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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html" /> <meta name="Author" content="Felix Just, S.J." /> <meta name="Classification" content="Ancient History, Roman Art, Roman Architecture, Ancient Statues" /> <meta name="Description" content="Images and Pictures of Ancient Rome, Roman Ruins, Churches, Statues and Bridges" /> <meta name="KeyWords" content="Roman Statues, Temples, Asclepius, Healing God, Roman Forum, Tiber River, Tiber Island, House of the Surgeon, Pompeii, Images, Maps, Arch of Titus, Arch of Constantine, Colisseum, Ostia Antiqua, Herculaneum" /> <title>Ancient Rome: Images and Pictures</title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#FF0000" vlink="#800080" alink="#0000FF" background="../Backgrounds/classy.jpg" nosave> <center> Ancient Rome: Images and Pictures over 240 photographs by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D. </center> <center> <a href="../Copyright.htm">Unless otherwise noted, all text and images are copyright © 1994--2012 by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D. Permission is hereby granted to use these images for non-commercial educational purposes only. To download, copy or use my photos for any commercial purposes, please e-mail me for explicit permission.</a> Contents of These Pages: </center> <table BORDER="2" CELLPADDING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr> <td> <center> <img SRC="tbr5-14-sm.jpg" NOSAVE BORDER=0 width="144" height="100" /> </center> </td> <td><a href="Tiber.htm">Tiber River, Tiber Island and environs</a> (27 photos): <ul> <li>Tiber Bridges, incl. Pons Fabricius (w/ Quattro Capi), Pons Cestius, Pons Aemilius, and Pons Mulvius</li> <li>Tiber Island, incl. Church of San Bartolomeo and evidence of ancient Asclepius shrine</li> <li>Descriptions and dates of all ten ancient bridges</li> </ul> </td> <td> <center> <img SRC="tbr15-30-sm.jpg" NOSAVE BORDER=0 width="144" height="100" /> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <center> <img SRC="asc10-15-sm.jpg" NOSAVE BORDER=0 width="100" height="143" /> </center> </td> <td><a href="Asclepius.htm">Statues and Temples of Asclepius, the Healing God</a> (27 photos): <ul> <li>several statues from the Vatican Museum and from the Naples Archaeological Museum</li> <li>various Asclepius statues and shrines in the Borghese Gardens, Rome</li> <li>evidence of the ancient Asclepius shrine on the Tiber Island, Rome</li> </ul> </td> <td> <center> <img SRC="asc8-13-sm.jpg" NOSAVE BORDER=0 width="100" height="143" /> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <center> <img SRC="rom2-22-sm.jpg" NOSAVE BORDER=0 width="143" height="100" /> </center> </td> <td><a href="ArchConst.htm">The Arch of Constantine</a>  (30 photos): <ul> <li>general overviews of the East and West Façades</li> <li>close-ups of the Friezes, Medallions, and Statues</li> </ul> </td> <td> <center> <img SRC="../Photos/Rome99/Const-22-thm.jpg" NOSAVE width="96" height="128" /> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <center> <img SRC="rom4-12-sm.jpg" NOSAVE BORDER=0 width="143" height="100" /> </center> </td> <td><a href="Forum.htm">Roman Forum and Arch of Titus</a>  (41 photos): <ul> <li>Temples of Saturn, of Vespasian, of Julius Caesar, etc.</li> <li>Curia,  Rostra,  Lapis Niger,  Column of Phocas, etc.</li> <li>Temple and House of the Vestals</li> <li>Basilica of Aemilia, of Julia, of Constantine</li> <li>Arch of Septimius Severus;  Arch of Titus</li> </ul> </td> <td> <center> <img SRC="rom4-7-sm.jpg" NOSAVE BORDER=0 width="100" height="143" /> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <center> <img SRC="rom5-17-sm.jpg" NOSAVE BORDER=0 width="142" height="100" /> </center> </td> <td><a href="Colisseum.htm">Roman Colisseum (Flavian Amphitheater)</a>  (12 photos): <ul> <li>Exterior and Interior Overviews</li> <li>Close-ups of Some Details</li> </ul> </td> <td> <center> <img SRC="rom5-29-sm.jpg" NOSAVE width="100" height="143" /> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img SRC="rom4-36-sm.jpg" NOSAVE BORDER=0 width="144" height="100" /></td> <td><a href="Imperial.htm">Imperial Fora and Trajan's Column</a>  (11 photos): <ul> <li>Temple of Minerva</li> <li>Temple of Mars Ultor</li> <li>Trajan's Column</li> <li>Relief Maps of Ancient Rome</li> </ul> </td> <td ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><img SRC="rom5-w-sm.jpg" NOSAVE BORDER=0 width="100" height="142" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER><img SRC="rom3-20-sm.jpg" NOSAVE BORDER=0 width="100" height="144" /></td> <td><a href="Misc.htm">Palatine Hill and Other Sites Around Rome</a>  (16 photos): <ul> <li>Sites on the Palatine Hill</li> <li>Round Temple at the Forum Boarium</li> <li>Pyramid of Gaius Cestius</li> </ul> </td> <td ALIGN=CENTER><img SRC="rom15-23-sm.jpg" NOSAVE BORDER=0 width="100" height="142" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img