Timeline

  • 200 BCE

    200 BCE

    Christian mural paintings in catacombs of Rome; early Christian sculpture on sarcophagi; early Christian art becomes more widespread, after 313. Period of Late Roman Art.
    Edict of Milan legitimizes Christianity.
  • 150 BCE

    150 BCE

    Famous Greek statue: Venus di Milo
  • 113 BCE

    113 BCE

    Famous Roman relief sculpture monument, Trajan's Column
  • 79 BCE

    79 BCE

    Vesuvius errupts, destroying Pompeii
  • 50 BCE

    50 BCE

    Beginning of the Fayum Mummy Portraits. They continued until about 250 CE
  • 42 BCE

    42 BCE

    Famous Greek sculpture: Laocoon
  • 27 BCE

    27 BCE

    Beginning of Roman Empire
  • 9 BCE

    9 BCE

    Completion of Ara Pacis Augustae.
  • Period: 9 BCE to 1950 BCE

    Art History