A statue of Ceres, crowned in the manner of the Egyptian Isis. This figure is clothed in a very long and ample tunic descending quite to the ground, leaving visible only the extremities of the feet; the sleeves are extremely full, falling down to the elbows, and fastened, along the upper side of the arms, only by fibulae.
Category: Roman
Ancient Roman Costume History
Libera, or the female Bacchus in a tunic of fine material.
A statue of Liberia, or the female Bacchus, crowned with a wreath of ivy. A description of the collection of ancient Marbles in the British Museum.
Roman emperor Septimus Severus in Paludamentum and Circular Fibula.
Septimius Severus was born in Africa of Roman parents; he died at York in the year 211 a. D. after a severe illness at the age of sixty-six. This bust was found in the year 1776 on the Palatine Hill, in the part of the Palace of the Cæsars now occupied by the Villa Magnani.
Head of Minerva with helmet, slightly inclined to the right.
Head of Minerva. The hair, parted in the middle, is drawn back from the temples, after the manner usual in the representations of Minerva.
Statue of Roman Emperor Hadrian in full military costume.
A statue of Hadrian, in full military costume, with bare but bearded head, right arm and hand extended forward, and the left hand bearing the parazonium, or small short sword, in its sheath.
Bust of Minerva. Parian marble. Specimens of Ancient Sculpture.
The hair flow away from the forehead, and falls behind the neck in one solid tress, not unlike the hair on some of the caryatides. This arrangement is one of the most common characteristics of this goddes.
Juno crowned with an indented diadem, usually called Stephane.
A description of the collection of ancient Marbles in the British Museum by Combe Taylor, London 1861.
Imperial Roman. Clothing of Lictor, General, Triumpher, Magistrate.
Roman Empire. Military. Roman soldiers, Standart-Bearer, Horn-blower, Chieftain, Slinger, Lictor, General, Triumpher, Magistrate, Officer.
Civil and clerical clothing of the ancient Roman Empire.
Costumes of the Roman Empire. The Costumes of all Nations by Albert Kretschmer.
Il costume antico e moderno. Greco Roman. Giulio Ferrario.
The ancient and modern costume, or, history of government, militia and customs of all ancient peoples by Giulio Ferrario.