The Cumaean Sibyl with the Sibylline books. From the fresco by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican, Rome A Roman sacrifice. Showing Marcus Aurelius sacrificing before the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus. From a relief in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome The Bronze Wolf of the Capitol. Palazzo dei Conservatori, Jupiter. The Zeus Verospi in the Vatican, Rome. (See Helbig, A Roman sacrificial procession. From reliefs belonging to the A Roman in the toga, sacrificing. Vatican, Rome PAGE 43 47 49 51 52, 53 54 56 From a din 58 Now in the 59 A painting from a household shrine (Pompeii). In the center Cn. Pompeius. From the bust in the Museo Nazionale, Naples. The triumph of a Roman general. Relief from a sarcophagus in the Vatican, Rome Medea. From the painting by N. Sichel. By courtesy of the 69 65 69 69 70 Cn. Pompeius Magnus. From the statue in the Palazzo Spada, Fortuna. From the statue in the Vatican, Rome M. Claudius Marcellus. From the statue in the Capitoline The Appian Way. Showing the aqueduct of Claudius Marcus Tullius Cicero. From the bust in the Capitoline Mu- seum, Rome. (See Burckhardt, v. I, p. 166) Headpiece: Poet and Muse. The poet is evidently reciting Ennius. From the bust on the Scipio tomb, in the Vatican, Rome. (For translation of inscription, see Helbig, No. 127) 122 Alexander the Great. From the bust in the Capitoline, Rome. IN THE SELECTIONS FOR SIGHT READING Arpinum (general view) A grain mill at Pompeii. A corner of a baker's shop, showing Museo Nazio- Activities on shipboard. A ship entering port. From a relief on the end of the tomb of Naevoleia Tyche, Pompeii Homer. From the bust in the British Museum, London Socrates. From the herma in the Museo Nazionale, Naples. Visconti has translated the Greek inscription as follows: "Not only now, but always, it has been my habit to follow the dictates of my own judgment. Mature reflection, I find, The temple of Jupiter Stator. Restoration from Duruy's His- The Palatine Hill as seen from the Forum. View from the Caius Marius. From the bust in the Uffizi, Florence A Roman house. Showing the shrine (sacrarium) in place. PAGE Gladiators. From a stucco relief on the tomb of Umbricius Scaurus, Pompeii Cicero in the toga. 215 Real Museo Borbonico, Naples, 1824 207 (See description of cut, p. xlii). Tabellae et stilus. Objects in order: tablets, double inkstand, stilus, inscribed parchment. Real Museo Borbonico, 1824. 220 A Roman sacrifice. Showing the altar, the ram destined as an offering, and the person sacrificing holding the patera. From a relief in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Gladiatorial combats. Showing a vanquished gladiator holding up his thumb in an appeal to the populace for mercy. From a relief on the tomb of Umbricius Scaurus, Pompeii. Real Museo Borbonico, Naples, 1824 . 222 225 Cato (Uticensis) and Porcia (so-called). From the portrait group in the Vatican, Rome. 229 A section of the carcer. Showing the upper chamber and the be folded together like a modern camp stool, and so could be carried about after the consul whenever he appeared in public. Trollope, Illustrations of Ancient Art, London, 1854 Plan of a shop (Pompeii). From Mau's Pompeii. By courtesy of the Macmillan Company 230 231 238 A baker's shop. From a Pompeian wall painting. Museo Nazionale, Naples 239 245 Front elevation of the Rostra. Restoration after Fig. 27, Huelsen, The Roman Forum, G. E. Stechert & Co., 1909 Coin of Mithridates VI, king of Pontus (B.c. 121–63). Baumeister, Denkmäler des klassischen Altertums, Munich, 1885 246 Coin of Perseus, last Greek king of Macedon. Baumeister, Denkmäler des klassischen Altertums, Munich, 1885 A rostral column. The columna rostrata of Duillius. From the restoration in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome. Photograph, Anderson Children at dice play. Medea with a knife, at the right. a Pompeian wall painting. Museo Nazionale, Naples. tograph, G. Sommer & figlio, Naples. Orpheus with his lyre. From a Pompeian wall painting. Mu BIBLIOGRAPHY [The following authorities may prove helpful in connection with the objects pictured in this book, and with other monuments of the time of Cicero.] AMELUNG, WALTHER. Führer durch die Antiken in Florenz, Munich, 1897. BAUMEISTER. Denkmäler des klassischen Altertums, Munich, 1885. BERNOULLI, J. J. Römische Ikonographie, Stuttgart, 1882-1902. BRUNN. Denkmäler griechischer und römischer Sculptur. Unter Leitung von Heinrich Brunn herausg. von Friedrich Bruckmann, Munich, 1888 BRUNN U. ARNDT. Griechische und römische Porträts. Nach Auswahl und Anordnung von Heinrich Brunn und Paul Arndt herausg. von Friedrich Bruckmann, Munich, 1891 BURCKHARDT, JACOB. Der Cicerone, Leipzig u. Berlin, 1900. Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, in the British Museum, London, 1904. DÜTSCHKE. Antike Bildwerke in Oberitalien, Leipzig, 1878. HELBIG, WOLFGANG. 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