2nd Century Collection (#5)

The Defeat of Pulikesin II Chalukhya by Mahamalla Pallava at Badami, AD 642 (litho)
8660996 The Defeat of Pulikesin II Chalukhya by Mahamalla Pallava at Badami, AD 642 (litho) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951); Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Antoninus Pius, c. 138 AD, from Terracina (marble)
6384311 Portrait of Antoninus Pius, c. 138 AD, from Terracina (marble); Palazzo Massimo alle Terme & Museum, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: Portrait of Antoninus Pius, about 138 AD, from Terracina)

Large relief of Mithras, end of 2nd century AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy
6384409 Large relief of Mithras, end of 2nd century AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome

Marcus Aurelius, 170-180 AD (marble)
6384180 Marcus Aurelius, 170-180 AD (marble); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Marcus Aurelius, 170-180 AD); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Marcus Aurelius as a young man, 147-151 AD (marble)
6384179 Marcus Aurelius as a young man, 147-151 AD (marble); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Marcus Aurelius as a young man)

Cuirassed figure with an unrelated head of Marcus Aurelius, body 41-54 AD, head 160-170 AD (marble)
6384169 Cuirassed figure with an unrelated head of Marcus Aurelius, body 41-54 AD, head 160-170 AD (marble); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania

Map of India in the second century AD. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915
3033767 Map of India in the second century AD. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.; Private Collection

Statue of Bacchus. Marble, 2nd century (marble)
UIG5416003 Statue of Bacchus. Marble, 2nd century (marble); (add.info.: From the Roman Baths of Cagliari. Archaelogical Museum of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy); PHAS/UIG

Sarcophagus with dionysiac ceremonial procession, 160-180 AD, Luni marble
6384414 Sarcophagus with dionysiac ceremonial procession, 160-180 AD, Luni marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome

Decorative relief stockings representing hybrid characters. This plaque used to avert the bad fate
LSE4087780 Decorative relief stockings representing hybrid characters. This plaque used to avert the bad fate, probably dating from the 2nd century

World map of Claude Ptolemee (Claudius Ptolemaeus, 90-168) illustrating the flat earth
NWI4846095 World map of Claude Ptolemee (Claudius Ptolemaeus, 90-168) illustrating the flat earth. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Ancient Rome: The Roman Emperor Hadrian (76-138 AD) rendering justice during his travels in his empire
ELD4844971 Ancient Rome: The Roman Emperor Hadrian (76-138 AD) rendering justice during his travels in his empire. End of the 19th century (chromolithograph)

Statue of Artemis restored as a Muse
7287250 Statue of Artemis restored as a Muse; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Artemis restored as a Muse. 2nd century AD)

Persian Warrior
7287229 Persian Warrior; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Persian Warrior. Roman relief from the time of Hadrian of an original dated 160 - 150 AD)

Infant Heracles
7287228 Infant Heracles; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Infant Heracles. Roman sculture of the Mid 2nd century AD. Replica of a hellinistic work from 3rd -4th century BC)

Miniature representing the Sophist, Philostrate. Manuscript by Boccacio (Boccace), 1430
GIA5036678 Miniature representing the Sophist, Philostrate. Manuscript by Boccacio (Boccace), 1430. Giovanni Boccaccio (Boccaccio)

Bronze Roman military badge (1st-2nd c. AD). SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia
CUL4860304 Bronze Roman military badge (1st-2nd c. AD). SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia by Roman, (1st-2nd Century AD); Archaeological Museum of Catalonia

Map by Claude Ptolemee (Claudius Ptolemaeus, 90-168) showing the flat land without the American continent
NWI4846822 Map by Claude Ptolemee (Claudius Ptolemaeus, 90-168) showing the flat land without the American continent, north and south poles, around 150

Representation of Pope Anicet (155-166) receiving the eveque of Smyrna, Polycarp (Pope Anicetus with Polycarp)
ELD4910542 Representation of Pope Anicet (155-166) receiving the eveque of Smyrna, Polycarp (Pope Anicetus with Polycarp (Polycarpus) of Smyrna)

