Dr. Thorsten Opper, British Museum senior curator and head of the museum's Roman section, introduces exhibits of the exhibition "Rome: City and Empire" at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, Australia, on Sept. 20, 2018. Two wall paintings from Pompeii, a frieze featuring a rare depiction of female gladiators and sculptures of figures dressed in Persian style were among the treasures brought by the British Museum to National Museum of Australia in Canberra. (Xinhua/Pan Xiangyue)