Images

The Lupercalian festival in Rome: Cupid and Personifications of Fertility encounter the Luperci dressed as dogs and goats, a pen and ink drawing by the Circle of Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610).

Cupid on a Dolphin, painting by Erasmus Quellinus II, 1630 CE. Museo del Prado, Madrid.

Saint Valentine kneeling in supplication, painting by David Teniers III, 1677 CE.

Part of a mosaic pavement depicting Atalanta on horseback hunting a lion. The lion and the end of the Greek inscription giving Atalanta's name are missing. From a Roman Villa at Halicarnassus, 4th century CE. British Museum, London.

Roman bas-relief depicting the arrival of Aeneas and his Trojan companions in Italy, made about 140-150 CE. Aeneas is landing on the shores of Latium with his companions. His son Ascanius is behind him. On the left is the sow who tells him...

Limestone statue group depicting Aeneas carrying Anchises, from a mausoleum of Cologne, 2nd century CE. LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, Germany.

Reconstructions of Celtic burial mounds dating to the La Tène period (5th to 1st century BCE). The mounds were surrounded by circular ditches of 0.6 metres and 1.2 metres. European Archaeological Park of Bliesbruck-Reinheim, Germany / France...

A recreation of the wooden funeral chamber of the 'Princess of Reinheim', dating from the 4th century BCE. The burial chamber was filled with exceptionally rich funerary objects. European Archaeological Park of Bliesbruck-Reinheim, Germany...

A number of the gold coins found in the Celtic Essendon hoard from Hertfordshire, England. The hoard dates to the period c. 60 BCE to 40 CE. It is likely the coins were buried as a votive offering as the hoard was added to over a period of...

The Rape of the Sabine Women, painting by Nicolas Poussin, 1637-1638 CE. Louvre, Paris Photo credit: Francisco Anzola