border="0" src="ost12-7-thm.jpg" width="100" height="148" /> </td> <td><a href="Ostia.htm">Ostia: The Ancient Port of Rome</a>  (33 photos): <ul> <li>The Synagogue at Ostia</li> <li>The Capitolium and the Forum of Ostia</li> <li>The Theater and the Forum of the Corporations</li> <li>Temple of Cybele in the Campus Magnae Martis</li> <li>The Mithreum of Felicissimus</li> </ul> </td> <td> <img border="0" src="ost12-23-thm.jpg" width="142" height="100" /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <center> <img SRC="pomp13-9-sm.jpg" NOSAVE BORDER=0 width="144" height="100" /> </center> </td> <td><a href="Pompeii.htm">Pompeii:  esp. the House of the Surgeon</a>  (18 photos): <ul> <li>House of the Surgeon</li> <li>Model of Pompeii, Naples Archaeological Museum</li> <li>Other Views in and around Pompeii</li> <li>Two Inscriptions in Latin and English Translation</li> </ul> </td> <td> <center> <img SRC="pomp14-2-sm.jpg" NOSAVE BORDER=0 width="142" height="100" /> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img border="0" src="herc13-30-thm.jpg" width="100" height="142" /> </td> <td><a href="Herculaneum.htm">Herculaneum: at the Foot of Mt. Vesuvius</a> (28 photos): <ul> <li>Exterior Views of Streets and Buildings</li> <li>Remains of Charred Wood</li> <li>Ancient Villa overlooking the Mediterranean</li> </ul> </td> <td> <img border="0" src="herc14-23-thm.jpg" width="144" height="100" /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img border="0" src="Platner-ancient_rome-thm.jpg" width="138" height="100" /> </td> <td><a href="Platner.htm">Maps and Illustrations from Samuel Ball Platner's The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome (1904)</a>: <ul> <li>Maps of Ancient Rome, and Rome ca. 1900</li> <li>Plans of the Roman Forum and Imperial Fora</li> <li>Plans of the Capitoline and Palatine Hills</li> <li>Sketch of the Tiber Island</li> <li>Four Ancient Construction Methods</li> </ul> </td> <td> <img border="0" src="Platner-Tiber-thm.jpg" width="144" height="88" /> </td> </tr> </table> <center> Most of the photos on the above pages were taken in March 1994 during a two-week study tour of Rome and Southern Italy. Thanks to the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University for a grant that covered many of our travel expenses. Thanks to my colleague, Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles, for contributing some additional photos, as noted in each case. Thanks also to Bill Thayer (see his <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html">Lacus Curtius</a>) for several corrections and helpful comments, and to several of my student assistants at LMU for help in maintaining this website. See also my photos of the <a href="../Photos/Rome-Churches.htm">Churches of Rome</a> See also my photographic <a href="../Photos/Italy.htm">Impressions of Italy</a> </center> <hr WIDTH="100%" /> Other Websites with Materials and Images of Ancient Rome and Italy Supersites, with lots of Hyperlinks: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.forumromanum.org/">Forum Romanum</a> - including a virtual tour of Ancient Rome, pictures of the Roman Forum, and other helpful resources; by David Camden</li> <li><a href="http://homepage.usask.ca/~jrp638/coursenotes.html#class220">Daily Life in Classical Antiquity</a> - very fine collection of "Class Notes" with many links and large bibliographies for Ancient Greece and Rome; by John Porter, University of Saskatchewan</li> <li><a href="http://www.historylink101.com/ancient_rome.htm">History Link 101's Ancient Rome</a> - links for Roman Art, Daily Life, Maps, Pictures, etc.; by Eric Rymer</li> <li> <a href="http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/290_Lanciani_Forma_Urbis_Romae.html">Lanciani: Forma Urbis Romae</a> - maps of ancient Rome; originally published 1893-1901 - new link 2/07</li> <li><a href="http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/classical/dropbox/ROMARCH.html">ROMARCH</a> - discussion group and searchable website focusing on Roman Art and Archaeology; now hosted at University of Michigan</li> <li><a href="http://www.dalton.org/groups/rome/index.html">Rome Project</a> - large collections of resources divided into several categories, by the Dalton School</li> <li><a href="http://kchanson.com/LINKS/ancweb.html">WWW Sites Relating to the Ancient Mediterranean</a> - very comprehensive collection, compiled by Dr. K. C. Hanson</li> </ul> Images and Information about Ancient Rome in General: <ul> <li><a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/index.html">LacusCurtius: Into the Roman World</a> - Bill Thayer's main page on Ancient Rome, with lots of indices and subcategories</li> <li><a href="http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Romelife.html">Daily Life in Ancient Rome</a> - eclectic information on Roman architecture, politics, food, wine, etc.