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Ancient Rome

753 BCE — 530 CE

The roads make the empire

Warrior of Capestrano

Warrior of Capestrano

Dying Gaul

Dying Gaul

Perseus and Andromeda

Perseus and Andromeda

The history of the conquest of the Gauls (aka Celts) written by Julius Caesar.

The Conquest of the Gauls

Julius Ceasar50 BCE

On the Nature of Things

On the Nature of Things — Physics, the mind, soul, the movements of the universe, and sex, obviously

Lucretius50 BCE

The history of Rome from by Titus Livius Patavinus

Livy's History of Rome

Titus Livius Patavinus32 BCE

Ten Books on Architecture

Ten Books on Architecture — How to build roads, buildings and aqueducts with Roman precision

Vitruvius15 BCE

Pyramid of Cestius

Pyramid of Cestius

Gaius Cestius12 BCE

Temple d'Auguste et de Livie

Temple d'Auguste et de Livie

Metamorphoses

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

Maison Carrée

Maison Carrée

Aeneid

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

Nero's Bath

Nero's Bath

Pula Arena

Pula Arena

Colosseum

Colosseum

Vespasian — Titus70 CE-80 CE

Arch of Titus

Arch of Titus

Volterra Theater

Volterra Theater

Young Hercules

Young Hercules

Aqueduct of Segovia

Aqueduct of Segovia

Arenas of Lutetia

Arenas of Lutetia

Statue of Aphrodite

Statue of Aphrodite

Trajan's Column

Trajan's Column

Bronze Military Diploma

Bronze Military Diploma

Hadrians Wall

Hadrians Wall

Pantheon

Pantheon

Marcus Agrippa113 CE-125 CE

The Braschi Antinous

The Braschi Antinous

Mosaic Floor with Head of Medusa

Mosaic Floor with Head of Medusa

Emperor Antoninus Pius

Emperor Antoninus Pius

Porta Nigra

Porta Nigra

The Three Graces

The Three Graces

Hadrian's Villa

Hadrian's Villa

Bronze Statuette of Jupiter

Bronze Statuette of Jupiter

Tower of Hercules

Tower of Hercules

Gaius Sevius Lupus200 CE

Portrait of the emperor Caracalla

Portrait of the emperor Caracalla

Bronze Statue of the emperor Trebonianus Gallus

Bronze Statue of the emperor Trebonianus Gallus

Diocletian's Palace

Diocletian's Palace

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo

Theodoric the Great504 CE-504 CE

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