Roman concrete construction. (a) barrel vault, (b) groin vault, (c)
fenestrated sequence of groin vaults, (d) hemispherical dome with oculus
Temple of
Portunus (Temple
of “Fortuna
Virilis”), Rome,
Italy, ca. 75 BCE.
Head of a Roman patrician,
from Otricoli, Italy, c.7580BC
Restored view of the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina, Italy, late
second century BCE
Roman Patrician with Busts of his
Ancestors, late 1CBC
First Style wall painting in the fauces of
the Samnite House, Herculaneum,
Italy, late second century BCE.
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Detail of a Third Style wall painting,
from cubiculum 15 of the Villa of
Agrippa Postumus, Boscotrecase, Italy,
ca. 10 BCE. Fresco, 7’ 8” high.
Second Style wall paintings (general view left, and detail of tholos right) from
cubiculum M of the Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale, Italy, ca.
50–40 BCE. Fresco, 8’ 9” high.
Fourth Style wall paintings in Room 78 of the Domus Aurea (Golden
House) of Nero, Rome, Italy, 64–68 CE.
Still life with peaches, detail of a Fourth Style wall painting, from
Herculaneum, Italy, ca. 62–79 CE. Fresco, 1’ 2” x 1’ 1 1/2”.
Portrait of Augustus as general, from
Primaporta, Italy, 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 northeast), Rome,
Italy, 13–9 BCE.
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Pont-du-Gard, Nîmes, France, ca. 16 BCE.
Procession of the imperial family, detail of the south frieze of the Ara Pacis
Augustae, Rome, Italy, 13–9 BCE. Marble, 5’ 3” high.
Arch of Titus,
Rome, Italy, after
81 CE.
Aerial view of the
Colosseum (Flavian
Amphitheater), Rome,
Italy, ca. 70–80 CE.
Spoils of Jerusalem, relief panel from the Arch of Titus, Rome, Italy, after 81
CE. Marble, 7’ 10” high.
Triumph of Titus, relief panel from the Arch of Titus, Rome, Italy, after 81
CE. Marble, 7’ 10” high.
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Interior of the Pantheon, Rome,
Italy, 118–125 CE.
Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, Rome, Italy,
dedicated 112 CE.
Portrait of a Boy, Faiyum, Lower
Egypt, 2nd C.
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius,
from Rome, Italy, ca. 175 CE. Bronze,
11’ 6” high.
Heroic portrait of Trebonianus
Gallus, from Rome, Italy, 251–253
CE. Bronze, 7’ 11” high.
Portraits of the four
tetrarchs, from
Constantinople, ca. 305
CE. Porphyry, 4’ 3” high.
Saint Mark’s, Venice.
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Portrait of Constantine,
from the Basilica Nova,
Rome, Italy, ca. 315–330
CE. Marble, 8’ 6” high.
Musei Capitolini, Rome.
Arch of Constantine (south side), Rome, Italy, 312–315 CE.
The Basilica Nova (Basilica of Constantine), Rome, 306-312
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