Roman Empire Art & History Photos

Index of artistic and historic objects from the era of the Roman Republic and Empire (1stC BCE - 476). The page includes links to prominent Museums of Roman antiquities.

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Roman Empire Portrait Busts of Caesars Roman marble head of Emperor Augustus at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA Roman emperor Claudius bust in Peace Room at Versailles Palace. Versailles, France Roman Emperor Trajan marble portrait head at Louvre Museum. Paris, France
Roman Empire Portrait Carvings Gallery of Roman portrait heads at Glyptothek. Munich, Germany Roman marble Herm of Hermes at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA Roman-era portrait herm of man at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy
Roman Empire Figure Statues Roman Emperor Augustus toga statue from Italy at Louvre Museum. Paris, France Roman bronze Victory with Cornucopia at Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH Roman-era sculpture of Boy with Thorn at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy
Greek & Roman Relief Tombstones Roman marble funerary relief for two men & a woman at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX Detail of Roman marble stele with figures & epitaph of Licinia Flavilla & Sextus Adgennius Macrinus from Nimes house beside amphitheater at Musée de la Romanité. Nimes, France Roman corner mask of woman from funeral edifice at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France
Roman Era Sarcophagi Tombs Roman marble sarcophagus showing battle between soldiers & amazons at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX Roman sarcophagus with Rape of Persephone carving at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy Detail of lion on Roman marble sarcophagus from Dokimeion, now Afyon, Turkey at RISD Museum. Providence, RI
Roman Mosaic Floors Gallo-Roman mosaic floor with boxing scene from Villelaure, France at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA Roman mosaic of centaur at Orange museum of art & history. Orange, France Roman mosaic from villa at Daphne near Antioch at RISD Museum. Providence, RI
Roman Era Fresco Paintings Roman plaster fresco with Satyr at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA Seated Apollo wall fresco from Pompeii estate of Julia Felix at Louvre Museum. Paris, France Roman fresco from villa near Fondo Bottaro at RISD Museum. Providence, RI
Roman Era Glass Roman ribbed glass bowl at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI Roman cameo glass winecup with scenes of Bacchus & Ariadne at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA Ancient Roman Vasa Diatreta or cage cup with Greek inscription on rim & outer tracery in colored relief at Roman Germanic Museum. Köln, Germany
Roman & Greek Era Jewelry Roman gold pendants with image of Constantine I at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC Roman cameo of Victory driving chariot with Eros at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA Roman cameo of medusa in Byzantine ring at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
Roman Era Ceramics Roman terracotta bowl with fishermen from North Africa at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA Ceramic table bowl from Lyon at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France Roman terracotta roof antefix with comedic theater mask at Musée de la Romanité. Nimes, France
Roman Era Metalwork Roman silver & gold statuette of bull from Pompeii at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA Bronze mask of comedy from Rome at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France Roman silver platter with allegory of fertility at Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Austria
British Museum - Roman Buried Treasure Mildenhall Treasure Roman tableware silver Great Neptune Dish with relief musical & dancing figures 60.5cm diameter at British Museum. London, United Kingdom Roman silver platter with Bacchic scene part of Mildenhall Treasure at British Museum. London, United Kingdom Roman silver Corbridge lanx with shrine to Apollo scene found on bank of River Tyne near Hadrian's Wall in 1735 at British Museum. London, United Kingdom
Roman Empire Animal Statues Greek lion from Attica at Nelson-Atkins Museum. Kansas City, MO Roman bronze Wolf Head at Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH Roman-era copy of carving of wild boar after Hellenistic original at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy
Roman Era Oil Lamps Roman-era ceramic oil lamps with molded decorative scenes mostly found in Rhone River at Arles Antiquities Museum. Arles, France Roman oil lamp with charioteer at Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Austria Roman terracotta oil lamp with theater mask of satyr at Musée de la Romanité. Nimes, France
Roman Ship Amphorae Amphorae from an Islamic ship likely from Spain at Antibes Archeology Museum. Antibes, France Collection of Roman-era amphorae to ship oils & wine in antiquity at Arles Antiquities Museum. Arles, France Grecian-Italic ceramic amphora from tomb in Nimes at Musée de la Romanité. Nimes, France
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