"Antiquity" print

“Antiquity” 
30x30
canvas print
 
 
Debate over the representation of people of color in the Roman Empire continues in the public space to this day Although historians widely agree that people of color were very present in the Empire, there is often a backlash when examples of such are portrayed as anything above a slave. This is not surprising considering how little ancient African history is taught in schools and how the often depicted Roman Empire rarely includes images of people of color, especially Africans.