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John Onians

Classical Art and the Cultures of Greece and Rome

Illustrations

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John Onians

PublisherYale University Press

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00031.013

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Illustrations

1 View of Athens with Acropolis and Mount Lycabettos in the distance (photo Alison Frantz).

2 Female figurine, marble, Cycladic, c.2500 BC, Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection, University of East Anglia, Norwich (photo James Austin).

3 Map of Greece showing mineral resources (Martha Montgomery).

4 Funerary statue of Kroisos, marble, Attic, c.525 BC, National Museum, Athens (photo Marburg).

5 Ostraka from the Athenian Agora with names of Aristeides, Themistokles, Kimon and Perikles, fifth century BC, Agora Museum, Athens (photo Alison Frantz).

6 Scheme of the phalanx (Martha Montgomery).

7 Towers and wall, Aigosthena, third quarter of fourth century BC (photo Alison Frantz).

8 Trojan horse, detail of relief amphora, mid-seventh century BC, Mykonos Museum (photo DAI Athens).

9 a) The body of Sarpedon stripped of its armour; b) Warriors arming. Details of a calyx krater painted by Euphronios, Attic, c.525 BC, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Bequest of Joseph H. Durkee, Gift of Darius Ogden Mills and Gift of C. Ruxton Love, by exchange, 1972 (photo museum).

10 Achilles killing Penthesilea, interior of a cup by the Penthesilea painter, Attic, second quarter of the fifth century BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich (photo Hirmer).

11 Parthenon, Athens, 447–432 BC, interior reconstruction, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (photo museum).

12 Pericles, herm portrait, Roman marble copy after mid-fifth-century BC original by Kresilas, Vatican Museums, Rome (photo DAI Rome).

13a Young men training with the discus, exterior of a cup, Attic, first quarter of the fifth century BC, J.P. Getty Museum, Los Angeles (photo museum).

13b Older men training with javelins, exterior of a cup (see fig. 13a) (photo museum).

13c Older man and younger man embracing, interior of a cup (see fig. 13a) (photo museum).

14 Scheme of the Iliad.

15 Amphora with scene of mourning at a warrior’s funeral (the ‘Dipylon Vase’), Attic, mid-eighth century BC, National Museum, Athens (photo Hirmer).

16 Amphora with scenes of charioteers and foot-soldiers, Attic, late eighth century BC, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preussischer Kulturbesitz (photo Marburg).

17 Jug with pairs of animals, Corinthian, sixth century BC, J.P. Getty Museum, Los Angeles (photo museum).

18 Cup with shield-bearing cavalrymen, Attic, second quarter of the sixth century BC, British Museum, London (photo museum).

19 Krater with shield-bearing cavalrymen and pairs of animals, Corinthian, first quarter of the sixth century BC, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, 1927, Funds from Various Donors (photo museum).

20 Confrontation between the front ranks of two phalanxes, detail of a Corinthian scent bottle, the ‘Macmillan Aryballos’, early sixth century BC, British Museum, London (after Pfuhl).

21 Selinus, plans of temples ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘F’ and ‘G’, sixth and fifth centuries BC (photo Yale University Press, London).

22 Columns of the Temple of Hera (‘Basilica’) and side of the Temple of Neptune, Paestum, mid-sixth and early fifth centuries BC (photo Leonard von Matt).

23 Lycian phalanx, detail of frieze from Nereid tomb, marble, c.390–380 BC, British Museum, London (photo museum).

24 Pythagorean number forms (Martha Montgomery).

25 Flute player and armed warriors, detail of oenochoe (the ‘Chigi Vase’), Corinthian, third quarter of the seventh century BC, Villa Giulia, Rome (photo DAI Rome).

26 Kadmos/Kassmos with his bride Harmonia in a chariot drawn by a boar and a lion, detail of an amphora, Attic, c.500 BC, Musée du Louvre, Paris (photo © Réunion des Musées Nationaux).

27 Boundary stone from Athens, marble, c.500 BC, Athens (photo author).

28 Hermes Propylaios, marble, Roman copy of a late fifth-century BC original by Alkamenes set up at the entrance to the Akropolis, Archaeological Museum, Istanbul (after Richter).

