Italy
There are 181 items in Italy:
Groningen, Universiteitsmuseum
Museum of the University of Groningen. Includes finds from the Groningen Archaeological Institute, which has been excavating in Greece (Halos), Italy (the country of the Sabines), and the Netherlands. …
The Heirkte mountains |
Helmet from Central Italy |
Hermocrates
Hermocrates (†407 BCE): Syracusan democratic politician who played an important role in the Peloponnesian War. Sicily in Antiquity Hermocrates, the son of…Hernici
Hernici: ancient people, living in the valley of the Tolerus River. They appear to have been an ally and later an enemy of archaic Rome. …Herodotus on Dorieus
Sixth-century warriors The Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.480 - c.425) is the author of the entertaining Histories, in which he…Indo-Europeans
Indo-Europeans: general name for the people speaking an Indo-European language. They are (linguistic) descendants of the people of the Yamnaya culture (c.3600-2300 BCE) in Ukraine and southern Russia, and settled in the area from Western Europe to India in various migrations in…Latium
Latium: regio to the southeast of Rome. Albanus Mons Latium is bordered by the Tyrrhenian Sea in the southwest, by Etruria in…Leiden, Rijksmuseum voor Oudheden
The Dutch national collection of antiquities has, of course, many archaeological finds from the Netherlands, but there are also an excellent Egyptological collection, a small set of Etruscan objects, and good collections of Greek and Roman art. The department of…
Lipari |
Livy on Alexander of Molossis
Alexander (c.370-331): king of Molossis (350-331), uncle of Alexander the Great and best known for his invasion of Italy in 334. …Livy on Pyrrhus
The Roman historian Titus Livius or Livy (59 BCE - 17 CE) is the writer of the authorized version of the history of the Roman republic. Many of the 142 books of the History of Rome from its beginning are…