Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . ^:^X0^. V\Si:\.S FUOM A MdMMEXT Ol JIAKCUS ALUKLIUS /?(/./ijcc/). Iii-J .>. Aid,-of Arch of Cuixtnnlim. 7,8. l<il(iz~o <l. Coiiserratori i THE ANTONINE PERIOD 293 Stuart Jones, however, suggests that their originalpurpose was the same as that still served by the eightadorning the attic of the Constantinian Arch—in fact heconsiders it certain that each series adorned one frontof the arch from which they were removed. The archthus decorated he further proposes to identify as thaterected to Marcus in Capitolio (for the inscription seeC.
Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . ^:^X0^. V\Si:\.S FUOM A MdMMEXT Ol JIAKCUS ALUKLIUS /?(/./ijcc/). Iii-J .>. Aid,-of Arch of Cuixtnnlim. 7,8. l<il(iz~o <l. Coiiserratori i THE ANTONINE PERIOD 293 Stuart Jones, however, suggests that their originalpurpose was the same as that still served by the eightadorning the attic of the Constantinian Arch—in fact heconsiders it certain that each series adorned one frontof the arch from which they were removed. The archthus decorated he further proposes to identify as thaterected to Marcus in Capitolio (for the inscription seeC. I. L. vi. 1014), erected in 176 , in honour of thedouble triumph over the Germans and Sarmatians. The composition of these reliefs is so striking that itis difficult to account for their neglect. The magnificentdesign of the relief in the Conservatori showing Marcusriding with Bassaeus at his side is self-evident. Thesetting—the two trees forming a natural arch withinwhich the Imperial group is discovered, the backwardflutter of the Emperors man
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