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

 Images to Accompany Discussion 2

Map of the Greek world

Greek colonies

The acropolis, Athens

Temple of Portunus. Rome. Late 2nd century BC.

Greek alphabets. Chart showing various Greek alphabetic scripts.

Greek vase showing Zeus attacking Typhon, a monster.

Rome and her neighbors. Inset: Early Rome (with hills)

Gold lamina tablets with inscriptions in Punic and Etruscan

Etruscan necropolis at Cerveteri. Aerial view.

"Sarcophagus of the Married Couple," from an Etruscan Tomb

Etruscan Tomb Painting

• Tomb of the Leopards
• Francesca Giustiniani Tomb
• Tomb of the Funeral Couch
• Tomb painting showing warriors fighting

Etruscan bronze mirror with ivory handle; depicts the judgement of Paris, the chariot of Helios, and Herakles by a funeral pyre.

Etruscan. terracotta statue of Apollo, 6th c. BC. H 1.8 m. from the Portonaccio Temple at Veii.

Winged horses made by an anonymous Etruscan artist 300- 200 B.C.

Plan of an Etruscan temple.

Model of sheep's liver used for divination.

Etruscan figurine of Aeneas carrying Anchises

Etruscan bronze sculpture, the Capitoline She-Wolf, ca. 500 BC, from Rome. (The nursing putti are Renaissance additions.)

Model of Hut A from the Palatine Hill, Rome, 8th - 7th cents. BC.

Model of the hut village on the Palatine, Rome, 8th - 7th centuries BC, based on excavation results.

Pottery from the Early Early Roman settlement on the Palatine hill

Dolium used for a modest burial on the northern slope of the Palatine Hill, Rome, first half of the 7th cent. BC.

Bronze hut-shaped urn, 10-8th c. BC. In the stylized fashion of a home typical to the most archaic Roman settlement.

Early Latin inscription found on the so-called lapis niger in the Roman Forum; ca. 600 BC.

Bronze statuette of an augur holding a lituus in both hands. From the votive hoard of Lapis Niger, Rome. ca. 550 B.C.

Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline. View of excavated foundation.

Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline: reconstruction

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