Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Fortifying Camp
Fortifying the Camp. - Greenough, 1899
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Gallic Iron Holder
Iron Holder used in the Gallic War.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Gallic Iron Shield Boss
Iron Shield Boss off of a shield used in the Gallic War.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Gallic Sword Hilt and Girdle
Sword-hilt and girdle used in the Gallic War.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Horatius
How Horatius kept the bridge
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pala
The spade was but little used in ancient husbandry, the ground having been broken and turned over by the plough, and also by the use of large hoes and rakes. The preceding woodcut, taken a deceased countryman with his falx and bidens,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pompeii
Excavating a house at Pompeii from eruption of Vesuvius, which buried the cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii.-Colby, 1899
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sculpture of Augustus
Augustus, born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was adopted by his great-uncle Julius Caesar in 44 BC, and between then and 27 BC was officially named Gaius Julius Caesar. After 27 BC, he was named Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus. Because of the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Athenian Town Clock
The town clock of Athens in the Hellenistic Age. -Breasted, 1914
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charlemagne's Signature
Charlemagne's signature. Only the central portion was made by Charles, the other letters, forming the name Karolus, being written by a secretary.-Colby, 1899
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Clitellae
A pair of panniers, and therefore only used in the plural number. In Italy they were commonly used with mules or asses; but in other countries they were also applied to horses, of which an instance is given in the annexed woodcut from...
Curated OER
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...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Boxer With Cestus
The cestus was used by boxers from the earliest times. It consisted of thongs of raw ox-hide, or of leather, tied round the hands of pugilists, in order to render their blows more powerful. Sometimes these bands were tied round the arms...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Caduceus
The staff or mace carried by heralds and ambassadors in time of war. This name is also given to the staff with which Hermes or Mercury is usually represented, as is shown in he following figure of that god. From caduceus was formed the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Candys
A robe worn by the Medes and Persians over their trowsers and other garments. It had wide sleeves, and was made of woollen cloth, which was either purple or of some other splendid colour. In the Persepolitan sculptres, from which the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Walls of Signia
Walls of Signia. The colony of Signia was said to have been founded by the last Tarquin; but its possession was lost in the early years of the republic. -Allen, 1890
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Acerra
The incense-box or censer used in sacrifices. The acerra was also a small moveable alter placed before the dead, on which perfumes were burnt. The use of the accerrae at funerals was forbidden by a law of the Twelve Tables as an...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Acus
A needle, a pin. Pins were made not only of metal, but also of wood, bone, and ivory. They were used for the same purposes as with us, and also in dressing the hair. The mode of platting the hair, and then fastening it with a pin or...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Arma
Homer describes in various passages an entire suit of armour, and we observe that it consisted of the same portions which were used by the Greek soldiers ever after. Moreover, the order of putting them on is always the same. The...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Cathedra
A seat or chair, was more particularly applied to a soft seat used by women, whereas sella signified a seat common to both sexes. The cathedrae were, no doubt, of various forms and sizes; but they usually appear to have had backs to...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Citizens! I Discharge You.
[Caesar] mustered the soldiers in the Campius Martius, and requested a statement of their grievances. Their demands appeared to have a reference to a payment of their dues, the bestowal of promised presents, and a release from further...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sagum
The sagum was open in the front, and usually fastened across the shoulders by a clasp. The form of the sagum worn by the northern nations of Europe may be seen in the following cut from the column of Trajan, representing three Sarmatians...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Caesar's Death
The Death of Caesar. Naturaly such extraordinary success made him enemies, and though the city seemed in the main to be contented with his rule, it was easy for his ill-wishers to play on the passions of the people by pointing out that...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Centurio
The commander of a centuria or company of infantry, varying in number with the legion. The century was a military division, corresponding to the civil one curia; the centurio of the one answered to the curio of the other. From analogy we...
Other popular searches
- Fall of the Roman Empire
- Decline of the Roman Empire
- Mapping the Roman Empire
- Rise of the Roman Empire