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Ostraka for Themistocles
Pottery ostraka identifying Themistocles, 482 BCE. These were used in Athens to vote a particular citizen to be ostracised from the polis. From a well on the north slope of the acropolis of Athens. (Museum of the Ancient Agora, Athens)

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Model of Athens' Acropolis
A model of the Athenian acropolis in the 5th century BCE. The monumental Propylaea gives access to the Parthenon (centre) and the Erechtheion (left side). (Acropolis Museum, Athens)

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Hemispherical Sundial
A Roman period sundial of the Greek hemispherical type. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus)

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Assassination of Alboin (detail)
The Assassination of Alboin, Charles Landseer, 1856 CE, Peter Nahum At The Leicester Galleries.

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Alboin from the Nuremberg Chronicle
Alboin from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493 CE, Bavarian State Library

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The Assassination of Alboin
The Assassination of Alboin, Charles Landseer, 1856 CE, Peter Nahum At The Leicester Galleries.

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Alboin and Rosamunde
Alboin and Rosamunde, School of Rubens, 1651 CE, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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Deer and Fountain Mosaic
This mosaic scene of tame deer drinking from an ornate fountain was a popular scene in Early Christian art, as it symbolized the fountain of life. 4th or 5th century CE, from Carthage. On display at the British Museum, London (MLA 1859.4-2.90...

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Corbita Sailing
This marble relief shows a man sailing a corbita, a small Roman coastal vessel with two masts. Found at Carthage, most likely produced in Africa Proconsularis (modern-day Tunisia) circa 200 CE. The corbita's sails were most likely made...

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Dionysos from the Parthenon.
Figure D (commonly identified as Dionysos) from the East Pediment of the Parthenon. Here we can see his legs, and where his feet would have been attatched. He reclines on a rock. His seat is softened by a mantle and an animal fur. Despite...