Stately portraits, raucous frescoes, delicate jewelry, and intricate mosaics—all these treasures and more fill the galleries of Ancient Splendor: Roman Art in the Time of Trajan. The new special ...
The story of Emperor Trajan’s victory over a mighty barbarian empire isn’t just one for the books. It’s also told in 155 scenes carved in a spiral frieze on a monumental column. In back-to-back wars ...
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View A capriccio of Roman ruins with the Pantheon, the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, the statue of Marcus Aurelius, Trajan's Column, the Temple of Fortuna Virilis and the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli ...