Mosaic from Tunisia Date: C3rd AD Period: Late Roman

Dionysos and the winged goddess Nike (Victory ) ride together in a chariot drawn by four tigers. He holds a pine branch staff in his hand and is crowned with a fruiting vine. Before him stands a cymbal clashing Mainas, and behind a Satyros carries a wine amphora on his shoulder. The Satyros is cloaked with a panther skin.

British Recruitment Poster (1915)

After flying high, Alexander the Great explores the Ocean - with his cat and a cock

Detail of a miniature of Alexander exploring the ocean in a glass barrel, accompanied by a cat and a cock; in this version of the story, his unfaithful wife tries to murder him by cutting the cord connecting him with the ship, and it is by killing the cat (not a dog) that he is able to rise to the surface; from Le livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre, France (Paris), c. 1420,

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Pierre-Paul Prud'hon 1758-1823 Female Nude

The Morgan Library slide show

Flavian Hair Styles

Ancient Roman Hairstyles and Headdresses from the Flavian Dynasty to the Age of Trajan 69-117

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