1676
The Emperor Justinian, by Benjamin Constant (1886). Collection: Ringling Museum.
1677
Hellenistic Gold and Glass Floral Wreath, 3rd-2nd Century BC. Private Collection (?)
1678
Neo-Assyrian Gold Lotus Bud Earrings, 9th-7th Century BC. Photo Credit & Collection: Antiquarium Ancient Art, New York, NY.
1679
Dragon detail from the Apocalypse, Saint-Amand Abbey. c 9th century AD. Collection: Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 99, fol. 24r.
1680
Detail, Statue of Apulu (Apollo of Veii). Medium: Terracotta. Date: c. Late 6th century BC. Now on display at the Rome, National Etruscan Museum of Villa Julia.
© Photo: Araldo De Luca — Rome via ancientrome.ru.
1681
When Justinian was crowned in 527, he named as co-regent his young wife Theodora. She was 15 years his junior and his opposite in nearly every way. She was social, witty, supremely self-confident, and never lost her head in a crisis. He adored her, and she was his most adviser.
1682
Theodora and Justinian were known for ruling as intellectual and political equals, and Theodora was responsible for much of the reformation of Byzantium. In 528, construction began on the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, built as an imperial church.
1683
Vessel in the Form of a Shark. Place of origin: Mexico, Colima. Date: 200 B.C. - A.D. 500. Medium: Slip-painted ceramic. Now on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
1684
Dying lioness. King's hunt relief from Palace of Assurbanipal in Nineveh, Assyria. (685 BC – c. 627 BC). Now on display at the British Museum. Photograph: Alamy / Stock Image.
1685
Daughter of Amenophis IV or Akhenaten (1351-1334), Egyptian, limestone / red paint. The eye is hollow for inlaying. The piece is broken across the neck, and is a forgery executed in the 18th Dynasty. Now on display at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA.
1686
Knotted Rattlesnake. Date: A.D. 1325–1521. Culture/Place of origin: Mexico, Aztec. Medium: Volcanic stone with traces of pigment. Now on display at the Yale University Art Gallery.
1687
Aphrodite in a Shell. Place of origin: Southern Italy. Date: 3rd - 2nd century BC. Medium: Clay, polychrome painting. Now on display at the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1688
"Punishment in the Afterlife", page with double-sided illustrations from an Unknown Manuscript Turkestan (?), 19th century. Ink and opaque watercolor on paper. Now on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
1689
Floor mosaic, Hadrianic or Early Antonine Era. Round hall, Baths of the Seven Sages (regio III, insula X). Ostia Antica, Latium, Italy. (II century AD)
1690
Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Italy, c. 1965. Photographer: Kees Scherer.
Hadrian died just four years after the country house was completed. Later it was the imperial summer residence, but fell into disrepair after Constantine moved to Byzantium in 330.
1691
Chalice of Saint John the Evangelist. Hans Memling ~ ca.1470/1475. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
1692
Hi, followers! Can you read the inscriptions around it?
1693
Hypothetical reconstruction rendering of the Acropolis, Athens, 1876.
1694
Samourai helmet with octopus, 18th century, Japan. Collection: Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy. Armor was a way for a samurai to display his personality and status.
1695
Sculptors in Ancient Rome by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
1696
A few lithographs from Désiré Charnay’s 1862 publication Cités et ruines Américaines. Mitla, Palenqué, Izamal, Chichen-Itza, Uxmal.
1697
Golden Uraeus of Senusret II. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, reign of Senusret II, ca. 1897-1878 BC. From the Pyramid of Senusret II at Lahun. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1698
Great helm, Heaume, Topfhelm, 14th century. Iron. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg.
Hans Rieter zu Kornburg was the owner of this helm. It was designed for knights on horseback. Worldwide only 24 are obtained, this one is the best-preserved.
1699
A Silver Litra of Syracuse, Sicily, struck c. 466-460 BC
On the obverse is the head of the Nereid nymph Arethusa wearing her hair in a pearl band. The letters ΣVRA (SYRA, short for Syracuse) are to her right. On the reverse is an octopus.
1700
Eastern Roman Mosaic in the Church of Qasr Libya, Northern Libya. It dates back to the Reign of Justinian I The Great.
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