131.5 x 94 cm. (51.8 x 37 in.) unframed: 131.5 x 94 cm.; 51¾ x 37 in. framed: 157 x 119.8 cm.; 61¾ x 47¼ in. A series, now lost, of twelve portraits of Roman emperors was commissioned from Titian by ...

British and American archaeologists digging in the Roman Forum said yesterday they had uncovered evidence to suggest that the emperor Caligula really was a self-deifying megalomaniac, and not the ...

Contemporary understanding of the Roman Empire is largely derived from popular culture, from films such as Gladiator. Its great achievement, great danger and, especially, great scandal, appeals to the ...

A Pre-Principate Portrait of Gaius (Caligula)? A Pre-Principate Portrait of Gaius (Caligula)? (pp. 1-12) On the Meaning of the "Virgin Mary Reading": Attributed to Antonello da Messina On the Meaning ...