The answer is of course that the influence was huge: Roman copies of canonic Greek masterpieces ensued, there were aesthetic influences in the decoration of sanctuaries and funerary monuments, while every-day domestic objects mimicked Greek styles too.
This head of Mithras depicts the god as a handsome young man with an unusual Phrygian styled cap. The head is thought to have been part of a large bull slaying scene, where Mithras would kill the bull who's blood gave eternal life.
Mithras was the god of a mystery religion which became popular among the military in the Roman Empire, from the 1st to the 4th centuries AD.
Information on the cult is based mainly on interpretations of the many surviving monuments such as this head of Mithras. The head was discovered in the Temple of Mithras, in Walbrook London, standing in the aspe of the Temple.
One of Britain's most distinguished photgraphers, Don McCullin, talks about his extraordinary work, including his evocative photographs recording the fringes of the Roman Empire for his latest book, Southern Frontiers: A Journey Across the Roman Empire.
The City of Cambridge is known for being a buzzling cosmopolitan city with architecture ranging from ancient to modern times and styles. The anicent city centre, holds medieval streets, college courts, gardens and bridges. It is home to the famous University of Cambridge, which is one of the world's premier universities, and includes the renowned Cavendish Laboratory, King's College Chapel and the Cambridge University Library.
The city is situated in East Anglia, 80km north of London. Settlements have been living in the area since before the Roman Empire, the earliest actual evidence being the remains of a 3,500 year old farmstead discovered at the site of Fitzwilliam College. Further archaeological evidence dates the city back to the Iron Age to a Belgic tribe which settled in the area around the 1st century BC.
Submitted by Mary Harrsch on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 16:22
At the Fall 2009 Membership Meeting of the the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), Bernard Frischer, Director of the Virtual World Heritage Laboratory at the University of Virginia said his team of "digital humanists" that were responsible for the development of Rome Reborn are turning their attention to UNESCO-listed Hadrian's Villa, also known as Villa Adriana, in Tivoli. In his talk, Beyond Illustration: New Dimensions of 3D Modeling of Cultural Heritage Sites and Monuments (see the video at the bottom of this page), he discusses how 4D virtualisation would increase our knowledge of the ancient world.
Senator and historian, Tacitus, wrote two major works, Annals and the Histories. He was an author writing in the latter part of the Silver Age of Latin literature. Portions of these works survived dating back to the Roman Empire. The works examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius and Nero and others who reigned in the Year of the four Emperors. Tacitus also had a successful political course, becoming senator, consul and eventually governor of the Roman province of Asia.
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In the winter of AD 406/7, the bitterest in living memory, the Rhine froze solid. Suddenly, the natural frontier barrier protecting Roman Gaul from the massed Germanic tribes inhabiting the dark, trackless forests of the east bank lay wide open. The teutonic warriors poured across, overwhelming the poorly garrisoned towns of north-eastern Gaul. Within two years, all of Gaul was alight and the barbarian hordes were hammering at the Pyrénées.
From Britain into the midst of this chaos came Constantine III, proclaimed by his alarmed (and largely Gallic) troops. In his attempt, ostensibly to protect the island against the effects of the barbarian invasion across the Channel but really to seize the throne from the rightful emperor, Honorius, Constantine III denuded Britannia of its last Roman soldiers, and the province effectively disappeared from the map of civilisation.
