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Unit: Ancient Rome

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A beginner's guide to ancient Rome

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Introduction to ancient Rome
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Introduction to ancient Roman art
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City of Rome overview—origins to the archaic period
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Visualizing Imperial Rome
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Rome's history in four faces at The Met
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Damnatio memoriae—Roman sanctions against memory
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Roman funeral rituals and social status: the Amiternum tomb and the tomb of the Haterii
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Beginner guides to Roman architecture

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Roman architecture
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Italo-Roman building techniques
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Roman domestic architecture (domus)
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Roman domestic architecture (villa)
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Roman domestic architecture (insula)
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Forum Romanum (The Roman Forum)
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The Roman Forum: part 1 of Ruins in Modern Imagination
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The Roman Forum, part II
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The Roman Forum, part III
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Views of past and present: the Forum Romanum and archaeological context
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Imperial fora
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Roman art, archaeology, and museums

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Digging through time
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Looting, collecting, and exhibiting: the Bubon bronzes
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Seizure of Looted Antiquities Illuminates What Museums Want Hidden
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Pompeii

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Pompeii, an introduction
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The rediscovery of Pompeii and the other cities of Vesuvius
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Pompeii: House of the Vettii
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Dionysiac frieze, Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii
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Wall painting

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Roman wall painting styles
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Empire: Painted Garden, Villa of Livia
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Still Life with Peaches
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Pompeii: House of the Vettii
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Dionysiac frieze, Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii
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Republic

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Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Rome
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Temple of Portunus
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Temple of Portunus
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Maison Carrée
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Capitoline She-wolf
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Capitoline Brutus
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Capitoline Brutus: backstory
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Tomb of the Scipios and the sarcophagus of Scipio Barbatus
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Veristic Male Portrait
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Head of a Roman Patrician
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Early empire

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Augustus of Primaporta
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Augustus of Primaporta
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Ara Pacis
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Ara Pacis
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Gemma Augustea
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The art of gem carving
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Preparations for a Sacrifice
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Portrait of Vespasian
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Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
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The Arch of Titus
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Relief from the Arch of Titus, showing The Spoils of Jerusalem being brought into Rome
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Silver shekel of the Second Jewish Revolt
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Portrait Bust of a Flavian Woman (Fonseca Bust), part 1 of 2
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When there is no archaeological record: Portrait Bust of a Flavian Woman (Fonseca bust)
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Forum and Markets of Trajan
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The Forum of Trajan
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Markets of Trajan
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Column of Trajan
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Column of Trajan
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Middle empire

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The Pantheon
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The Pantheon
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Bronze head from a statue of the Emperor Hadrian
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Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli: A virtual tour
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Hadrian, The imperial palace, Tivoli
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Maritime Theatre at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli
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Rome's layered history: the Castel Sant'Angelo
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Pair of Centaurs Fighting Cats of Prey from Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli
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Hadrian, Building the wall
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Empire: Medea Sarcophagus
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Equestrian Sculpture of Marcus Aurelius
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Equestrian Sculpture of Marcus Aurelius
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The importance of the archaeological findspot: The Lullingstone Busts
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The Arch of Septimius Severus, portal to ancient Rome
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The Severan Tondo: Damnatio Memoriae in ancient Rome
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Damnatio memoriae—Roman sanctions against memory
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Severan marble plan (Forma Urbis Romae)
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Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
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Late empire

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Emperor or athlete? Rethinking a modern attribution
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Portraits of the Four Tetrarchs
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Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine
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The Colossus of Constantine
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Arch of Constantine
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Arch of Constantine
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Holding on to pagan traditions in the early Christian era: The Symmachi Panel
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Ancient Rome (quiz)

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Brought to you by Smarthistory. The brilliance of ancient Roman art can be seen in the wall paintings of Pompeii, the massive ambition of the Colosseum, and the daring engineering of the Pantheon.