Images

A map illustrating the various invasions suffered by the Western Roman Empire between 100 and 500 CE.

Detail from Saturn Devouring a Son, oil on canvas by Peter Paul Rubens, 1636. Museo del Prado, Madrid.

Giant open air bas-relief in Mahabalipuram, India. Created between 600 CE – 630 CE, during the reign of Pallava King Mahendravarman I, It is called Descent of the Ganges or Arjuna’s Penance.

Pancha Ratha or five chariots is a group of monuments bearing the signs of the architectural supremacy during the ruling of Pallava Dynasty in Mahabaipuram, India. The creation of Pancha Ratha started during the reign of Pallava King Mahendravarman...

Orpheus playing his harp for the wild beasts, dates from about 194 CE and is the oldest of the Edessa/Urda mosaics. The artist's name is even engraved in the piece, "Bar Saged."

In the center of this mosaic dating from CE 563 is a symbol representing the four apostles who wrote the four gospels found in the New Testament: Matthew is depicted as a lion; Mark is depicted as an ox; Luke is depicted as a man; and John...

This African man leading a Zebra is a clear indication that Edessa (Sanliurfa) was connected to the massive trade routes that went through the middle east in the 3rd to 4th centuries CE.

Marble head of Germanicus, carved in about 10 CE to commemorate the journey of the Emperor Augustus with his adoptive grandson Germanicus to Pannonia (today Hungary). Now in Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Marble head of Germanicus, found in 1844 in the heart of the city of Beziers (France) where the ancient Forum of Colonia Julia Baeterrae Septimanorum stood. Ca. 14-23 CE. Now in Musée Saint-Raymond, Toulouse.

Basalt bust of the great Roman general Germanicus, from Egypt, about 14-20 CE. In late antiquity Christians broke the nose of the bust and carved a cross on the forehead. Now in British Museum, London.