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Queen Boudicca
A statue of Boudicca on her chariot (close to the Houses of Parliament, London).
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Ptolemy XII Bust
Portrait of Ptolemy XII from the Louvre, Paris.
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Foundation figure of Ur-Nammu
From Uruk, southern Iraq Third Dynasty of Ur, about 2100-2000 BC. The king as a temple builder with a basket of earth to make bricks. This bronze figure represents Ur-Nammu, the ruler of Ur (about 2112-2095 BC). It was made for burial...
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Belisarius
Belisarius may be this bearded figure on the right of Emperor Justinian I in the mosaic in the Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, which celebrates the reconquest of Italy by the Byzantine army under the skillful leadership of Belisarius. The...
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The Battle of Zama - Troop Deployment
The Battle of Zama (202 BCE) - Roman and Carthaginian troop deployment.
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Portrait of Queen Hatshepsut
A stone statue of Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt (reigned 1479–1458 BC, 18th Dynasty).
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Flavius Anastasius Probus
Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius (consul 517 CE) in consular garb, holding a sceptre and the mappa, a piece of cloth used to signal the start of chariot races at the Hippodrome. Ivory panel from his consular diptych.
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Map of Byzantine Constantinople
Topographical map of Constantinople during the Byzantine period. Main map source: R. Janin, Constantinople Byzantine. Developpement urbain et repertoire topographique. Road network and some other details based on Dumbarton Oaks Papers 54...
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Map of Alexander the Great's Conquests
A map showing the route that Alexander the Great took to conquer Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Bactria.
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Bust Formerly Attributed to Scipio Africanus
This bust is at the National Archeological Museum in Naples, Italy. It was excavated in the Villa dei Papirii in Herculaneum and was thought to depict Scipio Africanus the Elder. However, this hypothesis has been discarded, and the bust is...