THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Military Art
21. MILITARY ART. Etruria.
Bronze helmet ornamented with a triton killing a warrior.
Image detail: triton killing a warrior.
Etruscan work. Mid-5th century BCE.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
22. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Sword of Tiberius. Detail of the scabbard: Tiberius and Augustus.
Ca. 15 CE.
Inv. No. 1866,0806.1.
London, British Museum.
23. MILITARY ART. Southern Italy.
Anatomical cuirass.
Bronze.
4th century BCE.
Inv. Nos. 2424 / 2425.
Milan, Poldi Pezzoli Museum.
24. MILITARY ART. Southern Italy.
Anatomical cuirass. Detail.
Bronze.
4th century BCE.
Inv. Nos. 2424 / 2425.
Milan, Poldi Pezzoli Museum.
25. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Helmet of gladiator.
Bronze.
1st cent. CE.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
26. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Bronze cavalry sports mask.
Roman, 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. L.2007.8.1.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art (on loan).
27. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Bronze cavalry sports mask.
Roman, 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. L.2007.8.1.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art (on loan).
28. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Scale model (1:30) of the causeway that Julius Caesar had his troops build with bundles of branches through the marshes at Breuil-le-Sec (Oise).
51 BCE.
Inv. No. MCR 182.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
29. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Scale model (1:30) of the causeway that Julius Caesar had his troops build with bundles of branches through the marshes at Breuil-le-Sec (Oise).
51 BCE.
Inv. No. MCR 182.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
30. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Scale model (1:10) of a sliding battering ram, a military engine used to breach the enemy’s walls.
Inv. No. MCR 195.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
31. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Scale model (1:35) of the siege of Alesia.
52 BCE.
Inv. No. MCR 195.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
32. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Scale model (1:35) of the siege of Alesia.
52 BCE.
Inv. No. MCR 195.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
33. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Scale model (1:15) of a suspension-type battering ram, used to breach enemy’s walls and operated with ropes.
Inv. No. MCR 196.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
34. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Scale model (1:15) of a suspension-type battering ram, used to breach enemy’s walls and operated with ropes.
Inv. No. MCR 196.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
35. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Scale model (1:30) of the wooden bridge built by Julius Caesar over the Rhine.
55 BCE.
Plastic.
Inv. No. MCR 209.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
36. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Scale model (1:30) of the wooden bridge built by Julius Caesar over the Rhine.
55 BCE.
Plastic.
Inv. No. MCR 209.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
37. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Scale model (1:30) of the wooden bridge built by Julius Caesar over the Rhine.
55 BCE.
Plastic.
Inv. No. MCR 209.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
38. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Scale model (1:30) of the works built by Caesar for tha assault on the city of Avaricum (Bourges, France).
52 BCE.
Plastic.
Inv. No. MCR 213.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
39. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Scale model (1:30) of the works built by Caesar for tha assault on the city of Avaricum (Bourges, France).
52 BCE.
Plastic.
Inv. No. MCR 213.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
40. MILITARY ART. Rome.
Scale model of the cross-section of the perimeter of a Roman army camp, defended by a ditch and an embankment reinforced by a palisade.
Plastic.
Inv. No. MCR 890.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.