CONTENTS
  

   Western Civilization PicturePack

Collection C:
Roman Civilization and the
Origins of Christianity,
31 B.C.-71 A.D.
  
All the PicturePacks listed below are
included in this PicturePack Collection.
All images full screen, with articles.
   

PicturePack WCC01: The Roman Republic, 509-31 B.C. ● A Roman bridge built on Etruscan foundations ● Three Etruscan vases ● A bronze she-wolf nursing Rome's founders ● A Roman sacrifice ● "Cato and Portia," 1st century B.C ● The mistress of a Roman household and servants ● Archimedes ● The poet Virgil ● The interior of a Roman library ● The features and hair styles of three Roman women ● Marble busts of seven Roman men ● Map: Rome’s major roads ● The Via Appia (Appian Way) just outside Rome ● A view of the Roman Forum from Palatine Hill ● The Rostrum of the Roman Forum ● A map of the Carthaginian empire, 264 B.C ● Excavations at Carthage ● Map: The Second Punic War, 221-201 B.C ● Roman fortifications on the acropolis of Saguntum ● A marble map showing Roman expansion by 146 B.C ● The Porta Romana gate of Ostia Antica, Italy ● Street of the Tombs, Ostia Antica ● A mausoleum outside Ostia Antica, Italy ● The Decumanus Maximus and the theater, Ostia ● The Forum and its temple in Ostia Antica, Italy ● A bull is led to be sacrificed ● The west side of the Great Baths of the Forum ● A cutaway model of a Roman bath house ● Terra cotta heating conduits for the baths ● The Hot Room of the Baths of the Drivers at Ostia ● Public toilets in Ostia, Italy ● A tenement block in Ostia Antica ● The ground level hallway of a tenement ● The broad stairway of a tenement in Ostia Antica ● Remains of a firehouse in Ostia Antica ● Stalls along a market street in Ostia Antica ● A restaurant on the Via di Diana in Ostia Antica ● An interior view of a restaurant in Ostia Antica ● A wine tavern in Ostia Antica, Italy ● The advertisement mosaic for Fortunatus' bar ● The business sign (mosaic) of an ivory merchant ● The business sign of a transfer shipping company ● A shipper trading with Narbo in Gaul ● The entrance to a large warehouse in Ostia  
 

PicturePack WCC02: The Roman Republic Ends & Empire Begins, 133-B.C. to 180 A.D. ● Julius Caesar (102-44 B.C.) ● Julius Caesar's fleet vs. the Alexandrian fleet ● Cicero (106-43 B.C.) ● Caesar Augustus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.) ● A marble map showing the Roman Empire, 14 A.D ● Sacrifice to Diana by the emperor ● Mark Antony ● A relief of the Julio-Claudian family ● Expansion, Roman Empire, Augustus to Hadrian ● A bust of the Emperor Tiberius ● The Emperor Claudius, who reigned 41 to 54 A.D ● The Emperor Nero, who reigned 54 to 68 A.D ● A bust of the Emperor Vespasian ● The Emperor Titus, who reigned 79 to 81 A.D ● The Emperor Domitian, who reigned 81 to 96 A.D ● Trajan, who reigned from 98 to 117 A.D ● A bust of Emperor Hadrian ● Antinous, the favorite youth of Hadrian ● A Roman vase from Hadrian's villa at Tivoli ● Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor from 138 to 161 A.D ● A bust of the Emperor Lucius Verus ● Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor 161-180 A.D ● Faustina, the wife of Marcus Aurelius ● A memorial stele to Ares, a Roman soldier ● A model of the Roman log bridge over the Rhine ● A Roman ballista ● Roman soldiers engaged in construction ● Roman ships and rowers from Trajan's column ● Site of Gamla, first major Jewish Revolt battle ● Ruins of the synagogue of Gamla ● A topographical map of Masada ● The site of the Roman camps, viewed from Masada ● Ruins of the north fortifications at Masada ● The Roman siege ramp at Masada ● An overview of the Qumran site near the Dead Sea ● Ruined buildings of the Essene community ● The entrance to one of the caves at Qumran ● The Arch of Titus, in Rome ● A detail from Titus's Arch showing the Menorah ● A battle between the Romans and Dacians ● Prisoners taken during the Dacian War of 105-106 ● Aurelius exhorts troops and makes sacrifices   
 

