Arch of Triumphs in the Roman Empire

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Roman culture, the last great culture of the ancient world, was created on the Hellenistic heritage. However, Greek and Roman cultures were based on different value systems. Greek artists were deeply religious and their greatest architectural achievement was the temple. In their artistic expression, they sought the universal, the ideal form, and they sought harmony … Read more

Octavian Augustus – the first Roman emperor

When Mark Tullius Cicero once accompanied Gaius Caesar to the Capitol, he casually told his friends about a dream he had the previous night: how a noble-faced boy descended from the sky on a golden chain and stood at the gates of the Capitol temple, where Jupiter handed him a whip. Then Cicero suddenly spotted … Read more