Images Dated 2011 June

Bust of Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty and Love

Bust of Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty and Love. Roman, after a Greek model of the 3rd century BC. The Roman equivalent of Aphrodite was Venus. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

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Portrait bust of Lucilla, wife of the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus, c160-c170

Portrait bust of Lucilla, wife of the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus, c160-c170. Lucilla (c148-182) was the daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger. Marcus and Lucilla's husband were Co-Emperors of Rome from 161 until 169, when Lucius Verus died. After his death, her father forced her to marry a political ally of his, Claudius Pompeianus. Lucilla was exiled to Capri and executed after plotting against Marcus successor, her brother Commodus. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

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Portrait of Cornelia Salonina, wife of the Roman Emperor Gallienus, mid 3rd century

Portrait of Cornelia Salonina, wife of the Roman Emperor Gallienus, mid 3rd century. Cornelia Salonina was the wife of Gallienus, who was co-emperor with his father Valerian from 253 until 260 before ruling alone until 268. Her fate is unknown after Gallienus was killed while laying siege to the rebel held city of Mediolanum (Milan) in 268. She was the mother of Valerian II, Saloninus and Marinianus. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

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