Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 277
of Roman mythology they are companionsof the war-god Mars To them Tullus Hostilius is said tohave vowed temples (Livy, i. 27). But recently it hasbeen made clear that these heads in some way representconquered Gaul; the male head may even be meant forVercingetorix himself, while the female head is… … The portrait, which has suffered from cleaning, but isundoubtedly ancient, represents Caesar in old age; he isinclined to baldness, and his cheeks are shrunken. Weknow that he is said to have worn a wreath to hide hisbaldness ; and Suetonius also says that for the same pur-pose he combed his scanty…
Classical antiquities
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