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Unless otherwise indicated, pictures on this page © Marco Prins and Jona Lendering. Photos can be downloaded and used for non-commercial purposes, but you have to acknowledge Livius.
The museum of Side, in an ancient bath house. Photo Marco Prins. The museum of Side, in a bath house built in the fifth century CE.
Aphrodite. Photo Marco Prins. The birth of the goddess Aphrodite.
Head of Hermes. Photo Marco Prins. Head of the god Hermes.
Ixion on the fiery wheel. Relief from Side (Turkey). Photo Marco Prins. Ixion, the king of the Thessalian Lapites, on the fiery wheel. In this way, he was punished for a crime against the goddess Hera.
Gladiators. Photo Marco Prins. Gladiators. They were very popular in the Greek towns of the Roman empire.
An eagle on a column base. Photo Marco Prins. An eagle on a column base.
Sarcophagus showing a cat. Photo Jona Lendering. Sarcophagus showing a cat.
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