Map of the Roman Empire from Tiberius - Trajan.
Family Tree of the Julio-Claudians
Republican Roman marble portrait bust of an unknown man from Osimo. Supreme example of veristic portraiture.
Roman marble portrait bust of Aulus Postumius Albinus. Replica of an original from the 1st c. BC.
Map of the area surrounding the Bay of Naples
"The Remorse of Nero After the Murder of his Mother", by J.W. Waterhouse
Roman Sestertius, 64 - 66 AD. Obverse: portrait of Nero; Reverse: the temple of Janus, with doors closed and wreathed. Legend: 'With peace achieved for the Roman people on land and sea, he [Nero] closed the doors of Janus'.
Plan of the Palatine and environs showing the location of the Domus Aurea
Mithraeum in Roman house, situated under the Basilica of St. Clemente, Rome
Map of the Roman Empire ca. AD 200, marking selected centers of early Christianity and St. Paul's route to Rome from Caesarea.
Vestibule of a funerary chamber, Via Latina catacomb.
Tomb of Flavii, Rome. General view of the main gallery of the catacomb, decorated with simple, idyllic, and sacred wall paintings.
Eucharistic fish and bread. Christian mosaic. Catacomb of St. Callixtus, Rome.
Christian Roman epitaph of Atimetus from the catacombs of St. Sebastian on the Via Appia, Rome. Inscription flanked by Christian symbols, an anchor and a fish.
Graffito with parody of Christ's crucifixion; Graffito depicting a crucifixion, from the Palatine Hill, Rome, first half of 3rd cent. AD. The crude graffito shows a crucifix with a donkey's head, seen from behind and dressed in a short tunic. To the left stands a man with the same clothes and his arm raised. Between the two figures is a Greek graffito: "Alexamenos sebete theon" (Alexamenos worships his god). Apparently, the author of the drawing is making fun of a Christian, Alexamenos, who is praying to a god with a donkey's head. The Y visible on the plaster, to the right, at the top, has been interpretered as a symbol of a gallows, or a transcription of a scream of pain. This is one of the oldest representations of the crucifixion.
Roman Theater at Aspendus, Plan
Roman Theater at Aspendos, View
Reconstructed model of the Theater of Marcellus, Rome.
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