29 Pollis as warrior, tomb relief from Megara, marble, c.480 BC, J.P. Getty Museum, Los Angeles (photo museum).

30 Doryphorus, by Polykleitos, marble, Roman copy of a bronze original of c.440 BC, National Museum, Naples (photo DAI Rome).

31 Geometry of Doryphorus (after Rumpf).

32 Parthenon, Athens, 447–432 BC (photo DAI Rome).

33 Parthenon ‘refinements’ diagram (after Korres).

34 Remains of earlier temples set into the wall of the Acropolis, Athens, after 479 BC (photo author).

35 Horsemen, detail of frieze from the Parthenon, 447–432 BC, British Museum, London (photo museum).

36 Marshal and horsemen, detail of frieze from the Parthenon, British Museum, London (photo museum).

37 Women, detail of frieze from the Parthenon, British Museum, London (photo museum).

38 Detail of porch of the maidens (the ‘Caryatid Porch’), and west façade, Erechtheum, Athens, 421–406 BC (photo Alison Frantz).

39 Dancing female musician and drunken revellers, detail of a vase by the Foundry Painter, Attic, early fifth century BC, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (photo museum).

40 Aphrodite reclining, detail of pediment from the Parthenon, 447–432 BC, British Museum, London (photo John Mitchell).

41 Nike (Victory) by Paionios of Mende, marble, c.420–410 BC, Olympia Museum (photo DAI Athens).

42 Nike (Victory) figure, marble, from balustrade of Temple of Athena Nike, Athens, c.410 BC, Akropolis Museum, Athens (photo Alison Frantz).

43 Types of vase.

44 Detail of an oenochoe, Attic, c.725 BC, National Museum, Athens (after von Bothmer).

45 Panathenaic amphora showing footrace, Attic, c.530 BC, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1914 (photo museum).

46 Charioteer from a chariot group dedicated at Delphi by Polyzalos of Gela after a victory at the Pythian Games, bronze, c.470 BC, Delphi Museum (photo Alinari).

47 Revellers, by Euthymedes, detail of amphora, Attic, last quarter of the sixth century BC, Antikensammlung, Munich (photo Hirmer).

48 Potters receiving wreaths from Athena and Victory figures, detail of hydria by the Leningrad Painter, Attic, c.480–470 BC, Torno Collection, Milan (after Blümner).

49 Amazons, possibly by Polykleitos, Pheidias and Kresilas, c.430s BC, Roman copies after originals at Ephesus (drawing Marion Cox).

50 Detail of funerary krater with scene of mourning, Attic, mid-eighth century BC, National Museum, Athens (photo Hirmer).

51 Funerary amphora with flying gorgons, Attic, late seventh century BC, National Museum, Athens (photo Alison Frantz).

52 Fight between dog and cat, with onlookers, side of statue base from Athens, early fifth century BC, National Museum, Athens (photo Alison Frantz).

53 Workshop scenes from the red-figure ‘Foundry Cup’ by the Foundry Painter, Attic, first quarter of the fifth century BC, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preussischer Kulturbesitz (photo museum).

54 Olympia, sanctuary plan with row of treasuries top right (photo Yale University Press, London).

55 Cleobis and Biton, marble, c.600–575 BC, Delphi Museum (photo Ralph Lieberman).

56 Male figure from Attica, marble, c.600–575 BC, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (photo DAI Rome).

57 Series of male statues, late seventh to early fifth centuries BC (copyright C.H. Smith).

58 ‘Kritian’ boy from the Acropolis, Athens, marble, c.480 BC, Akropolis Museum, Athens (photo Marburg).

59 ‘Warrior A’ from the sea off Riace, bronze, c.460–440 BC, Archaeological Museum, Reggio Calabria (photo Hirmer).

60 Eros stringing his bow, Roman marble copy of a bronze by Lysippos, c.330 BC, Capitoline Museum, Rome (photo Alinari).

61 Agias, from the Daochos monument, Delphi, marble, 338–334 BC, probably a contemporary copy of a bronze original by Lysippos, Delphi Museum (photo Marburg).