PicturePack WCC03: The Roman Forum: Heart of the Empire ● An artist's reconstruction of the Roman Forum ● Ruins of the Roman Forum, looking east ● The north side of Palatine Hill, Rome ● The Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, Rome ● A Roman basilica ● A Vestal Virgin ● The Temple of Vesta in the Roman Forum ● Trajan's Forum and markets in Rome, Italy ● The Roman Colosseum ● Structural elements of the Colosseum at Rome ● The arena and seats of the Roman Colosseum ● Business and residential section of Herculaneum ● African animals to be taken to Colosseum ● The Circus Maximus in Rome ● A model of the Circus Maximus in Rome ● The Theater of Marcellus in Rome, Italy    
 

PicturePack WCC04: An Imperial Roman City: Pompeii ● "The destruction of Pompeii," a painting ● A street in Pompeii with sidewalks ● A view of apartment buildings in Pompeii, Italy ● The Via dell'Abondanza, Pompeii ● A counter top in a shop in Pompeii ● Amphorae in the Pompeii archaeological storehouse ● A bakery in Pompeii ● The calidarium of a bath at Pompeii ● The atrium of the House of Vettii at Pompeii ● The garden at House of Vettii in Pompeii ● Peristyle in the House of Vettii at Pompeii ● A wall painting in the House of Vettii ● A wall painting of "The Fall of Icarus." ● The larium of the House of Vettii in Pompeii ● The great amphitheater at Pompeii ● The palestra of Pompeii ● A mosaic of female Roman athletes ● Three female Roman athletes     
 

PicturePack WCC05: Roman Provinces from Spain to England ● The Decumanus Maximus of Itálica, Spain ● The sewer of Itálica as it exits under the wall ● Foundations and floor mosaics of Itálica house ● The Roman aqueduct that bisects Segovia, Spain ● The Roman aqueduct at Tarragona, Spain ● The Maison Carrée, a Roman temple in Nîmes ● The Roman amphitheater at Nîmes, France ● The Pont du Gard, a Roman aqueduct near Nîmes ● The Pont du Gard ● Interior of the water channel of the Pont du Gard ● The Roman triumphal arch at Orange, France ● An interior view of the Roman theater at Orange ● Hadrian's Wall, a Roman fortification in Britain ● Model of Roman fort along Hadrian's Wall ● Foundations of the barracks building at Chesters ● The north end of the Roman bathhouse at Chesters ● The Great Bath at Bath, England ● Box-tile vaulting at Bath, England ● Ruins of a Roman villa in Lullingstone, England ● A floor mosaic in a Roman villa at Lullingstone ● Stairs leading up to the sanctuary at Baalbek ● Panorama of Sanctuary of Jupiter, Baalbek ● The exedra in the Sanctuary of Jupiter, Baalbek ● Six columns of the Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek ● The Temple of Astarte at Baalbek ● The peristyle of the Temple of Astarte, Baalbek ● An interior wall of the Temple of Astarte ● The Nabatean city of Petra in Wadi Musa ● The Treasury of the Nabataeans in Petra ● Carved cliff tombs at Madain Salik, Saudi Arabia ● A Nabataean tomb at Maidan Salik ● The amphitheater at Palmyra, Syria    
  

