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Antiochus II inherited the throne from his father, Antiochus I, when the Seleucid Empire was in the throes of defeat. Pergamum, the victor, was a burgeoning kingdom that would grow over the next hundred years at the expense of the Seleucids. This…

Antoninus Pius was the longest reigning emperor since Augustus, taking power in 138 CE, after being adopted by Hadrian, and reigning relatively peacefully until his death in 161 CE. He was a largely successful emperor whose reign was celebrated by…

A panel from the Ara Pacis, or Alter of Peace, consecrated in 9 BCE by Augusus. This relief shows a female figure with two babies held to her breast and surrounded by other images of plenty.

The Arch of Titus was erected by his brother Domitian in 82 CE to celebrate Titus' military victories in Jerusalem. It is just south-east of the Roman Forum in Rome.

Aspendos in Pamphylia was a Greek colony founded by the Argives on the modern-day southern coast of Turkey. In the fifth century BCE, the city began minting coins according to the Persian standard - a different weight system that determined the value…

Athena of the Parthenos Athena type. Pentelic marble, Greek copy from the 1st century BC after the original from the 5th century BC. Some 17th-century restorations: arms, ends of the belt, some folds of the peplos, aegis, tip of the nose.

The Athenian “owl” is one of the most recognizable coins of the ancient world. First minted in 515 BCE, the “owl,” featuring Athena on the obverse and, her symbol, the owl, on the reverse, was continually minted by the Athenians until they gave up…

A statue of Augustus found in Villa Livia in 1863. From the 1st c. CE and made of white marble, this is one of the most well-known statues from the Roman empire.

Aurelian was declared Emperor by his troops after the death of Claudius II Gothicus in 270 CE. Claudius II Gothicus’ brother, Quintillus, however, was also declared Emperor by the Pannonian troops in the same year. Not unexpectedly, Quintillus was…