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Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine (1907)

Strong, Eugénie Sellers · London : Duckworth and Co. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 348

An illustration from Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine, 1907, leaf 348
Cassius Dio, 68, ch. 14. Ed. Boissevain, iii. p. 200 f. t M. Tillemont { Hist, des Empereurs, vol. ii., p. 85)remarks with humorous scepticism : Ceux qui Tout vue (i.e., the Trajan column) croient trouver dans les has reliefsdout elle est enrichie, divers eveneinens considerables des deuxguerres de… … o I HI t THE TRAJAN COLUMN 203 of the Dacian chief. His betrayal, his loneliness andconsequent spiritual anguish are intensified by makingthe capture of his worldly treasure—the secret of whichhas been betrayed by a trusted friend—precede hisdeath. Bereft of all material and moral support hewill…

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