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The roads make the empire

Ancient Rome, Ancient World
Warrior of Capestrano, Ancient Rome

Warrior of Capestrano 500BCE

Dying Gaul, Ancient Rome

Dying Gaul 250BCE

Perseus and Andromeda, Ancient Rome

Perseus and Andromeda 90BCE

On the Nature of Things, Ancient Rome

On the Nature of Things Lucretius, 50BCE

The history of Rome from by Titus Livius Patavinus

Livy's History of Rome Titus Livius Patavinus, 32BCE

Ten Books on Architecture, Ancient Rome

Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius, 15BCE

Pyramid of Cestius, Ancient Rome

Pyramid of Cestius Gaius Cestius, 12BCE

Temple d'Auguste et de Livie, Ancient Rome

Temple d'Auguste et de Livie 10BCE

Metamorphoses, Ancient Rome

Metamorphoses Ovid, 1CE

Maison Carrée, Ancient Rome

Maison Carrée 2CE

The Aeneid, Ancient Rome

The Aeneid Virgil, 19CE

Nero's Bath, Ancient Rome

Nero's Bath 64CE

Pula Arena, Ancient Rome

Pula Arena 27BCE – 68CE

Colosseum, Ancient Rome

Colosseum Vespasian — Titus, 70 – 80CE

Arch of Titus, Ancient Rome

Arch of Titus Rabirius, 82CE

Volterra Theater, The Etruscans

Volterra Theater 90CE

Young Hercules, Ancient Rome

Young Hercules 69 – 96CE

Aqueduct of Segovia, Ancient Rome

Aqueduct of Segovia 81 – 98CE

Arenas of Lutetia, Ancient Rome

Arenas of Lutetia 100CE

"Know Thyself" Skeleton Mosaic, Ancient Rome

"Know Thyself" Skeleton Mosaic 100CE

Statue of Aphrodite, Ancient Rome

Statue of Aphrodite 100CE

Trajan's Column, Ancient Rome

Trajan's Column 107 – 113CE

Bronze Military Diploma, Ancient Rome

Bronze Military Diploma 113 – 114CE

Hadrians Wall, Ancient Rome

Hadrians Wall 122CE

Pantheon, Ancient Rome

Pantheon Marcus Agrippa, 113 – 125CE

The Braschi Antinous, Ancient Rome

The Braschi Antinous 138CE

Mosaic Floor with Head of Medusa, Ancient Rome

Mosaic Floor with Head of Medusa 115 – 150CE

Emperor Antoninus Pius, Ancient Rome

Emperor Antoninus Pius 138 – 161CE

Porta Nigra, Ancient Rome

Porta Nigra 170CE

Bronze Statuette of Jupiter, Ancient Rome

Bronze Statuette of Jupiter 200CE

Hadrian's Villa, Ancient Rome

Hadrian's Villa 200CE

The Three Graces, Ancient Rome

The Three Graces 200CE

Tower of Hercules, Ancient Rome

Tower of Hercules Gaius Sevius Lupus, 200CE

Portrait of the emperor Caracalla, Ancient Rome

Portrait of the emperor Caracalla 212 – 217CE

Bronze Statue of the emperor Trebonianus Gallus, Ancient Rome

Bronze Statue of the emperor Trebonianus Gallus 251CE

Diocletian's Palace, Ancient Rome

Diocletian's Palace 305CE

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Byzantine Art

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo Theodoric the Great, 504 – 504CE

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The Iberians, Ancient World

The Iberians

Human-animal hybrids in the melting pot of ancient cultures

600BCE – 500CE

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