Representation of Pope Zephyrin (198-217) confessing Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus dit Tertullian (150/160-220)
ELD4914610 Representation of Pope Zephyrin (198-217) confessing Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus dit Tertullian (150/160-220) writer of Berber origin converted to Christianity in 193

Representation of Saint Eustachius (died 120) became a labourer rehabilitated by Trajan as an officer
ELD4914077 Representation of Saint Eustachius (died 120) became a labourer rehabilitated by Trajan as an officer (Saint Eustachius or Eustathius or Eustathios) and soldiers of Trajan)

Portrait of Plautianus, Vatican museum, Rome, Italy, c. 2nd century AD (marble)
3914240 Portrait of Plautianus, Vatican museum, Rome, Italy, c. 2nd century AD (marble); Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Portrait of Plautianus, Vatican museum, Rome)

Votive plaque of silver
3330407 Votive plaque of silver; (add.info.: Votive plaque of silver dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus. Dated 2nd Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Votive plaque of silver
3330406 Votive plaque of silver; (add.info.: Votive plaque of silver dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus. Dated 2nd Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Statue of Minerva sitting restored in Rome (sculpture)
YOU4419190 Statue of Minerva sitting restored in Rome (sculpture); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Statue of Minerva sitting restored in Rome)

Statue of Thetis, nereid in Greek mythology (marble)
YOU4419189 Statue of Thetis, nereid in Greek mythology (marble); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Statue of Thetis, nereid in Greek mythology, mother of Achilles, heros of the Trojan War)

Statue of Bacchus, Roman deity (marble)
YOU4419182 Statue of Bacchus, Roman deity (marble); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Statue of Bacchus, Roman deity, equivalente to Dionysus in Greek mythology, god of wine, drunkenness)

Porte Noire, Besancon, France (engraving)
8676887 Porte Noire, Besancon, France (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Porte Noire, Besancon, France)

Torso of a boy. 2nd Century AD Roman copy of a 5th century BC Greek sculpture, known as Eros Soranzo
529782 Torso of a boy. 2nd Century AD Roman copy of a 5th century BC Greek sculpture, known as Eros Soranzo.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Diana, ancient Roman goddess of hunting and the Moon, Artemis in the Greek pantheon
544604 Diana, ancient Roman goddess of hunting and the Moon, Artemis in the Greek pantheon. 2nd century (sculpture, Roman copy of an original Greek statue); Universal History Archive/UIG

Female figure on a chandelier, 2nd century AD, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy (fresco)
6384412 Female figure on a chandelier, 2nd century AD, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy (fresco); Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome

The votive offer of a cashier, end of 2nd century AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome
6384408 The votive offer of a cashier, end of 2nd century AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome

Statue of Mithras, end of 2nd century AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy
6384406 Statue of Mithras, end of 2nd century AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome

Portrait of Marcus Aurelius on an extraneous bust, 175-180 AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of
6384387 Portrait of Marcus Aurelius on an extraneous bust, 175-180 AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome

Two discobolus Lancellotti, after the bronze discobolus by the greek sculptor Myron of Eleutherae
6384353 Two discobolus Lancellotti, after the bronze discobolus by the greek sculptor Myron of Eleutherae, 2nd century AD (marble); Palazzo Massimo alle Terme & Museum, Rome, Lazio

Fight between beats and gladiators - Mosaic, 2nd century AD. JC, Villa Borghese, Rome
FGL5456488 Fight between beats and gladiators - Mosaic, 2nd century AD. JC, Villa Borghese, Rome; Fototeca Gilardi

Representation of Saint Seraphia (or serapia) (2nd century) and her mistress Saint Sabina (savina), c.1900 (engraving)
FGL5502822 Representation of Saint Seraphia (or serapia) (2nd century) and her mistress Saint Sabina (savina), c.1900 (engraving); Private Collection; Fototeca Gilardi

