. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. REMAINS OF TIIK nOITSE OF The Emperor lacked only thirty-five days of ,,.. hisseventy-sixth year. His body was brought from Nola to Bovillaeby decuriones of the municipia and the colonies. Thev made thejourney ])y night „„]y, nn account of tlie extreme heat; bv dav THE LAST YEARS OF AUGUSTUS. 285 the corpse was deposited in temples or public buildings. AtBovillae the knights came out to receive it, and bore it ? to thevestibule of the imperial house upon the Palatine,
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. REMAINS OF TIIK nOITSE OF The Emperor lacked only thirty-five days of ,,.. hisseventy-sixth year. His body was brought from Nola to Bovillaeby decuriones of the municipia and the colonies. Thev made thejourney ])y night „„]y, nn account of tlie extreme heat; bv dav THE LAST YEARS OF AUGUSTUS. 285 the corpse was deposited in temples or public buildings. AtBovillae the knights came out to receive it, and bore it ? to thevestibule of the imperial house upon the Palatine, where for seven. lîomr IX THE HOUSE OF dajs the body lay in state upon a bed of gold and i\ory. Thecorpse itself was concealed under draperies of purple and gold ; ^ This room is decoi-ated with frescos, of which a copy may be seen in tlie École desBeauj-Arls at Paris. 286 AUGUSTUS, OR THE FOUNDATION OF THE EMPIEE. but a waxen figure, made iu exact likeness to Augustus, was seenresting upon the outside of the bed, and appeared like one sleep-ing. A handsome young slave gently waved a fan of peacocksfeathers above the face, guarding the eternal repose. On the left,the senators in turn, clad in mourning garments, sat beside the dead ; on the right wereRoman matrons in longwhite stoles, without orna-ment of any kind. In frontof the bed was placed agolden statue of Victory, asif that goddess had beenone of the Julian family. Meantime Tiberius con-voked the Senate to delib-erate upon the honors to bepaid to the late Vestals, who had hadcharge of the will of Augus-tus, now brought it i
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