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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by Alexander Iannaeus (ruled 103-76 BCE) and restored by king Herod the Great. St. John Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded in this fortress. Columns of Herodes' palace.
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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by...

Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by Alexander Iannaeus (ruled 103-76 BCE) and restored by king Herod the Great. St. John Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded in this fortress. Columns of Herodes' palace.
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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by...

Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by Alexander Iannaeus (ruled 103-76 BCE) and restored by king Herod the Great. St. John Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded in this fortress.
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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by...

Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by Alexander Iannaeus (ruled 103-76 BCE) and restored by king Herod the Great. St. John Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded in this fortress. Columns of Herodes' palace.
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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by...

Young man, statue with Latin inscription on the left leg, probably an offering by Italian merchants to the Gods of Noricum. The statue was venerated in the temple of the oppidum on Magdalensberg, Austria. (16th c. copy, original lost) Height 185 cm. Inv. VI 1
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Young man, statue with Latin inscription on the left leg, probably an offerin...

Young man, statue with Latin inscription on the left leg, probably an offering by Italian merchants to the Gods of Noricum. The statue was venerated in the temple of the oppidum on Magdalensberg, Austria. (16th c. copy, original lost) Height 185 cm. Inv. VI 1
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Young man, statue with Latin inscription on the left leg, probably an offerin...

The Roman Tower of Cologne, a last vestige of the walls surrounding the former Roman colony and military camp. The walls were 4 km long and had 19 towers and nine gates.
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The Roman Tower of Cologne, a last vestige of the walls surrounding the former R...

The "Heidentor" ("porta pagana") in Carnuntum, Austria. Not a city gate. No roads led through its four arches. Perhaps a triumphal arch or monument with a pedestal in the center of the four arches for a statue. Height 14 m, originally 26 m
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The "Heidentor" ("porta pagana") in Carnuntum, Austria. Not a city gate. No road...

Roman ruins of a large bathing establishment, Carnuntum Austria. The Roman settlement consisted of the military camp for the legionaries, the settlement around the camp (canabae) and the civilian town (municipium). The large thermal baths belong to the municipium.
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Roman ruins of a large bathing establishment, Carnuntum Austria. The Roman settl...

The fishpond, Villa of Emperor Hadrian, Tivoli/Rome. Work on the villa probably began in 126, after the Emperor's return from his first tour of inspection in the eastern parts of the Empire.
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The fishpond, Villa of Emperor Hadrian, Tivoli/Rome. Work on the villa probab...

Roman fishponds in a villa at Utica, Tunisia.
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Roman fishponds in a villa at Utica, Tunisia.

Roman fishpond in a villa at Utica, Tunisia.
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Roman fishpond in a villa at Utica, Tunisia.