the neck) and a short cape fastened with a round brooch.
Rome, Terme Diocleziano (Roman National Museums). Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: Vestal Virgins; religion; clothing
bronze figurine of
mouse with grain; Roman
larger version.
Munich, Praehistorisches Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: animals; children
model of the
Colosseum modern
EUR (Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: arena; Coloseum; city of Rome
"Colchester
Vase"—detail of terra sigillata vase depicting bestiarii with whips
and a bear; 2nd-3rd century CE
Colchester, Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1986
Keywords: arena; bestiarii; animals; sports; leisure
"Colchester
Vase"—detail of terra sigillata vase depicting bestiarius with sticks,
stag in background 2nd-3rd century CE
Colchester, Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1986
Keywords: arena; bestiarii; animals; sports; leisure
"Colchester
Vase"—detail of terra sigillata vase depicting gladiators, victorious
secutor and retiarius who holds up finger to signal defeat; 2nd-3rd century
CE
Colchester, Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: arena;
gladiators; sports; leisure
terracotta flask
depicting a gladiatorial scene
Cologne, Romisch-Germanisches Museum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: arena; gladiators; sports; leisure
ancient bronze
gladiator's helmet first century CE
London, British Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: arena; gladiators; sports; leisure
small figurines
depicting heavily armed gladiators, plus bronze finial in shape of a secutor's
helmet
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords:
arena; gladiators; sports; leisure
mosaic of gladiatorial
scene in which one gladiator holds up a finger to acknowledge defeat; third
century CE
Munich, Praehistorisches Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1988
Keywords: arena; gladiators; sports
mosaic depicting
gladiatorial games—referee holding long staff (summa rudis) with victorious Thracian
smaller version
Verona,
Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: arena; gladiators; sports
mosaic depicting
gladiatorial games—referee holding long staff (summa rudis) with victorious secutor and retiarius on
his knees)
Verona, Archaeological Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords:
arena; gladiators; sports
large floor mosaic
depicting many aspects of gladiatorial games 2nd-3rd century CE
Nennig,
Roman villa. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: arena; gladiators;
sports
detail of large floor
mosaic, Roman, 2nd-3rd century CE;
smaller version.
A referee holds a long staff (summa rudis) between a retiarius and a secutor.
Nennig, Roman villa. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: arena; gladiators; sports
detail of large floor
mosaic—mock fight between men armed with staffs and whips; 2nd-3rd
century CE
smaller
version
Nennig, Roman villa. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: arena; gladiators; sports
mosaic depicting
gladiatorial games—retiarius menaced by secutor
Verona, Archaeological Museum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: arena; gladiators; sports
detail of large floor
mosaic—elderly animal trainer with tame lion; 2nd-3rd century CE
Nennig, Roman villa. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: arena;
gladiators; sports; animals
detail of large floor
mosaic—bestiarii with whips trying to distract bear which is mauling
fallen comrade; 2nd-3rd century CE
Nennig, Roman villa. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1988
Keywords: arena; gladiators; sports; animals
detail of large floor
mosaic—bestiarius gives victory signal as wounded leopard bites spear;
2nd-3rd century CE
Nennig, Roman villa. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: arena; gladiators; sports; animals
detail of large floor
mosaic—tiger kills wild ass or antelope; 2nd-3rd century CE
Nennig, Roman villa. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: arena;
gladiators; sports; animals
reconstruction
drawing of the exterior of the Colosseum;
smaller image
modern drawing by G. Nispi-Landi (color added)
smaller version of scene.
Credits: Albert Kuhn, Roma, fig. 113, p. 103, 1913
Keywords: arena;
gladiators; sports; leisure; city of Rome
drawing of the gate
of the goddess of death in the arena modern
Credits: Albert Kuhn,
Roma, fig. 121, p. 112, 1913
Keywords: arena; gladiators; sports;
leisure; city of Rome
"Gladiatorial
Combat," by J.-L. Gerome modern
Credits: Albert Kuhn, Roma, fig.
120, p. 111, 1913
Keywords: arena; gladiators; sports; leisure; city of
Rome
reconstruction drawing
of the interior of the Colosseum showing a naval battle and awning
(velum); by G. Nispi-Landi (color added); modern
smaller version;
smaller version showing only
awning and cavea
Credits: Albert Kuhn, Roma, fig. 114, p. 103,
1913
Keywords: arena; gladiators; sports; naumachia; city of Rome
detail of large floor
mosaic—musical accompaniment of the games, showing water organ and
curved horn (cornu); 2nd-3rd century CE
smaller version
Nennig,
Roman villa. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: arena; gladiators;
sports; leisure; music
relief depicting
gladiators (bestiarii) fighting animals in the arena (cast)
EUR
(Rome), Museum of Roman Civilization. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: arena; hunting; animals; sports; leisure
mosaic from private
Roman villa depicting a griffin guarding a cage with a captured man
(humorous reversal of entrapment of animals for arena); fourth century CE
Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords:
arena; hunting; animals; sports; leisure
mosaic from private Roman
villa depicting men with dogs hunting a boar; fourth century CE
Piazza
Armerina, Villa del Casale. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: arena;
hunting; animals; sports; leisure
mosaic from private Roman
villa depicting men in a boat ready to transport captured animals to Rome;
fourth century CE
Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1982
Keywords: arena; hunting; animals; sports; leisure
mosaic from private Roman
villa depicting hunting party with dogs and captured boar; fourth century
CE
Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: arena; hunting; animals; sports; leisure
mosaic from private Roman
villa depicting a hunt to secure lions for the arena; fourth century CE
smaller version
Piazza
Armerina, Villa del Casale. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: arena;
hunting; animals; sports; leisure
mosaic from private
Roman villa depicting men with a rhinocerus captured for the arena; fourth
century CE
Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale. Credits: Barbara McManus,
1982
Keywords: arena; hunting; animals; sports; leisure
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