ROMAN MAGIC HAND. Amulets in ancient days were usually small charms fashioned sometimes into various shapes and suspended from a necklace.
A magic hand used as an amulet for averting the evil eye.
Category: Roman
Ancient Roman Costume History
The Tomb of the poet Virgil. Roman-era crypt in Naples. Italian scenery.
Virgil’s tomb (Italian: Tomba di Virgilio) is a Roman-era crypt in Naples, believed to be the grave of the poet Virgil (15 October 70 BC – 21 September 19 BC).
Rome. Furniture and Appliances of Antiquity. Pompeii, Herculanean.
Marble Curulian armchair, Bedstead, Iron suitcase, Terracotta casting vessel, Four-legged table.
Shoes of antiquity. Sandals, closed footwear of the ancient world.
Classical Antiquity. Footwear. Fashions and Customs. Calceus, Ocrea, Caliga, Campagus, Crepida, Solea, Pero, Ceremonial shoes, Runner’s boots, Lace-up shoe.
Ancient specimens of Roman and Grecian Glass. Antiquities & Works of Art.
Antiquities and Works of Art. Ancient specimens of Roman and Grecian Mosaic Glass. Amphora, Cruche, or Œnochœ, small Bottle, ribbed Cup.
The Roman legionary. Reconstructed after reliefs of the Trajan’s Column.
Roman legionary. Reconstructed after reliefs of the Trajan’s Column.
The Rex Sacrorum also known as Rex Sacrificulus.
The Rex Sacrorum (“king of sacrifices”), also known as Rex Sacrificulus was one of the highest Roman priests.
Full view of the city of Oporto, from the Quay of Villa Nova.
Leading the spectator onward, and crossing to Villa Nova on the southern bank of the Douro, we come in full view of the city of Oporto
Religious sacrificial ceremonies of Romans in ancient times.
Various depictions and descriptions of bloody and bloodless sacrificial ceremonies of the ancient Romans. The cultrarius, the camillus, the spondaules, the victim butchers, victimarii, the popa.
The Lictor panel. A stately Roman lictor in a rich costume.
The Paulus Emilius series, as previously stated, was woven in the third quarter of the XVII century. It showed the Roman hero clad in a sumptuous robe …
