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A painting showing a man wearing armor and a silver helmet carrying an old man on one shoulder. On his right a small boy is crouched with a hand on the leg of the man. On the left of the man a woman gathers her dress in her hand and hurries forward with her head bowed. Behind the figures is a scene of destruction with flames seen within the buildings of an ancient city.

‘Aeneas’ Flight from Troy’ was painted by Federico Barocci in 1598.

A ceramic vase with a narrow neck and two handles. The surface is a red color and figures are painted in black. The central scene shows a man wearing armor carrying another man. A female figure stands on either side of them.

In this painting, on an amphora from the sixth century bc, Aeneas, wearing his armor, carries his father on his back as he flees Troy.

A stone relief showing a man in armor carrying another figure. By his side is a small child and behind them a woman. The relief is damaged and some parts are cracked and missing.

This relief sculpture of Aeneas escaping from Troy is from the Sebasteion in Aphrodisias, in Türkiye. The female figure is Aeneas’ mother, the goddess Venus. It was Venus who urged Aeneas to leave Troy to establish a new home for the Trojans in the West, and she protected them on their journey.

A shallow ceramic bowl which is red in color and has a floral pattern around the side.

An example of terra sigillata.

A variety of different glass vessels in different shapes and colors arranged on a pale background. Some are damaged.

Glassware found in a shipwreck between Italy and the island of Corsica.

A pair of flat, circular metal discs connected by a thin chain.

A metal brooch was found in the Waal River, in the Roman province of Germania Inferior.

A marble sarcophagus.

A dark metal statuette in the form of two lions with thick manes pulling a acrt on which sits a woman with a long dress and wearing a veil.

This Roman bronze statuette shows Cybele being drawn on a cart pulled by lions. It is from the second century ad.

A dark metal, circular disc with highlights of gold. On the left two women sit on a cart which is pulled by two lions. Above them in the sky is a crescent moon and a figure with a pointed crown.

This gilded silver disc shows Cybele and the divine personification of victory (Greek: Nike; Roman: Victoria) being drawn on a chariot pulled by two lions. It was made in the third century bc and was found in Ai Khanoum, in modern Afghanistan.

A photo showing a crowd of people carrying bags and wearing winter clothes wading across a river, holding onto a rope line to guide them.

In 2016 thousands of migrants, many of whom had fled war in Syria and parts of the Middle East, had made long and difficult journeys to Greece, where they were stranded in the camp of Idomeni. They decided to cross the border into what is now called North Macedonia on foot. Volunteers helped them to cross a river.

This coin was minted by the Helvetii and shows the profile of Orgetorix. On the other side is a stylized image of a horse, and his name, spelled [O]RCIITI[RIX].

A blurry photo of a crowded street with people passing both directions.

A blurred street scene.

An aerial photo of a small island surrounded by sea.

The small island of Ventotene, called Pandateria by the Romans, is only 2 miles long. It lies around 30 miles from the Italian mainland.

A photo of a statue of a man wearing a toga, looking down and resting his head on his hand. Behind him is a municipal building with a spire.

A statue of Ovid in modern Constanța, ancient Tomis.

A painting of a rural mountain scene with a lake. In the foreground figures wearing short tunics or bare to the waist kneel on the floor. One figure bends next to a horse. On the left a figure in a long blue cloak leans back on a small hill.

‘Ovid among the Scythians’ was painted by Eugène Delacroix in 1862. The exiled poet lies on a grassy mound on the left of the painting, wearing a long blue robe. In this depiction the local people are treating him kindly and preparing mare’s milk for him to drink. Mare’s milk was reportedly a local delicacy.

A modern painting showing a dystopian scene of destruction with twisted organic forms in shades of red and yellow. Behind is a bright blue sky.

'Europe after the Rain II' by Max Ernst.

An oval stone with the motif of a hand reaching up an ear carved into the surface. Above the ear is a string of four circles joined by a string. Around the edge are Greek letters. The stone is held in a metal casing.

This Roman cameo, from the fifth century ad, shows a hand reaching out to pinch an ear, and would have been intended as a gift to a loved one as a memento. Above, there is another object, perhaps a knotted scarf or a diadem. The motif of the hand pinching or touching the ear as a stimulus to memory is recorded by Pliny the Elder. Surrounding the imagery, an inscription in Greek addresses a man: ‘Remember me, your dear sweetheart, and farewell, Sophronios.’
Without photographs, tokens like this one would have been a way to remember loved ones while they were away.

A carved stone relief. On the left is a block of text in captial letters with a pediment above. On the right is an arch under which a female figure stands holding a cornucopia. The relief is chipped and damaged.

Mygdonius’ epitaph was found on the side of a marble sarcophagus in Ravenna, Italy. On the right is a relief of the goddess Fortuna; she is holding a cornucopia (a horn of plenty), a container filled with fruit and flowers that symbolizes plenty.

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