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From Roman Egypt by obelisk ship [8] 1st–2nd c. Temple of Jupiter [5] Baalbek, Roman Lebanon: Column drum, lower 48.5: 1st–2nd c. Temple of Jupiter [5] Baalbek, Roman Lebanon: Architrave-frieze block, central 63: Lifted by cranes to height of 19 m [10] 1st–2nd c. Temple of Jupiter [5] Baalbek, Roman Lebanon: Cornice block, corner 108
Marble relief (2nd century AD) of Roman children playing ball games: the girl at the far right is tossing a ball in the air [1] The ancient Romans had a variety of toys and games. Children used toys such as tops, marbles, wooden swords, kites, [2] whips, seesaws, dolls, chariots, and swings. Gambling and betting were popular games in ancient Rome
There are eight ancient Egyptian and five ancient Roman obelisks in Rome, together with a number of more modern obelisks; there was also until 2005 an ancient Ethiopian obelisk in Rome. The Romans used special heavy cargo carriers called obelisk ships to transport the monuments down the Nile [ clarification needed ] to Alexandria and from there ...
An ivory statuette of a Roman actor of tragedy, 1st century. A Roman actor playing Papposilenus, marble statue, c. 100 AD, after a Greek original from the 4th century BC. No early Roman tragedy survives, though it was highly regarded in its day; historians know of three early tragedians—Ennius, Pacuvius and Lucius Accius. One important aspect ...
The Roman people are concerned primarily with two things, food and spectacles. Indeed, the Roman ruling class considered it its primary task to distribute food once a month to the people and to distract them and regulate their leisure time with the free entertainment offered on religious holidays or secular occasions.
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The standard depiction in Roman mosaic scenes (for the Romano-British variant see below) shows him seated and playing a lyre or cithara, wearing a Phrygian cap, often beside a tree, and includes many animals drawn and pacified by his playing. The fox was considered Orpheus's special animal and may be placed beside him.