The Ancient Way of Life

~ The Battersea Shield.

Date: 350-50 B.C.

Place of origin: Battersea, River Thames

~ Sandstone sculpture of three legionaries standing side by side with shields and helmets.

Place of origin: Croy Hill, Dunbartonshire

Date: A.D. 2nd century

Culture/Period: Romano-British

Medium: Sandstone, yellow

~ Warrior Figurine with Shield.

Date: 600-900

Place of origin: Mexico

Culture: Classic Maya, Jaina style

Medium: Molded and modeled pottery with traces of pigment.

~ Shield.

Culture: Greek

Place of origin: Pontus, Asia Minor

Date: 185–160 B.C.

Medium: Bronze

~ Shield. Place of origin: Italy Date: First half of the 14th century School: Genoa Medium: wood, tempera and glass beads

~Scutum (Shield). Date: A.D. mid-3rd century Medium: Painted wood and rawhide Culture: Roman Place of origin: Syria

~Mosaic Representing Herakles/Hercules and Hesperides.

Description: Hercules is brandishing a club with lion’s skin as a shield. He attacks a dragon, which is curled around a tree in the garden of the Hesperides. On the right is a nymph in yellow chiton and green himation holding a branch of tree with right hand, border of scrolls in white on black.

~Warrior Bearing Weapon and Shield. Place: Mexico, Jalisco Date: 200 B.C. - A.D. 500

~Disc, possibly a Shield Boss. Date: 7th–early 6th century BC Culture: Italic Period: Orientalizing period (c.700–c.600 BC) Medium: bronze

~Shield. Place of origin: Firenze (probably made) Date: ca. 1380-1450 (made) Unknown (production) Materials and Techniques: Painted and gilt gesso on wood, lined with leather