The Roman Empire

27 BCE-476 CE

Augustus

r. 27 BCE-14 CE

The Battle of Actium (31 BCE)Lorenzo A. Castro, 1672

Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE

The Pax Romana

27 BCE-180 CE

Augustus Has the Doors of the Temple of Janus ClosedLouis de Boullogne the Younger, c. 1681

Maecenas Presenting the Liberal Arts to AugustusGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1743

Ara Pacis(The Altar of Peace)

13-9 BCE

The Roman Forum

Forum of Augustus Dedicated 2 BCE

The Flavian Dynasty

Vespasian, Titus, and Domitianr. 19-96 CE

The Colloseum

Dedicated in 80 CE

Trajan

r. 98-117

The Column of Trajan

Apollodorus of Damascus,106-13 CE

Roman Soldiers Felling Trees

Roman Soldiers Building a Fortress

Roman Ships on the Danube

Roman Turtle Formation

Hadrian

r. 117-38 CE

The Pantheon

Apollodorus of Damascus, 118-25 CE

Interior of the PantheonGiovanni Paolo Panini, c. 1734

Marcus Aurelius

r. 161-80

Bust of Marcus Aurelius, c. 161-80

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, c. 160s-170s CE

Caracalla

r. 198-217

Head of Caracalla, c. 215 CE

CaracallaSir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1902

Geta and Caracalla: Bear Fight in the ColloseumSir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1907

The Baths of Caracalla

212-16 CE

Reconstructions

The Baths of CaracallaSir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1899

Constantine the Great

r. 306-37

The Arch of Constantine, 312-15 CE

Head of Constantine, 325-26 CE

The Apparition of the Cross to ConstantineJacopo Vignali, 17th c.

Constantine’s ConversionPeter Paul Rubens, 1622

Emperor Constantine Venerates the True CrossPeter Paul Rubens, 1622

Roman Painting

First Style

2nd c.-c. 80 BCE

Casa di Sallustio, Pompeii, mid-2nd c. BCE

Second Style

c. 80s-20s BCE

Cubiculum (Bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale

Mid-1st c. BCE

Third Style

Late 1st c. BCE-mid-1st c. CE

House of M. Lucretius Fronto, Pompeii, mid-1st c. CE

Fourth Style

c. 62-c. 79 CE

The Ixion Room, House of the Vettii, Pompeii, 63-79 CE