Staffs carried by Roman legions to show who they were and what rank in the army they held.
"This church occupies the site of a chapel built in the Roman period and standing at the time of the…
"This magnificent monument was erected by the Mogul emperor Shah Jehan (1625-1658), for a favorite wife…
"Proclamation of King William as Emperor of Germany at Versailles, January, 1871."—Myers, 1905
"A bar of copper marked with the figure of a bull. Dates from the fourth century B.C."—Webster,…
An ancient sculpture representing an athlete using a strigil to scrape sweat and dust off his body.
An ancient ship used by Greeks and Romans. The ship has three rows of oars on each side, with a man…
"The chariot was discovered in 1903 in an Ertuscan cemetery near Rome. It dates from perhaps 600 B.C.…
"Portrait from a statue discovered in the ruins of the Temple of Vesta in the Roman Forum."—Webster,…
"The relief pictures an ancient Italian sacrifice of a bull, a ram, and a boar, offered to Mars to secure…
"The column was adorned with the brazen beaks of the captured Carthaginian vessels. Part of the inscription…
"From a monument of the imperial age. The soldier wears a metal helmet, a leather doublet with shoulder-pieces,…
"From a gravestone of the first century A.D. The standard consists of a spear crowned with a wreath,…
"A relief from the Column of Trajan, Rome. The name testudo, a tortoise (shell), was applied to the…
"A runaway slave, if recaptured, was sometimes compelled to wear a metal collar riveted about his neck."—Webster,…
Also known as Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. He was a military and political leader of the Roman Republic.
A triumphal column in Rome, commemorating Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars.
"This ship lies besides the wharf at Ostia. In the afterpart of the vessel is a cabin with two windows.…
"The Pont du Gard near Nimes (ancient Nemausus) in southern France. Built by the emperor Antoninus Pius.…
"The best preserved of Roman temples. Located at Nimes in southern France, where it is known as La Maison…
"Constructed by Aurelian and rebuilt by Honorius. The material is concrete faced with brick; thickness,…
Emperor of Rome from 306 to 337. He is best known for being the first Christian Roman emperor.
"The two-storied marble structure is capped by an enormous monolith weighing over 300 tons."—Webster,…
The King of the Franks from 768 and the Emperor of the Romans from 800 until his death in 814.
"The litter consists of an ordinary couch with four posts and a pair of posts. Curtains fastened to…
A Roman copy of an ancient Greek sculpture. The copy is made of marble, while the lost original sculpture…
"The symbolic fasces borne by these officers were probably of Ertuscan origin. The Tarquins are said…
"The representation shows the arrangement of the tiers or oars in a two-banked ship. In just what way…
Also known as Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. He was a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic.
The common name of Artemisia pontica is Roman wormwood. The plant is shrubby and erect, growing between…
The image of a Roman legionnaire. He is equipped with a dense breastplate, a helm, a large round shield,…
The gonfalon, gonfalone (from the early Italian confalone) is a type of heraldic flag or banner, often…