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Legio XXI Rapax
Legio XXI Rapax was a legion of the Roman army whose name name "Rapax" means "rapacious" or "greedy". It is not clear when the legion assumed this name; it may or may not be the same 21st legion Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE) formed before his...
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Legio XXI Rapax
A brick stamp of Legio XXI Rapax.
Terra-Sigillata-Museum, Rheinzabern.
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Legions of the Rhine Frontier
After Julius Caesar’s (100-44 BCE) conquest of Gaul, Roman legions pushed the borders of the Roman Empire’s frontier to the banks of the Rhine River. Augustus (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE) divided the newly acquired region into three provinces: Gallia...
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Legio XXI Rapax Soldiers
Reenactors of Legio XXI Rapax.
Photo by Tomasz Przywecki, 2018.
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Monet Painting in His Studio Boat by Manet
An 1874 oil on canvas painting, Monet Painting in His Studio Boat, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Claude Monet (1840-1926) took the impressionist ideal of painting outdoors one step further and built himself a floating...
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Colchian Type II Silver Hemidrachm
Silver. Weights range from 1,2 to 2,6 gr.
d≈12 mm.
Obverse: Archaic female head to right/left within the linear circle or in border of the dots
. Reverse: Bull’s head to right within the linear circle. Some of the coins are with the...
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Colchian Type I Silver Hemidrachm
Silver. The weights range from 1,7 to 2,6 gr.
d=11/12-12/13 mm.
Obverse: Lion’s head to the right/left, showing teeth.
Reverse: Lioness’ protome to the right in quadratum incusum. Mint: Phasis. Nominal: Attic system hemidrachm...
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Boat of Queen Mutemwia
This sculpture represents a sacred boat on a sledge. It included a seated figure of Queen Mutemwia, wife of Thutmose IV. Only her legs and right hand remained intact, but part of the head is also in the British Museum. Mutemwia clasps a looped...
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Viking Boat Figurehead
A replica of a Viking boat figurehead. From the replica Norwegian ship "Draken Harald Hårfagre."
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Egyptian Funerary Boat
Model of a funerary boat, 12th Dynasty, c. 1985–1795 BCE, provenance unknown, sycamore fig wood, EA 9525.