​Ancient Troy and Rome

​Lecture by C.Brian Rose, Ph.D., the James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology at ​ University of Pennsylvania. Biography

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When: May 5 at 6:00 p.m. 
Were: @Ethical Society Building, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Iapyx removing an arrowhead from the leg of Aeneas, with Aeneas's son, Ascanius, crying beside him. Antique fresco from Pompeii.

When combat erupted it was often brutal, as when Achilles slayed Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons, seen on this amphora from the 6th century BC. (Image: Trustees of the British Museum)

​A deadly gift: Trojans pull the wooden horse inside the walls of Troy, unaware that warriors lie concealed withing. It is one of many incidents in the Trojan war that received attention from ancient artists. In this case, it is a fresco from Pompeii, dating to the 1st century AD. (Image: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli)