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Mithras looks away from the dying bull, up to the moon. Also, Mithras has a few little helpers that accompany him in taking the bull's fertility: a dog and a snake drink from the bull's blood, and a scorpion stings the bulls scrotum. A raven...

Mask of the Gorgon Medusa dating from c. 130 CE and found in the Forum Romanum in Rome. It is exhibited at the Romisch-Germanisches Museum in Cologne (Germany).

Dish with Orpheus among the animals exhibited at the Römisch-Germanisches Museum in Cologne (Germany).

Silver coin depicting Emperor Postumus (260-269 CE), minted in Cologne. British Museum, London.

Terracotta flask depicting a gladiatorial scene, Roman Empire. Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne.

This is a 6th century CE gravestone for a German man named Leo. The text is in Latin. (Translation of the text into English: "In this tomb rests in peace Leo of good memory. He lived for 52 years. He died the day before the Ides of October."...

The Weiden burial chamber, Colonia Agrippina, (Cologne, Germany), dated to the 2nd-4th century CE.

Portrait bust of Emperor Gallienus, 3rd century CE, Romisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne

Roman gilt silver fibula in the form of a three-story tripartite gate of rusticated masonry, with a central double-arched entrance flanked by two towers and a draped bust of Sol at the top story, c. 3rd century to early 4th century CE. Römisch-Germanisches...

The Franks continued to produce glass vessels and wheel-made pottery using Roman methods, but the finer skills were lost and glassware became a luxury, used only at high status feasts. Roman glass-making centers in the Rhineland (Western...