MUSIC USED:

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Fresco depicting a seated woman, from the Villa Arianna at Stabiae, Naples National Archaeological Museum https://flickr.com/photos/carolemage/17393152265/in/photolist-suYscB-zkV9eQ-GuBJEn-cn2mi7-jxAGX9-tohsUC-kxNCSv-qB6zzc-suXhun-cn2cGN-ApYQ9f-oBnp8E-oyUrbg-sNq6qn-AoSRE3-smU7ro-cn2bGJ-cn2aGW-9e7f4P-h7ha9j-quVEiu-uVsHFG-byyHyk-nNFN5g-ffcLtM-ykjMpK-tGfd9w-2g9ooA2-GXs7zN-d9X2as-cn2jwj-cn2f2N-9wbMHF-ug2VyS-d9X1Nb-e3aCPZ-kNaWU8-dyDc4C-cn2uWJ-xB5Wuh-oMqDGy-jiLZUY-cn2ki9-y4dufp-A9yVRo-oZAHD9-bkDPiq-cin2Rj-smU34q-dNrn4u Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

File:Wall painting - mistress and three maids - Herculaneum (insula orientalis II - palaestra - room III) - Napoli MAN 9022.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wall_painting_-mistress_and_three_maids-Herculaneum(insula_orientalis_II_-palaestra-room_III)-_Napoli_MAN_9022.jpg ArchaiOptix - own work CC BY SA 4.0

Marble sarcophagus fragment: marriage scene https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/250712?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=roman+women&offset=40&rpp=40&pos=55 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

File:Bronze young girl reading CdM Paris.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bronze_young_girl_reading_CdM_Paris.jpg  © Marie-Lan Nguyen CC BY 2.5

Terracotta plaque - Relief with a youth and a girl https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/252500?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=roman+women&offset=40&rpp=40&pos=58 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

Marble sarcophagus lid with reclining couple https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/256163?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=roman+women&offset=40&rpp=40&pos=48 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

File:Sarcophagus Marcus Cornelius Statius Louvre Ma659 n1.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sarcophagus_Marcus_Cornelius_Statius_Louvre_Ma659_n1.jpg Marie-Lan Nguyen (2009) CC BY 3.0

File:Wall painting - female painter - Pompeii (VI 1 10) - Napoli MAN 9018.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wall_painting_-female_painter-Pompeii(VI_1_10)_-_Napoli_MAN_9018.jpg ArchaiOptix - own work CC BY SA 4.0

Marble grave relief with two portrait busts https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248139?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=roman+women&offset=40&rpp=40&pos=76 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

Marble funerary relief - a man, wife and two sons https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254628?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=roman+women&offset=80&rpp=40&pos=82 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

File:Livia Drusila (15708884953).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Livia_Drusila_(15708884953).jpg Ángel M. Felicísimo CC BY SA 4.0

Marble portrait bust of a woman https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/253055?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=roman+women&offset=80&rpp=40&pos=115 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

Marble statue of an old woman https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248132?sortBy=DateDesc&deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=women&offset=40&rpp=40&pos=73 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

File:Pompeii - Fullonica of Veranius Hypsaeus 2 - MAN.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pompeii_-Fullonica_of_Veranius_Hypsaeus_2-_MAN.jpg WolfgangRieger Public Domain US faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain

Marble relief with female gladiators, 1st-2nd century AD, from Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum, Turkey), British Museum https://flickr.com/photos/carolemage/17590535705/in/photolist-sNq6qn-AoSRE3-smU7ro-cn2bGJ-cn2aGW-9e7f4P-h7ha9j-quVEiu-uVsHFG-byyHyk-nNFN5g-ffcLtM-ykjMpK-tGfd9w-2g9ooA2-GXs7zN-d9X2as-cn2jwj-cn2f2N-9wbMHF-ug2VyS-d9X1Nb-e3aCPZ-kNaWU8-dyDc4C-cn2uWJ-xB5Wuh-oMqDGy-jiLZUY-cn2ki9-y4dufp-A9yVRo-oZAHD9-bkDPiq-cin2Rj-smU34q-dNrn4u-qTxRtV-ppy3Pb-dNkLCe-cn2yUs-2ivXaFc-kJevox-kxM8KB-fFXyAt-dNrnL5-9eapdu-h7SXTL-cn2dZA-cn2ry9 Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

