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Roman Republic

Refers to the period in history and style of art that developed when Rome was ruled by the Republic, from its founding in 509 B.C.E. through the formal establishment of the Empire in 27 B.C.E.

Dates

c. 509–27 B.C.E.

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Basics to get you started

Ancient Roman art, an introduction

Rome’s history in four faces at The Met

Classical orders of architecture explained

Pompeii, an introduction

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

Roman wall painting styles

Rewriting history: damnatio memoriae in ancient Rome

Works of Art

Scenes from Homer’s Odyssey, Via Graziosa

mid-1st century, before 46 B.C.E.

Room M of the Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale

c. 50–40 B.C.E.

Temple of Portunus, Rome

c. 75 B.C.E.

The conservator’s eye: Marble statue of a wounded warrior

Greek original c. 460–450 B.C.E.; Roman copy c. 138–181 C.E.

Tomb of the Scipios and the sarcophagus of Scipio Barbatus

early 3rd century B.C.E.–1st century C.E.

early 3rd century B.C.E.

Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Rome

begun 6th century B.C.E.–509 B.C.E.; rebuilt c. 60s B.C.E., 70s C.E., 81–96 C.E.

Maison Carrée

c. 4–7 C.E.

Capitoline Brutus

4th–3rd century B.C.E.

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