. Pompeii : its life and art . ound (Fig. 230) with the inscription, Iunoni Tyc/ics Inline Augustae Vcner\_iae\ —To the Genius of Tyche, slaveof Julia Augusta, — of the cultof Venus. The reference is plainly to afemale slave of Julia, the daugh-ter of Augustus ; how her ashescame to be deposited here it isnot worth while, in default ofinformation, to conjecture. Insepulchral inscriptions of womenIunoni sometimes takes theplace of genio in mens was seemingly a memberof a sisterhood for the worship of Venus, to which, as to theorganization of the Servants of Mercury and Maia, and
. Pompeii : its life and art . ound (Fig. 230) with the inscription, Iunoni Tyc/ics Inline Augustae Vcner\_iae\ —To the Genius of Tyche, slaveof Julia Augusta, — of the cultof Venus. The reference is plainly to afemale slave of Julia, the daugh-ter of Augustus ; how her ashescame to be deposited here it isnot worth while, in default ofinformation, to conjecture. Insepulchral inscriptions of womenIunoni sometimes takes theplace of genio in mens was seemingly a memberof a sisterhood for the worship of Venus, to which, as to theorganization of the Servants of Mercury and Maia, and of the Servants of Fortuna Augusta, slaves were admitted. The tomb of Umbricius Scaurus (17) is conspicuous by rea-son of its size and noteworthy on account of its inscription on the front of the altar-shaped superstructuregives interesting details in regard to the man the memory ofwhom is here perpetuated: A. Umbricio A. f. Men. Scauro, IIvir i. d. ; Jiuic decuriones locum monum\_enti~\ et sest\_ertios~\ MM. Fig. 230. ? Bust Stone of Tyche, slave ofJulia Augusta. THE STREET OF TOMBS in fnncre et statuam equestr\ain\ in foro ponendam pater filio, — To the memory of Aulus UmbriciusScaurus son of Aulus, of the tribe Menenia, duumvir with ju-diciary authority. The city council voted the place for a mon-ument to this man and two thousand sesterces toward the costof the funeral; they voted also that an equestrian statue in hishonor should be set up in the Forum. Scaurus the father tothe memory of his son. Why these honors were conferred upon Scaurus, who prob-ably became a duumvir early in life and died soon after histerm of office, is not clear. The upper part of the base of thetomb in front was adorned with stucco reliefs — now for themost part gone — in which gladiatorial combats and a venatiowere depicted; but a painted inscription along the edge of oneof the scenes indicates that the show thus commemorated wasgiven by another man, N.
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