Images

A Roman bronze cooking pot, 1st century CE. (Archaeological Museum of Como, Italy)

A silver didrachm from the mint of Campania. The design shows a bull with a human head, 325-241 BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Como, Italy)

A Roman copper as coin depicting Domitian and aulos and lyre players. 88-89 CE. (Archaeological Museum of Como, Italy)

A Celtic bronze fastener, 7th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Como, Italy)

The remains of a Celtic wagon in bronze with wood reconstruction. 5th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Como, Italy)

Roman bronze balance. Probably used by a goldsmith or chemist. Imperial period. (Archaeological Museum, Como, Italy)

Roman bronze balance weights. Probably used by a goldsmith or chemist. Imperial period. (Archaeological Museum, Como, Italy)

A fragment of wall fresco from a Roman villa depicting a bird. 2nd century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Como, Italy)

A Roman fibula (brooch or fastener) in gilded silver with semi-precious stones. 5th century CE. Provenance unknown. (Archaeological Museum, Pavia, Italy)

GIF map drawn to demonstrate the siege by Etruscan Lars Porsenna against Rome and the battle for the Wooden Bridge, c. 508 BCE.