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Roman mosaic depicting Odysseus and the Sirens. From Dougga (Tunisia), 2nd century CE. In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus' ship sails past the island of the Sirens. The hero is tied to the mast of his ship to resist the allure of the Sirens' song...

3rd Century mosaic of Bikini Girls at the Villa Romana at Piazza Armerina in Sicily.

Map of the western Mediterranean at the time of the First Punic War in 264 BCE.

Principal areas of the Italian penninsula and its vincinity up to the Second Punic War (218 BC).

A map of Caesar's campaign against the Helvetii in Gaul, 58 BC.

A map of Caesar's campaign against the Belgae tribe in Gaul, 57 BC.

A map of Roman limes, located outside the city of Trier, in present-day Germany.

Routes of the Barbarian invaders into the Roman Empire during the Migration Age.

Excavations at side of Roman Bath and the Hexamilion wall

The Ain Dara temple is an Iron Age Syro-Hittite temple, located northwest of Aleppo, Syria, and dating to between the 10th and 8th century BC. It is noted for its similarities to Solomon's Temple as described in the Hebrew Bible. The surviving...