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Seated Buddha from Gandhara
This Seated Buddha was found in Gandhara, Pakistan (100-300 CE).
This image was taken at the National Museum of Australia in the travelling exhibition A History of the World in 100 (and 1) Objects.

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Map of the Roman Empire in 125 CE
A map of the Roman Empire and Europe in 125 CE, at the time of Roman emperor Hadrian.
"Barbarian" names and locations are given as found in the works of Tacitus (written c. 100 CE).

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Invasions of the Roman Empire
A map illustrating the various invasions suffered by the Western Roman Empire between 100 and 500 CE.

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Julius Caesar (Artistic Facial Reconstruction)
A photorealistic representation of Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE) as he may have appeared in life. This reconstruction is based on archaeological evidence including bust, coinage, and descriptions of Julius Caesar in historical accounts. Contemporary...

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Ptolemy's Map of the World
The map of the world created by the astronomer and geographer Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100 - c. 170 CE). From a 15th-century book by Leinhart Holle. Made by the German cartographer Donnus Nicholas Germanus.

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Claudius Ptolemy Portrait
A 15th-century portrait of the astronomer and geographer Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100 - c. 170 CE) attributed to Justus van Gent or Pedro Berruguete. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

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Nile Mosaic of Palestrina
This mosaic was part of the floor of a grotto in Palestrina, near Rome, Italy. It dates to c. 100 BCE and is an example of the interest that Roman artists and elites began to take in Ptolemaic Egypt during the 2nd and 1st Centuries BCE...

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Aphrodite, Eros, & Pan
A Parian marble statue group of Aphrodite, Eros, and Pan. From the 'House of the Poseidoniastai', Delos. The statue was dedicated to Dionysos, c. 100 BCE. Aphrodite is depicted fighting off the advances of Pan with her sandal. (National Archaeological...

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Ptolemaic Universe
A 17th-century map by Jan van Loon of the cosmos as proposed by the astronomer and geographer Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100 - c. 170 CE).

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Venus of Milo
So-called “Venus de Milo” (Aphrodite from Melos). Parian marble, ca. 130-100 BC? Found in Melos in 1820.
On display at the Louvre, Paris.
Gift of the Marquis de Rivière to Louis XVIII of France, 1821