62 Statue dedicated to Artemis by Nikandre, from Delos, marble, c.650–625 BC, National Museum, Athens (photo Alison Frantz).

63 Statue dedicated to Hera by Cheramyes, marble, c.575–550 BC, Samos Museum (photo DAI Athens).

64 Girl, from the Acropolis, Athens, probably associated with base giving the name of Antenor as sculptor and Nearchos, a potter, as patron, marble, 525–500 BC, Acropolis Museum, Athens (photo Alinari).

65 Ajax and Achilles playing a game, by Exekias, scene on belly amphora, Attic, c.530 BC, Vatican Museums (photo Hirmer).

66a and b Ajax and Achilles playing a game, belly amphora with scenes in black and red figure by the Andokides Painter, Attic, c.520 BC, Boston Museum of Fine Arts (photo museum).

67 Group of giants from the frieze of the Treasury of Siphnos, Delphi, marble, before 525 BC, Delphi Museum (photo Ralph Lieberman).

68 Hercules and the Keryneian hind, metope from the Treasury of Athens, Delphi, marble, late sixth or early fifth century BC, Delphi Museum (photo Alison Frantz).

69 Hercules and the Cretan bull, metope from the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, marble, second quarter of the fifth century BC, Olympia Museum (photo Alison Frantz).

70 Lapith and Centaur fighting, metope from the Parthenon, Athens, marble, 447–432 BC, British Museum, London (photo museum).

71 Contest between Athena and Poseidon, west pediment of the Parthenon, drawing by Jacques Carrey, British Museum, London (photo museum).

72 Temple of Hera, Olympia, after 600 BC (photo Yale University Press, London).

73 Temple of Zeus, Olympia, second quarter of the fifth century BC (after Curtius).

74 Parthenon, Athens, 447–432 BC, detail of corner (photo Alison Frantz).

75 Temple of Hera, Samos, originally c.560 BC, as rebuilt c.525 BC and later, groundplan (photo Yale University Press, London).

76 Treasuries of Cnidos, Massilia and Siphnos, Delphi, all mid-sixth century BC (after Dinsmoor).

77 Scene of farewell, white ground lekythos, Attic, late fifth century BC, J.P. Getty Museum, Los Angles (photo museum).

78 Grave stele of Thraseas and Euandria, marble, Attic, early fourth century BC, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preussischer Kulturbesitz (photo museum).

79 Grave stele of Ampharete, marble, Attic, c.410 BC, Kerameikos Museum, Athens (photo DAI Athens).

80 Ball players, side of statue base from Athens, marble, early fifth century BC, National Museum, Athens (photo Hirmer).

81 Workshop scene showing models or paradeigmata at left, ‘Foundry Cup’, Attic, first quarter of the fifth century BC, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preussischer Kulturbesitz (photo museum).

82 Gorgoneion for roof-tile, terracotta, Attic, c.440 BC, ancient mould and modern cast, British Museum, London (after Higgins).

83 Head of Alexander as Zeus Ammon with Indian inscription, tourmaline, probably carved in the East, late fourth century BC, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (cast) (photo museum).

84 Details of a wreath, gold, glass inlay and glass beads, late fourth century BC, J.P. Getty Museum, Los Angeles (photo museum).

85 Alexander’s conquests in a global context, the hatched area representing the area he inherited from his father (after Bamm).

86 Alexander on horseback, bronze, first century BC, after an original of around 330 BC, probably by Lysippos, Archaeological Museum, Naples (photo Alinari).

87 Hercules Epitrapezius, Roman marble copy of an original by Lysippos of c.330 BC, British Museum, London (photo museum).

88 Alexandria, plan.

89 Tomb from Mustafa Pasha Nekropolis, Alexandria, third or second century BC (photo DAI Cairo).

90 Tomb from Anfoushy Nekropolis, Alexandria, interior, second century BC (drawing, after Adriani).

91 Battle between Alexander and the Persians, detail of side of the Alexander Sarcophagus, marble, c.320 BC, from Sidon, probably the tomb of King Abdalonymus, Archaeological Museum, Istanbul (photo Hirmer).

