Art in the Roman Republic and the Early Empire Forum of Pompeii Late Republican veristic portrait Octavian Augustus • forum aug Augustus Caligula Nero’s Domus Aurea Domus Aurea Roman house interior Wall decoration, Villa Boscoreale, 1st. ct. BCE Mosaic Mosaics of guard dogs, Pompeii. Roman interior, Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii, 1st ct. BCE Simulation of nocturnal illumination in Roman interior, Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii, 1st ct. BCE. Ceiling decoration Opus sectile The Minerva bowl, Hildesheim treasure, 1st ct. CE. Vespasian and Titus The Colosseum Domitian Trajan Portraits from Palmyra Marble head of an athlete, 2nd ct. CE