Rome Gallery

Apostle Pauls Missionary Journeys, lithograph, published in 1886

Apostle Paul's Missionary Journeys: 1st (green); 2nd (red); 3rd (blue); last to Rome (yellow). Lithograph, published in 1886.
Paul travelled over 10,000 miles proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. His journeys on land and sea took him primarily through present day Israel, Syria, Turkey, and Greece

Gods Of Healing

Asclepius or Aesculapius, the ancient Greek god of medicine, with the snake-entwined staff which has come to symbolise the medical profession, circa 1700. On the left is his son Telesphorus or Telesphoros, a hooded dwarf who presides over convalescence. A statue from the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne (or alle Valle) in Rome, drawn and engraved by Nicolas Dorigny. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Stories from Virgil - Iris Appearing to Turnus

Iris appearing to Turnus, a scene from "Stories From Virgil" by the Reverend Alfred J. Church, M.A., with illustrations from the designs of Bartolomeo?Pinelli?(1781 - 1835). Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London, in 1879. The goodess Juno sends Iris, the goddess of the rainbow, to visit Turnus, who is leader of the Rutuli, to inform him that Aeneas is absent from his camp. Eventually, Aeneas killed Turnus and founds a city which later becomes Rome

© Digitally restored by Linda Steward - Linda Steward