The Lion of Chaeronea

Terracotta mold from Roman Gaul, most likely used to make a relief medallion that would then be applied to pottery from the Rhône valley. On the mold, the god Mercury, seated at right in his sanctuary and holding his caduceus staff, receives a sacrifice of burnt offerings. Artist unknown; 1st cent. BCE/CE. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A maenad carrying a thyrsus.  Fresco from the ceiling of a Roman house in Colonia Narbo Martius = Narbonne, France.  Artist unknown; 1st or 2nd cent. CE.  Now in the Museum of Archaeology, Narbonne.

Monumental marble head of the Roman goddess Juno, wearing a diadem.  Found at Vienne (ancient Vienna), France; now in the Musée archéologique Saint-Pierre de Vienne.  Photo credit: Otourly/Wikimedia Commons.

Bronze figurine of Mars, wearing a cuirass.  Now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.  Photo credit: © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 3.0.

Le Pont du Gard, Hubert Robert, 1786

Portrait of the Roman emperor Tiberius (r. 14-37 CE).  Found at Béziers, France; now in the Musée Saint-Raymond, Toulouse.  Photo credit: Carole Raddato.

A stilt (water bird).  Fresco from the peristylum of a Roman villa in ancient Vienna = present-day Vienne, France.  Now in the Musée gallo-romain de Saint Romain en Gal, Vienne.  Photo credit: Carole Raddato.