Images

Bust of Lucian of Samosata, image included by William Faithorne in John Dryden's The works of Lucian, translated from the Greek by several eminent hands, London, 1711. Born in Roman Syria in the 2nd century CE, Lucian was a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

The Uruk archaeological site at Warka in Iraq, photo by SAC Andy Holmes (RAF), 2008.

The House of Bonaparte was a short-lived but highly influential European dynasty that rose to prominence during the upheavals of the French Revolutionary...

The War of 1812 (1812–1815) was a transatlantic conflict between the United States and Great Britain that grew out of unresolved tensions from the Napoleonic Wars. Under President James Madison (in office 1809–1817...