Temples, tombs, and monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. A description and a history of some of the most remarkable memorials of classical architecture (1871)
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons · leaf 153
thirdconsulship, B.C. 17. Agrippa dedi-cated it to Jupiter Ultor, in memoryof the victory at Actium, which Octa-vius had won over Antony and Cleo-patra, and which had given to thecrafty nephew of Caesar the sove-reignty of the world. He embellishedit with statues of Mars and Venus,and, according to… … Agrippa.—(Visconti, Icono-graphie Romaine.) * This is the common statement; but there seems reason to believe that thegods honoured were only those supposed to be connected with the Julian race.And in the inscription we ought to read, according to Becker, Diribiiorii forJovi Ultori. A DOUBLE…
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