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This 20th century French drawing illustrates how different generations and societies have illustrated and perceived the Arch in Roman surroundings within the last couple of centuries

An honorary arch of Augustus (built 1st century BCE), Tarraco.

The Arch as illuminated by the surrounding lamps in Rome: the absence of people emphasizes the monumentality and permanence of the structure as a truly integral part of Roman cityscape

Late 5th early 6th century mosaic from the Arian Baptistry in Ravenna showing the Baptism of Jesus by St John the Baptist

Late 5th century mosaic showing the Baptism of Jesus by St John the Baptist in the Baptistry of Neon (Neonian Baptistry) in Ravenna.

Close-up of the attic with spolia (Trajanic frieze)

This is a fragment from a chalice found from excavations at a 6th Century church near Vindolanda, a Roman Fort close to Hadrian’s wall. The chalice itself dates to around the 5th century. The fragment is covered in graffiti, which has a negative…

This is a fragment of a staff, possibly a crozier, found in a Viking grave in Norway. The fragment was a taken in a raid and then used as jewelry by the Vikings, broken off from a main staff. It is estimated to date from Northern Britain in the late…

c. 547 mosaic showing Byzantine emperor Justinian and his retinue from the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna.

393 CE