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Cloelia

Detail from The Legend of Coelia (ca. 1480) by Guidoccio Cozzarelli. Source.

Colosseum, 1855

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Daguerreotypes of Baalbek, 1843

The Temple of Bacchus and the Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, taken by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey 1843-44. Source.

 

Penry Williams

Penry Williams, Tiber with the temple of Hercules Victor, Santa Maria in Cosmedin, and the Ponte Rotto seen from the covent of San Barto (c. 1827). Source. Also.

The Arch of Constantine, 1819

Detail of Gaspare Gabrielli, The Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum, seen from the Palatine Hill, 1819. Source.

The Tarpeian Rock, 1780

The Tarpeian Rock as it appeared in 1780, watercolour by Francis Towne. Persons thrown off the rock include: Tarpeia, Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, and Simon bar Giora.

Colosseum, 1804

François Marius Granet, Interior View of the Colosseum in Rome (1804). Source.

Chur Roman Ruins Sheds

Look here for an appreciation of the shelters built to house Roman ruins in the Swiss town of Chur.

The Arch of Constantine, ca. 1720

Bernardo Bellotto, The Arch of Constantine (ca. 1720). Source.

Young Hercules

This bronze statue of young Hercules was uncovered in Rome in 1864 near the Theatre of Pompey. It had been ritually interred after being struck by lightning. Source.