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Kneeling Persian
This Roman sculpture from the early 2nd century CE is a copy of a Greek bronze statue from the early 2nd century BCE. It depicts a Persian soldier. It is on loan from the Vatican Museums and is currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum...

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Roman Lictor Carrying Fasces
An illustration of a Roman lictor carrying the fasces, symbol of magisterial authority. (From 'Habiti Antichi e Moderni' by Cesare Vecellio)

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Roman Coin Depicting Lictors Carrying Fasces
A Roman coin depicting the head of Liberty on one face and the consul Brutus and two lictors carrying fasces on the other. 54 BCE.

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Pattadakal, Galaganatha Temple
This temple was one of the last to be built at the site of Pattadakal around 750 CE.

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Pattadakal, Sangameswara Temple
This temple of the Pattadakal complex was built in 720 CE by Vijayaditya and originally named as Vijayeswara temple.

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Votive Statue of Melqart
Votive statue of Melqart from Gades (Cadiz, Spain), 7th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum, Seville). Melquart was a Phoenician god and patron god of the city of Tyre.

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Phoenician/Punic Necklace with Amulets
Phoenician or Carthaginian amulets in the form of bearded heads made of sand-core glass, 4th-3rd century BCE (Cagliari, Museo Archeologico Nazionale).

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Hellenistic Colossal Head of a Youth
Fragmentary colossal head of a youth, from the Pergamon Gymnasium, Hellenistic period, 2nd century BCE (Pergamon Museum, Berlin)

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Triumph of Titus
A reconstructed relief panel from the original on the Arch of Titus, Rome, c. 81 CE. The scene, showing the triumph of Titus, is carved in three-quarter view and has Titus riding a four-horse chariot (quadriga) and shows him being crowned...

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Triumph of Marcus Aurelius
A panel from a Roman sarcophagus depicting the triumph of Marcus Aurelius. (Capitoline Museums, Rome)