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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasian
(9-79) Roman Emperor AD 69-79 and founder of the Flavian dynasty.
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Eternal Egypt: Head of Emperor Hadrian
A head of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who ruled from A.D. 117 to 138. Only the head and part of the chest remain. The emperor is wearing military uniform and the upper part of his head is crowned with the head of the Gorgon, Medusa.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bust of Commodus
Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus (31 August 161 - 31 December 192) was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192 (also with his father, Marcus Aurelius, from 177 until 180). The name given here was his official name at his accession to...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Emperor Charles V
Ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 until his abdication in 1556.
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Unesco: Serbia: Gamzigrad Romuliana, Palace of Galerius
The Late Roman fortified palace compound and memorial complex of Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius, in the east of Serbia, was commissioned by Emperor Caius Valerius Galerius Maximianus, in the late 3rd and early 4th centuries. It...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Isabella of Castille
Isabella I (April 22, 1451 - November 26, 1504) was Queen of Castile and Leon. She and her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon, laid the foundation for the political unification of Spain under their grandson, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
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Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Constantine the Great
On this site, students can learn about the biography of Constantine the Great from Ancient Rome. Study the first Christain Roman emperor by reading this biography.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Constantine the Great
Emperor of Rome from 306 to 337. He is best known for being the first Christian Roman emperor.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Accubatio
The act of reclining at meals. The Greeks and Romans were accustomed, in later times, to recline at their meals; but this practice could not have been od great antiquity in Greece, since Homer always describes persons as sitting at their...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Caractacus and Claudius
Caractacus was a British Chief that had fought very bravely against the Romans. He was brought to Rome with chains on his hands and feet and set before the emperor of Rome. The wife of Caratacus, who had also been brought a prisoner to...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charlemagne
The King of the Franks from 768 and the Emperor of the Romans from 800 until his death in 814.
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About Scotland: Hadrian's Wall
This site provides a short description on how the wall was built and its layout. Does have some nice diagrams or cut-away views of the wall.
Robin Chew
Lucidcafe: Charlemagne
Gives a short account on the life of Charlemagne plus has links to other sources of information.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: History Sourcebook: Germany Under Frederick Barbarossa
Fordham University provides a map of Germany under Frederick Barbarossa.
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Scrapbookpages.com: The City of Nurnberg
This site from the Scrapbookpages.com provides information about Nurnberg, the unofficial capital of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Famous people who lived and worked in Nurnberg (e.g., the artist Albrecht Durer) are...
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Apis Bull
The gigantic statue represents Serapis in the form of a strong bull with a solar disk and uraeus, or royal cobra, between his horns. The inscription indicates that the statue was erected around AD 130 in the time of the Roman Emperor...
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Unesco: Algeria: Timgad
Timgad lies on the northern slopes of the Aures mountains and was created ex nihilo as a military colony by the Emperor Trajan in AD 100. With its square enclosure and orthogonal design based on the cardo and decumanus, the two...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sella
Sella, the general term for a seat or chair of any description. Sella Curulis, the chair of state. Curulis is derived by the ancient writers from currus, but it more probably contains the same root as curia. The sella curulis is said to...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sella
Sella, the general term for a seat or chair of any description. Sella Curulis, the chair of state. Curulis is derived by the ancient writers from currus, but it more probably contains the same root as curia. The sella curulis is said to...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sella
Sella, the general term for a seat or chair of any description. Sella Curulis, the chair of state. Curulis is derived by the ancient writers from currus, but it more probably contains the same root as curia. The sella curulis is said to...
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Eye Witness: Nero Persecutes the Christians, 64 a.d.
This EyeWitness to History site, which illuminates the past through personal narratives and other first-hand sources, provides a general overview of how Emperor Nero laid blame for the burning of Rome onto the Christians and put many to...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Byzantine Court
Constantine, the first Christian emperor, removed the capital of the world-empire from Rome to Byzantium, henceforth to be called Constantinople. Though the court, with all its splendor and power, was thus transferred to a city where...
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Ducksters: Kid's Biography: Charlemagne
Explore Charlemagne's biography on this website. Learn how he was the considered one of the great leaders of the middle ages. He was the King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor during the Middle Ages.