myhistoryblog:augustus by mym on Flickr.Tramite Flickr: Detail of the Gemma Augustea, onyx cameo of
myhistoryblog:augustus by mym on Flickr.Tramite Flickr: Detail of the Gemma Augustea, onyx cameo of circa 20AD. Augustus (a capricorn, as we are reminded) is seated next to Livia in the guise of the Goddess Roma and crowned by the personification of the Inhabited World. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. -- source link
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