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Related content for the world culture "Ancient Rome"
Related galleries
Room 70: Roman Empire
Room 85: Roman portraits
Rooms 83-84: Roman sculpture
Room 69: Greek and Roman life
Room 23: Greek and Roman sculpture
Related highlight objects
A wooden writing-tablet
Aes signatum or money ingot
Altar
Altar to 'Fortune the Home-Bringer, to Aesculapius and to Salus'
Altar to Neptune
Basalt bust of Germanicus
Basalt door
Base-silver radiate of Carausius, with the emperors Diocletian and Maximian
Base-silver radiate of Maximian
Base-silver radiate of the usurper emperor Allectus
Beaker in Pergamene Relief Ware
Black Glaze pourer (askos) in the form of an elephant
Black Gloss boss-centred dish (phiale) with relief decoration
Black Gloss drinking cup (poculum) with a painted inscription
Black slip jug with barbotine decoration
Boars' tusk pendant
Bowl from the Carthage Treasure
Bowl with appliqué decoration
Bracelets from the Hoxne hoard
Brass sestertii of Hadrian showing Personifications of Africa and Spain
Brass sestertius of Hadrian
Brass sestertius of Nero
Brass sestertius of Titus, showing the Colosseum
Brass sestertius with the omen of the great sow
Bridle-bit from the Polden Hill hoard
Britannia on a copper coin of Hadrian
Bronze armour fittings
Bronze as of Antoninus Pius, showing Britannia
Bronze bowl
Bronze coin of Augustus and Agrippa, with pig's trotter appendage
Bronze coin of Caracalla with Christian graffiti
Bronze coin of Ephesos, reign of emperor Macrinus
Bronze coin of Ephesos, reign of Valerian
Bronze coin of Pontius Pilate, Procurator of Judaea
Bronze coin of Smyrna, reign of emperor Caracalla
Bronze coin of Tarsus, reign of emperor Elagabalus
Bronze coin of the city of Alexandria, reign of emperor Hadrian
Bronze coin of the city of Alexandria, reign of emperor Hadrian
Bronze diploma granting citizenship to Marcus Papirius
Bronze figure of Ba'alat Gebal
Bronze figurine of a gladiator
Bronze figurine of a lictor (magistrate's attendant)
Bronze gladiator's helmet
Bronze handled dish (patera) showing Scylla
Bronze head from a statue of the Emperor Hadrian
Bronze head of Augustus
Bronze head of Hypnos
Bronze head of the Emperor Claudius
Bronze helmet
Bronze knife-handle in the form of a charioteer
Bronze lampstand
Bronze military diploma
Bronze model of a 2-horse chariot (biga)
Bronze nummus of Magnentius with Christogram
Bronze pan
Bronze phallic wind chime (tintinabulum)
Bronze rattle (sistrum)
Bronze sestertius of Nero with harbour scene
Bronze sestertius with the Circus Maximus
Bronze shield boss
Bronze statue of a goose
Bronze statuette of a legionary
Bronze statuette of Mars
Bronze statuette of Mars
Bronze statuette of Nero
Bronze statuette of Venus or Dione
Bronze steelyard (statera) with lead weights
Bronze steelyard weight
Brooch containing a coin of the emperor Philip I
Brown glass jug
Bust of Antinous
Cameo double portrait of the emperor Trajan and his wife Plotina
Cameo of Agrippina the Elder
Cameo portrait of Augustus
Carved ivory leaf from a diptych
Cavalry combat helmet
Cavalry helmet
Cavalry sports helmet
Child's shoe
Cobalt-blue glass beaker
Cobalt-blue glass model boat
Coins from the Hoxne hoard
Colossal marble statue of Apollo
Colour-coated pot
Cosmetic grinder
Cup from the Water Newton treasure
Dedicatory plaque
Didcot hoard
Discus-thrower (discobolus)
Dragonesque brooch
'Empress' pepper pot from the Hoxne hoard
Engraved gem from the Thetford treasure
Flanged silver bowl and cover from the Mildenhall treasure
Flanged silver bowl from the Mildenhall treasure
Floor tile
Fluted silver bowl from the Mildenhall treasure
Fragment of a marble shield
Fragments of painted plaster
Gaulish red slip pottery bowl
Gilded silver spoons from the Hoxne hoard
Gladiator's helmet
Glass beaker
Glass beaker with chariot-racing scene
Glass bottle in the form of a fish
Glass bowl and flagon
Glass bowl with enamelled decoration
Glass box
Glass cremation urn
Glass cup
Glass cup or bowl
Glass cup signed by Ennion
Glass cylindrical box
Glass dropper-flask in the form of a gladiator's helmet
Glass 'Felix' bottle
Glass flask
Glass jug
Glass triple-bodied bottle
