Senatorial opposition to the triumvirate was led by Cicero, a long-standing Pompeian ally. Despite this, the latter supported the populist politician Publius...

Pompeian red refers to the color of iron oxide-based mineral pigment with a hue close to red ochre, so named because of its common use in ancient Roman...

Pompeian, Inc. is a food company that was founded in Baltimore in 1906 and produced America's first national brand of imported extra virgin olive oil....

The Pompeian Styles are four periods which are distinguished in ancient Roman mural painting. They were originally delineated and described by the German...

The Pompeian Era was a calendar era used by Hellenistic cities in Roman Palestine, in particular the cities of the Decapolis. The calendar counted the...

A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term brick denotes...

The Pompeian–Parthian invasion of 40 BC occurred after the Pompeians, backed by the Parthian Empire, had been defeated during the Liberators' civil war...

Bucilianus, former Pompeian, brother of Caecilius Rubrius Ruga, former Pompeian Marcus Spurius, former Pompeian Publius Sextius Naso, former Pompeian Petronius...

soon afterwards. However, in April 46 BC, Caesar's forces destroyed the Pompeian army at the Battle of Thapsus. After this, military opposition to Caesar...

Painting in ancient Rome is a still poorly understood topic in the history of painting, as its study is hampered by the scarcity of relics. Much of what...

as pontifex maximus in 63 BC. An energetic politician who had "espoused Pompeian causes for nearly a decade", he was also indebted to Crassus, who was a...

Pompey's army disintegrated. Many prominent supporters of Pompey (termed Pompeians) surrendered after the battle, such as Marcus Junius Brutus and Cicero...

Pompey during Caesar's civil war. Caesar attempted to capture the vital Pompeian logistics hub of Dyrrachium but was unsuccessful after Pompey occupied...

a civil war between the Caesarians, the supporters of Caesar, and the Pompeians, the supporters of Pompey, who had led the forces of the Roman senate...

been known in most cultures in all times, and has been depicted in art: Pompeian Styles Pompeii – Osteria della Via di Mercurio Kama Sutra – A Mughal couple...

represented in many houses' tablinum for this reason. Venus has appeared in Pompeian artwork at least 197 times, the majority of these depictions located in...

The Wedding of Zephyrus and Chloris (54–68 AD, Pompeian Fourth Style) within painted architectural panels from the Casa del Naviglio...

After his defeat and death, a force under Pacorus came to the aid of the Pompeian general Caecilius Bassus, who was besieged at Apamea Valley by the Caesarian...

century BC, probably by the artist Philoxenus of Eretria. Unlike most Pompeian pavements of the late second and early first centuries, this mosaic is...

sunrise or sunset). Atmospheric perspective was used in Pompeian Second Style frescos, one of the Pompeian Styles, dating as early as 30 BCE. Notable examples...

no harm if he persisted in fighting against capture. After the massive Pompeian defeat at Pharsalus on 9 August 48, Brutus fled through marshland to Larissa...

none of the eruptions after AD 79 were as large or destructive as the Pompeian one. The eruptions vary greatly in severity but are characterized by explosive...

Dido and Aeneas, from a Roman fresco, Pompeian Third Style (10 BCE – 45 CE), Pompeii, Italy...

An ancient Roman fresco in the Pompeian Third Style possibly depicting Cleopatra, from the House of the Orchard at Pompeii, Italy, mid-1st century AD...

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slightly more than ten square meters. The floor was patterned in the Second Pompeian Style featuring a satyr and a nymph. This was essentially a small storage...

years ago.[citation needed] The rooms of the Pompeian domus were often painted in one of four Pompeian Styles: the first style imitated ashlar masonry...

throughout the entire line in order to inspire the less experienced. The Pompeian cohorts were arrayed in an unusually thick formation, 10 men deep: their...