CC 302: Introduction to Ancient Rome

November 9: 69 CE -235 CE: The High Empire

Map of the Roman Empire from Tiberius - Trajan.

69: "The year of four emperors"

Coin Showing the Four emperors of the year 69: Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian

Galba.

Otho

Vitellius

Mutilated bust of Vitellius

Flavians: 69 - 96

Portrait Busts of Vespasian. Left: a private portrait. Right: official portrait.

Titus.

Arch of Titus.

Arch of Titus. Detail: center of the arch as seen from the west.

Arch of Titus. Detail: Spoils from the Temple in Jerusalem in Titus' triumph.

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater).

Domitian.

Domitian's Palace on the Palatine Hill in Rome. View from the Circus Maximus

Domitian's Palace on the Palatine Hill in Rome. Gardens.

Domitian's Palace on the Palatine in Rome. Vestibule.

The "Five Good Emperors": 96 - 180

Nerva

Trajan

Trajan's Forum and Column

Hadrian

Antinoos

The Pantheon

Hadrian's villa outside of Rome: model

Hadrian's villa: view of one part

Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Tomb

Antoninus Pius

Temple of Antoninus Pius and his wife Faustina

Marcus Aurelius

Commodus: 180-192

Commodus

Bust of Commodus as Hercules

The Severans: 193-235

Marble portrait of Septimius Severus (193-211)

Arch of Septimius Severus

Julia Domna (wife of Septimius Severus)

Roman tondo, AD 200: portraits of the Emperor Septimius Severus and his family. One son's face has been obliterated from the painting.

Portrait bust of emperor Caracalla (211-217)

Aerial view of the Baths of Caracalla

Baths of Caracalla

Imperial Roman marble bust of the emperor Elagabalus (218-222)

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