Rome Gallery

Maps of Italy in ancient times

Map of early tribes in Italy (top). of the Roman hills (lower left). and the vicinity of Rome (right) in the time of the Roman Empire.
Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

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Galileo attempting to defend his belief in the heliocentric solar system before the Inquisition in Rome, 1633.
Hand colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

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Roman Emperor Constantine I (the Great) in York, GB

Statue of Constantine the Great in York, England, where he was proclaimed Roman Emperor in 306 AD. In the background is the cathedral, York Minster.
Digital photograph

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