The D'Arpino frescoes

Update: 2010-08-17

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How the 17th century Pope Innocent X stressed his own continuity with ancient Rome's foundational myths by commissioning these stunning pictures.

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Myth at the heart of the Roman Empire

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The foundation of Rome

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The House of Augustus

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The Ara Pacis

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The wolf and twins sculpture

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The Lapis Niger

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The D'Arpino frescoes

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A330: Myth in the Greek and Roman worlds

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Myth and the Roman Empire

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Why study myth?

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