Items matching ancient rome (results page 1)

Front Cover, FabiolaFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The front cover of this book is pinted in black with gold foil on red cloth. There’s a picture of a man in a Roman gown and bare feet standing in an arena looking up at the emperor Diocletian (identif [...]

Keywords: book covers, colour, peace, christians, lions, sacrifice, coliseum, ancient rome

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2018-01-17

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Vanquished Army Passing Under the YokePopular History of Rome, A (1886)

Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable says, in the entry for Yoke, “To pass under the yoke. To suffer the disgrace of a vanquished army. The Romans made a yoke of three spears—two upright and one r [...]

Keywords: battles, ancient rome, bare feet, slaves, slavery, hemets, spears, weapons, defeat, roman soldiers, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-03-20

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Building A Roman TemplePopular History of Rome, A (1886)

Slave labour! The men working in this illustration are scantily clad: they wear shorts or loin-cloths, and have bare backs and bare feet. An ox-driver leans with his stick against two oxen; he has a [...]

Keywords: ancient rome, bare feet, slaves, slavery, animals, construction, greyscale

Places shown: Italy

Added: 2005-03-20

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Roman slaves carrying an amphoraLa Civilizacion (1881)

Two men are walking, about to go up the steps and out of a cellar, one in front of the other; they have a wooden post over their shoulders from which a large amphora is suspended, reaching almost to t [...]

Keywords: amphoras, slaves, people, men, bare feet, costumes, work, cellars, steps, entrances, arches, ancient rome, carrying, slavery, basements, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2019-02-24

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