This annotation was created by Michael Andrew Gavin. The last update was by Helen B. Kampmann Marodin.
The Digital PiranesiMain MenuAboutThe Digital Piranesi is a developing digital humanities project that aims to provide an enhanced digital edition of the works of Italian illustrator Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778).Works and VolumesGenres, Subjects, and ThemesBibliographyGlossary
Republican and Imperial period
12021-07-05T07:37:27-07:00Michael Andrew Gavined74a11860d5f5eedf6744c94c4ef7d6e8390e76228498plain2021-09-07T08:48:27-07:00Helen B. Kampmann Marodin057612e7fc4f8728b1dcdf23e7ab160b2ebfb68fThe prominent archway marks up the transition between two political regimes in ancient Roman history, with the bust of Gracchus representing late Republic to the left and the busts of Gaius Anicius Cerialis, Lucius Annaeus Mela, or Seneca the Younger, and Gaius Petronius Arbiter representing early Empire to the right.
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1media/piranesi-2M-vol08-002_thumb.jpg2021-07-05T07:34:11-07:00AnonymousCarceri Plate II1media/piranesi-2M-vol08-002.jpgplain2021-07-05T07:34:13-07:00Michael Andrew Gavined74a11860d5f5eedf6744c94c4ef7d6e8390e76