LAT 311: Roman Authors

Images, February 16

Map of Roman Conquests in the Mediterranean, 264 - 133 BC

Aeneas

1. Terracotta statuette of Aeneas and Anchises from Veii; early 5th century BC.
2. Aeneas leaving Troy with Anchises and Ascanius. Pompeii
3. Woodcut depicting a scene from the Metamorphoses of Ovid : Aeneas flees Troy with his father and son
4. "Aeneas and Anchises," 1619, by Bernini. Aeneas carries his father, who bears the figures of their household gods. Galleria Borghese, Rome.
5. "Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius Fleeing Troy," 1596, by Federico Barocci. Galleria Borghese, Rome.
6. Aeneas wounded (wall painting from Pompeii)

Romulus, Remus, and the Founding of Rome

1. Roman silver drachm, mid 3rd c. BC. Obverse: bust of Hercules with club. Reverse: Romulus and Remus being suckled by the she-wolf.
2. Model of the hut village on the Palatine, Rome, 8th - 7th centuries BC, based on excavation results.
3. Roman coin from 88 BC. The Romans carry off the Sabine women; issued by L. Titurius Sabinus.
4. Poussin, Nicolas (1594 - 1665) Rape of the Sabine Women. Oil on canvas c. 1635 Metropolitan Museum, New York
5. The Intervention of the Sabine Women. 1799 painting by Jacques-Louis David.

Lucretia and the End of the Monarchy

1. Lucretia, by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472 - 1553)
2. Suicide of Lucretia. Silver plate, mid 2nd c. AD
3. Italian majolica plate, c. AD 1510 - 1520; Mucius Cordus burning his hand before Lars Porsenna.

The Sack of Rome by the Gauls

Ceramic stratigraphy in Rome: The Third layer shows refilling from the 5th - 4th centuries BCE, after the Gallic sack.

Pyrrhus

1. Map of Italy showing Roman conquests through 280 BCE and 265 BCE
2. Bust of Pyrrhus

Regulus and the First Punic War

Benjamin West. "Departure of Regulus from Rome" detail of Regulus. Ca. 1769. Collection of Her Majesty the Queen.

Hannibal and the Second Punic War

1. Roman and Carthaginian territories, 218 BCE
2. "Snowstorm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps". W.G. Turner, 1812.
3. Plan of the Battle of Cannae, 216 BCE.
   (1) cavalry forces meet; (2) Roman cavalry routed, Roman infantry advances; (3) Carthaginian cavalry moves to aid against allied cavalry, Roman infantry attacks Hannibal's center, African forces attack Roman flanks as Spaniards and Celts fall back; (4) Carthaginian cavalry attacks Romans from the rear.