Fragment of wall painting showing two lovers in bed, from the House of L. Caecilius Jucundus in Pompeii, ca. 50-79 AD, Naples National Archaeological Museum https://flickr.com/photos/carolemage/16700197554/in/photolist-rrJSUA-6PSdti-ozmSup-snY7jH-omET2e-oD1245-s4Ao5K-qwKksX-oD9hFr-BG5qQy-C7XwJM-oD9Bp8-oD9jiK-qw2vUd-6PW6PJ-oD9gTp-s7fWyN-oETXHv-sDCDaV-2hhjMoK-2hm5m8B-2hkyeUm-6PS6Nv-2hkyeVy-2hkygdZ-oCT2ja-2hiXTy3-s5ziHX-oSSG3F-s5qAA1-oCYDsS-2g8DLNF-oCWbiu-omESnD-6PRTzZ-2g8DM52-2g8DYDH-2g8DLfG-oCT1f6-oCW5do-oCT7sM-oD88Rw-2g62Utu-omE7X4-oCSQ3T-oCSMqZ-2hHHnhR-omEnxL-oD82TQ-6PRTRH Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

In situ wall fresco with erotic scene in the Lupanar, Pompeii https://flickr.com/photos/carolemage/14856973011/in/photolist-oCW5do-oCT7sM-oD88Rw-2g62Utu-omE7X4-oCSQ3T-oCSMqZ-2hHHnhR-omEnxL-oD82TQ-6PRTRH-oCVVX5-omEPnR-syfrTg-2hHEPc9-oCVxys-oB7U7y-p6j52g-omDTxu-omDXT1-omDFwo-2hHHo21-omEHtr-omE66N-omEc8X-omE8Cb-omDR37-2g62RN8-omDQxb-omEc8N-oCSm4M-omE5i5-omDR4a-oCSuoH-oCSC3k-omDp3J-oCSvpk-omDMUK-2hkb8KV-oD9f2t-oD7MtC-omE3b9-omDH1C-omE2ju-oCRSt6-omEqmF-pRKhyF-oB7Q9y-oTrU7j-oD95dk Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

Fresco of a woman playing the lyre, AD 50-79, from Pompeii, British Museum https://flickr.com/photos/carolemage/14812207287/in/photolist-oyUrbg-sNq6qn-AoSRE3-smU7ro-cn2bGJ-cn2aGW-9e7f4P-h7ha9j-quVEiu-uVsHFG-byyHyk-nNFN5g-ffcLtM-ykjMpK-tGfd9w-2g9ooA2-GXs7zN-d9X2as-cn2jwj-cn2f2N-9wbMHF-ug2VyS-d9X1Nb-e3aCPZ-kNaWU8-dyDc4C-cn2uWJ-xB5Wuh-oMqDGy-jiLZUY-cn2ki9-y4dufp-A9yVRo-oZAHD9-bkDPiq-cin2Rj-smU34q-dNrn4u-qTxRtV-ppy3Pb-dNkLCe-cn2yUs-2ivXaFc-kJevox-kxM8KB-fFXyAt-dNrnL5-9eapdu-h7SXTL-cn2dZA Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