</li> <li><a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/%7Egrout/encyclopaedia_romana/">Encyclopædia Romana</a> - large, informative, attractive site with several splendid maps of ancient Rome; by James Grout</li> <li><a href="http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/">Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome</a> - large number of photos of monuments, ruins, cities, etc.; by Leo Curran</li> <li><a href="http://www.roma2000.it/zmonumen.htm">Monuments of Rome</a> - subpages for all the major monuments/museums in Rome (but some bad links); by the Roma 2000 staff</li> <li><a href="http://www.roma-antiqua.de">Roma Antiqua</a> - nice site with virtual tour, but only in German</li> <li><a href="http://www.underome.com/">Roma Sotterranea / Subterranean Rome</a> - high-tech site with fascinating material, by Marco Placidi; includes a good MAP of modern Rome</li> <li><a href="http://www.panoramicearth.com/26/Rome/The_Rome_Map">The Rome Map</a> - "Panoramic images of sights and attractions in Rome" (part of "Panoramic Earth"; both modern sites and ancient ruins) -- updated link 05/07</li> <li><a href="http://efts.lib.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/eos/eos_title.pl?callnum=DG16.P72">Topograhpical Dictionary of Ancient Rome</a>, by Samual Ball Platner (London: Oxford University Press, 1929)</li> <li> <a href="http://www2.siba.fi/~kkoskim/imbas/roma/startpage.php?lang=en&action=1">Vedute di Roma</a> - large collection of images of the city of Rome (photographs and engravings), by Kalervo Koskimies</li> <li><a href="http://www.geocities.com/mp_pollett/eng.htm">Virtual Roma</a> - "dedicated to the city's LESS FAMOUS sites, monuments, legends and cultural aspects"; by Andrea Pollett</li> <li><a href="http://www.thepaolas.com/Emperors/emperors.html">Visual Compendium of Roman Emperors</a> - images compiled by Justin Paola, University of Arizona</li> <li><a href="http://members.tripod.com/~holyrosarychurch/strade.html">All Roads Lead to Rome</a> - a fun little collection of this phrase in lots of languages</li> </ul> Specific Locations and Museums in Rome: <ul><li><a href="http://www.catacombe.roma.it/welcome.html">Christian Catacombs of Rome</a> - dozens of pictures, lots of good scholarly info, esp. on the Catacombs of Saint Callixtus</li> <li><a href="http://www.catacombsociety.org">International Catacomb Society</a> - pictures, maps, glossary, bibliography, etc., with special focus on the Jewish catacombs</li> <li><a href="http://www.capitolium.org/english.htm">Imperial Fora</a> - official website of municipally sponsored excavations of the Forums in Rome, includes a nice map and livecam!</li> <li><a href="http://www.stpetersbasilica.org/">St. Peter's Basilica</a> - very extensive and detailed new website with plenty of photos, floorplans, documents, etc., not just on the Basilica itself, but also on St. Peter's Square and the rest of Vatican City.</li> </ul> Significant Previous Sites no longer online: <ul> <li>"Roman Forum: Through the Ages" - detailed history, explanations, definitions, images, maps, plans, etc.; by Mike Zimmerman, Trinity College</li> <li>"Ancient World Web" - by Julia Hayden (closed 2005 - see <a href="http://www.julen.net/ancient/">http://www.julen.net/ancient/</a>)</li> </ul> <center> <table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" cols="5" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="../Bible/index.html">Biblical Resources</a></td> <td><a href="../John/index.html">Johannine Literature</a></td> <td><a href="../Lectionary/index.html">Catholic Lectionary</a></td> <td>Ancient Rome Photos</td> <td><a href="../index.html">FJ's Homepage</a></td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="../Art/index.html">Biblical/Religious Art</a></td> <td><a href="../Bible/Apocalyptic.htm">Revelation/Apocalyptic</a></td> <td><a href="../ChurchDocs/index.html">Church Documents</a></td> <td><a href="../MiscLinks.htm">Miscellaneous Links</a></td> <td><a href="../Espanol/index.htm">Recursos en Español</a><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/catholresour-20" target="_blank"></a></td> </tr> </table> <hr align="center" WIDTH="100%" /> <center> This page was last updated on October 26, 2017 <a href="../Copyright.htm">Copyright © 1994--2012 by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.</a>    <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">var site="sm2RomeImages"</script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2" src="http://sm2.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=sm2RomeImages"> </script> </center> <noscript> <a href="http://sm2.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=sm2RomeImages" target="_top"> <img src="http://sm2.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=sm2RomeImages" alt="Site Meter" border=0 /></a> </noscript>   </center></body> </html>