Glass window pane
Gold aurei of Nero
Gold aurei with portraits of the young Faustina II
Gold aureus consecration coin of Septimius Severus
Gold aureus of Aurelian
Gold aureus of emperor Caligula
Gold aureus of emperor Claudius
Gold aureus of emperor Marcus Aurelius, set in a gold ring
Gold aureus of Octavian
Gold aureus showing Trajan's Column
Gold aureus with a facing portrait of Postumus
Gold bars with assayers' stamps
Gold body-chain from the Hoxne hoard
Gold buckle from the Thetford treasure
Gold jewellery from the Hoxne hoard
Gold medallion of Claudius II
Gold medallion of Constantius I Chlorus
Gold medallion of Diocletian
Gold medallion showing Constantine the Great at prayer
Gold ring
Gold ring showing the Temple of Aphrodite at Palaepaphos
Gold rings from the Thetford treasure
Gold solidus of Magnus Maximus
Gold stater ('Gallo-Belgic A' type)
Gold stater in the name of Titus Quinctius Flamininus
Gold-glass medallion
Gold-glass medallion showing Herakles
Green glass bowl
Gridiron
Group of bronze statuettes of Roman gods and goddesses
Head from a marble statue of Vespasian
Head from a statue of Mercury
Head from a statue of the god Dionysus
Hinged brass collar
Hoard of Iceni silver coins
Hoard of silver drinking cups
Iron adze-hammer
Iron cauldron hanger
Iron dagger and sheath
Iron hipposandal
Iron plough coulter
Iron sword with bronze hilt fittings
Iron window grille
Ivory bust of a charioteer
Ivory comb of Modestina
Jet pendant
Jeweller's hoard from Snettisham
Jewellery from the Thetford treasure
Lamp showing a chariot race
Large spoons (cigni) from the Thetford treasure
Largitio dish of the Emperor Licinius
Lead coffin with lid
Lead curse (defixio)
Lead pig (ingot)
Lead tank
Lead-glazed pottery drinking cup (skyphos)
Limestone head of a woman resembling Cleopatra VII
Limestone ossuary
Limestone ossuary
Long spoons (cochlearia) from the Thetford treasure
Marble bust of a girl
Marble bust of an old man
Marble bust of 'Clytie'
Marble bust of the emperor Hadrian wearing military dress
Marble bust of Trajan
Marble cinerary urn of Vernasia Cyclas
Marble funerary relief of Lucius Antistius Sarculo and Antistia Plutia
Marble funerary slab decorated with a skeleton
Marble group of Mithras slaying the bull
Marble inscription with damnatio memoriae of Geta, son of Septimius Severus
Marble pilaster capitals from the Pantheon in Rome
Marble portrait bust of Homer
Marble portrait bust of Perikles
Marble portrait head from a statue of a Julio-Claudian prince
Marble portrait of a young boy as a worshipper of Isis
Marble portrait of Julius Caesar
Marble portrait of Tiberius
Marble portrait statue of a veiled woman
Marble relief of Jason the physician and patient
Marble relief with female gladiators
Marble relief with lion and gladiator
Marble sarcophagus carved with scenes from the story of Jonah and the whale
Marble sarcophagus showing the Twelve Labours of Hercules
Marble sarcophagus with a Bacchic scene
Marble sarcophagus with lid
Marble statue of a naked Aphrodite crouching at her bath
Marble statue of a pair of dogs
Marble statue of a Roman priestess
Marble statue of a youth on horseback
Marble statue of Dionysos
Marble statue of the emperor Hadrian, in Greek dress
Marble statue of the emperor Septimius Severus
Marble statue of the spinario
Marble statue of Venus
Marble statues of Pan, signed by M. Cossutius Cerdo
Marble statuette of Bacchus
Milestone
Military horse trapping inscribed with the name of Pliny the Elder
Mosaic from a villa
Nummus of Diocletian
Oculist's stamp
Onyx cameo portrait of a woman wearing the stola
Painted roundel with portraits of a man and a woman
Pair of bronze headrest supports (fulcra) from a couch
Pair of dragonesque brooches
Panel from a mosaic showing a lion and cupids
Panel from an ivory casket: Christ carrying the Cross
Panel from an ivory casket: the Crucifixion of Christ
Panel from an ivory casket: the empty Sepulchre
Part of a marble sculpture of two boys fighting over a game of knucklebones
Part of a wall painting from a Roman villa
Part of a wall painting from a Roman villa
Pottery face-urn
Pottery ink-well
Pottery jar with a chariot-race
Pottery jars, dishes and bowls
