Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 290
and an eagle is at his feet).Beside him is the goddess Roma, or perhaps his wife Liviain the guise of Roma. The Capricorn in the circle between HISTORY 247 their two heads is the heavenly sign associated with the birthof Augustus. The figure descending from the triumphalchariot is Tiberius ;… … of Augustus was in keeping with a custom which hadgrown up in the ancient world, since the time of Alexanderthe Great, of regarding rulers as gods incarnate. Withregard to Augustus himself, cp. Hor. 0<l. iii. 3. 11 : quos inter (deos) Augustus recumbenspurpureo bibet ore nectar ; and Verg. Geo.…
Classical antiquities
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