Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine (1907)
Strong, Eugénie Sellers · London : Duckworth and Co. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 266
nd familiarly on his companionsshoulder. The right half of the composition explains the natureof the proclamation. It is a favour which the Emperorhas just bestowed, and it is commemorated by a statu-ary group on a plinth,* showing the Emperor on thesella curulh; and a woman with a child in her… … THE PRINCIPATE OF TRAJAN 153 standing in front of him. This gi-oup is generallyacknowledged to represent Trajan with Ttalia, who isthanking him for the munificent measures of the year101 A,D. for the support of poor children. This bene-faction, says Dill,* was a bold and sagacious attemptto…
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