Daedalus constructs wings for his son, Icarus, after a Roman relief in the Villa Albani, Rome ( Meyers Konversationslexikon, 1888 ).

The garrison of Agrigentum managed to call for reinforcements and the Carthaginian relief force commanded by Hanno came to the rescue and destroyed the Roman supply base at Erbessus.

The Sumerian, Assyrian, Egyptian, Indian, Minoan, Greek, Roman, Persian and Arab Empires all made widespread use of opium, which was the most potent form of pain relief then available, allowing ancient surgeons to perform prolonged surgical procedures.

, which the Roman jurists used to grant commercial relief under the guise of private law actions.

* c. 312 – 315 – Constantine I Addresses the People in the Roman Forum, sculptural relief on the Arch of Constantine, Rome, is made.

The Romans ' inherited ' the torsion powered Ballista, which had by now spread to several cities around the Mediterranean, all of which became Roman spoils of war in time, including one from Pergamum, which was depicted among a pile of ' trophy ' weapons in relief on a balustrade.

In Gaul, the stronghold of Alesia was under a Roman siege in 52 BC, and was completely surrounded by a fourteen mile ( 21 km ) long trench filled with water diverted from the local river, then another trench, then a wooden palisade and towers, then the besieging Roman army, then another series of palisades and trenches to protect them from any Gallic relief forces.

Edith Stein in a relief by Heinrich Schreiber in the Roman Catholic church of Our Lady in Wittenberg

It was one of these, Giovanni da Maiano who was responsible for the set of eight relief busts of Roman emperors which were set in the Tudor brickwork.

A poinçon bearing the head of Silenus in relief, discovered in Roman strata at Holt, Cheshire, is believed to be an artist's die, from which potters ' sunk dies would be cast, for appliqués

The garrison of Agrigentum manages to call for reinforcements and a Carthaginian relief force commanded by Hanno comes to the rescue and destroys the Roman supply base at Erbessus.

In Late Antiquity, ivory diptychs with covers carved in low relief on the outer faces were a significant art-form: the " consular diptych " was made to celebrate an individual's becoming Roman consul, but some, perhaps including the Poet and Muse diptych at Monza, may have been made for private use.

No mention of it is found during the wars of Alexander of Epirus in this part of Italy ; but at a later period it was so hard pressed by the Lucanians that it had recourse to the alliance of Rome ; and a Roman army was sent to its relief under C. Fabricius.

The subject of Niobe and the destruction of the Niobids was part of the repertory of Attic vase-painters and inspired sculpture groups and wall frescoes as well as relief carvings on Roman sarcophagi.

Dionysus leading the Horae ( Neo-Attic Roman sculpture | Roman relief, 1st century ).

Roman relief showing a Maenad holding a thyrsus ( Prado Museum | Prado, Madrid ).

The decisive alliance of the Holy Roman Empire with Poland concluded a treaty in which Leopold promised support to Sobieski if the Ottomans attacked Kraków ; in return, the Polish Army would come to the relief of Vienna, if attacked.

Three Genii Cucullati and a goddess on a relief from Roman Britain

The ceiling is a copy of a 16th-century design depicting a decorative relief from a Roman sarcophagus from a room that may have sealed a mausoleum in the Roman funerary city of Pozzuoli.

Sarmatians on Roman relief, second half of the second century AD.

In an example of an architectural frieze on the façade of a building, the octagonal Tower of the Winds in the Roman agora at Athens bears relief sculptures of the eight winds on its frieze.

The new interiors sought to recreate an authentically Roman and genuinely interior vocabulary, employing flatter, lighter motifs, sculpted in low frieze-like relief or painted in monotones en camaïeu (" like cameos "), isolated medallions or vases or busts or bucrania or other motifs, suspended on swags of laurel or ribbon, with slender arabesques against backgrounds, perhaps, of " Pompeiian red " or pale tints, or stone colors.

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

In the early 19th century the foundations for the extensive collection of sculpture began to be laid and Greek, Roman and Egyptian artefacts dominated the antiquities displays.

A Roman Bust ( sculpture ) | portrait bust said to be of Josephus

In the galleries paralleling the Seine, much of the museum's Roman sculpture is displayed.

The sculpture department comprises work created before 1850 that does not belong in the Etruscan, Greek, and Roman department.

Bust ( sculpture ) | Bust inscribed Sappho of Eressos, Roman copy of a Greek original of the 5th century BC

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

Artemis with a Hind, a Ancient Rome | Roman copy of an Ancient Greece | Ancient Greek sculpture, c325 BC, by Leochares

Penelope is recognizable in Greek and Roman works, from Attic vase-paintings — the Penelope Painter is recognized by his representations of her — to Roman sculpture copying or improvising upon classical Greek models, by her seated pose, by her reflective gesture of leaning her cheek on her hand, and by her protectively crossed knees, reflecting her long chastity in Odysseus ' absence, an unusual pose in any other figure.

The Palace of Fine Art, designed by architect Cass Gilbert, featured a grand interior sculpture court based on the Roman Baths of Caracalla.

The town has the enormous new Orthodox Cathedral Church of the Trinity, a recently completed Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity and the Mask of Sorrow memorial, a huge sculpture in memory of Stalin's victims, designed by Ernst Neizvestny.

* The Venus of Badalona is a small Roman sculpture in white marble that symbolized the wealth of the city in Roman times.

In 2007, a Roman art | Roman-era bronze sculpture of " Artemis and the Stag " was sold at Sotheby's in New York for United States dollar | US $ 28. 6 million, by far exceeding its estimates and at the time setting the new record as List of most expensive sculptures | the most expensive sculpture as well as work from antiquity ever sold at auction.

A Roman period, 2nd century CE sculpture found near the Ioannis Varvakis | Varvakeion school reflects the type of the restored Athena Parthenos presently in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens | National Archaeological Museum, Athens

The construction and sculpture projects at Caesaria and another city Volubilis, display a rich mixture of Egyptian, Greek and Roman architectural styles.

Other assertions have been attempted by scholars to prove the origins of the statue on the basis of the unfinished back, the appearance of the drapery, and the technique used with the drilling of the hair ; however scholars cannot conclusively use any of these arguments to their advantage because exceptions exist in both Roman and Greek sculpture.

Among very few representations of Protesilaus, a sculpture by Deinomenes is just a passing mention in Pliny's Natural History ; the outstanding surviving examples are two Roman copies of a lost mid-fifth century Greek bronze original represent Protesilaus at his defining moment, one of them in a torso the British Museum, the other at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

To the château, he added one of the largest art collections in Europe and the largest collection of ancient Roman sculpture in France.

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

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

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