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Ancient Rome
The roads make the empire

Ancient Rome, Ancient World

Warrior of Capestrano, Ancient Rome

Warrior of Capestrano

Dying Gaul, Ancient Rome

Dying Gaul

Perseus and Andromeda, Ancient Rome

Perseus and Andromeda

On the Nature of Things, Ancient Rome

Physics, the mind, soul, the movements of the universe, and sex, obviously

On the Nature of Things

Lucretius, 50 BCE

The history of Rome from by Titus Livius Patavinus

Livy's History of Rome

Titus Livius Patavinus, 32 BCE

Ten Books on Architecture, Ancient Rome

How to build roads, buildings and aqueducts with Roman precision

Ten Books on Architecture

Vitruvius, 15 BCE

Pyramid of Cestius, Ancient Rome

Pyramid of Cestius

Gaius Cestius, 12 BCE

Temple d'Auguste et de Livie, Ancient Rome

Temple d'Auguste et de Livie

Metamorphoses, Ancient Rome

The transformations of man and gods from before formation of the world

Metamorphoses

Maison Carrée, Ancient Rome

Maison Carrée

The Aeneid, Ancient Rome

The adventures of Aeneis the Trojan, and what happens when the gods hate you

The Aeneid

Nero's Bath, Ancient Rome

Nero's Bath

Pula Arena, Ancient Rome

Pula Arena

Colosseum, Ancient Rome

Colosseum

Vespasian — Titus, 70 CE-80 CE

Arch of Titus, Ancient Rome

Arch of Titus

Rabirius, 82 CE

Volterra Theater, The Etruscans

Volterra Theater

Young Hercules, Ancient Rome

Young Hercules

Aqueduct of Segovia, Ancient Rome

Aqueduct of Segovia

Arenas of Lutetia, Ancient Rome

Arenas of Lutetia

"Know Thyself" Skeleton Mosaic, Ancient Rome

"Know Thyself" Skeleton Mosaic

Statue of Aphrodite, Ancient Rome

Statue of Aphrodite

Trajan's Column, Ancient Rome

Trajan's Column

Bronze Military Diploma, Ancient Rome

Bronze Military Diploma

Hadrians Wall, Ancient Rome

Hadrians Wall

Pantheon, Ancient Rome

Pantheon

Marcus Agrippa, 113 CE-125 CE

The Braschi Antinous, Ancient Rome

The Braschi Antinous

Mosaic Floor with Head of Medusa, Ancient Rome

Mosaic Floor with Head of Medusa

Emperor Antoninus Pius, Ancient Rome

Emperor Antoninus Pius

Porta Nigra, Ancient Rome

Porta Nigra

Bronze Statuette of Jupiter, Ancient Rome

Bronze Statuette of Jupiter

Hadrian's Villa, Ancient Rome

Hadrian's Villa

The Three Graces, Ancient Rome

The Three Graces

Tower of Hercules, Ancient Rome

Tower of Hercules

Gaius Sevius Lupus, 200 CE

Portrait of the emperor Caracalla, Ancient Rome

Portrait of the emperor Caracalla

Bronze Statue of the emperor Trebonianus Gallus, Ancient Rome

Bronze Statue of the emperor Trebonianus Gallus

Diocletian's Palace, Ancient Rome

Diocletian's Palace

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Byzantine Art

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo

Theodoric the Great, 504 CE-504 CE

Next Movement

The Iberians, Ancient World

The Iberians

Human-animal hybrids in the melting pot of ancient cultures

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