CC 302: Introduction to Ancient Rome
CC 347: The Cultural History of Rome

 Images to Accompany Discussion 13

Manuscript of Vergil with illustration, 6th century CE

Monument to Vergil in Mantua

Relief depicting Aeneas, from the west side of the Ara Pacis.

Venus leaves Aeneas on the shore of Carthage. A fresco by Tiepolo. 18th c.

Dido receiving Aeneas and Cupid disguised as Ascanius. Francesco Solimena (1657-1747)

The Trojan Horse

Laocoon and his sons: Roman copy of Greek statue

Aeneas fleeing Troy: various versions

A Parody of the Aeneas fleeing Troy (A mural from Pompeii)

Map of Mediterranean

Mt. Etna

Polyphemus and others by Annibale Carracci (16 - 17th c.)

Two portrayals of Dido

Cave of Sibyl, Cumae

Map of the Seven Hills of Rome

View of Forum from Palatine

Venus Requesting Vulcan to Make Arms for Aeneas (c.1690 - 1700) by Charles de La Fosse (1636 - 1716).

Aeneas wounded

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