In a bold and meticulous act of historical fabulation, Pablo Bronstein has turned his attention to one of the most elusive ...

At age 14, Bassianus became emperor of Rome and assumed the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus in A.D. 218. From that moment, his short, chaotic reign would scandalize Rome.

Old and new. Real and ideal. Life and immortality. Everything we ask of art is in the eyes of these women, just two of the 58 extraordinary works of “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture ...

Two of the newfound silver coins portray the wives of the Roman emperors, including Faustina I, the wife of Antoninus Pius, and Faustina II, the wife of Marcus Aurelius, shown here.

Despite the fact that Bradua, the accuser, held considerable importance—his grandfather was related to Marcus Annius Verus (Hadrian’s brother-in-law and father of Faustina the Elder, wife of Antoninus ...

View A capriccio of Roman ruins with elements from the Forum, including the Temples of Antoninus and Faustina, and Castor and Pollux, Arch of Titus, and Temple of Saturn collaboration with studio by ...

In the vaulted alcove, a marble statue of Venus stands where the king’s bed would have been, while a frieze of griffons and candelabra around the ceiling reproduces a motif from the Temple of ...

View An architectural capricciowith the Temple Antoninus and Faustina, the Capitoline lion, the Farnese Hercules, the Colosseum, the Pyramid of Cestius, the Arch of Constantine, the Sarcophagus of ...

This time, Hadrian adopted Titus Aurelius Antoninus, the husband of Marcus’ aunt Faustina the Elder, on condition that Antoninus in turn adopt Marcus and the son of the late Lucius, also Lucius.

Among the more outlandish rumors about this widely respected Roman emperor is the claim that Marcus Aurelius might have had a role in the death of his wife, Faustina the Younger.However, historical ...

While in the forum, Newsom and his wife gazed almost exclusively upon the Temple of Antoninus Pius and Faustina, which was dedicated to the deified emperor and his deified wife.