Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . goddess Roma herself, who extends herhands in greeting to the Emperor (the hands of both,as well as the globe, are modern), accompanied by theSciiatus, i-epresented as a stately bearded man, andby the Populus, featured as usual as a young manwearing the festal wreath. The relief, owing to itsTrajanic affinities, doubtless belongs to the early partof Hadrians principate, but the precise event com-memorated is difficult to discover. It is recorded thatthe Senate, on Trajans death, decreed for Hadrian thetriumph prepared for Trajan, and, moreover, of
Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . goddess Roma herself, who extends herhands in greeting to the Emperor (the hands of both,as well as the globe, are modern), accompanied by theSciiatus, i-epresented as a stately bearded man, andby the Populus, featured as usual as a young manwearing the festal wreath. The relief, owing to itsTrajanic affinities, doubtless belongs to the early partof Hadrians principate, but the precise event com-memorated is difficult to discover. It is recorded thatthe Senate, on Trajans death, decreed for Hadrian thetriumph prepared for Trajan, and, moreover, offered tobestow upon him the title of Pater Patruv. ButHadrian appears to have declined these honours forthe time being (Spartian, Hadrumus, 5, 6). The panel,which probably formed part of a triumph sequencedecorating an arch, may therefore be brought, tenta-tively, into connection with his victory over the combinedSarmatians and Roxolani in 118 * Cf. Amelung-Holtzinger, i. p. 200. t Bury, Students Roman Empire, p. 499; cf. , v. THE PRINCIPATE OF HADRIAN 235 Hadriank Reluf at Chatsicorth.—To the earlierpart of Hadrians reign also belongs the fine frag-ment at Chatsworth interpreted by Ietersen.* Onit are four soldiers in military undress, two to theright and two to the left of the officer in theirmidst. The foremost man, who is also the mostcompletely preserved, carries on his left shoulder a largecircular book-box—a sort of scrinium—into which areloosely thrown a number of tablets. The next, whosehead also is preserved, though the nose is broken andthe head itself has been broken off and replaced,carries with both hands a pile of similar tablets. Boththese figures move rapidly from left to right. Theaction of the three other men seems luicertain. Thecentral figure appears to stand still, as if givingsome order, or else directing operations. The two onthe left have turned towards one another, as if engagedin conversation. In the background behind the firstf
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