Images Dated 29th December 2012

Fragment of a sarcophagus. About 270 AD

Roman art. Fragment of a sarcophagus. About 270 AD. The lion hunt is a symbol of great bravery (lion and front part of the horse are casts from originals in Milan, Chapel Hill). Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

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Geta (189-211 AD) son of Septimus Severus

Geta (189 A?i? 211), was a Roman Emperor co-ruling with his father Septimius Severus and his older brother Caracalla from 209 to his death, when he was murdered on command of his older brother. Head of young Geta. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

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Bust of Faustina the Younger (130 A?i? 175) . Wife of the e

Annia Galeria Faustina Minor, Faustina Minor or Faustina the Younger (130 A?i? 175) . Was a daughter of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and Roman Empress Faustina the Elder. She was a Roman Empress and wife to her maternal cousin Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Bust. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

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