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Temple of Mars Ultor, Rome
Article by Mark Cartwright

Temple of Mars Ultor, Rome

The Temple of Mars Ultor stands in the Forum of Augustus in Rome and was built to commemorate Augustus' victory in 42 BCE at the Battle of Philippi over the assassins of Julius Caesar. The building became the place where important military...
Triumph of Venus Mosaic
Image by Carole Raddato

Triumph of Venus Mosaic

The Triumph of Venus mosaic was found at Khenchela (ancient Mascula, a Roman colony in Numidia) in Algeria. Venus is supported by two marine centaurs. Below are a hippocamp, a marine bull, and a fishing scene in which a fisherman lies on...
The Birth of Venus by Botticelli
Image by Sandro Botticelli

The Birth of Venus by Botticelli

By Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510 CE), commissioned by Lorenzo and Giovanni di Pierfrancesco de'Medici for Villa di Castello (?).
Venus of Milo
Image by Jastrow

Venus of Milo

So-called “Venus de Milo” (Aphrodite from Melos). Parian marble, ca. 130-100 BC? Found in Melos in 1820. On display at the Louvre, Paris. Gift of the Marquis de Rivière to Louis XVIII of France, 1821
Crouching Venus
Image by Carole Raddato

Crouching Venus

Marble statue of a naked Venus crouching at her bath, 2nd century CE (Antonine period). It is a Roman version of an original from the Hellenistic period. (British Museum)
Vulcan Surprising Venus and Mars in Bed
Image by Johann Heiss

Vulcan Surprising Venus and Mars in Bed

Vulcan surprising Venus and Mars in bed before an assembly of the gods, oil on canvas by Johann Heiss, 1679.
Venus of Brassempouy
Image by Jean-Gilles Berizzi

Venus of Brassempouy

The Venus of Brassempouy is one of the earliest known realistic representations of a human face. It belongs to the Gravettian culture of Upper Palaeolithic Europe and was probably carved between c. 26,000 and c. 24,000 years ago. It was made...
Statuette of Isis-Venus
Image by Metropolitan Museum of Art

Statuette of Isis-Venus

This bronze statuette from the late 2nd Century CE depicts the Egyptian goddess Isis in Hellenized form as Aphrodite but wearing the traditional vulture cap and knotted robe of Isis. Isis was a popular deity in the Roman world from the Hellenistic...
Venus and Eros, Pompeii
Image by Roger Ulrich

Venus and Eros, Pompeii

Pompeian Venus with Eros (detail). Fresco from Pompeii (Taberna delle Quattro Divinità (IX, 7, 1).
Bronze Figure of Venus
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Bronze Figure of Venus

This is a bronze figure of Venus, goddess of love, fertility, sex, and beauty. Roman period, c. 1st century CE. Bequeathed by R. Payne Knight. (The British Museum, London).
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