Images

A Roman bronze key from the western cemetery of Aosta, northern Italy. Date unknown. (Archaeological Museum, Aosta)

Artist's impression of how Caesar and his army marching through Gaul may have looked like. This is a marketing picture for the Rome II: Total War DLC "Caesar in Gaul".

Two P-shape bronze fibulae. 2nd-3rd century CE. Provenance unknown. (private collection)

A Roman glass bowl or cup with moulded ribs. From the western cemetery of Aosta, northern Italy. Mid-1st century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Aosta)

Two Roman brooches made from bronze. The left is an example of an 'omega' brooch whilst the right is an example of the 'pincer' type. 3rd century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Aosta)

A reconstruction of a Roman thermopolio or hot food and drink shop. (Archaeological Museum, Aosta)

A colossal basalt statue of Coatlicue ('Serpent Skirt'), the Aztec mother-earth goddess and mother of Huitzilopochtli. The goddess is represented with a severed head replaced by two snake heads, wearing a necklace of severed hands and human...

The Last Supper, oil on panel (c. 1562) by Joan de Joanes (1510–1579). Prado Museum.

An illustration of the various Roman coin values at the time of Augustus. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome).

Some of the most common Roman coins, including the gold aureus, silver denarius and brass sestertius.