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Portrait of the Roman politician and general Gaius Julius Caesar (100–44 BC) from a legionary camp near Nijmegen.
Marble, end of the 1st century BC, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden
© Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden
Statuette of the local god Sucellus from Augusta Raurica. He is portrayed in the style of Roman gods.
Bronze, 2nd century AD, Römerstadt Augusta Raurica
© Römerstadt Augusta Raurica, Susanne Schenker
Portrait of Nero Claudius, called Germanicus.
From AD 14 to 16 he led several campaigns against the Germanic tribes on the right bank of the Rhine, earning himself the victory title “Germanicus”.
Marble, early 1st century AD, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
© Ruedi Habegger, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Statuette of Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory, from the Roman colony of Augusta Raurica.
Bronze, c. AD 200, Römerstadt Augusta Raurica
© Römerstadt Augusta Raurica, Susanne Schenker
Portrait of Hadrian, who reigned from AD 117 to 138. In AD 97, he travelled from Rome to the Rhine to inform Trajan that he had been appointed as emperor. He went on to serve in Mainz as military tribune of the 22nd Legion.
Marble, AD 130/135, on loan
© T. Donati, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Portrait of a Roman officer. The first evidence of Germanic incursions west of the Rhine dates from as early as AD 162. From then on, the situation became increasingly critical.
Marble, c. AD 160, on loan
© T. Donati, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Roman coin (denarius) of Gaius Julius Caesar. It was discovered in 1999 when the Antikenmuseum Basel was being extended.
Silver, 49 BC, Archäologische Bodenforschung Basel-Stadt
© Archäologische Bodenforschung Basel-Stadt
Head of a dead barbarian from Avenches. According to sources from Antiquity, Caesar’s campaigns in Gaul cost up to a million lives.
Bronze, 2nd century AD, Site et musée romains d’Avenches
© NVP3D
Gravestone showing a married couple. The man, wearing military costume, was an officer in the Roman Army.
Sandstone, c. AD 210/220, Römerstadt Augusta Raurica
© Römerstadt Augusta Raurica, Susanne Schenker
The Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig on St. Alban-Graben
© Ruedi Habegger, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Department «Orient, Cyprus and early Greece»
© Ruedi Habegger, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Department «Greek and Roman Sculptures»
© Ruedi Habegger, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
