4th Century Bc Collection (page 11)

Temple of Poseidon at Kalauna, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Temple of Poseidon at Kalauna, 1890. Temple of Poseidon at Kalaureia, built c520 BCE. Demosthenes, condemned to death took sanctuary in the temple and as officers closed in, he took poison and died

Sea-Fight Between Ptolemy and Demetrius Poliorcetes Off Salamis, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Sea-Fight Between Ptolemy and Demetrius Poliorcetes Off Salamis, 1890. Sea battle before the Battle of Salamis 306 BC, between fleets of Ptolemy I Soter and Macedonian Demetrius Poliorcetes

An Oration of Demosthenes, 1890. Creator: Unknown
An Oration of Demosthenes, 1890. Demosthenes (384-322 BC), Greek statesman and orator, worked as a professional speech-writer and lawyer

The Attack on Rhodes, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Attack on Rhodes, 1890. The Helepolis siege tower, at the Siege of Rhodes, 305-304 BC in which Demetrius Poliorcetes attempted to make Rhodes abandon neutrality

Demosthenes, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Demosthenes, 1890. Demosthenes (384-322 BC), Greek statesman and orator, worked as a professional speech-writer and lawyer

Coins of the Macedonian Sovereigns of Syria and Egypt, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Coins of the Macedonian Sovereigns of Syria and Egypt, 1890. Macedonia, dominant state of Hellenistic Greece, expanded its empire into Syria in c321 BC

The Macedonians Crossing the Jaxartes, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Macedonians Crossing the Jaxartes, 1890. The Battle of Jaxarte, 329 BC Alexander the Great and his Macedonian army cross the River Jaxartes, or Syr Darya River to meet the Scythians

The Macedonian Phalanx, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Macedonian Phalanx, 1890. The Macedonian phalanx, an infantry formation developed by Philip II and used by his son Alexander the Great to conquer the Achaemenid Empire

The Attack on the Piraeus, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Attack on the Piraeus, 1890. Attack on Piraeus, the harbour of Athens c389 BC by Teleutias, brother of Spartan king Agesilaus II. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

Socrates Drinking the Hemlock, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Socrates Drinking the Hemlock, 1890. Socrates (c470-399 BC), the first moral philosopher, sentenced to death by drinking a cup of poison hemlock at his own hand

Street of the Tombs at Athens, Restored, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Street of the Tombs at Athens, Restored, 1890. The Street of the Tombs with sepulchral monuments of families of rich Athenians, dating to late 4th century BC

Theatre of Dionysus at Athens, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Theatre of Dionysus at Athens, 1890. Built at the foot of the Athenian Acropolis in 4th century BC, dedicated to Dionysus, as a theatre for Greek tragedy

Map of Macedon and the Adjacent Districts, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Map of Macedon and the Adjacent Districts, 1890. Macedonia, ancient kingdom and dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

Pelopidas Leading the Thebans at the Battle of Leuctra, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Pelopidas Leading the Thebans at the Battle of Leuctra, 1890. Pelopidas, Theban statesman and general leading his troops to victory in the Battle of Leuctra, 371 BC between Boeotians led by Thebans

Interview Between Agesilaus and Pharnabazus, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Interview Between Agesilaus and Pharnabazus, 1890. Meeting between Agesilaus II (c444-360 BC), king of Sparta, Eurypontid dynasty and Pharnabazus II (ruled 413-374 BC), a Persian statesman

Map of Asia Minor, Expedition of Cyrus the Younger, and Retreat of the Ten Thousand, 1890
Map of Asia Minor, showing the Expedition of Cyrus the Younger, and Retreat of the Ten Thousand, 1890. The Ten Thousand were a mainly Greek mercenary force

The Himation. A Garment Worn in Greece and Rome Between 550 B. C. and 300 A. D. 1924
The Himation. A Garment Worn in Greece and Rome Between 550 B.C. and 300 A.D. 1924. From " Costume & Fashion - The Evolution of European Dress Through the Earlier Ages", by Herbert Norris

The Doric Chiton, 1924. Creator: Herbert Norris
The Doric Chiton, 1924. From " Costume & Fashion - The Evolution of European Dress Through the Earlier Ages", by Herbert Norris. [J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, E. P. Dutton and Co

