EditorialEgyptian head from the Kircherian Museum 1, and other heads from the Borgiano Museum in Velletri 2,3. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious, Civil and Military of...
EditorialRoman bireme with two decks of oars found on Trajan's Column 2, and boat with wolf and swan prow from a medal of Augustus 1. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious...
EditorialImperial Roman footwear from the Trajan Column 1, Roman footwear from the Palazzo Mattei 2, sandal from a fragment found at Palestrina 3, and a Roman sandal from a figure in the Casa Giustiniani 4. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustra...
EditorialAncient Roman naval ram or Rostrum with swords and animal heads from a basrelief representing a maritime trophy found in Pantanello, Tivoli 1, so-called Fiori or flower from the stern of the same trophy 2, rudder and anchor from Capitol Hill 3, and Ros...
EditorialAncient comical metal lamp representing the god Ridiculo from Library of the Profane in the Vatican Museum, metal lantern 2, metal candleholder 3, and terracotta lantern with four-horse chariot Quadriga 4. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an ...
EditorialMetal stove to heat the baths found outside the Porta San Sebastiano in the vineyard of Mr. Dedominicis 1, metal household pot from Naples 2, and terracotta vase and bowl excavated outside the Porta del Popolo in the so-called Tomb of Nero 3. Copperpla...
EditorialBoxing gloves or caestus, showing ways that Lottatori fighters bound their hands for combat. 1,2,3 from the Maffei Museum, and 4,5 from an ancient urn in St. Stefano church, Piscinola. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Loren...
EditorialRoman charioteer (Auriga) driving a two-horse chariot (Biga) in the Giuochi Circus from a fragment of a basrelief from a villa on the Janiculum 1, and a chariot carved on a sarcophagus in Cavaceppi Museum 2. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after a...
EditorialAncient shoe from the Palazzo Giustiniani 1, ancient Greek shoe from the Vatican Museum 2, and other Greek shoes from Greek vases 3,4. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes...
EditorialScythian bearded god from the Column of Theodosius 1, Egyptian goddess of the Earth with disc and lion 2, and the Egyptian god Anubis 3. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costum...
EditorialStage masks from the Vatican Museum 1, from the Palazzo 2 and the Villa Albani 3. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious, Civil and Military of the Ancient Egyptia...
EditorialCameo rings with Pan and archer, golden bauble from a figure of a young Nero in the Villa Lante 2, cylindrical box to store papyri in a library 3, and a waxed tablet and stylus, writing tools of the Ancient Romans, from a painting in Herculaneum 4. Cop...
EditorialStatue of the Egyptian goddess Isis in granite from the villa Palombara 1, Egyptian deity in the Kircherian Museum 2, and Egyptian deity found in the Temple of Canopus in Tivoli 3. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo R...
EditorialCarved shelf with melancholy woman and weapons from an antique sculpture from Capitol Hill 1, and shelf with eagle from the Casa Giustiniani 2. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of...
EditorialRoman war bireme with two decks of oars from Trajan's Column 1, and a transport boat for military supplies from the same column 2. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Rel...
EditorialTrireme warship with three decks of oars, battering ram with swords, from the Trajan Column 2, and boat with battering ram from an ancient basrelief 1. Both with eyes on the stern. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo R...