Citation with stable link: Philip A. Harland, 'Ancient Visual Ethnography: Picturing Invading and Conquered Peoples (Pomona College, Classics presentation, April 2026),' Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World, last modified March 20, 2026, https://philipharland.com/Blog/?p=22721.
Galatian invaders characterized by Greeks in Asia Minor (279-160s BCE)
- 1a) Galatian / Celtic invader clubbed by Herakles at Kyzikos (link)
- 1b) Priene inscription on “impious” and “savage” Galatians (link)
- 2) Nude Galatian warrior crushed by a war-elephant (link)
- 3) Nude savagely-portrayed Galatian warrior (same link)
- 4) “Little barbarians” with some likely association to Attalid monumental depictions (link)
- 5) Isidoros the Galatian and other mercenaries buried near Alexandria in Egypt (link)
Conquered peoples of the world at the Sebasteion at Aphrodisias (mid-first century CE)
South portico
- S1) Overall view of the Sebasteion from the temple at the western end, facing towards the main entrance (link; photo by Feridun F. Alkaya, Wikimedia)
- S2) Goddess Roma with bound male captive (link)
- S3) Imperial figure and the Roman People or Senate with bound female captive (same link)
- S4) Coin on Julius Caesar’s defeat of Gauls with two captives (link)
- S5) Coin on Vespasian’s defeat of Judea with sad female captive (same link)
- S6) Claudius conquering Britannia (link)
- S7) Nero conquering Armenia (same link)
North portico
- N1) Piroustians personified as a woman (link)
- N2) Dacians (same link)
- N3) Bessians (same link)