'Seated in chairs of ivory, sat a number of strange, venerable old men', c1912 (1912). Artist: Ernest Dudley Heath.

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'Seated in chairs of ivory, sat a number of strange, venerable old men', c1912 (1912). Three days after the Battle of the Allia, the Gauls advanced on Rome, to find the Forum filled with silent Roman senators. From The Story of Rome, by Mary MacGregor. [Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1912]

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