Rome Collection (page 8)

Tear Bottles 1930s
A young woman creating a tear bottle display, a mourning custom dating from Ancient Rome and Egypt, when mourners would bottle their tears for burial with their loved ones. early 1930s

BRUTUS CONDEMNS SONS
The consul LUCIUS JUNIUS BRUTUS, (one of the first consuls) condemns his own sons to death for plotting to restore the Tarquins, the expelled kings of Rome. Date: 509 BC

CATACOMBS OF ROME
Early Christians worship in the catacombs of Saint Calixtus, below Rome, soon after the death of Jesus Date: 50

GARIBALDI HYMN
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI Italian patriot, honoured in The Garibaldi Hymn - To Rome or Death !) Date: 1807 - 1882

NAUMACHIA OF NERO
A naumachia staged by the emperor Nero in a flooded amphitheatre near the site of the Vatican : the crews - prisoners or criminals - fought to the death Date: circa 60

NAUMACHIA OF DOMITIAN
A naumachia staged by the emperor Domitian in a flooded amphitheatre : the crews - prisoners or criminals - fought to the death unless spared by the emperor Date: circa 90

EGERIA MOURNS
Egeria, wife of Numa, second king of Rome, is so sad when he dies that she turns into a fountain, the Egerian Spring

ROMAN FUNERAL IMAGE
A Roman funeral image, possibly representing the Lord of the Underworld before whom the dead individual must come for judgment Date:

ETRUSCANS BURN DEAD BC
ANCIENT ETRUSCANS The body of a dead woman is carried to the funeral pyre where she will be cremated Date: BC

CATACOMBS, ROMEC
Visiting the Catacombs of the early Christians, Rome, carrying flaming torches to illuminate the caverns

BURIAL IN CATACOMBS
An early Christian burial in the catacombs of Rome Date: 1st century

AENEAS AND ANCHISES
Aeneas visits his dead father Anchises in the Underworld, and is shown a vision of the glorious heroes of Rome who will be his descendants

CLODIUS ALBINUS DEAD
The body of his rival, Clodius Albinus, is brought before the emperor Septimus Severus Date: 198

IN THE CATACOMBS
Early Christians worship in the catacombs of Saint Calixtus, below Rome, soon after the death of Jesus Date: 50

ROMAN FUNERAL
A Roman funeral procession carries the dead man's corpse to the funeral pyre, where the widow stabs herself to the alarm of her friends ; note the weeping mourners Date: circa 1st century

An ancient Bireme from Bafius (Basius?) Date: Ancient Rome

EVENTS/ANCIENT ROME
THE FALL OF ROME Alaric, after sacking Rome, dies, and is buried in the Busento riverbed Date: 410

CAESAR'S FUNERAL PYRE
The funeral of Julius Caesar divides loyalties among the Roman people Date: 15 March 44 BC

SULLA PROSCRIBES FOES
Sulla, now dictator, posts lists of proscribed citizens who oppose his politics, and are condemned to death Date: 81 BC

Tarpeia crushed to death by the Sabines
The legendary Tarpeia, having offered to betray Rome to the Sabines in return for gold, is crushed to death by their shields and thrown from the Tarpeian Rock. Date: 747 BC

Hannibal stripping the dead Romans after battle
SECOND PUNIC WAR : Hannibal, the Carthaginian leader, after defeating the Romans, stripping the dead of their armour and weapons. Date: 218 BC

Torquatus condemns his own son to death
Titus Manlius Torquatus, as Roman Consul, condemns his own son to death for leaving his post in wartime against military orders, hence the term Manlian discipline'. Date: 340 BC

Marcus Manlius Capitolinus condemned to death
Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, though popular with the people, is condemned to death by the patricians. Date: 385 BC

Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar MM52-6029 - 46-93 (msn 11030), on display at the Aero Club of Udine, Udine-Campoformido, Italy. Later moved to the Italian Air Force Museum at Vigna di Valle, Rome

Comic postcard, Foreman and workman Date: 20th century

The Forum, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

Fontana del Moro by Gianlorenzo Bernini, Rome, Italy
Fontana del Moro by Gianlorenzo Bernini - one of the three fountains in the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

Arch of Titus and the Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

St Peter s, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

St Peter s, Vatican, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

Sant Agnese in Agone, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy
Sant Agnese in Agone - a 17th-century Baroque church in Rome, Italy, facing onto the Piazza Navona. Date: circa 1950s

Roman Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

Piazza Venezia churches, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

Elephant and Obelisk by Bernini, Rome, Italy
Elephant and Obelisk by Bernini, Piazza della Minerva, Rome, Italy Date: circa 1950s

WW1 memorial set against ancient wall, Rome
A WW1 memorial set against an ancient wall, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

Vintage 19th century photograph: Pyramid of Cestius. The Porta San Paolo (San Paolo Gate) is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy

c. 1880s Italy - ruins of an aquaduct on the Appian Way near Rome c. 1880 s
c.1880s Italy - ruins of an aquaduct on the Appian Way near Rome c.1880 s

Tomb of Caecilia Metella, Appian Way, Rome, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: The Tomb of Caecilia Metella is a mausoleum located just outside Rome at the three mile marker of the Via Appia, Appian Way

Rome, including St Peters and the Vatican, c. 1870 s. Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: view of the rooftops of the city of Rome, including St Peters and the Vatican, c.1870 s. Italy

Casal Rotondo tomb on the Appian Way, Rome, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Casal Rotondo is the largest tomb on the Appian Way, to the southeast of Rome, Italy. A small house has been constructed on top

c. 1880s Italy - Roman theatre at Fiesole
c.1880s Italy - Roman theatre at Fiesole

Tivoli waterfall, near Rome, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Tivoli waterfall, near Rome, Italy

Italy - Arch of Constantine, Rome
Vintage 19th century photograph: Italy - Arch of Constantine, Rome

Italy - Temple of Venus, Rome
Vintage 19th century photograph: Italy - Temple of Venus, Rome

Italy - Arch of Titus, Rome
Vintage 19th century photograph: Italy - Arch of Titus, Rome

Italy - Column of Phocas Forum of Rome, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Italy - he Column of Phocas (Italian: Colonna di Foca) is a Roman monumental column in the Roman Forum of Rome, Italy

Italy - Roman forum, Rome, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Italy - Roman forum, rome, Italy

Italy - St Peters Basilica, the Vatican, Rome
Vintage 19th century photograph: Italy - St Peters Basilica, the Vatican, Rome

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