Italy
There are 181 items in Italy:
The Aeolian Islands from the air |
The plain of Sentinum |
Thucydides on the Colonization of Sicily
Sicily The Athenian historian Thucydides (c.460-c.395) wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War, which was fought between Athens and Sparta in…Turin, Museo di Antichità
Collection of ancient art from Prehistory, the ancient Near East, Cyprus, Etruria, Greek ceramics, Greek and Roman sculpture. There's also a collection of Roman Turin. The Egyptian collection has been brought to a separate museum at walking distance. The remains…
Vegetation of the Etna |
The Vesuvius, seen from Pompeii |
Via Valeria
Via Valeria: Roman road in Central Italy.Since the Via Valeria was named after the Roman Valerius family, it must have been constructed by one of its members. The likely candidate is Marcus Valerius Maximus, who was consul in 289 and…Volsci
Volsci: ancient people, originally living in the western Apennines. Migrating to southern Latium, they became one of the four main enemies of archaic Rome. …
Vulcano |
Zancle (Messina)
Zancle (Greek: Ζάγκλη): Greek city on Sicily, modern Messina.Early History Coin from Zancle Founded c.730 when the Greeks expanded their trade network…Zosimus, New History 2.01
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,…Zosimus, New History 2.02
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,…