Animals in Antiquity

Sacrifice

Boar Sacrifice, c. 510 BCE

Parthenon Frieze, 447-443 BCE

Roman Goat Sacrifice, c. 350 BCE

Roman Sacrifice, 1st c. CE

Spectacles of Violence

Bestiarii

Bestiarius, Tunisia

BestiariiNennig (Germany), 3rd c. CE

Bestarius, Nenning

Bestiarii, Tunisia

Bestarius and LionPoleto (Bulgaria)

Zliten Mosaic, Libya, 2nd c. CE

Executions

Tunisia, 3rd c. CE

Tunisia, 3rd c. CE

Venatores

Venator and Bear

Venatores, Rome, 1st c. CE

Arena Hunting, 1st c. CE

Hunting SceneColloseum, Rome, 2nd c. CE

Tiger HuntMiletus (Greece), c. 200 CE

Venatores, Istanbul, 5th c. CE

La Olmeda, Spain5th-6th c. CE

Antioch, Syria, Early 6th c. CE

The Corridor of the Great Hunt

Villa of Casala, Sicily, 4th c. CE

Children Hunting

Loading Ostriches on a Boat

Animal Fights to the Death

Cockfight, Pompeii, 1st c. CE

Lod, Israel, c. 300 CE

Lion Devours a DeerTunisia, 3rd c. CE

Antioch, Syria, Early 6th c. CE

Processions and Displays

Roman Triumph of BacchusTunisia

Roman Sarcophagus with Triumph of Dionysus

Exotic Animals, 2nd-3rd c. CE

Hippo, Pompeii, 1st c. CE

Other Animals

Toy, 7th-6th c. BCE

Greco-Egyptian HedgehogCosmetic Vessel, 6th c. BCE

Greek Rhyton

Greek Rhyton, 4th c. BCE

Funerary Stele with Goose and BirdAthens, c. 310 BCE

Greco-Egyptian Funeral Stele, 3rd c. BCE

Greek Horse Stature, 2nd-1st c. BCE

Pompeii, 1st c. CE

Pompeii, 1st c. CE

Pompeii, 1st c. CE

OrpheusEdessa, Mesopotamia, 194 CE

Orpheus, Blanzy, France, 4th c. CE

Zaragoza, Spain, 4th c. CE