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There are people piling on each other.Some are holding each other.Or getting stepped on. -
It shows that he is pointing at something.He looks wealthy. Hes nude -
stands in Rome and commemorates the Roman victories over the Parthians in the final decade of the 2nd century CE. The triple triumphal arch was one of the most richly decorated of its type. -
The soldier is pinching the prisoner. He is very upset the soldier.The prisoner looks like he's in pain. -
The salvation is a mystery. All of these can be seen to allegorically allude to the principal narratives of the life of Christ. -
He has a lot of hair and a beard.He is somewhat happy and has something on his head. It looks like a crown. -
"Both the more impressionistic kind and a remarkable study on the growth of Christianity in Egypt, where we have the nearest approximation to births, marriages, and deaths records in the Roman world." -
"A striking aspect of the Christian art of the third century is the absence of the imagery that will dominate later Christian art. This absence of direct images of the life of Christ is best explained by the status of Christianity as a mystery religion." -
"Christ draped in classical garb holds a scroll in his left hand while his right hand is outstretched in the so-called ad locutio gesture, or the gesture of the orator. Christ is treated like the philosopher surrounded by his disciples." -
It shows the guy covering himself. He looks mad.He has a beard.