Images

A gold diadem with central knot of Hercules from Tarentum (Taranto), southern Italy. 4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A gold ring with female head from Tarentum (Taranto), southern Italy. 4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A gold pendant earring from Tarentum (Taranto), southern Italy. 4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

The remains of the kilns at the Roman baths at Venusia (modern Venosa), southern Italy. 2nd-3rd century CE.

The remains of the Roman baths at Venusia (modern Venosa), southern Italy. 2nd-3rd century CE.

The remains of the ovens of the Roman baths at Venusia (modern Venosa), southern Italy. 2nd-3rd century CE.

A gold pendant earring with filigree decoration. Venusia, southern Italy, VII century CE.(Archaeological Museum of Venosa, Italy)

A Roman bronze coin of Venusia (modern Venosa), southern Italy. Eagle grasping three arrows and VE inscription. (Archaeological Museum of Venosa, Italy)

Gold and glass paste pendant earring with filigree and granulation. Acropolis, Herakleia, southern Italy. 1st century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Siritide, Policoro, Italy)

A gold and carnelian ring with leaf of life carving. Acropolis, Herakleia, southern Italy. 1st century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Siritide, Policoro, Italy)