92 Lion hunt, detail of side of the Alexander Sarcophagus (see fig. 91) (photo Hirmer).

93 Aphrodite, Roman marble adaptation of the Aphrodite of Cnidos by Praxiteles of c.330 BC, Rome, Vatican Museums, detail of front view of marble and rear view of plaster cast (photos DAI Rome).

94 Warriors dancing, marble, first-century BC copy after late fourth-century BC Attic original, Vatican Museums, Rome (photo Anderson).

95 Joseph Beuys in a boxing match with an art student at Documenta V, Kassel (after Veit Loehrs).

96 Battle of Alexander and Darius, mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompei, c.100 BC, after an original possibly by Philoxenos of Eretria c.300 BC, National Museum, Naples (photo DAI Rome).

97 Plan of the original setting of the Nike of Samothrace (fig. 98), showing the diagonal position of the prow in the rock-filled fountain basin (Don Johnson).

98 Nike alighting on the prow of a ship, marble, from Samothrace, probably by Pythokritos of Rhodes, perhaps commemorating the victory of the Rhodians over Antiochos III in 190 BC, Musée du Louvre, Paris (photo Marburg).

99 Jockey, bronze, c.100 BC, National Museum, Athens (photo Hirmer).

100 Boxer, signed ‘Apollonios son of Nestor of Athens’, bronze, c.100 BC, National Museum, Rome (photo DAI Rome).

101 Demosthenes, Roman marble copy after bronze original by Polyeuktos of 280 BC, Vatican Museums, Rome (photo DAI Rome).

102 Sacrificing girl, marble, c.200 BC, National Museum, Rome (photo Anderson).

103 Unswept floor, mosaic, Roman copy after Pergamene original by Sosos of second century BC, Vatican Museums, Rome (photo Anderson).

104 Doves drinking, mosaic, Roman copy after a Pergamene original by Sosos of the second century BC, National Museum, Naples (photo Anderson).

105 Fish, mosaic, Roman copy after original (probably Pergamene) of the second century BC, National Museum, Naples (photo Anderson).

106 Boy strangling a goose, Roman copy after an original of the third or second century BC, Capitoline Museum, Rome (photo Anderson).

107 Gaul committing suicide having killed his wife, Roman marble copy after Pergamene original of c.200 BC, National Museum, Rome (photo Anderson).

108 Zeus and Athena in conflict with giants, detail of the large frieze of the, Zeus Altar from Pergamum, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preussischer Kulturbesitz (photo museum).

109 Face of a biting giant, detail of the large frieze of the Zeus Altar from Pergamum, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preussischer Kulturbesitz (photo museum).

110 Marsyas, Roman marble copy after Pergamene original of c.200 BC, Uffizi, Florence (photo Alinari).

111 Scythian slave, Roman marble copy after Pergamene original of c.200 BC, Florence, Uffizi (photo Anderson).

112a Elderly Centaur tortured by Eros, Roman marble copy after Pergamene original of c.200 BC, Musée du Louvre, Paris (photo Alinari).

112b Elderly Centaur tortured by Eros (see fig. 112a), detail of face, Musée du Louvre, Paris (photo DAI Rome).

113 Barberini Faun, marble, probably early second-century BC Pergamene original, Glyptothek, Munich (photo Hirmer).

114a Laocoön and his sons, marble, first-century AD copy of early second-century BC Pergamene original, Vatican Museums, Rome (photo Hirmer).

114b Laocoön (see fig. 114a), detail of face (photo DAI Rome).

115 Altar of Zeus, Pergamum, plan showing axial lines (Don Johnson).

116 Stoa, Priene, second century BC, reconstruction of interior (photo Yale University Press, London).

117a Agora arch, Priene, mid-second century BC, reconstruction (Don Johnson).

117b Agora, Priene, second century BC, plan showing the visual axis from the agora arch and the symmetry about it (adapted from F. Krischen).

