Naturalis Historia
C. Plinius Caecilius
Romae Castorem et Pollucem cum Victoria et Alexandro Magno, item Belli imaginem restrictis ad terga manibus, Alexandro in curru triumphante. Quas utrasque tabulas divus Augustus in fori sui celeberrimis partibus dicaverat simplicitate moderata....
At Rome his Castor and Pollux with Victory and Alexander the Great, and also his figure of War with the Hand Tied behind, with Alexander riding in Triumph in his Chariot. Both of these pictures his late lamented Majesty Augustus with restrained good taste had dedicated in the most frequented parts of his forum....
Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from C. Plinius Caecilius: Natural History (Volume IX. Books 33-35), Loeb Classical Library Vol. 394, translated by H. Rackham, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1952, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Loeb Classical Library ® is a registered trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College.
TextsBellum Civile, 2.148 De Aquis Urbis Romae, 2.129 De Architectura, 3.3.2 De Vita Caesarum, 100.3 De Vita Caesarum, 85 Historiae Romanae, 45.7.1 Historiae Romanae, 51.19.2 Historiae Romanae, 47.19.2 Historiae Romanae, 56.34.4 Historiae Romanae, 51.22.4-9 Historiae Romanae, 47.18.4 Historiae Romanae, 51.22.2 Iulius Divus Aedes Monumentum Ancyranum (Res Gestae), 19 Monumentum Ancyranum (Res Gestae), 21 Naturalis Historia, 35.27 Naturalis Historia, 2.93-94 Philippicae, 1.5 |
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