Details of illustrations

Map 1

    Major official temples in Rome. The map also shows some other monuments and toponyms.

Map 2

    Sanctuaries of Magna Mater, Syrian-Phoenician gods and Egyptian gods in Rome. Adapted from Coarelli (1982) facing p.38.

Map 3

    Sanctuaries and monuments of Mithras in Rome. Adapted from Coarelli (1979) facing p.80.Map 3Sanctuaries and monuments of Mithras in Rome. Adapted from Coarelli (1979) facing p.80

Map 4

    Jewish and Christian catacombs in Rome. Adapted from F. Coarelli, Dintorni di Roma (Rome-Bari 1981) 8.

Map 5

    The region of Rome.

     

 

1.1

    Aeneas and Anchises, Veii. Rome, Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, inv. no. 40.272. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst.Neg. 63.2250.
 

1.2

    Votive terracottas. Photos courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum, London.
 

1.3

    Two flamines on the south frieze of the Ara Pacis, Rome. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst.Neg. 1932.1732.
 

1.4

    Kalchas mirror from Vulci. Vatican, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco 12240. E. Gerhard, Etruskische Spiegel (Berlin 1884-97) III pl. 123.
 

1.5

    Gods on third-century coins. Mars: Crawford (1974) 13,1 (pl.I). Minerva: Crawford (1974) 17,1g (pl.I). Apollo: Crawford (1974) 18,1 pl.E). Dioscuri: Crawford (1974) 32,1 (pl.III). Janus: Crawford (1974) 36,1 (pl.H). Sol: Crawford (1974) 39,4 (pl.VII). Photos courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum.
 

1.6

    Capitoline temple, model. Rome, Museo della Civiltà Romana. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst.Neg. 73.1159.
 

1.7

    Bowl made in Latium or Rome, inscribed ‘Belolai pocolom’. Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. no. K 614 Coll. Campana. Photo: Museé du Louvre.
 

1.8

    Statue of Ceres. Rome, Museo Nazionale Romana (Terme Museum), Antiquarium, inv. no. 112377. Photo: Roma Medio Repubblicana (Rome 1973) no.476, pl.66.
 

2.1

    Head of Juno Sospita, from Lanuvium. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst.Neg. 53.776.
 

2.2

    Roman general? Rome, Museo Nazionale Romana (Terme Museum), inv. no. 1049. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst.Neg. 66.1686.
 

2.3

    Round temple, Forum Boarium, Rome. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst.Neg. 59.128.
 

2.4

    Dionysiac throne, Bolsena. Photo: Ecole Française de Rome, neg. no. EFR BOL 4588.
 

2.5

    Epulum Iovis on denarius of Coelius. Crawford (1974) 437, 2a (pl.LII). Photo courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum.
 

2.6

    Games on coins of Volteius. Crawford (1974) 385, 1-5 (pl.XLIX). Photos courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum.
 

2.7

    Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus. Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. no. 975. Photo: Deutsches Archaologisches Institut, Rome; Inst.Neg. 56.867.
 

3.1

    Theatre of Pompey and Temple of Venus Victrix (reconstruction) C. Meier, Caesar (Berlin, 1982) 346–7 fig.41.
 

3.2

    Caesar’s Forum (reconstruction). C. Meier, Caesar (Berlin, 1982) 525 fig.55.
 

3.3

    Frieze from Temple of Venus Genetrix. Rome, Musei Capitolini (Museo Conservatori), inv. no. 2398. Photo: Deutsches Archaologisches Institut, Rome; Inst.Neg. 58.972.
 

3.4

    Statue of Roma, from Sanctuary of Poseidoniasts, Delos. Photo: Deutsches Archaologisches Institut, Rome; Inst.Neg. 69.1252.
 

3.5

    Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst.Neg. 58.1849.
 

4.1

    Pediment of the temple of Quirinus. Rome, Museo Nazionale Romana (Terme Museum), no inv. no. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst. Neg. 6434.
 

4.2

    Shrine of Lares Augusti (reconstruction). Colini (1961-2) 155, fig. 12.
 

4.3

    Belvedere Altar. Vatican, Museo Pio Clementino, inv. no. 1115. Photos: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome. (a) Sacrifice: Inst.Neg. 1511. (b) Pig: Inst.Neg. 1509. (c) Victory: Inst.Neg. 75.1285. (d) Apotheosis: Inst. Neg. 75.1289.
 

4.4

    Sorrento Base (plaster cast). Sorrento, Museo Correale. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst.Neg. 65.1252.
 

4.5

    Mars Ultor pediment on relief of Claudian date. Rome, Villa Medici. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst. Neg. 70.1341.
 

4.6

    ‘Earth’ on Ara Pacis. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst.Neg. 86.1448.
 

5.1

    Magicians, Porta Maggiore Basilica, Rome. Photo: Gabinetto Fotografico Nazionale 9753.
 

5.2

    Jewish spoils on Arch of Titus. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst. Neg. 79.2026.
 

5.3

    Zodiacal table from Grand. Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Musée des Antiquités Nationales; second at Epinal, Musée départemental des Vosges. Les dossiers d’archéologie 162 (1991) 64.
 

5.4

    Painting from Catacomb of Basileus, Rome. Pontificio Commisione di Archeologia Sacra, Vatican. Photo: Istituto Suore Benedettine di Priscilla, Rome.
 

6.1

    Interior of Pantheon, Rome, in 19th cent. engraving. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst. Neg. 1937.977.
 

6.2

    Iseum and Sarapeum on Campus Martius, Rome (plan). Lembke (1994) 25.
 

6.3

    Monument to Peter below St Peter’s, Rome (reconstruction). Krautheimer (1980) 20.
 

6.4

    Porta Maggiore basilica, Rome. Photo: E. Richter, Rome.
 

7.1

    Sacrifice in the Roman army. Rome, Trajan’s Column, Scene LIII 133-134, cast. Photos: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst. Neg. 1931.322, 323.
 

7.2

    Two reliefs from altar in Carthage. (a) Algier Museum inv. no. 217. Photo: Alinari 47176; (b) Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. no. 1838. Photo courtesy Prof. R.J.A. Wilson.
 

7.3

    Altar from Carthage. Tunis, Bardo Museum, inv. no. 2125. Photos: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; (a) Roma. Inst.Neg. 63.388; (b) Aeneas. Inst.Neg. 63.387; (c) Sacrifice. Inst.Neg. 63.389; (d) Apollo. Inst.Neg. 63.390.
 

7.4

    Jupiter column, from Butzbach. Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Inv. A 1956: 796. Photo: Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt.
 

7.5

    Sacrifice on Arch of Septimius Severus, Lepcis Magna. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst. Neg. 61.1699.
 

8.1

    Medallions of Constantine. (a) Paris, Cabinet des Médailles (RIC VI 296, no.111). Photo: Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque Nationale. (b) Munich, Staatliche Münzsammlung (RIC VII.364, Ticinum 36). Photo: Staatliche Münzsammlung, Munich.
 

8.2

    Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus. Vatican, Museo Tesoro, St Peter’s. Photos: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome. Front: Inst. Neg. 88.4. Side: Inst.Neg. 88.7-10.
 

8.3

    Sarcophagus in San Lorenzo fuori le mura, Rome. Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome; Inst. Neg. 7002.
 

8.4

    Syrian sanctuary on the Janiculum, Rome (axonometric drawing). Mele (1982) fig. 4.