View of Palace of the Caesars, Rome. It was built on the Palatine Hill by Emperor Augustus and is also known as the House of Augustus, Domus Augusti. In a small theatre, two men fight a lion in front of a crowd. Palazzo de Cesari. From Francesco Bianchini’s Del Palazzo dei Cesari, 1738. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrario’s Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1843.

---

Size: 6729px × 4079px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1738, ancient, antico, architecture, augusti, augustus, bianchini, building, caesars, cesari, circus, copperplate, corsi, costume, costumes, de, dei, del, domus, emperor, engraving, fashion, ferrario, francesco, games, giulio, handcoloured, hill, historical, history, house, il, illustration, lion, modern, moderno, palace, palatine, palazzo, peoples, roman, rome, theatre, world