Images

The Fire of Rome, 18 July 64 AD' by Hubert Robert, 1733-1808 CE. (Musee des Beaux-Arts Andre Malraux, Le Havre, France)

An example of a Minoan Linear A tablet.

A 16th century CE engraving of Hipponax of Ephesus. ("Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum " published by Guillaume Rouille)

A 17th century CE engraving of Xenophanes of Colophon, the Greek philosopher. (from Thomas Stanley's 'The History of Philosophy')

A marble bust of Roman Emperor Lucius Verus (r. 161-9 CE). From Tarraco, Spain. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona, Spain)

A reconstruction of a Roman ship's anchor. Late Imperial period. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona, Spain)

Roman glass funerary urns. 1st-2nd century CE, Tarraco. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona, Spain)

A detail of a Roman mosaic showing fish. Tarraco, 3rd century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona, Spain)

A bronze portrait of a woman, Roman, 1st century CE, Emporiae. (Archaeological Museum, Empuries, Spain)

A section of the remaining walls of the castra praetoria, the camp in Rome for the Praetorian Guard from 23 CE.