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English: - object type: wall painting (fresco)

- description: Sol in his biga drawn by 2 white horses; Mars descending from the sky to Rhea Silvia lying in the grass of a hill with a temple on it; in front of the temple of Vesta and altar 3 priests in white togas pointing at Rhea Silvia; Rhea Silvia and Anthos led to prison; Mercurius shows to a female figure (Rhea Silvia / Venus / Acca Larentia?) the she-wolf suckling the twins; in the lower corners of the picture: river-god Tiberis and water-goddess Iuturna (or Acca Larentia?) - period / date: third style of pompeian wall painting - findspot: Pompeii, V, 4, 13, house of M. Fabius Secundus and Optata / house of the origins of Rome, triclinium (R), north wall - museum / inventory number: Napoli, Museo Archeologico Nazionale -

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