Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 331
ngs was known as the pomerium;it could not be built upon. The pomerium separated thedistrict in which the urban auspices were efficacious fromthat in which the military auspices could be taken; inother words, a magistrate, such as a general, had to takethe right kind of auspicia (urbana or bellica… … The relief represents an kxfyopd or funeral. The bier isborne on a cart (note the peculiar wheel) drawn by horsesand accompanied by mourning men and women. Thewoman leading carries a funeral vase on her head. Theyoung man nearest to the bier wears a conical helmet andcuirass ; the woman who seems…
Classical antiquities
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