13. ARELATE
WEBLINKS
IMAGE GALLERY
The Pont du Gard, a Roman aqueduct and bridge in France.
The Maison Carrée, a temple in Nîmes, France.
The amphitheatre at El Djem, Tunisia.
The remains of a large bakery from Pompeii. You can see the millstones where the corn was ground. The oven is on the left.
The theatre at Orange is one of the best preserved Roman theatres. In this illustration, a photograph of the theatre as it is now is overlaid with a drawn reconstruction of the theatre in Roman times.
An incense burner in the shape of a comic actor sitting on an altar. The actor is wearing a comic mask.
The tomb of Eurysaces the baker, in Rome (first century bc). The circular holes perhaps represent grain-measuring vessels or kneading basins.
Mosaic of a theatrical tragic mask from the House of the Faun in Pompeii.
A sculpture of Pyramus and Thisbe, made in 1775.
