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Lot Essay
The Temple of Vespasian and Titus, dedicated to the deified Vespasian and his son, the deified Titus, is located in Rome at the western end of the Roman Forum between the Temple of Concordia and the Temple of Saturn. It was begun by Titus in 79 after Vespasian's death and Titus's succession.
The Temple of Castor and Pollux dates to the early days of the Republic. It was dedicated to the twin figures, Castor and Pollus, who, as legend has it, appeared on the battle field to assist the Romans to defeat the Tarquins and their Latin allies at the Battle of Lake Regillus in 496 B.C. The existing Corinthian columns and entablature on which the model in this lot is based belong to a restoration of the Hadrianic or Trajanic period.
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (died c. 280 BC) was one of the two elected Roman consuls in 298 BC. He led the Roman army to victory against the Etruscans near Volterra. His sarcophagus, with its inscription written in Old Latin Saturnian meter, was discovered in the Tomb of the Scipios and is now in the Vatican Museums.
The Temple of Castor and Pollux dates to the early days of the Republic. It was dedicated to the twin figures, Castor and Pollus, who, as legend has it, appeared on the battle field to assist the Romans to defeat the Tarquins and their Latin allies at the Battle of Lake Regillus in 496 B.C. The existing Corinthian columns and entablature on which the model in this lot is based belong to a restoration of the Hadrianic or Trajanic period.
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (died c. 280 BC) was one of the two elected Roman consuls in 298 BC. He led the Roman army to victory against the Etruscans near Volterra. His sarcophagus, with its inscription written in Old Latin Saturnian meter, was discovered in the Tomb of the Scipios and is now in the Vatican Museums.