Roman antiquity. Currency: Sestertius with the effigy of Mark Aurelio (Marco Aurelio, 121-180)
BEN5468285 Roman antiquity. Currency: Sestertius with the effigy of Mark Aurelio (Marco Aurelio, 121-180), emperor and Roman Stoician philosopher. Inv. en 13953

Statuette of Artemis
7287257 Statuette of Artemis.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statuette of Artemis. Mid 2nd century AD copy of a Greek original of the mid-4th century BC)

Sarcophagius with the myth of Protesilaus
7287233 Sarcophagius with the myth of Protesilaus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Sarcophagius with the myth of Protesilaus. 160 - 170 AD)

Portrait of the Emperor Antoninus Pius
7287199 Portrait of the Emperor Antoninus Pius; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Portrait of the Emperor Antoninus Pius. 2nd century AD)

Bust of Hadrian. 117-121 CE. White marble. Genoa. Italy
7137070 Bust of Hadrian. 117-121 CE. White marble. Genoa. Italy.; © Pascal Deloche/Godong

Relief with theatre Masks for comedies et tragedies
7287245 Relief with theatre Masks for comedies et tragedies; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Relief with theatre Masks for comedies et tragedies)

A denarius, with the representation of a boat with 8 oars, with 4 rowers and a helmsman. Silver coin, 117 (silver)
MMM5472841 A denarius, with the representation of a boat with 8 oars, with 4 rowers and a helmsman. Silver coin, 117 (silver); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: A denarius)

Marble bust of the emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117 AD) c.108
AIS5383450 Marble bust of the emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117 AD) c.108.; Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy; © Iberfoto

Hispanic-Roman coin, minted in Empuries (Catalonia, Spain), 1st-2nd century (metal)
AIS5378578 Hispanic-Roman coin, minted in Empuries (Catalonia, Spain), 1st-2nd century (metal); Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain ; (add.info.: Hispanic-Roman coin)

Representation du monde selon Claude Ptoleme (Claudius Ptolemaeus (vers 100-170)
AIS5331520 Representation du monde selon Claude Ptoleme (Claudius Ptolemaeus (vers 100-170). Gravure extraite de "Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica" (1661)

A 19th century Chinese Junk ship
5307452 A 19th century Chinese Junk ship.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Chinese Junk ship, which were used as seagoing vessels as early as the 2nd century AD)

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"Journey through Time: Exploring the Marvels of the 2nd Century" Step into the ancient world as we delve into the wonders of the 2nd century. From magnificent frescoes to intricate sculptures, this era captivates with its artistic prowess and historical significance. Witness Mithras Killing the Bull, a captivating Roman fresco from the 2nd century A. D. This masterpiece depicts a powerful mythological scene that showcases both skillful craftsmanship and symbolic storytelling. Travel further in time with Ptolemy's Map of the World, created around A. D. 150. This remarkable cartographic creation by Claudius Ptolemy offers a glimpse into how people perceived our planet centuries ago, showcasing their knowledge and imagination. Immerse yourself in Rome's enchanting nightscape as you gaze upon St. Peter's Basilica, beautifully illuminated alongside the River Tiber and Ponte Sant Angelo. These iconic landmarks stand as testaments to Rome's grandeur during this period. Explore UNESCO World Heritage Sites like The Pantheon and Piazza della Rotonda at night – architectural marvels that have stood tall for centuries, leaving visitors awestruck by their magnificence. Discover portraits that bring history to life; behold Vibia Sabina, wife of Hadrian, whose regal visage reflects Roman civilization's elegance during this epoch. Marvel at The Sleeping Hermaphrodite sculpture – an exquisite copy after an original from the 2nd century BC – adorned with Gian Lorenzo Bernini's masterful addition. Its delicate beauty is sure to leave you mesmerized. Transport yourself to North Africa with a mosaic from Bulla Regia in Tunisia; it reveals glimpses of daily life during this era while showcasing exceptional artistic talent. Uncover remnants of ancient libraries at Ephesus in Izmir, Turkey - such as Library of Celsus - which served as intellectual hubs where knowledge thrived amidst the bustling city.