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sassy-cicero-says:7/100✔Today’s focus was the first chapter of Henrik Mouritzen’s :(1998). The first
Funerary portrait of a woman from Roman Egypt. Artist unknown; ca. 138-192 CE (Antonine period). F
Mummy portrait of a girl, from Roman Egypt. Artist unknown; ca. 120-150 CE. Now in the Liebieghaus
Mummy portrait of a man from the Fayum, Roman Egypt. Artist unknown; 2nd or 3rd cent. CE. Now in t
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The head of the Roman Emperor Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Severus Augustus Antoninus; r. 198-211 [joi
Limestone head from the statue of a worshiper of Apollo, bearded and wearing a helmet with upturned
Ancient Greek limestone statuette of a young male votary holding a pyxis (cylindrical vessel with li
Ancient Greek limestone statuette of a male votary. Artist unknown; 6th cent. BCE. From Cyprus; no
The mortal Peleus “courts” the sea-nymph Thetis by seizing her, while she shape-shifts i
Peleus entrusts his young son Achilles to the care of the centaur Chiron. White-ground black-figure
The centaur Chiron, accompanied by a satyr. Side A of a red-figure bell-krater attributed to the pa
Apollo (left) and his son Asclepius (seated), with the wise centaur Chiron, Asclepius’ tutor,
Romano-British vase in the shape of a man’s head, perhaps representing the Roman Emperor Caracalla (
The so-called “Colchester Vase,” depicting four gladiators named by inscriptions as Secundus, Mario,
A vase bearing the face of a woman, believed by some scholars to be Julia Domna, wife of the emperor
A seated athlete holds a fillet (?) Miniature black-figure Panathenaic amphora, attr. to the Bulas
Ancient Roman terracotta flask depicting gladiatorial combat. Now in the Romisch-Germanisches Museu
Bronze face-mask helmet of a Roman cavalryman, worn on special occasions. Artist unknown; late 1st
A competitor in the hoplitodromia (race in hoplite armor). Side A of an Attic red-figure neck-ampho
Ancient Roman glass cup, with an inscription in Greek, ΛΑΒΕ ΤΗΝ ΝΙΚΗΝ (”Seize the victory”), surroun
Competitors in the athletic event known as the pankration. Attic black-figure skyphos (deep drinkin
domitian suggestion: expel all philosophers from italy
Aureus of the ill-fated Roman emperor Pertinax, who reigned for three months in 193 CE. On the obve
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