Roman Empire

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Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe

A very large and well-organized museum. The collection of ancient art consists of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman arts. There are also some splendid examples of Coptic textiles. Other departments of this museum show Medieval Christian, Renaissance, and Islamic art. There…

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Harran

Harran (Akkadian Harrânu, "intersecting roads"; Latin Carrhae): ancient city in Mesopotamia, famous for a temple of the Moon god Sin and the defeat of the Roman general Crassus in 53 BCE ("battle of Carrhae").Early History …

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Hatra

Hatra: city in Mesopotamia, buffer state between the Roman Empire and its neighbors in the east, the Parthian and Sasanian Empires. …

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