Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . CONSTAXTIXE THE GKEAT Cortile o/tlie PaUr.:o d. Con^ernitori APPENDIX P. 30. For the primitive native art of Rome and Latiumsee the important account by G. Pinza in MomanentiAntichi for 1905 ( Monumenti Primitivi di Roma e delLazio Antico ). P. 54. Theheadof ayounggodjintheMuseodelleTerme^assigned by Petersen to the relief left of the East entrance,was formerly interpreted by him as a Bonus Eventus ( AraPacis, p. 122 f.). Petersen now regards it as a GeniusPopuli Romani whom he supposes present with a personi-fied Pax. The traces of a horn of plen

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Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . CONSTAXTIXE THE GKEAT Cortile o/tlie PaUr.:o d. Con^ernitori APPENDIX P. 30. For the primitive native art of Rome and Latiumsee the important account by G. Pinza in MomanentiAntichi for 1905 ( Monumenti Primitivi di Roma e delLazio Antico ). P. 54. Theheadof ayounggodjintheMuseodelleTerme^assigned by Petersen to the relief left of the East entrance,was formerly interpreted by him as a Bonus Eventus ( AraPacis, p. 122 f.). Petersen now regards it as a GeniusPopuli Romani whom he supposes present with a personi-fied Pax. The traces of a horn of plenty are just visibleon the left side. The building in the background, turnedinto a temple by tiic restorers, Petersen surmises to be anenclosure surrounding the whole Ara Pacis. Thus thissacrificial scene is imagined as taking place at the Ara Pacisitself, while the scene of sacrifice on the right of theentrance, is placed by Petersen in tlie Lupercal (the caveat the corner of the Palatine), indicated by the figureof Faunas (?) seen leani

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