Images

Cenotaph of Marcus Caelius, 1st centurion of Legio XVIII who fell in the war of Varus, the Battle in the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE. (LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn) Inscription: "To Marcus Caelius, son of Titus, of the Lemonian district, from Bologna...

Bust of Roman emperor Gallienus, 261-268 CE, from Rome(?). (Cinquantenaire Museum, Bruxelles)

Etruscan Terracotta Sarcophagus of Larthia Seianti, found in Chiusi, 3rd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Florence)

Detail of the Etruscan Sarcophagus of the Spouses, considered one of the great masterpieces of Etruscan art. It is a late 6th century BCE Etruscan anthropoid sarcophagus made of terracotta. It depicts a married couple reclining at a banquet...

This is an artistic 3D impression of what the Battle of Teutoburg Forest (September, 9 CE) may have looked like.

A reconstruction of a Roman legionary's kit from the 1st century CE. (Museum und Park Kalkriese, Germany)

A statue of the Germanic leader Arminius (Hermann) who defeated a Roman army at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE. Near Detmold, Germany.

A map illustrating the troop positions of the 9 CE Battle of Teutoburg Forest in Germany between Roman and German tribes.

View over the Teutoburg Forest, the site of the famous battle which took place on September 9 CE, when an alliance of Germanic tribes ambushed and decisively destroyed three Roman legions and their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius...

An Etruscan gold necklace with lotus flower decoration. Vetulonia, 7th century BCE. (Temporary exhibition at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, Netherlands)