Period Styles

Bronze gladiator's helmet. Date 1st century CE. It has a grille of linked circles to protect the face, and a broad brim to protect the back and sides of the head. At the front of the helmet is a medallion of Hercules.

Roman Mosaic depictiing a drinking contest between Herakles and Dionysos, early 3rd century CE.

Roman Glass Amphora, 3rd Century AD.

'Rehearsal of a Satyr Play,' Mosaic from the Tablinum, House of the Tragic Poet, in situ in Pompeii.

Funeral dance, Etruscan fresco from a tomb cover, 5th century BCE.

Decorative plate with Herakles bust. Roman Empire, 3rd century.

Chapter 4 - Ancient Roman - Plate 3 of 3.

A fresco at Pompeii depicting a literate female Etruscan browsing through a scroll.