From a photograph by Mansell & Co. of the original in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. The largest and finest sardonyx cameo in existence. It is cut in five layers of the stone so that wonderful effects of tinting are produced, sometimes at the expense of the modelling. Tiberius and his mother Livia occupy the centre. Germanicus and his mother Antonia stand before him. The figures to the left may be Gaius (Caligula) and the wife of Germanicus. Behind the throne Drusus is looking up to heaven, where the deified Augustus floats, surrounded by allegorical figures. Below are barbarian captives 41 (Figs. 1 and 3) STUCCO RELIEFS 184 From photographs by Anderson of the originals in the National Museum, Rome. Much of the ornamentation of Roman villas was in stucco or terra-cotta taken from the mould and often tinted. Both the flying Victory and the Bacchic relief showing a drunken Silenus are extremely graceful specimens of the art, both essentially Greek (Fig. 2) DECORATIVE ORNAMENT, ARA PACIS From a photograph by Anderson of the fragment in the Museo delle Terme, Rome. A fine example of the naturalistic ornament of the Augustan period 42 (Fig. 1) FRAGMENT OF AUGUSTAN ALTAR 188 From a photograph by Anderson of the original in the Museo delle Terme, Rome. Quoted by Wickhoff as “a triumph of the Augustan illusionist style” a design of plane-leaves, admirable in fidelity to nature. Observe the rich mouldings of the framework (Fig. 2) ROMAN RELIEF From a photograph by Mansell & Co. of the original in the British Museum. From the tomb of a poet. The Muse stands before him holding a tragic mask 43 ALTAR OF AMEMPTUS 190 From a photograph by Giraudon of the original in the Louvre. The inscription shows that this altar was dedicated to the spirits of Amemptus, a freedman of the Empress Livia. It belongs therefore to about A.D. 25. From the types of ornament employed one may conjecture that Amemptus was a Greek actor and musician. The decorative effect is very charming and the detail most beautifully worked out 44 (Fig. 1) THE TEMPLE OF SATURN, FORUM, ROME 192 Eight Ionic unfluted columns with part of the entablature. The columns stand upon a lofty base. The Temple of Saturn, which contained the treasury of the senate, was rebuilt in 42 B.C. (Fig. 2) THE TEMPLE OF MATER MATUTA, ROME From photographs by R.C. Smith. The most complete example of the round temple still existing, the Temple of Vesta in the Forum having disappeared. This is probably a temple of “Mother Dawn.” The five Corinthian columns of Pentelic marble were probably imported from Greece. Most authorities assign it to the Augustan restoration, but others place it among the earliest Republican works. The tiled roof is of course modern, and somewhat spoils its effect. This little temple stood in the Forum Boarium (cattle market)