maps and plates Maps 1. Greece and the Aegean World. 16–17 2. The Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East. 62–3 3. Italy. 76 4. Central Asia. 178 5. The West. 256 Plates 1. An Athenian vase depicting Demeter’s gift of agriculture to mankind, c. 470 BC. Marie-Lan Nguyen. 2. A plaster cast of a marble statue of Hadrian. Reproduced by permission of the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Photo: John Williams. 3. A fragment of a wall painting from the excavation of an ancient Egyptian palace at modern Tell el-Dab’a, c. 1473–1458 BC. Colours digitally restored by Clairy Palyvou. © M. Bietak, N. Marinatos, C. Palyvou/graphic work M. Negrete-Martinez. 4. An Athenian wine jug, late 700s BC. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Photo: Giannis Patrikianos. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports/Archaeological Receipts Fund. 5. A scene on a Corinthian pottery jug, c. 640 BC, depicting two Greek armies marching into battle. World History Archive/Alamy Stock Photo. vii viii MAPS AND PLATES 6. Th e remains of paved haulage across the Isthmus, built c. 600 BC. Erin Babnik/Alamy Stock Photo. 7. An unfi nished Greek temple, Segesta, Sicily. Alec/Public Domain. 8. Th e Tomb of the Leopards at Tarquinii. Adam Eastland Art + Architec- ture/Alamy Stock Photo. 9. A depiction of Xerxes I on his tomb in Naqš-i Rustam. Erich Schmidt/ CC-BY-SA-3.0. 10. A modern replica of an Athenian trireme, Piraeus, Greece. Templar52. 11. Th e Ear of Dionysius, ancient quarry, Sicily. Laurel Lodged/CC-BY-SA-3.0. 12. A depiction of two actors on an Athenian vase, c. 400 BC, Naples Archaeo- logical Museum. © agefotostock. 13. A cast bronze spear butt and inscription, late 300s BC. Newcastle upon Tyne, Sheft on Collection 111. Photo: Andrew Agate. 14. Stone water spout, early 100s BC, Ai-Khanoum, Afghanistan. © Livius.org. 15. A monumental altar at Pergamum depicting Athena fi ghting Giants, 197–158 BC. Gryffi ndor/Public Domain. 16. ‘Tomb of Scipio Barbatus’, engraving by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1756. Giovanni Battista Piranesi/Public Domain. 17. A scene from a monument celebrating the Roman victory over the Macedonians in 168 BC. © Bildarchiv Foto Marburg. 18. A marble statue of Livia Drusilla, Madrid Archaeological Museum. Adam Eastland Art + Architecture/Alamy Stock Photo. 19. A fragment of the Antikythera mechanism, National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Photo: Giannis Patrikianos. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports/Archaeological Receipts Fund. 20. Th e theatre at the Lycian city of Patara. Kamil Isik/Public Domain. 21. A sculpture of the head of Pompey the Great. Carole Raddato. 22. A scene from the Column of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, c. AD 185. Barosaurus Lentus. 23. Th e ruins of the Roman amphitheatre at Lyon. Pymouss. 24. Th e head of Constantine, from a colossal statue now in the Capitoline Museum, Rome. BibleLandPictures/Alamy Stock Photo. 25. Th e Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. imageBROKER/Alamy Stock Photo. 26. A painted ceiling at the château of Vaux-le-Vicomte, France, late 1650s. www.all-free-photos.com. 27. François Testory performing Medea (Written in Rage), London, October 2017. Courtesy of François Testory, Neil Bartlett and Jean-René Lamoine. Photo: Manuel Vason..