131.5 x 94 cm. (51.8 x 37 in.) unframed: 131.5 x 94 cm.; 51¾ x 37 in. framed: 157 x 119.8 cm.; 61¾ x 47¼ in. A series, now lost, of twelve portraits of Roman emperors was commissioned from Titian by ...

Commodus, Rome's infamous "mad emperor," ruled with vanity, cruelty, and gladiatorial obsession, shaping the empire's decline ...

Nearly 60 works from the legendary Torlonia Collection, hidden for decades, showcase the splendor of ancient Rome at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.

Here we see the head of a white marble statue carved to show a Roman emperor wearing a lion cloak. A newly found statue in Rome appears to depict a slain Roman emperor dressed as Hercules. It may ...

One of the world’s finest private collections of Greco-Roman antiquities is owned by the Torlonias, a wealthy Italian family.

The Roman Empire grew over a long period of time from basically a political unit in Italy to the entire Mediterranean basin, but it took a lot of time.... It really grew out of a number of different ...

In 1713, a cache of Roman coins was discovered in Transylvania, several of which bore the portrait and name of Sponsian—but there are no historical records of a Roman emperor with that name. The coins ...