Italic and Roman goddess, protector of forests and wild animals, and of nature in general. Similar attributes can be found in Eastern deities including the Greek Artemis, daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin sister of the god Apollo. In keeping with her role, she is also invoked to help hunters. ...

Italic and Roman goddess, protector of forests and wild animals, and of nature in general. Similar attributes can be found in Eastern deities including the Greek Artemis, daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin sister of the god Apollo. In keeping with her role, she is also invoked to help hunters. ...

The amphitheatre is a typical building of Roman public architecture, constructed in circular or elliptical brickwork with various steps built upwards. The meaning of the name corresponds to a circular space, around the central arena, intended for the audience of spectators. Because of its structure ...

The amphitheatre is a typical building of Roman public architecture, constructed in circular or elliptical brickwork with various steps built upwards. The meaning of the name corresponds to a circular space, around the central arena, intended for the audience of spectators. Because of its structure ...

The representation of the Villae Maritimae (seaside villas) is a recurring and popular theme in the pictorial and mosaic decorations in various Domus of the western Mediterranean. The reproduction of the maritime landscape, which also includes ports and islands, depicts the seaside villas in the for...

The term derives from the ancient trend of reproducing the childlike figure of Eros or Cupid, the god of love, as a naked child, often with wings; in this form it takes the name of “erote” or “amorino”. In Roman times erotes were used as decorative elements in mosaics and paintings, with sc...

Hospitable gifts, consisting of products from the fields or small game and birds. These were offered by the master of the house to his guests, or vice versa, by them to the Dominus as a token of gratitude....

The Metamorphoses consists of fifteen books, conceived as an epic-mythological poem. Ovid made numerous mythological stories and tales of Greek and Roman classicism famous, committing them to posterity. The work, which contains more than 250 Greek myths, can be defined as a true encyclopaedia of cl...

Publius Ovidius Nasone, known as Ovid, was born in Sulmo in 43 BC and died in exile in 18 AD; he was one of the most important Roman poets, a figure of Latin literature and poetry. Ovid was the author of many works including the Metamorphoses. He frequented the circle of Gaius Maecenas, where he ha...

The signum is a military insignia of the Roman army, a form of labarum or standard used by the legions with distinctive elements that represented them, entrusted to the care of a soldier who carried it: the signifer. The signum is composed of a pole from which a red banner hung, the legion standard...