Search Results: Neptune

Neptune is the Roman god of the sea and the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Poseidon. He was originally a god of fresh water and became associated with Poseidon early on in Roman history. He lives in a golden palace at the bottom of the...

Mosaic decoration depicting the sea god Neptune with his wife Amphitrite. Summer triclinium of the House of Neptune and Amphitrite, Herculaneum.

A Roman mosaic depicting the sea god Neptune being pulled in a chariot by two hippocampi. From Sousse, Tunisia. 3rd Century CE. (Sousse Archaeological Museum)

Roman mosaic depicting Neptune in his chariot. The god brandishes his trident as he stands in his chariot, which is drawn by four sea horses. From the East Baths of Thamugadi (Timgad), dated to the 3rd century CE. Timgad Museum, Algeria...

The term comes from the Greek word “kingly hall” to describe the covered public hall or stoa that the Romans first built in the forum area in the 2nd century BCE for conducting legal and business activities. The Basilica Porcia was first...

Neptune was god of the oceans, freshwater, and seas (he was the counterpart of the Greek god Posiedon). The outer surface of this bowl was decorated with Neptune and a merman on his left and dolphin and Jupiter to his right. From Inveresk...

Antoine Coysevox's Neptune in the Louvre (Paris, France), 1705.

Copies of Neo-Attic reliefs in the Sacred Area of Herculaneum depicting the four gods Vulcan, Neptune, Mercury and Minerva to whom a temple was dedicated.

Villa of Neptune and Amphitrite, Herculaneum. The famous wall mosaic and its subjects gives the villa its name.

Ancient Roman fresco (50-79 CE), Pompeii, Italy.