Etruscan/Roman Empire

Sarcophagus of the Spouses

Date: 520 BCE

Location: Italy (Etruscan empire)

Material: Terracotta clay

Content: Funerary sarcophagus which would have contained cremated human remains / commissioned by an elite

Tomb of Triclinium

Date: 470 BCE

Location: Italy (Estruscan)

Material: Mural Fresco

Content: single room with walls covered in fesco painting depicting feasts, music, dancing, and games.

Apollo of Veii

Date: 500 BCE

Location: Italy ( Etruscan)

Material: Terracotta

Content: Statue of Apollo from the roof of the Portonaccio temple / stylized features, clothed, braided hair

Head Of a Roman Patrician

Date: 75 BCE

Location: Italy (Roman)

Material: marble

Content: Veristic (hyper realistic) sculpture of a middle aged man / shows how age represented wisdom and power

Augustus of Primaporta

Date: 20 BCE

Location: Italy (Roman)

Material: marble

Content: propaganda sculpture of Augustus to represent him as youthful and athletic, his connection to the gods, and his military victories.

Colosseum

Date: 80 CE

Location: Italy (Roman)

Material : concrete and marble

Content: large amphitheater meant to hold excecutions, speeches, combats, and animal slaughtering./ barrel vaulted rings, arches, Greek columns.

Column of Trajan

Date: 113 CE

Location: Italy (Roman)

Material: marble

Content: meant to celebrate Trajans victory in the Dacian wars / frieze around the column depicts combat scenes and ethnic typing against the Dacians/ bottom of the column served as a tomb for Trajan when he passed.

Pantheon

Date: 118 CE

Location: Italy (Roman)

Material: concrete

Content: temple dedicated to Roman gods/ dome with coffers and columns and an oculus / possibly designed by Apollodorus and patroned by Emperor Hadrian

Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus

Date: 250 CE

Location: Italy (roman)

Material: marble

Content: high relief sculpture tomb showcasing battle between the romans and goths