A.D 193-235 & A.D. 235-284

The Severans & Soldier Emperors

Bust of Septimius Severus, (200-210 A.D.) Marble

Full-length portrait of Septimius Severus (200-210 A.D.) Bronze

Portrait of Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla and Geta (Geta destroyed) from the Fayum (c. 199 A.D.)Painted on wood

Hunting Baths, Leptis Magna, Libya (late 2nd or early 3rd century A.D.) Concrete

Leopard Hunt, detail from Hunting Baths (late second or early third century A.D.) wall painting

Portrait of Caracalla (early to mid-third century A.D.) Marble

Aerial view of Baths of Caracalla, Rome (211-217 A.D.) Concrete, Brick, Marble

Interior view of waiting room of the old Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City, a copy of the Baths of Caracalla, now demolished

Farnese Hercules, from the Baths of Caracalla, Rome (early third century A.D.) Marble (right: engraving by Hendrick Golzius, 1617)

Portrait head of Alexander Severus (220 A.D.) Marble

The Soldier Emperors…

Portrait of Maximinus Thrax (c. 235 A.D.) Marble

Sarcophagus of Balbinus (c. 238 A.D.) Marble

Portrait Bust of Philip the Arab (244-249 A.D.) Marble

Full-length portrait of Trebonianus Gallus (251-253 A.D.)

Portrait of Gallienus (253-268 A.D.) Marble

Plotinus, from Ostia (260-270 A.D.) Marble

Portrait of Aurelian with oak leaf crown (270-275 A.D.) Marble

Aurelian Wall, Rome (271-275 A.D.) Brick and concerte

Members of the senatorial rank pointing to the son of a senator, detail of a sarcophagus from Acilia, near Ostia (c. 270 A.D.) Marble