118 Pharos of Alexandria, c.270 BC, reconstruction (after Havelock).

119 Map of the known world according to Eratosthenes, reconstruction (after Lexicon der Alten Welt).

120 Horologium of Andronikos of Kirrha, Athens, mid-first century BC (photo DAI, Rome).

121 Fallen warrior gazing at his reflection, detail from the Battle of Alexander and Darius, mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii, c.100 BC, National Museum, Naples (photo DAI Rome).

122 Thetis and the armour for Achilles, painting from Pompeii, Roman copy after a Hellenistic original perhaps by Theon of Samos of c.300 BC National Museum, Naples (photo Alinari).

123 Warrior, funerary relief from Rhodes, marble, second century BC, Rhodes Museum (photo Hal O’Nians).

124 Female figures, bronze, first-century BC adaptions of fifth-century BC Attic originals, National Museum, Naples (photo Anderson).

125 Bronze head inserted in marble herm, modern copy after first-century BC original, J.P. Getty Museum, Malibu (photo museum).

126 Lampbearer combining the head type of an early-fifth century BC girl with a male body type of similar date, bronze, first century AD, National Museum, Naples (photo DAI Rome).

127 Maenad, first-century BC pentelic marble copy of fifth-century BC original, perhaps by Kallimachos, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1935 (photo Anderson).

128 Roman camp, according to Polybius (from Journal of Roman Studies).

129 Tomb of the Greek Vases, Cerveteri, c.500 BC, plan (photo Yale University Press, London).

130 Roman legion in battle formation, according to Polybius (after Keppie).

131 Emperor Marcus Aurelius sacrificing, mid-second century AD, Capitoline Museum, Rome (photo Anderson).

132 Portrait statue (the head not original) with masks of ancestors, marble, late first century BC, Conservatori Museum, Rome (photo Alinari).

133 Bridge across the Danube, scene from the Dacian Wars, detail from Trajan’s Column, Rome, AD 112–13 (photo Anderson).

134 Capture of Seleucia, detail from the Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome, AD 195–203 (photo Yale University Press, London).

135 Model of a liver with diviner’s markings, bronze, third century BC, Museo Civico, Piacenza (photo DAI Rome).

136 Cross, with augural inscription, bronze, from Lambaesis (after Monceaux).

137 Surveyor’s groma in use by a legionary (after Frigerio).

138 Centuriated countryside between Montelimar and Orange, based on fragments of a Roman marble plan (after Piagniol).

139 Timgad, founded AD 100, aerial view (photo Yale University Press, London).

140 Rome, plan showing Via Lata as cardo with monuments related either to that axis or to cardinal points (Martha Montgomery).

141 Roman house plans from marble map of Rome, early third century AD (photo Fototeca Unione).

142 Silver denarius of Marcus Scaurus and Publius Hypsaeus, 58 BC, British Museum, London (photo museum).

143 Tomb of Demetrius and Philonicus, late first century BC, British Museum, London (photo museum).

144 Coin of Augustus, with laurel and oak wreath fixed to the portal of Augustus’ house by Senatorial decree (photo Fototeca Unione).

145 Augustus with cuirass, from the Villa of Livia, Primaporta, marble, early first century AD, Vatican Museums, Rome (photo Anderson).

146 Augustus togate as veiled priest, marble, early first century AD, National Museum, Rome (photo Alinari).

147 Pantheon, Rome, c.AD 125, exterior (photo DAI Rome).

148 Coin of Domitian, showing his palace on the Palatine, Rome, c.AD 90 (photo Fototeca Unione).

149 Column of Trajan, Rome, AD 112–13 (photo Alinari).

150 Statues on pedestals in the Atrium Vestae, Rome, second to fourth centuries AD (photo Fototeca Unione).

151 Relief from the tomb of the Haterii showing monuments constructed under the Flavians, late first century AD, Vatican Museums, Rome (photo DAI Rome).

