Bce Collection (page 4)

Italy Rome Piramide
Caius Cestius, a wealthy magistrate, built this tomb for himself in the Aurelian Wall near Porta San Paolo. It is 36 metres high and took 330 days to build. He died 12 BCE. Date: circa 1840

Greek Harbour
A Greek warship returns to its home port. Date: BCE

Hosea, Prophet
HOSEA, PROPHET cheerless prophet who was forced to marry a harlot, which made him even gloomier than he was already. Date: 8th century BCE

C Numonius Vaala
C NUMONIUS VaLA Roman citizen, friend of the poet Horace. Date: 1 BCE

The Tower of David, Jerusalem, Israel. The existing building is mainly a Medieval fortress, but parts of it were built by the Hasmondean (1st century AD) and King Herod (37-34 BC) Date: BCE & Medieval

Rape of the Sabines
The abduction of Sabine women by the Romans provides Rubens with the occasion to depict lots of well-founded ladies. Date: circa 749 BCE

Ptolemy I Soter I, ruler of Egypt
Ptolemy I Soter I (Soter meaning Saviour), also known as Ptolemy Lagides, a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt (323-283 BC)

Pythagoras and Students
PYTHAGORAS Greek philosopher with his students at Crotona Date: 580? - 500? BCE

PYTHAGORAS Greek philosopher Date: 580? - 500? BCE

Poseiddipos - 2
POSEIDIPPOS Greek comic poet Date: circa 289 BCE

Sextus Pompeius
SEXTUS POMPEIUS one of the sons of the ill- fated Gnaius Pompeius (Magnus) Date: 75 - 35 BCE

Cneius Pompeius
CNEIUS POMPEIUS the elder son of the ill- fated Gnaius Pompeius (Magnus) Date: 75 - 45 BCE

Rufus Quintus Pompeius
RUFUS QUINTUS POMPEIUS Roman statesman, consul with Sulla, assassinated by soldiers on the orders of a relative. Date: CIRCA 100 BCE

Villa of Maecenas
The villa of MAECENAS at Tivoli in Tuscany. Date: BCE

Mnajdra, Malta - Temple Entrance
The square-cut entrance to one of the temples of the Mnajdra megalithic temple complex in south-west Malta, dated to the fourth millennium BCE. Date: circa 1920

Roman wheels, 3rd century BCE to 2nd century CE

Greek and Roman wheels, 5th to 1st century BCE

Greek and Etruscan wheels, 7th to 3rd century BCE

Etruscan wheels, 5th to 1st century BCE

The evolution of the wheel: 6. Greek wheel (7th century BCE); 7. wheel of Athenian era; 8. German wheel; 9. primitive wheel from heavy cart; 10. Spanish wheel (14th century)

Depictions of the wheel on a bas-relief at Ur
One of the oldest depictions of the wheel on a bas-relief at Ur, 4000 BCE Date: 4000 BCE

Ashurbanipal on his chariot
Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria on his chariot. 669 BC - 626 BC Date: 7th century BC

Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak. View of the Cupola fresco in the burial chamber. Kazanlak, Bulgaria. Date: 310 -299 BCE

Palace of Darius, Persepolis
Detail of Bas-relief Decoration from the east side of the stairs at the Palace of Darius the Great, showing an offeror entourage. Persepolis, Iran. Date: 6th-4th Century BCE

Fighting Warriors

A Warrior of Osuna
A relief carving of a Warrior with Iberian falcata and shield. Part of the decoration of a funerary monument. Osuna, Spain Date: 3rd-2nd Century BCE

Musician from Osuna
A Relief carving of a Musician. Osuna, Spain Date: 4th-3rd century BCE

Persian soldier carvings, Persepolis
Apadana or Audience Hall of Darius I. West staircase depicting Persian soldiers. Persepolis, Iran Date: 6th-4th Century BCE

Iberian Horseman
Bronze Iberian sculpture of a Horseman with a shield. Caravaca de la Cruz. Sanctuary of Vera Cruz Date: 4th-2nd century BCE

Flautist of Osuna. Iberian art. Relief on rock. Proc: SPAIN. Osuna. Date: 4th-3rd century BCE

Iberian Helmet found at the Necropolis of Tugia: funeral chamber of Toya, in Peal de Becerro, Spain

Iberian Bull
Iberian rock sculpture in the form of a Bull. Date: 3rd Century BCE

Iberian urn
An Urn from the Necropolis of Tutugi, Galera, Spain

Fragment of a Covering
Fragment of a felt covering for a saddle, with an Elk design. Pazyryk Culture. Scythian Art. Altai or Altay Territory Date: 4th-6th Century BCE

Sacred Tree of Buddha
SACRED TREE OF BUDDHA in Sri Lanka. Date: 5th century BCE

Roman lightning exorcist attending to a tree
The Romans had priests named strufertarii whose duty it was to exorcise trees which had been struck by lightning. Date: BCE

MARATHON
The mountains look on Marathon, and Marathon looks on the sea (Byron) - scene of battle between Athenians and Persians (490 BCE) and the run bearing the news of victory. Date: 1850

Ezra, Prophet
EZRA Jewish priest and scribe, a teacher of the Torah, advocate of strict observance of the law, particularly opposing the taking of foreign wives. Date: circa 459 BCE

Arch Druid (Smith)
The Arch Druid in his judicial habit holds the peithynin, or elucidator, on which maxims are inscribed : the snake beside the altar-stone is a sacred beast. Date: BCE

Druids (Smith)
Two priests of the Druidical order : the one on the left holds an emblem of the Moon, the other is an Arch-Druid, holding a sceptre and wearing a garland of oak leaves. Date: BCE

Ancient Fisherfolk
An ancient British fisherman in his coracle awaits his companion; they will hold the net between them. On shore, a farmer is plowing his field with a pair of oxen. Date: BCE

Bard and Ovate
A Bard and an Ovate (soothsayer) whose functions accompanied those of the druids, as two associated professional classes of religious practitioners. Date: BCE

Mounted British Warrior
A mounted British warrior of the pre-Roman period, riding bareback and armed with a clumsy club. Date: BCE

Ancient Roman charioteer driving four horses
An Ancient Roman charioteer drives his four horses hard around the track. The prime venue for this type of sport was the Circus Maximus in Rome. Date: BCE

Breenus and his Sword
When Brennus defeats the Romans, he measures their tribute with false weights, they protest, he adds his sword, saying Vae victis ! (Woe to the defeated). Date: 4th century BCE

Egyptian Chair
On this handsome seat a Pharaoh may have rested after a busy morning supervising the work on his new Pyramid. Well, its possible... Date: BCE

Owen Jones Egyptian 6
Egyptian designs for palm columns, usually found in temples. Date: 1868

Aristides and the Farmer
Asked by Aristides why he had voted against him, the farmer replies, Because I m fed up with everyone describing you as Aristides the Just

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