To climax her Roman revels, she was thrown out of the swanky Hotel Excelsior after she had run naked through its marble halls screaming for help.

The marble is a Hellenistic or Roman copy of a bronze original by the Greek sculptor Leochares, made between 350 and 325 BCE.

** Farnese Atlas, a 2nd-century Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of the Titan, " Atlas "

His early Roman commissions included terracotta and some marble portrait busts, while he supported himself with small works like crucifixes.

There had been large marble reliefs used previously in Roman churches, but for most patrons, sculpted marble altarpieces were far too costly.

Roman marble Bust of Artemis after Cephisodotus the Elder | Kephisodotos ( Musei Capitolini ), Rome.

In ancient literature, we find a reference to the workings of water-powered marble saws close to Trier, now Germany, by the late 4th century poet Ausonius ; about the same time, these mill types seem also to be indicated by the Christian saint Gregory of Nyssa from Anatolia, demonstrating a diversified use of water-power in many parts of the Roman Empire.

Though some Roman patrons ordered marble replicas of the specifically Anatolian " Diana " of Ephesus, where the Temple of Artemis stood, Diana was usually depicted for educated Romans in her Greek guise.

Above all, Hadrian patronized the arts: Hadrian's Villa at Tibur ( Tivoli ) was the greatest Roman example of an Alexandrian garden, recreating a sacred landscape, lost in large part to the despoliation of the ruins by the Cardinal d ' Este who had much of the marble removed to build Villa d ' Este.

Heracles as a boy strangling a snake ( marble, Roman artwork, 2nd century CE )

Hermes Fastening his Sandal, early Imperial Roman marble copy of a Lysippus | Lysippan bronze ( Louvre Museum )

Leda and the Swan, Roman marble possibly reflecting a lost work by Timotheos ; restored ( Prado )

In the center of the 40-foot-long Spanish marble carving is a tablet displaying Roman numerals I through X, with some numbers partially hidden.

* The Yale School of Architecture in New Haven, Connecticut, features a Roman marble statue of Minerva in its 4th floor atrium.

The Dying Gaul, a Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic work of the late 3rd century BCE Capitoline Museums, Rome

During the 1930s, Benito Mussolini placed an antique marble Roman column at the point where the river arises, inscribed (" Here is born the river / sacred to the destinies of Rome ").

Evidence of this comes from a marble slab discovered near Caput Bovis, the site of a Roman fort.

The Dying Gaul, an ancient Roman marble copy of a lost ancient Greek statue, thought to have been executed in bronze, commissioned some time between 230 BC – 220 BC by Attalos I of Pergamon to honor his victory over the Galatians

A partial marble bust ( sculpture ) | bust of Chrysippus, Roman era | Roman copy of a Hellenistic original, Louvre Museum

In front lies the sloping Piazza del Quirinale where the pair of gigantic Roman marble " Horse Tamers " representing Castor and Pollux, found in the Baths of Constantine, were re-erected in 1588.

When Valerian sunk under the weight of shame and grief, his skin, stuffed with straw, and formed into the likeness of a human figure, was preserved for ages in the most celebrated temple of Persia ; a more real monument of triumph, than the fancied trophies of brass and marble so often erected by Roman vanity.

At the beginning of it stands the marble triumphal arch with a single archway, and without bas-reliefs, erected in his honour in 115 by the Senate and Roman people.

* The marble Arch of Trajan, 18 m high, erected in 114 / 115 as an entrance to the causeway atop the harbour wall in honour of the emperor who had made the harbour, is one of the finest Roman monuments in the Marche.

Detail from an early 2nd-century Roman sarcophagus depicting the death of Meleager

* Smith, William ( editor ); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, " Meleager ( 1 )", Boston, ( 1867 )

In ancient times it was considered the island of Parthenos Iokallis and linked to the Hellenistic and Roman literature on Meleager and the Meleagrides.

The names of many famous sculptors are known from the Late Classical period ( 400-323 BC ), including Timotheos, Praxiteles, Leochares and Skopas, but their works are known mainly from Roman copies.

An original work of Skopas on this theme was taken to Rome and lost, but the scene is well represented in Roman art, from tiny decorative reliefs and large sarcophagus panels to extensive mosaics.

Principles of acoustics were applied since ancient times: Roman theatre ( structure ) | Roman theatre in the city of Amman.

The temple of Antoninus and Faustina the Elder | Faustina in the Roman forum ( now the church of San Lorenzo in Miranda ).

| SHORT DESCRIPTION = first Roman Emperor

Roman Intaglio ( printmaking ) | intaglio engraved gem of Caracalla in amethyst, once in the Treasury of Sainte-Chapelle.

The scene is adapted from Germania Superior | Roman era gravestones of the region.

Herm of Hermes, Roman copy of a late 5th century BC original, the forefront inscription states the herm was made by Alcamenes and placed infront of the gates of Pergamon, Istanbul Archaeology Museums | Istanbul Museums.

Archeological site of Tossal de Manises, ancient Iberians | Iberian – Carthaginian – Ancient Rome | Roman city of " Akra-Leuke " or " Lucentum "

Also Pacatianus, Roman usurper | usurper against Philip, celebrated the Saeculum Novum.

Image: Ajaccio Bon Sta JPG. jpg | Statue of Napoleon in Roman garb

List of Roman bridges | Roman bridge of Córdoba, Spain, built in the 1st century BC.

The Roman empire | Roman Basilica Aula Palatina in Trier, Germany, built in the 4th century with fired bricks as audience hall for Constantine I

File: Apollo Kitharoidos BM 1380. jpg | Room 22-Apollo kitharoidos ( holding a lyre ), Roman, circa 2nd century AD

File: Lely Venus BM 1963. jpg | The famous version of the ' Crouching Venus ', Roman, circa 1st century AD

File: Townley Sculptures. JPG | Room 84-Towneley Roman Sculptures

File: Mosaic2-plw. jpg | Room 49-Hinton St Mary Mosaic, Roman Britain, circa 4th century ( one of the earliest representations of Christ and the only such portrait on a mosaic floor from anywhere in the Roman Empire )

File: British Museum-Room 85, Roman Portrait Sculpture. JPG | Room 85-Portrait Sculpture, Roman

File: BM ; GMR-RM 83, Roman Sculpture. JPG | Room 83-Roman Sculpture

File: SFEC_BritMus_Roman_022. JPG | Main Staircase-Discobolus, Roman