280-30 B.C.
Late Hellenistic Period
Dying Gaul
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Library of Alexandria
Colossus of Rhodes
Veristic portraits of Roman Republic
Comedies of Plautus
30 B.C.—A.D. 100
Early Roman Empire
Prima Porta Augustus
Ara Pacis
Arch of Titus
Colosseum
Vergil's Aeneid
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Early Christianity
A.D. 100--180
High Roman Empire
Forum of Trajan
Column of Trajan
Pantheon
Early Christian Art in Catacombs
A.D. 180-450
Later Roman Empire
Portrait of Decius
Colossal Statue of Constantine
Old St. Peter's Basilica
St. Augustine's Confessions
A.D. 450--1000
"Dark Ages" in West; Early Byzantine Empire in East
Hagia Sophia
San Vitale in Ravenna
Palatine Chapel at Aachen (Palace of Charlamagne)
Gregorian chants
Rise of Islam
Composition of Koran
Dome of the Rock
Great Mosque of Cordoba
