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The Lion of Chaeronea

A blog dedicated to classical antiquity, poetry, and the visual arts. All translations of Greek and Latin are my own unless otherwise noted.

Bust of a Roman woman, sporting the raised hairstyle popular during the Flavian dynasty (69-96 CE). Now in the Glyptothek, Munich.

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Golden pendant with repoussé decoration, bearing a portrait of Alexander the Great. Artist unknown; 4th cent. CE. Found at Aboukir, Egypt; now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.

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Ancient Roman gold necklace, with closures in the shape of lions’ heads. Artist unknown; 4th cent. CE. Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.

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An amphora, with doves on its rim and flanked by peacocks. Late Roman mosaic (450-462 CE), found at Homs, Syria; now in the Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.

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The head of Heracles, of the Farnese type. Unknown Roman artist, 1st cent. CE. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen.

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The so-called “Diptych of Honorius,” made by an unknown artist for the Roman nobleman Anicius Petronius Probus to honor his consulship in 406 AD/CE. The left panel depicts Honorius, then ruler of the Western Roman Empire, in military garb. In his right hand, Honorius holds a standard that reads IN NOMINE CHRI(STI) VINCAS SEMPER (“May you always conquer in the name of Christ”). In his left hand is a globe surmounted by a figure of Victory, representing his claim to universal rule. The right panel depicts Probus himself, likewise in military garb and holding a staff. This diptych is now in the Museo del tesoro della cattedrale di Aosta, Italy. Photo credit: Dea Picture Library/Wikimedia Commons.

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Mosaic (made of polychrome marble tesserae) depicting an amphora with doves perched on the rim, flanked by peacocks. From a late Roman villa at Homs (ancient Emesa), Syria, artist unknown; ca. 450-462 CE. Now in the Chazen Museum of Art, Madison,... — Mosaic (made of polychrome marble tesserae) depicting an amphora with doves perched on the rim, flanked by peacocks. From a late Roman villa at Homs (ancient Emesa), Syria, artist unknown; ca. 450-462 CE. Now in the Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.

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A leopard pursues a gazelle. Mosaic from a late Roman villa at Homs (ancient Emesa), Syria, artist unknown; ca. 450 CE. Now in the Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.

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Elephant attacking a big cat (leopard or tiger). Syrian mosaic from the late Roman Empire (late 4th-early 5th century CE), unknown artist. Now in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

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Mosaic fragment, ca. 400 CE, from Roman Syria, depicting a peacock. Now in the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, USA.

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Gold solidus of Flavius Romulus Augustus, aka Romulus Augustulus, last ruler of the Western Roman Empire (r. 475-476 CE). Augustulus (“Little Augustus”), who was roughly ten years old at the time of his accession, served as a puppet of his father Orestes, magister militum (“master of the soldiers”) and a former courtier of Attila the Hun. Less than a year into Romulus’ reign, the Germanic chieftain Odoacer (who had been denied permission to settle his people in the Italian peninsula) defeated and killed Orestes, becoming the first King of Italy. Romulus was allowed to live and spent the remainder of his life in peaceful seclusion at a fortress in Campania; the date of his death is unknown. While his deposition marked the formal end of the Empire in the West, its institutions and ideology would continue to exert profound influence over future European political entities, and the Eastern half of the Empire would remain in existence for nearly a thousand years more.

This solidus was minted at Mediolanum (Milan). The obverse bears a bust of Augustulus in military garb, while the reverse (not shown) bears the image of Victoria, who carries a scepter topped with a cross. Photo credit: American Numismatic Society.

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