152 Theatre of Pompey, Rome, 55 BC, plan (after Andreae).

153 Sebasteion, Aphrodisias, second quarter of first century AD, reconstructed elevation (after Erim).

154 Septizodium, Rome, dedicated in AD 203, drawn by Maarten van Heemskerk (photo Yale University Press, London).

155 Fountain building, Miletus, early second century AD, reconstruction (after Ward-Perkins).

156 Colosseum, Rome, dedicated AD 80, exterior (photo Fototeca Unione).

157 Arch of Titus, Rome, AD 80–85, detail (photo author).

158 Aeneas sacrificing to the household gods, detail of the Ara Pacis, Rome, dedicated 9 BC (photo DAI Rome).

159 Entablature with sacrificial instruments, from the Temple of Vespasian, Rome, AD 80–90 (photo Anderson).

160 Stabian Baths, Pompeii, early first century BC, plan (after Andreae).

161 Baths of Titus, Rome, inaugurated AD 80, plan according to Palladio (after Ward-Perkins).

162 Peristyle of the House of the Vettii, Pompeii, AD 61–79 (photo Fototeca Unione).

163 Construction of a tomb, relief from tomb of the Haterii, Rome late first century AD, Vatican Museums, Rome (photo Alinari).

164 Aureus, Julia Domna AD 213, with Pietas, British Museum, London (photo museum).

165 Sestertius, Nerva AD 97, with Congiarium, British Museum, London (photo museum).

166 Marcus Aurelius addressing the legions, Adlocutio, relief of mid-second century AD, reused in the Arch of Constantine, c.AD 315 (photo Fototeca Unione).

167 View of the Arch of Constantine, Rome, c.AD 315 (photo DAI Rome).

168 West end of the Arch of Constantine, Rome, c.AD 315 (photo DAI Rome).

169 Colossal head of Constantine from the Basilica of Maxentius (Constantine), Rome, marble, c.AD 320, Museo Conservatori, Rome (photo Alinari).

170 Tomb of the baker Eurysaces, Rome, late first century BC (photo DAI Rome).

171 Sarcophagus with unfinished head of deceased between tritons and nereids, marble, mid-second century AD, National Museum, Rome (photo Anderson).

172 Sarcophagus with scenes from the life of a Roman general, marble, mid-second century AD, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua (photo DAI).

173 Sarcophagus with battle between Romans and German cavalry, from the Via Tiburtina, marble, second half of the second century AD, National Museum, Rome (photo DAI Rome).

174 Sarcophagus with Achilles and Penthesilea with portrait faces, marble, c.AD 250, Vatican Museums, Rome (photo Anderson).

175 Sarcophagus with slaughter of Niobids by Artemis and Apollo, marble, c.AD 150, Vatican Museums, Rome (photo Anderson).

176 Sarcophagus with orans and philosopher, marble, c.AD 270, S. Maria Antiqua, Rome (photo DAI Rome).

177 Basilica Ulpia, c.AD 110 (reconstruction, after J.-P. Penin).

178 Basilica on Golgotha, Jerusalem, c.AD 335 (reconstruction, after Lampl).

179 Sarcophagus with cross/vexillum, fourth century AD, Vatican Museums, Rome (photo Anderson).

180 Rome, showing the Circus Maximus and Palatine, from a model in Museo di Civilta Romana, Rome (photo Fototeca Unione).

181 Baths of Caracalla, Rome, AD 212–16, from a model in Museo di Civilta Romana, Rome (photo Fototeca Unione).

182 Wall-painting from a villa at Boscoreale, c.40 BC, so-called Second Style, National Museum, Naples (photo Alinari).

183 Wall-painting from a house at Pompeii, c.AD 50, so-called Third Style (photo DAI Rome).

184 Temple of Mars Ultor and Forum of Augustus Rome, dedicated 2 BC (photo Yale University Press, London).

185 Basilica according to Vitruvius, De architectura (plan, after Palladio).

186 Basilica designed by Vitruvius at Fanum Fortunae, c.20 BC, reconstruction (after Morgan).

187 Capital from the Temple of Mars Ultor, Rome late first century BC (photo DAI Rome).

188 Detail of the Ara Pacis, Rome, dedicated 9 BC, (photo Anderson).

189 Tiber Island turned into a boat, Rome, probably first century BC (photo DAI Rome).

190 Rear entry wall of the Forum of Augustus showing the Temple of Mars Ultor inside, Rome, late first century BC (photo author).