Fresco showing a woman so-called Sappho holding writing implements (wax tablet and stylus), from Pompeii, Naples National Archaeological Museum https://flickr.com/photos/carolemage/14842101892/in/photolist-oBxDNu-upVG38-UKS2Ar-zucMur-vd3xme-suYscB-zkV9eQ-GuBJEn-cn2mi7-jxAGX9-tohsUC-kxNCSv-qB6zzc-suXhun-cn2cGN-ApYQ9f-oBnp8E-oyUrbg-sNq6qn-AoSRE3-smU7ro-cn2bGJ-cn2aGW-9e7f4P-h7ha9j-quVEiu-uVsHFG-byyHyk-nNFN5g-ffcLtM-ykjMpK-tGfd9w-2g9ooA2-GXs7zN-d9X2as-cn2jwj-cn2f2N-9wbMHF-ug2VyS-d9X1Nb-e3aCPZ-kNaWU8-dyDc4C-cn2uWJ-xB5Wuh-oMqDGy-jiLZUY-cn2ki9-y4dufp-A9yVRo Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

File:Pompeii, Italy 204.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompeii,_Italy_204.jpg Simon Burchell - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:Bona Dea Marble Statue with Epigraph.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bona_Dea_Marble_Statue_with_Epigraph.jpg Andrea Pancotti CC BY SA 4.0

House of the Vestal Virgins (Atrium Vestae), Upper Via Sacra, Rome https://flickr.com/photos/carolemage/9116358804/in/photolist-RdZ629-RdZ4Q1-RgCqo8-Ss1jAh-Sjr6Lx-eTzz7u-RVQYkQ-eTomHp-eTocFX-qr6heu-eTooDD-nLHBYA-RVRbcW-Rejevz-SvFroi-StkxqR-Sh9fZi-Sjrag8-Ss1wMG-Sjr8ae-SjraQV-RgCyCe-RdZgim-Sjrbqn-RgCA1e-eTonqg-dqU7iS-eTzAm7-eTzHS5-eTzB49-eTzKWL-qHEue6-eToiUT-eTodor-eTojzk-eTobWv-eTzLC9-eToo4M-RVR22S-eToeJe-eTzF67-dqTXkZ-eTog5r-eTzGph-SgS3pb-Sjr7sn-SgS4No Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

Marble head from a portrait statue of a veiled priestess of the goddess Vesta, Roman Empire, British Museum https://flickr.com/photos/carolemage/14289538566/in/photolist-RdZ629-RdZ4Q1-RgCqo8-Ss1jAh-Sjr6Lx-eTzz7u-RVQYkQ-eTomHp-eTocFX-qr6heu-eTooDD-nLHBYA-RVRbcW-Rejevz-SvFroi-StkxqR-Sh9fZi-Sjrag8-Ss1wMG-Sjr8ae-SjraQV-RgCyCe-RdZgim-Sjrbqn-RgCA1e-eTonqg-dqU7iS-eTzAm7-eTzHS5-eTzB49-eTzKWL-qHEue6-eToiUT-eTodor-eTojzk-eTobWv-eTzLC9-eToo4M-RVR22S-eToeJe-eTzF67-dqTXkZ-eTog5r-eTzGph-SgS3pb-Sjr7sn-SgS4No Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

File:VestalisMaxima.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VestalisMaxima.jpg Rabax63 - own work CC BY SA 4.0

calyx-krater - the creation of Pandora https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1856-1213-1 British Museum British Museum Licensing CC BY NC SA 4.0

File:Giambologna sabine.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Giambologna_sabine.jpg Thermos - own work CC BY SA 2.5

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247009?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=roman+women&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=8 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

Marble portrait of Marciana, sister of the emperor Trajan https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/250953?deptids=13&ft=Julia+the+elder&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=17 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

File:Nerón y Agripina.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nerón_y_Agripina.jpg Carlos Delgado - own work CC BY SA 3.0

Tondo showing the Severan dynasty: Septimius Severus with Julia Domna, Caracalla and Geta, whose face has been erased, probably because of the damnatio memoriae put against him by Caracalla, from Djemila (Algeria), circa AD 199-200, Altes Museum, Berlin https://www.flickr.com/photos/41523983@N08/13543792233 Carole Raddato CC BY SA 3.0

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