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"The Praetorians Relief"
Sculpture; Bas-reliefs; Men; Military personnel; Soldiers; Military officers; People associated with military activities; Guards; Bodyguards; People associated with health & safety; Clothing & dress; Military uniforms; Uniforms; Belts...
"This piece depicts three soldiers in high relief in the foreground and two others, accompanied by a standard bearer, in bas-relief behind. The plaque's original upright is preserved in the lower right; the upright on the left is modern. As...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Emperor with the head of Trajan, front view.
Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Military officers; Military personnel; People associated with military activities; Gestures; Clothing & dress; Hairstyles; Military uniforms;...
"This armored statue was discovered in the ancient city of Gabii. […] The portrait of Trajan, set on a modern neck, did not belong to the statue; it was furnished in 1793 by Vincenzo Pacetti, who produced this reconstituted piece for the...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Augustus of Primaporta, front view.
Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; Upper class; People associated with politics & government; People associated with military activities; Military officers; Military personnel; Standing; Gestures; Hairstyles; Clothing & dress;...
"Augustus in Armor, found in Primaporta" (caption)
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

"The Praetorians Relief," close-up view of figures.
Sculpture; Bas-reliefs; Men; Military personnel; Soldiers; Military officers; People associated with military activities; Guards; Bodyguards; People associated with health & safety; Clothing & dress; Military uniforms; Uniforms; Belts...
"Antonine relief depicting the Praetorian Guard. This troop of imperial bodyguards [...]" (caption, p. 126)
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Battle of Alexander [at Issus], detail, right center.
Paintings; Oil paintings; Storytelling; Campaigns & battles; Battlefields; War; Warfare; Military life; Military maneuvers; Military mobilizations; Fighting; Victories; Details; Aerial views; Bird's-eye views; Seas; Bodies of water; Mountains;...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

The Combat of Mars and Minerva.
Paintings; Oil paintings; Storytelling; Campaigns & battles; Fighting; Death; Homicides; Myths; Legends; Fictitious characters; Supernatural beings; Gods; Goddesses; Men; Women; Soldiers; Armies; Military personnel; People associated with...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Battle of Alexander [at Issus], detail, lower right corner.
Paintings; Oil paintings; Storytelling; Campaigns & battles; War; Warfare; Military life; Military maneuvers; Military mobilizations; Fighting; Victories; Battlefields; Details; Men; People associated with military activities; Military...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Marie de' Medici series, The Education of Marie de' Medici.
Paintings; Oil paintings; Storytelling; Education; Studying; Teaching; Portraits; Women; Queens; Princesses; Rulers; Upper class; Men; Gods; Goddesses; Myths; Legends; Fictitious characters; Supernatural beings; Teachers; Musicians; Nudes; Backs...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Hadrian as general, front view.
Sculpture; Metalwork; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; People associated with military activities; Military officers; Generals; Military personnel; Clothing & dress; Military uniforms;...
Portrait bust, from Tel Shalem, Israel.
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

General, from the Sanctuary of Hercules, Tivoli, Italy, front view.
Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Generals; Military officers; Military personnel; People associated with military activities; Upper class; Older people; Standing; Lifting & carrying; Muscles; Clothing & dress; Military uniforms; Uniforms; Armor
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Hadrian as imperator, from Hierapytna, Greece, front view.
Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; People associated with military activities; Military officers; Military leadership; Leadership; Standing; Clothing & dress; Military...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Arch of Tiberius, Orange, France, detail of facade reliefs.
Architecture; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Arches; Memorial arches; Victories; Power (Social sciences); Architectural elements; Sculpture; Architectural sculpture; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Trophies (Architectural...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Trajan as imperator, from Ostia, Italy, front view.
Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; People associated with military activities; Military officers; Military leadership; Leadership; Standing; Hairstyles; Clothing & dress;...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Amphitheater, Pompeii, Italy, gladiatorial contest, reconstruction.
Architecture; Buildings; Theaters; Open-air theaters; Amphitheaters; Cultural facilities; Sports & recreation facilities; Social & civic facilities; Architectural elements; Arches; Sports; Recreation; Games; Entertainment; Contests;...
"...the official dressed as Charun, sensing the end is near, hovers in the background." (caption, p.217)
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Triumph of Titus, procession through Rome of the spoils of war from the sack of Jerusalem in AD 70, reconstruction.
Parades & processions; Military parades & ceremonies; Ticker tape parades; Rites & ceremonies; Victories; Victory celebrations; Celebrations; War; Reconstructions; Illustrations; Conjectural works; Drawings; Architectural drawings;...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Domitian, bronze equestrian statue, reworked with head of Nerva.
Sculpture; Equestrian statues; Metalwork; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; Upper class; People associated with politics & government; People associated with military activities; Military officers; Military personnel; Clothing & dress;...
“Detail from a bronze equestrian statue of the emperor Domitian, which was raised from the sea floor near Miseno. After the emperor’s violent death and the subsequent declaration of a damnatio memoriae – the abolition of his memory – the...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Loggia of Leo X, [Palazzi Pontifici], Vatican, Rome, Italy, eleventh vault, scenes from the life of David.
Architecture; Buildings; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Loggias; Ceilings; Vaults (Architecture); Murals; Paintings; Storytelling; Biblical events; Campaigns & battles; Battlefields; Fighting; Death; Homicides; Men; Prophets; Kings; Rulers;...
"The panels with biblical scenes are framed by antique grotesques and fictive sculpture." (caption, p.462)
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

"The Fight for the Body of Patroclus," from Illustrations to Homer's "Iliad."
Engravings; Prints; Intaglio prints; Illustrations; Book illustrations; Books; Poetry; Storytelling; Myths; Legends; Fighting; Campaigns & battles; Death; Homicides; Men; Adults; Warriors; Soldiers; Military personnel; Dead persons; Victims;...
Engraving.
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Sheep.
Collages; Men; Adults; Standing; Clothing & dress; Armor; Beards; Mustaches; Arms (Anatomy); Hands; Gestures; Lifting & carrying; Shadows; Pyramids; Animals; Inscriptions; Artists' signatures
Collage on paper.
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Bronze greave, detail.
Sculpture; Metalwork; Armor; Gladiators; Clothing & dress; Symbols; Gods; People associated with religion; Men; Heads (Anatomy); Hairstyles; Myths; Legends; Supernatural beings; Fictitious characters; Details
From the Gladiator Barracks with a Dionysian head, thyrsi, and other symbols associated with Dionysus.
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

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