CC 302: Introduction to Ancient Rome
Images to accompany discussion 12

I. Augustus

Forum of Augustus

• Remains
• Reconstruction
• Temple of Mars the Avenger
• Bigger picture of Temple of Mars the Avenger

Ara Pacis

• View
• Exterior
• Procession frieze
• Interior

Augustus of Prima Porta

• Whole statue
• Breastplate
• Cupid at Augustus' foot

II. Tiberius

Tiberius.

Colossal portrait of Tiberius seated on a throne, here represented as Jupiter.

The elder Drusus, Germanicus, the younger Antonia, and Augustus (from left to right). Marble relief, Claudian (41 - 54 AD).

Domus Tiberiana, or Palace of Tiberius, on the Palatine Hill, Rome. Detail: cryptoporticus.

The Island of Capri, where Tiberius spent his last years

Villa Jovis on the island of Capri. Built by Tiberius.

III. Caligula

Marble portrait of the Emperor Caligula.

Remains of one of Caligula's houseboats, laid bare by the pumping out of the waters of Lake Nemi in 1928 - 32.

Roman bronze antefix from one of Caligula's ships found at Nemi.

IV. Claudius

Claudius.

Portrait of Claudius as Jupiter.

Agrippina the Younger.

V. Nero

Nero.

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