Roman Art and Archaeology

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All photographs taken by Elizabeth Tobey unless otherwise noted.

Republican-era sanctuaries:

Sanctuary of Apollo at Gabii (Republican sanctuary outside Rome):

Sanctuary of Fortuna Primagenia at Praeneste (Palestrina), c. 100 BCE:
 
 


Mosaic showing scenes of the Nile River (c. 2nd c. BCE), Palestrina Museum
(mosaic originally decorated one of the buildings at the base of the sanctuary):

Roman Imperial Fora (plan):

Forum of Augustus, Early 1st c. ACE, Rome

Forum of Trajan, c. 98-117 AD, designed by Apollodorus of Damascus: Templum Pacis of Vespasian Other monuments and buildings:

Ara Pacis (the Altar of Peace), c. 13-9 BCE, Rome:

House of Augustus, Palatine Hill, Rome
  Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome
  Pompeii