Pottery lamp in the form of a ship
Pottery mortarium
Pottery oil lamp
Pottery oil-lamp
Pyxis
Rag doll
Replica of the Rudge Cup
Ribchester hoard
Roman coins reused as weights in an Anglo-Saxon balance
Samian ware bowl
Samian ware vase
Sarcophagus
Sculpture of a lion overpowering a ram
Section of façade from a Roman building at Meonstoke
Sherd of painted glass
Shield boss of Junius Dubitatus
Ship's figurehead
Sigillata jug
Silver argenteus of Constantine the Great
Silver arm and plaque from a small statue of Victory
Silver bowl from the Carthage Treasure
Silver cistophorus of Augustus
Silver cistophorus of Augustus
Silver cistophorus of Mark Antony
Silver denarii of the Roman Social War
Silver denarius of Augustus
Silver denarius of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony
Silver denarius of Marcus Junius Brutus
Silver denarius showing Juno Moneta
Silver didrachm with wolf and twins design
Silver dish with niello decoration from the Mildenhall treasure
Silver figurine of Tutela
Silver hairpin with figure of Venus
Silver hairpin with hand
Silver ingot
Silver ladles from the Hoxne hoard
Silver ladles from the Mildenhall treasure
Silver plaque and gold disc from the Water Newton treasure
Silver radiate coins with Roman Legionary badges: Pegasus and Capricorn
Silver shekel of the Second Jewish Revolt, struck over a denarius of the Emperor Hadrian
Silver spoons from the Mildenhall treasure
Silver statuette of Harpocrates
Silver tetradrachm of Augustus
Silver tigress from the Hoxne hoard
Silver tridrachm of Gaius Caligula
Six pottery bowls containing different coloured pigments
Square silver dish
Statue of a hunter-god, possibly Attis
Statuette of a mother-goddess
Steelyard weight
Stone female head
Strip of three Roman bronze coins (asses)
Terracotta 'Campana' plaque with a scene of a triumphal procession
Terracotta 'Campana' relief with a Nilotic scene
Terracotta figurine of 2 gladiators
Terracotta lamp with a caricatured scene
Terracotta plaque with a chariot-racing scene
Terrets from the Polden Hill hoard
The Arcisate Treasure
The Aurelius Ursicinus spoons from the Hoxne hoard
The Barber Cup
The Corbridge Lanx
The Crawford Cup
The Felmingham Hall hoard
The Fulham sword
The Great Dish from the Mildenhall treasure
The Hinton St Mary Mosaic
The Juliana Bracelet from the Hoxne hoard
The Leadenhall Street Mosaic
The Lycurgus Cup
The Muse Casket
The Portland Vase
The Projecta Casket
The sword of Tiberius
The Townley Vase
The Warren Cup
Three bronze strigils with scenes from the Roman Circus
Tile antefix
Toggles from the Polden Hill hoard
Toilet implements from the Hoxne hoard
Tombstone of a soldier's daughter
Tombstone of a young boy, Marcus Cocceius Nonnus
Tombstone of Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus
Tombstone of Gaius Saufeius
Tombstone of Volusia Faustina
Torso of a statue of the emperor Hadrian wearing a cuirass
Transverse strainer-spoons from the Hoxne hoard
Two iron pilum heads
Two silver cups with repoussé decoration
Two silver platters from the Mildenhall treasure
Two steelyard weights
Vase in the form of a male grotesque head
Wall painting of Ulysses and the Sirens
Wall painting showing a coastal landscape
Wooden writing-tablet
Writing-tablet with a letter from Niger and Brocchus to Flavius Cerialis
Writing-tablet with a letter from Severus to Candidus
Writing-tablet with a letter from the entrepreneur Octavius to Candidus
Writing-tablet with a letter inviting Sulpicia Lepidina, the commander's wife, to a birthday party
Writing-tablet with a letter of appeal
Writing-tablet with a line from Virgil
Writing-tablet with account of money received
Writing-tablet with an intelligence report
Related research projects
Coins from the Anglo-American project in Pompeii
Finds of Roman gold coins in Britain
Greek and Roman surgical instruments and medical objects in the British Museum
Roman provincial coinage
The Roman shipwreck project
Related themes
Animals
Introduction to the Leaders and rulers theme
Leaders and rulers
Related tours
Chariot-racing in ancient Rome
Cleopatra of Egypt: from history to myth
Gladiators
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