EditorialBook III. In the foreground; wrestling. In the background; ships weighing anchor and the sacrifice of a bull on the shore of Actium. The manuscript was probably produced for Ludovico Agnelli, Bishop of Cosenza. Aeneid. Italy [Rome?]; 1497-1499. Source:...
EditorialBook III. In the foreground; wrestling. In the background; ships weighing anchor and the sacrifice of a bull on the shore of Actium. The manuscript was probably produced for Ludovico Agnelli, Bishop of Cosenza. Aeneid. Italy [Rome?]; 1497-1499. Source:...
EditorialThe Death of Cleopatra, ca. 1645?55, Oil on canvas, 37 3/8 ? 29 1/2 in. (95 ? 75 cm), Paintings, Guido Cagnacci (Italian, Santarcangelo di Romagna 1601?1663 Vienna), The subject derives from Plutarch's Lives (1st century A.D.) and illustrates Cleopatra...
EditorialBust of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. Roman general and politician, Octavian Augustus collaborator. He was responsible for many of the military successes of Octavian, among which the naval victory of the Battle of Actium against Antony and Cleopatra VII of...
EditorialMarcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63-12 BCE, friend and brother-in-law of Emperor Augustus. Victorious in the battle of Actium against Pompeius, married to Julia, daughter of Augustus; built the Pantheon in Rome. Marble, H: 46 cm MA 1208.