Chapter 10: the Roman Empire

Detail of the façade of the Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater), Rome, ca. 70-80 CE.

Head of an old man, from Osimo, mid-1st c. BCE, marble, life size

Portrait of a Roman general, from the Sanctuary of Hercules, 75-50 BCE, Marble, 6’2” high

Dionysiac mystery frieze, Second Style wall painting, room 5 of the Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii, c. 60-50 BCE, fresco

Gardenscape, Second Syle wall paintings, from the Villa of Livia, Primaporta, Italy, ca. 30-20 BCE, fresco

Detail of a Third Style wall painting, from cubiculum 15 of the Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Boscotrecase, Italy, ca. 10 BCE, Fresco

Fourth Style wall paintings in the Ixion Room of the House of the Vettii, Pompeii, ca. 70-79 CE.

Portrait of Augustus as general, from Primaporta, early-first century CE copy of a bronze original, of ca. 20 BCE marble, 6’8” high

Ara Pacis, Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace, looking NE), Rome, 13-9 BCE

Female personification panel from the east façade of the Ara Pacis, Augustae, Rome, 13-9 BCE, marble, 5’3” high

Procession of the imperial family, detail of the south frieze of the Ara Pacis, Augustae, Rome, 13-9 BCE, Marble, 5’3” High

Pont-du-Gard, Nimes, France, ca. 16 BCE

Aerial view of the Colosseum, Rome, ca. 70-80 CE.

Portrait Bust of a Flavian woman,from Rome, ca. 90 CE, Marble, 2’1” High

Arch of Titus, Rome, after 81 CE

Spoils of Jerusalem, relief panel from the Arch of Titus, Rome, after 81 CE, Marble

Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, Rome, dedicated 112 CE

Arch of Trajan, Benevento, Italy, ca. 114-118 CE

Pantheon, Rome, 118-125 CE

Al-Khazneh (“Treasury”) Petra, Jordan, second c. CE

Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, ca.175 CE, Bronze, 11’6” high

Painted portrait of Septimius Severus and his family, from Egypt, ca. 200 CE, Tempera on wood, 1’2” diameter

Portrait of Caracalla, ca. 211-217 CE, Marble, 1’2” high

Battle of Romans and barbarians from Rome, ca. 250-200 CE, Marble, 5’ high

Portraits of the four tetrarchs, from Constantinople, ca. 305 CE, porphyry, 4’3” high

Arch of Constantine (south side) Rome, Italy, 312-315 CE

Portrait of Constantine, from the Basilica Nova, Rome, ca. 315-330 CE, Marble, 8’6” high