Friday, July 10, 2026

Rome: Empire, Power, People - Melbourne Museum Exhibition Part Two

 


Dedication to Juno by twins Orestes and Pylades
1st century CE
Marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Slab with theatrical scene
1st century CE
Terracotta
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano



Various bronze statuettes,
Antefix with theatrical mask on the right
1st century CE
Clay
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Palazzo Massimo


Various funerary inscriptions
First half of the 1st century CE
Marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Fresco panel from the Theatre of Nemi
1st century CE
Fresco, paint pigments on lime plaster
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano




Male torso
1st-2nd century CE
Marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Portait of a philosopher, probably Seneca
2nd century CE
Marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Palazzo Massimo


Ointment jars, Strigil, and Funerary inscription of a masseur
1st century CE
Glass, ceramic, bronze and marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Palazzo Massimo,
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano



Lid of a sarcophagus with gymnasium scenes
Late 2nd-3rd century CE
Marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Relief showing combat between provocatores gladiators
Ca.30 BCE
Marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Recreations of gladiators and their armour


Funerary inscription of C. Sempronius, murmillo gladiator
1st century CE
Marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Medallion of Gordiano III
238-244 CE
Orichalcum
Florence, Museo Arceologico Nazionale


Knuckle bones, gaming dice and gaming pieces
1st-3rd century CE
Bone
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano




Relief with Dioscurus
2nd century CE
Red and pavonazzetto marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Statue of Venus, Capitoline type
2nd century CE
Marble with traces of colour
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano




Fresco fragment with female figure
2nd century CE
Fresco, paint pigments on lime plaster
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Bust of Dionysus
1st century CE
Ancient red marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Mosaic with nymphs
2nd-3rd century CE
Glass tesserae
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Bronze mirror and gold rings
1st century CE, 1st-3rd century CE
Florence, Museo Archeologico Nazionale,
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Palazzo Massimo


Necklace with emerald, pearls and glass vague,
Bracelet with glass paste,
4th-5th century CE,1st 2nd century CE
Gold, emeralds, pearls, glass
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Palazzo Massimo


Necklace, gold earrings and
pendant earrings with garnets, emerald and pearls
4th-5th century CE
Gold, emeralds, pearls and glass
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Palazzo Massimo


Portrait of a woman with curled Flavian hairstyle
1st quarter of the 2nd century CE
Italian white marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Funerary inscription for Primilla, hairdresser
First half of the 1st century CE
Marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano





Oil holder and Funerary inscription for Erotis, barber
1st century CE
Glass and marble
Florence, Museo Arceologico Nazionale,
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano







Various cups, glasses, jugs and oil lamps




Funerary inscription for Tyrannus, cook to Claudius
Mid-1st century CE
Marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano




Funerary inscription of Heracla
First half of the 1st century CE
Marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Inscribed oracle
1st-3rd century CE
Bronze
Florence, Museo Arceologico Nazionale


Bust of Minerva, goddess of war and crafts
2nd-3rd century CE
Fine-grain white marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Statuettes of gods
1st-3rd century CE
Bronze
Florence, Museo Arceologico Nazionale


Architectural mask of Jupiter
1st-3rd century CE
Marble
Florence, Museo Arceologico Nazionale


Statue of Bacchus
2nd century CE
Marble
Florence, Museo Arceologico Nazionale












Mosaic with scene of sacrifice
2nd-3rd century CE
White, black and red limestone
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano



Fresco of the hypogeum of the Octavians
3rd century CE
Fresco, paint pigments on lime plaster
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Curse against Malchio and Rufus
First half of the 1st century CE
Lead
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano



Funerary Urn
1st-2nd century CE
Alabaster
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


Funerary inscription of Gemella
First half of the 1st century CE
Marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano





Portrait of Lucius Verus mounted on Renaissance bust
161-169 CE (head), late 16th century (bust)
White marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Palazzo Altemps


Reconstruction of a mullioned window
12th-13th century CE
Marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Crypta Balbi


Products of early medieval workshop in Rome
7th century CE
Bronze, lead, iron, bone, ivory, ceramic
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Crypta Balbi


Medal, sestertius, reliquary cross, and disc with monogram
1835, 150-151 CE, 7th century CE
Minted bronze, lead and glass
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Palazzo Massimo,
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Crypta Balbi



Sundial with zodiac symbol
1st century BCE-1st century CE
Marble
Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano-Terme di Diocleziano


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Rome: Empire, Power, People - Melbourne Museum Exhibition Part Two

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