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Attic amphora depicting the departure of a warrior, found at Vulci, attributed to the Dikaios Painter, 510-500 BCE. In the centre, a young warrior stands facing a bearded archer in Phrygian costume, who looks down as if in grief. At his...

Red-figured pottery rhyton terminating in a dog's head depicting Eros seated on a rock to the right looking towards the left holding a bunch of grapes in his right hand and in his left a wreath from which hangs a taenia, in the field is flowers...

Cave Canem ("Beware of dog"), Roman mosaic at the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii, Italy.

A cast of a dog from Pompeii. The dog was trapped in the ash flows of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.

Detail of the Lod Mosaic: a rabbit eating grapes and a Lakonian hunting dog wearing a harness. The mosaic is believed to belong to a large and well-appointed Roman house in Lod, Israel, c. 300 CE.

Cave Canem - Beware of dog - sign from Pompeii Guard dog mosaics were a frequent feature of the entryways to houses in Pompeii. Archaeological Museum of Naples

An Augustan era Roman triumph, celebrating a military victory. Illustration by Zvonimir Grbasic.

Athenian women attacking the messenger who brings news that their husbands' died in battle. Illustration by Marek Szyszko.

A marble statuette of Bona Dea, the Roman goddess of chastity, fertility and healing.

Silver denarius minted by M Servilius depicting the goddess Roma or Bellona on the obverse. On the reverse are two soldiers, with their horses in the background. c. 100 BCE. Rome. (British Museum)