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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sarcophagus of Scipio
Sarcophagus, plural Sarcophagi, is a kind of stone used among the Greeks for making coffins, and so called because it was believed to have the property of consuming the flesh of dead bodies deposited in it within a few weeks. Hence a...
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Princeton University: The Art Museum
The Art Museum at Princeton University has a permanent collection ranging over time from ancient to contemporary and from the Mediterranean to Western Europe, China, Latin America and the U.S. Greek and Roman antiquities and Roman...
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Hermes: Herald of the Immortals
The Olympians depended on Hermes (Roman name "Mercury") to bring them all sorts of news. Learn about his role at this site, which includes a listing of all the times Hermes is mentioned in the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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Ducksters: Middle Ages for Kids: Byzantine Empire
Explore the Byzantine Empire during the Middle Ages and Medieval times on this site. Learn about how the Eastern Roman Empire ruled for over 1000 years.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Italy, 343 263 Bc
Map of Italy, from the beginning of the Samnite Wars (343 BC) to the beginning of the Punic Wars (264 BC). The map is color-coded to show portions of the Liguria, Gallia, Venetia, and Istria territories in the north, the Carthaginian,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: The Saxon Invasion of Kent, Ad 450
A map of northeast Kent and the Thames Estuary at the time of the Saxon invasions, around AD 450. The map is color-coded to show the territories of the Britons in pink, the Saxons in orange, and the Angles in green. Although the Romans...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Map of Italy, 275 b.c.
A map of Italy after 275 B.C. showing the extent of Roman control of the peninsula, and the Carthaginian control of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica before the Punic Wars. This map shows the Appian Way between Rome and Brundisium, important...
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Etc: Maps Etc: France at the Death of Charles V, 1380
A map of France at the time of the death of Charles V in 1380. This map is color-coded to show the territory of France at the time, the possessions of the House of Burgundy (Artois, Flanders, Rethel, Duchy of Burgundy, and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Europe, 1904
"Europe - Greece has the honor of being in the van of European civilization and power, but in the seventh century before Christ a rival sprang up in Italy, which in the course of time attained such vigor that Greece at last was humbled...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Italy, Ad 525
A map of Italy at the time of Ostrogoth rule under Theodoric the Great (AD 454-526) after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. This map shows the extent of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths, Kingdom of the Vandals (Corsica and Sardinia),...
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Etc: Italy During the War With Naples , 1798 1799
Map of Italy in 1799, subtitled "The War with Naples 1798-9." The map shows Italy at the time when the Kingdom of Naples briefly became the French-supported Parthenopaean Republic from January to June, 1799. The map shows the territory...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Italy Divided by Augustus Into Eleven Regions, 7 Bc
A map of Roman Italy, or Italia in 7 BC, when, according to Pliny the Elder, Augustus Caesar divided Italia into eleven regions (regiones), Latium et Campania (I), Apulia et Calabria (II), Lucania et Brutii (III), Samnium (IV), Picenum...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Britain, Ad 500
A map of Britain about AD 500. This map is color-coded to show the territories of the Celtic tribes, the Jutes since 449, the Saxons since 477, and the English since 490. The map shows important cities and ports of the time, labeled with...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Britain, Ad 577
A map of Britain after AD 577 and the Anglo-Saxon migration. This map is color-coded to show the territories of the Celtic tribes, the Jutic tribes, the Saxons tribes, and the English tribes. The map shows important cities and ports of...
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Etc: England During the Saxon Period, Ad 450 1066
A map of England, Wales, and southern Scotland during the Saxon Period from around AD 450 to the beginning of the Norman Conquest in 1066. This map shows major cities of the time, major river ways, topography, and is color-coded to show...
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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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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Caesar
Julius Caesar was the leader of the popular party, who in a few years was destined to prove himself the greatest of the Romans and one of the most remarkable men of all time.-Colby, 1899
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Martin Luther
Martin Luther was born at Eisleben in 1483. He was the son of a poor miner, had entered the Augustinian order, and had become professor of theology at Wittenberg. In the course of his studies he had come to question the practice of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, commonly called Prince Rupert of the Rhine, (17 December 1619 - 29 November 1682), soldier, inventor and amateur artist in mezzotint. He was a soldier from a young age, fighting...
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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...