Central Europe
This category is meant for anything outside the Roman world, except for the German tribes.
There are 60 items in Central Europe:
Tépe, Tomb of an Avar khagan, Gold filigree fittings from a sword |
The Danube near Carnuntum |
Thermopylae (447 CE)
Thermopylae (Greek: Θερμοπύλαι; "Hot Gates"): small pass in Greece, site of several battles. Thermopylae, view from electricity mast In Late Antiquity, the…Thermopylae (517 CE)
Thermopylae (Greek: Θερμοπύλαι; "Hot Gates"): small pass in Greece, site of several battles. Thermopylae, view from electricity mast In Late Antiquity, the…Timișoara, Museum of Banat
Archaeological collection of western Romania in the Huniade castle. Finds from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages. There are 2 items in Timișoara, Museum of Banat: …Troy VI-VII
Ilion or Troy: town in northwestern Asia Minor, famous for the legendary Trojan War, in which a coalition of Mycenaean warriors captured the city of king Priam.Homer's Iliad deals with an episode from this war.Troy VI …Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
Large collection of ancient art: a good Egyptian department, great sculpture from Greece and Rome, some nice finds from Austria itself, and a splendid collection of ancient coins. At walking distance from the Ephesos Museum: together, you can spend here…Vienna, Römermuseum
Nice museum with finds from ancient Vienna (Vindobona), built on the house of a Roman officer. The museum is larger than you'd expect from the street. There are 8…
Viminacium, Celtic cup |
Vindobona (Vienna)
Vindobona: Roman military base and town in Pannonia Superior (modern Wien, English Vienna). Part of the gate of the second-century Porta…
Witaszkowo Treasure: An eagle attacking a sturgeon (copy) |
Zosimus, New History 5.30
Zosimus (Greek Ζώσιμος): Early Byzantine, pagan author of a history of the Roman Empire, published in the first quarter of the sixth century CE.The translation of Zosimus' New History offered here was printed in 1814 by W. Green and T. Chaplin in London,…