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Text from museum placard: This large sarcophogus, which was found in 1931 near via Tirburtina, in the eastern suburbs of the ancient city, shows on its front a symbolic picture of battle, staged on two levels. The composition focuses on the progress of a Roman horseman, depicted in the guise of a universal victor, in a melée of soldiers, spears and horses; the Romans are delivering savage blows, devastating their enemies. The bloody scenes are framed by two pairs of enslaved barbarians, whose afflicted demeanour expresses the suffering which comes to those who rebel against the dominion of Rome. The dramatic animation of the combat is emphasized by the deep chiaroscuro obtained by a skillful feat of carving. The low relief on the sides of the sarcophogus shows events subsequent to the encounter: on one side barbarian prisoners cross a river, conducted by Roman soldiers on a bridge of boats, on the other the chiefs submit to the Roman officials. The frieze on the lid, between two corner masks, celebrates the dead man and his wife, presented in the centre in the act of the dextrarum iunctio; on the left, the woman exercises her virtus in the house, educating her children; on the right, the man, after his warlike activities, receives the submission of the enemies, demonstrating his clementia. The faces of the principal characters remained incomplete, awaiting the carving of the features of the dead people. The decoration of the sarcophogus, inspired by many scenes on the Antonine Column, can be dated to around 180 A.D. The military insignia represented on the upper edge of the casket - the eagle of the Legio IIII Flavia and the boar of the Legio I Italica - enable us perhaps to identify the dead man as Aulus Iulius Pompilius, an official of Marcus Aurelius in command of two cavalry squadrons on detachment of these two legions during the war against the Marcomanni (172-175A.D.). |
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| Author | Ryan Baumann |
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