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Head of a Roman House Offering Sacrifice Popular History of Rome, A (1886)

A man, bare-headed and robed, pours from a two-handled jug into a lamp or jug. He is standing by a shrine.“Rome had no sacerdotal castebecause the heads of each house were also the priests of the fam [...]

Keywords: religion, spirit, people, night scenes, death, greyscale

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2007-03-15

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

Brewer’sDictionary of Phrase and Fablesays, 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 resti [...]

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 Temple Popular 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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Combat of Gladiators with Wild Animals Popular History of Rome, A (1886)

In the foreground, a Roman gladiator fights with a lion; he is naked from head to foot except for what look like metal underpants and a ring around his left leg, and he brandishes a short sword or dag [...]

Keywords: weapons, people, nudity, animals, bare feet, lions, gladiators, battles, slaves, slavery, greyscale

Places shown: Rome

Added: 2007-09-03

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Gladiators, detail Popular History of Rome, A (1886)

A detail fromCombat of Gladiators with Wild Animals

Keywords: people, animals, battles, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-03

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Christians Flung To The Wild Beasts Popular History of Rome, A (1886)

A scene in the Roman Colosseum, the great theatre where the gladiators fought. But in this case a group of Christians, including men, women and children, has been made available to lions, tigers and [...]

Keywords: people, animals, sporting events, religion, torture, punishments, bare feet, nudity, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-01-28

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