PicturePack WCC06: Religion in Ancient Rome; Christianity Begins ● The Pantheon in Rome, Italy ● An interior view of the Pantheon at Rome ● The Temple of Vesta, on the banks of the Tiber ● A bronze statue of Jupiter with a club ● A marble statue of Mercury, 2nd century A.D ● A statue of Hercules from the 2nd century A.D ● The god Cupid drinking and dancing ● A Medusa head from the Roman Empire period ● The Temple of Mithras at Ostia Antica, Italy ● The interior of the Mithraic Temple at Ostia ● Mithras killing the bull, 2nd century A.D ● An overview of present-day Jerusalem ● The royal courtyard of the 2nd Temple ● A model of the 2nd Temple in Jerusalem ● A model of the Roman Fortress Antonia ● The Adoration of the Magi ● An overview of Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee ● Ruins of houses of Saint Peter and neighbor ● Remains of the synagogue of Capernaum in Galilee ● The site of the Sermon on the Mount ● A fresco depicting the crucifixion of Christ ● The resurrection of Jesus, a carved roundel ● An icon of Saints Peter and Paul ● The early Christian cave church at Antioch ● Interior of Christian cave church at Antioch ● Remains of the church of St. John in Ephesus ● The baptistry in the church of St. John, Ephesus ● The baptismal font in the church of St. John ● Early Christian baptism by immersion ● The house of Jesus' mother Mary in Ephesus ● An altar inside Mary's house in Ephesus ● The Coptic Church of Abu Sarga at Cairo ● Biblical scene from Ethiopian Coptic manuscript ● Early Christian symbols from the catacombs, Rome ● A hall in the Catacomb of St. Domatilla, Rome ● Christian mosaic in a home at Ostia Antica ● A Christian floor mosaic at Hinton-St.-Mary    
  

PicturePack WCC07: The Later Roman Empire, 180-337 ● The Roman Emperor Commodus, ruled 180-192 A.D ● A bust of Emperor Septimus Severus ● Julia Domna, wife of Septimus Severus ● The Emperor Caracalla, reigned 211-217 A.D ● Bust of Trebonianus Gallus, reigned 251-253 ● Claudius II Gothicus, who reigned 268-270 A.D ● The Tetrarchy, 284-305 A.D ● Mausoleum of Emperor Galerius, ruled 305-311 ● The division of the Roman Empire under Diocletian ● Subdivision of Roman Empire into four prefectures ● A statue of Helena, the mother of Constantine ● Constantine the Great, who reigned 306-337 A.D ● Constantine's Arch beside the Colosseum in Rome ● The Emperor Constantius II, reigned 337-361 A.D.  
 

PicturePack WCC08: The Spread of Christianity ● Map, spread of Christianity to 12th century ● Pope Silvester, who ruled 314-335 A.D ● One of the gates of Nicaea in Turkey ● The Council of Constantine ● The Byzantine Cathedral of Hagia Sophia ● Remains of the interior of Hagia Sophia, Nicaea ● Pope Damasus I, who reigned 366-384 A.D ● An Icon of St. Anthony of the Desert. ● The Temptation of St. Anthony ● Monks in the Monastery of St. Macarios ● The Monastery of St. Catherine ● An overview of the valley of Cappadocia, Turkey ● Ruined church in cliff, Cappadocia, Turkey ● Byzantine monastery's chapel, Cappadocia, Turkey ● Exterior of ruined monastic cave at Cappadocia ● A hermitage and chapel at Cappadocia, Turkey    
 

PicturePack WCC09: The End of the Roman Empire: Byzantium, Invasions ● Emperor Justinian I, who reigned 527-565 .A.D ● The court of Emperor Justinian ● The court of Empress Theodora ● Section of the walls of Constantinople ● The Hagia Sophia in Constantinople ● An interior view of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople ● A view into the cupola of the Hagia Sophia ● Tomb of Theodoric the Great at Ravenna, Italy ● Mosaic of Jesus in Arian Baptistry at Ravenna ● The church of San Vitale at Ravenna, Italy ● Triptych, Virgin and Child with two saints ● Interior of the church of St. Alexander, Fiesole ● Byzantine mosaic from Salonika, Greece ● Map, Germanic tribes along north Roman frontier ● A map of the invasions of the Huns and Goths ● A map of the invasion of the Germanic tribes ● Romans victorious over barbarians ● Early German tribesmen going into battle ● Rebellious Germans forced to execute their own ● Movable huts used by the early Germans ● Map of the barbarian kingdoms, ca. 500 A.D.