Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine (1907)
Strong, Eugénie Sellers · London : Duckworth and Co. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 520
ime that the free Pagan divinities ofancient Greece and Rome are brought into direct sub-ordination to a foreign Deity. Already on the altar ofthe arch at Benevento we saw the old Capitoline Triadhanding over the symbols of power to the RomanEmperor. But now they have neared by a mighty stepthe… … SEVERUS TO DIOCLETIAN 309 capital, the sacrifice of the bull in honour of the in-vincible god is represented. In reality the Emperorofficiated himself on these occasions, but on the capitalthe scheme reproduced is that of the bull-slayingVictory of Hellenic art, made so familiar throughout theRoman…
Sculpture, Roman · Sculpture, Greco-Roman
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