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The youthful Dionysos. Fresco from Magdalensberg, Carinthia, Austria. This capital of Celtic Noricum was a centre of steel and iron trade with Rome and Roman merchants settled there even before all of Noricum became a Roman province in 45 CE.
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The youthful Dionysos. Fresco from Magdalensberg, Carinthia, Austria. This...

Young shepherd, detail from a fresco showing a bucolic scene with two shepherds competing on the flute. From Magdalensberg, Celtic, later Roman capital of Noricum, Carinthia, Austria.
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Young shepherd, detail from a fresco showing a bucolic scene with two shepherds...

Battle between Alexander the Great and King Dareios Probably a replica of a painting by Philoxeilos of Emtrea (4th BCE).Alexander is the bareheaded man (left) Dareios on his chariot (right).Scene could be Issos or Gaugamela.House of the Faun,Pompeii VI 12,2 Inv.10020
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Battle between Alexander the Great and King Dareios Probably a replica of a pain...

A mural, showing the god Priapus, was meant to protect the wealth of the Vettii family against jealousy and envy. House of the Vettii, Pompeii.
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A mural, showing the god Priapus, was meant to protect the wealth of the Vettii...

Pyramus and Thisbe, mural to the right of the nymphaeum, House of Loreius Tiburtinus, Pompeii.
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Pyramus and Thisbe, mural to the right of the nymphaeum, House of Lore...

Two elegant ladies at the procurer. Wallpainting from Pompeii, Italy
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Two elegant ladies at the procurer. Wallpainting from Pompei...

Banquet scene: young man and courtesan. Wallpainting from Herculanum, Italy 64 x 64 cm Inv. 9024
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Banquet scene: young man and courtesan. Wallpainting from Hercul...

The Alexander battle,mosaic.Probably done after a painting by Philoxeilos of Entrea (4th BCE),painted for Cassander of Macedon. Scene could show the battles of Issos (also known as Battle of Issus), Granicus or Gaugamela. Left:Alexander,r.:Dareios. From the Casa del Fauno,VI 12,2 Pompeii. Inv. 10020
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The Alexander battle,mosaic.Probably done after a painting by Philoxeilos of En...

The Alexander battle.King Dareios on his chariot.Mosaic after a painting by Philoxeilos of Entrea (4th BCE), done for Cassander of Macedon. Scene could show the Battle of Issos (also known as Battle of Issus), Granicus or Gaugamela. From the Casa del Fauno, VI 12,2 Pompeii. Inv. 10020
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The Alexander battle.King Dareios on his chariot.Mosaic after a painting by Phi...

Alexander the Great on horseback,from the Alexander battle, probably done after a painting by Philoxeilos of Entrea (4th BCE). Scene could show the Battle of Issos (also known as Battle of Issus), Granicus or Gaugamela. From the Casa del Fauno, VI 12,2 Pompeii. Inv. 10020
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Alexander the Great on horseback,from the Alexander battle, probably done after...

Dido abandoned by Aeneas. Or: apotheosis of Alexander the Great with representation of the four directions. Fresco (1st CE) from Casa di Meleagro,Pompeii. Inv. 8898
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Dido abandoned by Aeneas. Or: apotheosis of Alexander the Great with represent...

Medallion with the portrait of an old man, probably a poet. Fresco from Pompeii
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Medallion with the portrait of an old man, probably a poet....