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A painted wooden panel showing a woman with dark hair arranged on top of her head. She has thick, dark eyebrows nad long eyelashes, accentuated with makeup. She wears gold and pearl earring and a necklace as well as a gold wreath in her hair. The details of the gold jewelry are picked out with gold leaf.

This painted portrait from Egypt shows a woman wearing pearl earrings. The garland in her hair is picked out in gold leaf.

A dark metal coin imprinted with the image of a woman kneeling between two men who hold shields. Beneath her are letters. The surface is worn and the details are not all clear.

This coin, from 89 bc, shows Tarpeia about to be crushed by the shields of the soldiers, who stand on either side of her.

A sheer cliff face with orange-colored rock and sparse vegetation. Behind is a clear blue sky.

The Tarpeian Rock is a steep cliff on the south side of the Capitoline Hill, in Rome. Criminals could be put to death by being hurled from its top.

A fragment of wall painting with rough edges. It shows a man with a cloth tied round his waist holding a cup in one hand and a stick in another. Around is a border of leaves and then a red, patterned frame.

This fragment of a fresco from the first century ad shows Silenus holding a drinking cup.

A painting of a man with a cloth round his waist and a garland of vines in his hair, leaning against a rock. Behind him a nude man crouches and lifts his hand to his face. In the foreground two young infants with garlands on their head are playing. The colors are very dark.

This painting shows King Midas washing in the Pactolus River as he had been instructed by Bacchus, in order to reverse the gift, which had become a curse. The infants at the front, wearing garlands of vines, often accompany Bacchus in art. It was painted by Nicolas Poussin in 1627.

A pair of delicate gold earrings. Each one has a central bar and stud, from which hang two pearls.

Earrings made of multiple dangling pearls that made a rattling sound were called crotalia.

A circular necklace with a flower-shaped clasp. The main chain of the necklace is thick and gold and from the center hangs a small green stone.

Roman imperial expansion increased access to new materials and led to a new style of jewelry, incorporating brightly colored gemstones. This gold necklace, from the second or third century ad, has an emerald pendant. Emeralds were one of the most popular gemstones. The only emerald mine that is known to have been exploited by the Romans is the Sikait mine in Egypt. Emeralds were also sourced from outside the Empire, for example from India.

A cylindrical box in a pale yellow color. It is carved with images of winged children.

A small, carved ivory box (pyxis). Ivory was a rare and expensive material which was imported from Africa and India.

An oval disc with a dark brown background. Carved into an upper layer of bright white is a side portrait of a young man with a wreath on his head.

A cameo of Emperor Augustus made of sardonyx.

An oval disc with a dark background and gold rim. Carved into a white upper layer on the disc is a side portrait of a young man with a green garland around his head.

A cameo of Emperor Augustus made of glass.

A rectangular sheet of dark metal decorated with a stylized and symmetrical image of a man wearing armor holding a creature like a lion in each hand. From his belt protrude two fishes.

This brass plaque from Benin is in the collection of the British Museum.

A painting showing a crowded procession moving from right to left. On the right a man wearing a red cloak is being pulled on a chariot by two white horses. On the left is a large triumphal arch. Behind is a generic classical scene with temples and a theater.

This painting depicts the imagined triumph of the general Aemilius Paullus who defeated King Perses of Macedon in 168 bc. It was painted in 1787 by Carle Vernet.

A painting showing a curved room with benches. Men in togas are sitting on the benches and listening to a man who stands on the right and is gesticulating with his hands. On the left of the painting is a man sitting alone looking down.

This fresco, by Cesare Maccari (1849–1919), is on the wall of the Palazzo Madama, the seat of the Senate of the Italian Republic, in Rome. It shows Cicero delivering a speech in the Senate. He is denouncing Catiline, who can be seen seated at the front on the right. The setting here is theatrical; in reality the Senate House was not curved, and senators would have sat in parallel rows.

A mosaic with a black background and red and white frame. In the center is a large cake on a white stand.

A fragment of a mosaic floor from a villa near Rome showing an almond cake. Depicting food in wall paintings and mosaics was a way to display the owner’s wealth and hospitality.

A mosaic with a black background and red and white frame. In the center is a red fish on a plate.

A fragment of a mosaic floor from a villa near Rome showing a fish on a platter. Depicting food in wall paintings and mosaics was a way to display the owner’s wealth and hospitality.

A mosaic with a black background and red and white frame. In the center is a white rooster with its legs bound.

A fragment of a mosaic floor from a villa near Rome showing a rooster. Depicting food in wall paintings and mosaics was a way to display the owner’s wealth and hospitality.

A square mosaic with a black background white frame. it depicts a variety of fish and sea creatures including a large lobster in the center and an octopus.

A panel of a mosaic floor from a villa on the west coast of Italy showing various edible sea creatures including an octopus, a lobster, a red mullet, and an eel. Mosaics like this were popular decorations for dining rooms and attest to the huge range of foods that was available to wealthier Romans.

A fragment of marble with lists inscribed on it in small writing. The marble is cracked and damaged.

A panel of the edict from Aphrodisias showing lists of objects, measurements, and prices.

A simple drawing of the front of a building with pillars. On the front wall, red writing is inscribed on large slabs.

A reconstruction of how the edict would have been displayed.

A collection of various silver vessels and serving spoons arranged on a grey background.

Part of a set of silver tableware found at Tivoli near Rome, from the mid-first century bc.

Three small metal statuettes of busts placed on a black piece of material in front of the shore. They are all discolored and sligtly blue. One is a woman with a crescent moon on her head. One is a young man with curly hair, and one is an infant with wings.

In 2016, divers found Roman artefacts on the sea floor in the ancient port of Caesarea Maritima (in modern Israel). Scholars think that they were part of the cargo of a Roman merchant ship that had sunk after being caught in a storm.

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