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Glycon the Snake God
A statue of the snake god Glycon, whose cult became popular in the 2nd-century CE Roman Empire. The Roman satirist Lucian credits the founding of the cult to the mystic and apparent oracle Alexander of Abonoteichus. Museum...
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Map of the Scythian Expanse, c. 700-300 BCE
The westward expansion of the Scythians (c. 700–300 BCE) illustrates how mobile steppe societies could reshape the political and cultural landscapes of Eurasia without building territorial empires. Originating...
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Hekate Goddess of Magic
Hekate, painting by Maximilian Pirner, 1901. A depiction of the Greek goddess Hekate, or Hecate, with her many symbols and faces in an art nouveau style. She is associated with the domains of magic, witchcraft, night, light...
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Map of the Growth of Christianity in the Roman Empire
The rise and spread of Christianity (1st–5th centuries CE) traces the transformation of a small, decentralized religious movement in Roman Judea into a faith that reshaped the political, social, and...
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Caligula Deposits His Mother's Ashes in the Tomb
Caligula Depositing the Ashes of his Mother and Brother in the Tomb of his Ancestors, oil on canvas painting by Eustache Le Sueur, c. 1647. Depicted here is Emperor Caligula as he places the ashes of...
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Agrippina and Germanicus
Agrippina and Germanicus, oil on panel painting by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1614. Here, Rubens depicts Agrippina the Elder and Germanicus, a power couple of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty in the early years of the Roman Empire...
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Portrait of Agrippina the Elder
Marble portrait of Agrippina the Elder (Agrippina Major) from the 1st century CE, photograph by Didier Descouens, 11 May 2023.
National Archeological Museum of Venice.
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Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus
Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus, oil on canvas painting by Benjamin West, 1768. Depicted here is Agrippina the Elder in late 19 CE as she returns to Brundisium...
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The Classical Orders of Architecture - From Greece to Rome, the Five Pillars of Architectural Design
The five classical orders of architecture: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite, form a codified system of proportion, decoration, and structural logic...
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Ruins of Uruk
The Uruk archaeological site at Warka in Iraq, photo by SAC Andy Holmes (RAF), 2008.
