Sculpture
This artwork depicts a returning of standards, various deities and is one of the most famous depictions of Rome's first Emperor.
What is the Prima Porta Augustae?
Known also as the Flavian Amphitheatre, this entertainment building can be found in Rome.
What is The Colosseum?
Father of Ascanius
This Book opens with a devastating storm sent by Juno and ends with Aeneas landing in Carthage and meeting Dido.
What is Book I?
The term for the 200-year period of relative peace and stability ushered in by Augustus.
What is the Pax Romana?
The Bust of Philip is made in this style.
What is Verism?
What is an Oculus?
The messenger of the gods whom Jupiter sends to Aeneas in Carthage to remind him of his destiny to leave for Italy.
Who is Mercury?
Aeneas tells the story of the fall of Troy in this Book, including the episode of the wooden horse and the deaths of Priam and Creusa.
What is Book II?
The name given to Octavian in 27 BCE, marking the transition from the Roman Republic to the Empire.
What is Augustus?
By depicting himself as the hero Heracles, in this bust, this ruler made link to the 12 labours of the epic hero.
What is the Bust of Commodus?
You can bathe with Hadrian and watch a play in this portside settlement.
What is Leptis Magna?
Aeneas's first wife, who is lost and killed during the fall of Troy, but whose ghost tells Aeneas of his destiny.
Who is Creusa?
This tragic Book features the love affair between Aeneas and Dido, its rupture by divine command, and Dido's subsequent suicide.
What is Book IV?
Augustus famously claimed he "found Rome in brick" and left it in this material.
What is marble?
The Prima Porta utilizes this pose to communicate ideas of oratory, power, legitimacy and a sense of movement in the piece.
What is Adlocutio?
On the Ara Pacis, these religious leaders are depicted wearing spiked headdresses in a procession on the Southern side.
Who are Flamens?
This young son of Evander is killed by Turnus, a death Aeneas vows to avenge.
Who is Pallas?
The river of forgetfulness, which Anchises instructs souls to drink from before they can be reincarnated into the upper world.
What is the Lethe?
This metaphorical temple's gates were ritually shut in 29 BCE and twice more during Augustus's reign, symbolizing a time of general peace.
What is the Temple of Janus?
Philip wears this garment in his Bust dating from 244-249BCE
What is the Toga Contabulata?
The victory over this group is commemorated on Trajan's Column. Depicting both the campaigns of 101-102 AD and 105-106 AD, in a continuous spiral starting at the bottom.
Who are the Dacians?
This pair of inseparable Trojan friends die tragically while attempting to report back to Aeneas's camp.
Who are Nisus and Euryalus?
The precise number of stags Aeneas spots after climbing a crag, which he then tracks and kills for his hungry men.
What is seven?
Augustus's faithful general and close friend, who married his daughter, Julia, and oversaw major building projects like the Pantheon.
Who was Agrippa?