Red figured Oenochoe: a Chariot Driven by Two Goats, 4th century BC. Creator: Art of Ancient Rome
Red figured Oenochoe: a Chariot Driven by Two Goats, 4th century BC. Found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Gold coin with Philip II (382-336 a. C. ), king of Macedonia
Gold coin with Philip II (382-336 a.C.), king of Macedonia

Aristotle (384-322. BC), Greek philosopher, with his pupil Alexander the Great (356-323 a
Aristotle (384-322.BC), Greek philosopher, with his pupil Alexander the Great (356-323 a.C.) chromolithograph, 1880

Overview of the Theatre of Epidaurus

Celtiberian Roman rock city of Tiermes, detail of the rock digged houses

Head of the Gorgon Medusa in embossing gold, piece from the royal tomb at Vergina (350 BC)

Bronze statue of the god Mars

Glass cup engraved, fragment, from Pamplona

Mencius, ancient Chinese philosopher, 1922. Mencius (Meng Ke) (372-289 BC) is the best-known Confucian philosopher after Confucius himself

Tower of Demetrius Poliorcetes during the Siege of Rhodes in 305 BC, (1842). Artist
Tower of Demetrius Poliorcetes during the Siege of Rhodes in 305 BC, (1842). Demetrius, the son of Antigonus I, besieged Rhodes in 305 BC in order to break the islands alliance with Ptolemy I of

Relief, Tomb of Artaxerxes II, Persepolis, Iran
Tomb of Artaxerxes II, Persepolis, Iran. King Artaxerxes II Memnon ruled Persia from 404 BC until his death in 358 BC

Tomb of Artaxerxes II, Persepolis, Iran. King Artaxerxes II Memnon ruled Persia from 404 BC until his death in 358 BC

Tombs of the Kings, Paphos, Cyprus. The scale and grandeur of these underground tombs dating from the 4th century BC gained them their name although it is thought that important officials rather than

Chinese portraits of Confucius and his great follower Mencius, 1907. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1907]

The Citadel saved by the cackling of the Geese, 1852. Artist: John Leech
The Citadel saved by the cackling of the Geese, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

The Romans clothed by the inhabitants of Capua, 1852. Artist: John Leech
The Romans clothed by the inhabitants of Capua, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Metius aggravating Titus Manlius, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Metius aggravating Titus Manlius, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Titus threatening Pomponius, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Titus threatening Pomponius, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A. A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Terrific Combat between T Manlius and a Gaul of gigantic stature, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Terrific Combat between T Manlius and a Gaul of gigantic stature, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Roma - Neio Appian Way - Ruins of the Aquaduct of Claudius. The Alban Hills, 1910. The Appian Way was one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic

Alexander at the Battle with Porus, 326 BC (c1912)
Alexander at the Battle with Porus, 326 BC. (c1912). The forces of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) combat those of the Indian rajah Porus (active 327-315 BC) on the banks of the River Hydaspes

Seated in chairs of ivory, sat a number of strange, venerable old men, c1912 (1912). Artist: Ernest Dudley Heath
Seated in chairs of ivory, sat a number of strange, venerable old men, c1912 (1912). Three days after the Battle of the Allia, the Gauls advanced on Rome

The Alexander Sarcophagus, c1901, (1907). The Alexander Sarcophagus is a late 4th century BC Hellenistic stone sarcophagus adorned with bas-relief carvings of Alexander the Great

General view of ruins, Philae, Egypt, c1890. Artist: Newton & Co
General view of ruins, Philae, Egypt, c1890. The temple complex on the island of Philae in the Nile was begun in the 4th century BC

A Horus falcon with King Nectanebo I (380 BC-362 BC), c370 BC (1936). Basalt statuette. Found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York

The God Bes, c350 BC (1936). Limestone statue. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris. Bes was an Egyptian deity worshipped in the later periods of dynastic history as a protector of households

Horus, c350 BC (1936). Branze statue. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris. Plate taken from The Art of Ancient Egypt, published by the Phaidon Press (Vienna, 1936)

Map of Syria, after the death of Alexander the Great. Artist: J Blundell
Map of Syria, after the death of Alexander the Great

Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus, 1933-1934. Halicarnassus was an ancient Greek city on the south-west coast of Turkey built on the site occupied today by the town of Bodrum

The death of Hippolytus, 4th century BC (1882). From a Greek vase of the fourth century BC, found at Rubi, in Apulia, Italy

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