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Mary Beard, professor of classics, University of Cambridge, and 60th A. W. Mellon Lecturer in the Fine Arts.

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Ludovico Lombardo, The Emperor Hadrian, c. 1550, bronze
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Stanley Mortimer

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Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Agrippina and Germanicus, c. 1614, oil on panel
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Fund

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Paolo Farinati, The Emperor Aulus Vitellius, pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash heightened with white over black chalk on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Fund

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A trio of 17th-century busts of Roman emperors is transported after cleaning and conservation: Powis Castle, N Wales. Photo © Cliveden Conservation

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A 16th-century Italian dish showing Julius Caesar in his triumphal chariot
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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Angelo Minghetti, Large Bust of Emperor Caligula, 1858-1885
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colors
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London