Klose’s contribution is focussed on Roman Imperial coins of the High Roman Empire bearing the motif of Imperial adventus. Looking at both the use of an allegedly stereotyped numismatic design and the combination of various ...

The Grotta Azzurra is a well-known sea cave located on the north west side of the island. Between 27 and 37 Capri became Tiberius’s permanent residence and it was the capital of the Roman World. The Grotta Azzurra is famous ...

Over the last few centuries, modern perceptions of colour in antiquity have undergone extensive changes. Within the framework of modern archaeological approaches and visual arts, Neuenfeld’s paper deals with the question ...

Augustus, the first Roman Emperor, holds a specific place within any discussion of Roman portraiture. Martyndale-Howard holds prime place in discussions concerning imperial portraiture that can be found throughout the ...

The so-called Cretan adventure of Theseus with its basal setting and components is known from written sources since the 6th century BC: killing the Minotaur, getting helped by Ariadne, and her ball of thread. The iconic ...

In the scholarship of Graeco-Roman art, one is often confronted with images of wounded, dying or dead figures. Under modern approaches there is a tendency to feel sorry for the depicted, to glorify them and to highlight ...

In her paper, Kubale discusses the myth of Laocoön and which version of it was used as model for the famous statue group `Laocoön and His Sons' now in the Vatican Museums in Rome. There are fundamentally two possibilities: ...