191 Porta Maggiore, Rome, c.AD 40 (photo: author).

192 Harbour portico, Ostia, c.AD 40 (photo DAI Rome).

193 Substructures of the Temple of Divus Claudius, Rome, c.AD 50–60 (photo Yale University Press, London).

194 Temple of Vespasian, Pompeii, AD 69–79 (photo Fototeca Unione).

195 Palace of Domitian, Rome, c.AD 90, view of interior (photo W. Macdonald).

196 Greek pallium and Roman toga (Martha Montgomery).

197 Temple of Apollo Sosianus, c.20 BC, reconstruction of interior (after Viscogliosi).

198 Upper terrace of theatre, Taormina, early second century AD (photo author).

199 Trajan’s Markets, Rome, early second century AD (photo author).

200 Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, AD 118–34, Canopus (photo DAI Rome).

201 Pantheon, Rome c.AD 125, interior (photo Fototeca Unione).

202 Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, AD 118–34, Piazza d’Oro (Ward-Perkins).

203 Hadrian’s Mausoleum, adapted as Castel Sant’ Angelo, Rome, begun AD 134 (photo Fototeca Unione).

204 Vault decoration, Golden House of Nero, Rome, c.AD 65 (after d’Olanda).

205 Triumphal procession of Titus with spoils from Jerusalem, detail from the Arch of Titus, Rome, AD 80–85 (photo Alinari).

206 Hercules statue from Domitian’s palace on the Palatine, Rome, green marble, c.AD 90, Palazzo della Pilotta, Parma (photo DAI Rome).

207 Fountain, Domitian’s palace on Palatine, Rome, c.AD 90 (photo Fototeca Unione).

208 Wall-painting from house at Pompeii, AD 69–79, so-called Fourth Style, National Museum, Naples (photo Anderson).

209 Opus sectile wall panel from Nero’s palace on the Palatine, c.AD 60, Antiquario Palatino, Rome (photo DAI Rome).

210 Opus sectile wall panel from Nero’s palace on the Palatine, c.AD 60, Antiquario Palatino (photo DAI Rome).

211 Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, c.AD 120, plan (after Ward-Perkins).

212 Lady playing cithara, wall-painting from a villa at Boscoreale, c.40 BC, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1903 (photo museum).

213 ‘Roma Barberini’, wall-painting, fourth century AD, National Museum, Rome (photo Yale University Press, London).

214 Centaurs and wild animals, mosaic from Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli, early second century AD or older, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preussischer Kulturbesitz (photo museum).

215 Wild animal hunt, staged, mosaic, fourth century AD (photo Anderson).

216 Hadrian, marble, c.AD 130, National Museum, Rome (photo Anderson).

217 Philip the Arab, mid-third century AD, Vatican Museums, Rome (photo Anderson).

218 Panel of giallo antico marble, with surrounding elements of cipollino, rosso antico and porta santa, House of Telephus, Herculaneum, AD 50–79 (photo Clayton Fant).

219 Hylas dragged into the water by nymphs, marble inlay panel from the Basilica of Junius Bassus, Rome, second quarter of the fourth century AD (photo DAI, Rome).

220 Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, AD 532–7, interior (photo Staatliche Bildstelle, Berlin).

221 Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, AD 532–7, narthex (photo Thomas Matthews).

222 Arch of Constantine, Rome, c.AD 315 (photo Ralph Lieberman).

223 St Peter’s, Rome, interior of transept, c.330 AD, drawing by Maarten van Heemskerk showing (behind) the new St Peter’s under construction, National Museum, Stockholm (photo museum).

224 S. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, AD 533–6, interior with apse mosaic (photo DAI Rome).

225 Funerary statue of warrior, marble, c.525 BC, National Museum, Athens (photo Marburg).

226 Praying figures, split marble slabs, from narthex of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, AD 532–7 (photo Thomas Matthews).

227 Scroll and book (Martha Montgomery).

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