Ancient Rome

The Temple of Portunus, Rome, ca. 100 BCE. Travertine, tufa, concrete

The Pantheon, Rome, 118-125 CE. Concrete, brick, and marble

Second Style wall-painting from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale, Italy, ca.
50-40 BCE. Fresco

The “Ixion Room” at the House of the Vettii at Pompeii. Fourth Style wall painting, c.
70-79 CE. Fresco

The “Tivoli General”. Portrait of a Roman nobleman from Tivoli (outside of Rome),
ca. 75-50 BC. Marble

Portrait of Augustus as a general (the “Primaporta Augustus”), from Primaporta,
Italy (near Rome), ca. 10 CE. Marble

Panel showing Tellus (Earth-goddess) surrounded by symbols of peace and plenty,
from the east side of the Ara Pacis, Rome, 13-9 BCE. Marble relief-sculpture

Decursio relief, relief-sculpture from the pedestal of the Column of Antoninus Pius,
Rome, ca. 161 CE. Marble

Portraits of the four Tetrarchs, from Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), ca. 305
CE. Porphyry