Colosseum Ruins Rome, Italy

Trajan's Column Rome, Italy

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The head of a statue ostensibly identified as Empress Messalina. It bears marks of intentional damage which would fit the decree passed by the Senate damning Messalina's memory after her execution by Emperor Claudius.

Nicely preserved Roman coin featuring a portrait of Agrippina the Elder, the mother of Emperor Caligula. Agrippina died in exile during the reign of Tiberius. Her son retrieved her remains and had her reinterred in the Mausoleum of Augustus in a show of familial piety. The coin was minted during his reign.

Medium: Marble

Pompeii, Italy

Theatre Ruins Pompeii, Italy

Pompeii, Italy

A portrait considered to be of Gaius Caesar, grandson of the emperor Augustus by his daughter Julia. Gaius and his younger brother Lucius were groomed as his successors and attained the highest offices in the state. In 3AD he was wounded during a campaign in Armenia and died the following year at the age of twenty-three. His passing led to Tiberius taking up the mantle of Augustus' successor.

Provinience: Tarquinia, Tomb of the Orcus (Tomb of the Ogre, Tomb of Murina) (Tarquinia, Tomba dell’Orco (Tomba dei Murina)).

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ETRU Museo Nazionale etrusco di Villa Giulia

House of the Faun Pompeii, Italy

Apollo, Pompei, Napoli.

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