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... MOSAIC OF GLADIATORS ( 3rd century AD , Borgbese Gallery ) . These mosaics show fights between gladiators and wild beasts , as well as between the gladiators themselves . The best fighters are identified by name . LICENTIOSVS E ...
... MOSAIC OF GLADIATORS ( 3rd century AD , Borgbese Gallery ) . These mosaics show fights between gladiators and wild beasts , as well as between the gladiators themselves . The best fighters are identified by name . LICENTIOSVS E ...
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... 56. Caravaggio ( 1573-1610 ) , SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST ( Capitoline Pinacoteca ) . The prophet is portrayed when a young man , carrying a newly- captured ram . 54 56 57 59 60 57. THEATRICAL MASKS ( mosaic 2nd century. 39.
... 56. Caravaggio ( 1573-1610 ) , SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST ( Capitoline Pinacoteca ) . The prophet is portrayed when a young man , carrying a newly- captured ram . 54 56 57 59 60 57. THEATRICAL MASKS ( mosaic 2nd century. 39.
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... ( mosaic 2nd century AD , Capitoline Museum ) . This mosaic , made up of minute fragments of coloured stone , depicts the masks of tragedy and comedy . 58. BUST OF A ROMAN ( bronze , Capitoline Museum ) . This bust was originally believed ...
... ( mosaic 2nd century AD , Capitoline Museum ) . This mosaic , made up of minute fragments of coloured stone , depicts the masks of tragedy and comedy . 58. BUST OF A ROMAN ( bronze , Capitoline Museum ) . This bust was originally believed ...
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1st century BC 2nd century 4th century BC altar ancient Apollo apse artist Augustus Baroque basilica Borghese bronze building built Capitol Caravaggio Cardinal CASTEL SANT'ANGELO Castor and Pollux catacombs ceiling centre Christ Christian church Circus Maximus COLOSSEUM columns constructed decorated designed Emperor Empire entrance Etruscan excavations facade fountains fresco Gallery Gian Lorenzo Bernini Hadrian Holy Imperial interior Italy Jacopo Torriti Julius Caesar Last Judgement later Madonna and Child marble masterpiece mausoleum metres Michelangelo monumental mosaic Moses Museum of Roman nave obelisk Old St Peter's painted palaces Palatine Palazzo dei Conservatori Pantheon papacy Paul Perugino Piazza Pietro Pinacoteca pope Porta portrait Raphael reconstructed Renaissance represents Revine Roma Roman Civilisation Roman copy ROMAN FORUM Rome saints Santa Maria Maggiore scene seven hills Sistine Chapel Sixtus St John Lateran ST PETER'S SQUARE statue Temple of Vesta Tiber Island Titus tomb Trajan's vault victory Villa Virgin wall