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Coin of Pescennius Niger, a Roman usurper who claimed imperial power AD 193–194. Legend: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG. While the imperial government of the Roman Empire was rarely called into question during its five centuries in the west and fifteen centuries in the east, individual emperors often faced unending challenges in the form of usurpation and perpetual civil wars. [30]
The images, based on coins and medallions, were the first published set of detailed reconstructed portraits of the emperors and each image was accompanied by biographical entries about the figures, written by Goltzius. [7] The book treats and includes the Holy Roman emperors as the successors of the Ancient Roman emperors, through translatio ...
Biographical films about Roman emperors (12 P) Roman sculpture portraits of emperors (1 C, 20 P)-Cultural depictions of Byzantine emperors (3 C) A.
Since most emperors from Augustus on were deified, some images are idealized. In the portraiture of Augustus, for example the Blacas Cameo , he is always shown as a man of perhaps about 35, although some images were made when he was in his seventies, The Romans also depicted warriors and heroic adventures, in the spirit of the Greeks who came ...
Nero’s Marble and Gold Theater Unearthed in Rome Heritage Images - Getty Images. Archaeologists are fawning over the discovery of what they believe to be the Roman emperor Nero’s personal theater.
The Emperor Otho, by Robert Van Voerst after the lost painting by Titian The Emperor Titus, by Aegidius Sadeler II. The Eleven Caesars was a series of eleven painted half-length portraits of Roman emperors made by Titian in 1536–1540 for Federico II, Duke of Mantua. They were among his best-known works, inspired by the Lives of the Caesars by ...
Augustus in ancient Roman sculpture (10 P) Pages in category "Roman sculpture portraits of emperors" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, ... Images of the Byzantine World: Visions, Messages and Meanings : ...