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Late Roman Empire

Refers to the period and style of art that coincided with the time in the Roman Empire from Maximinus to the sack of Rome by the Visigoths.

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c. 235–410 C.E.

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Basics Works of Art Artists Periods, Cultures, Styles Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

Damnatio memoriae—Roman sanctions against memory

Classicism and the Early Middle Ages

Ancient Roman art, an introduction

Rome’s history in four faces at The Met

Classical orders of architecture explained

Contrapposto explained

Women in Roman art

Ancient and Byzantine mosaic materials

Digging through time: Archaeology in Rome

Roman domestic architecture: the insula

Roman domestic architecture: the villa

Rewriting history: damnatio memoriae in ancient Rome

Early Christian art and architecture after Constantine

Works of Art

Colossus of Constantine

c. 312–315

Praxiteles, Apollo Sauroktonos

c. 350–200 B.C.E.

c. 350 B.C.E.

Roman copy: c. 325–350 C.E., Greek original: c. 350 B.C.E.

Roman copy: c. 1st–2nd century C.E., Greek original: c. 350 B.C.E.

Aquae Sulis, Bath, England

1st–5th century C.E.

Mosaic decoration at the Hammath Tiberias synagogue

286–337 C.E.

The Symmachi Panel

c. 400 C.E.

Trebonianus Gallus — emperor or athlete? Rethinking a modern attribution

251–253 C.E.

Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine

c. 306–312 C.E.

Portraits of the Four Tetrarchs

c. 305 C.E.

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Bayon, the most notable temple at Angkor Thom (photo: Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Bayon, the most notable temple at Angkor Thom (photo: Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Glykon of Athens

Periods, Cultures, Styles

Curated Guides to Late Roman Empire

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The Roman empire in a connected world, 27 B.C.E.–330 C.E.

Textbook Chapter - Reframing Art History

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