COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 85 - Naumachia Neronis
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
The Naumachia of Nero. A Naumachia refers to a representation of a naval battle among the Romans, and also to the places where such exhibitions took place.
Description:
The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with page title in Italian: Naumachia di Nerone.
Description:
Combatants in the Naumachia sea battles were usually captives and prisoners who were condemned to death. They were divided into to different maritime nations and included gladitorial combat. The emperor could grant clemancy. Nero's Naumachia contained sea monsters in the lake.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Naval battles -- Italy -- Rome.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Subject:
Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68.
Publisher:
Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625
Date:
1625
Coverage:
Rome (Italy)
Coverage:
Italy
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
28.5 x 21 cm
Format/Medium:
Engravings
Source:
Splendore dell'antica Roma, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Though this item is believed to be in the Public Domain, copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
