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118 POMPEIANA.
PLATE VIII.
This view comprises the tombs of Scaurus. The
circular uninscribed tomb, with those of Calven-
tius Quietus and of Naevoleia Tyche. A vacant
space occurs between the second and third, pro-
bably reserved for the purpose of future honour
to some personage, and might in the interim
have been planted with trees. The gladiatorial
combats1 upon the tomb of Scaurus have been
spoken of page 104. Horace probably alludes
to such representation in the following lines:
.........Fulvi Kutubseque
Aut Placideiani, contents poplite miror
Prselia, rubrica pieta aut carbone; velut si
Be vera pugnent, feriant, vitentque moventes
Anna vivi.
It has been questioned whether the inscription
applied to this tomb originally belonged to it.
The slab upon which it is engraved certainly fits
the place, although not there found: at all events
the matter cannot be worth controversy. This
monument, as well as its cylindrical neighbour,
was probably surmounted with a statue. The
hole in the latter was originally a panel, intend-
> These, except that over the door, had all fallen Jan. 1818.
PLATE VIII.
This view comprises the tombs of Scaurus. The
circular uninscribed tomb, with those of Calven-
tius Quietus and of Naevoleia Tyche. A vacant
space occurs between the second and third, pro-
bably reserved for the purpose of future honour
to some personage, and might in the interim
have been planted with trees. The gladiatorial
combats1 upon the tomb of Scaurus have been
spoken of page 104. Horace probably alludes
to such representation in the following lines:
.........Fulvi Kutubseque
Aut Placideiani, contents poplite miror
Prselia, rubrica pieta aut carbone; velut si
Be vera pugnent, feriant, vitentque moventes
Anna vivi.
It has been questioned whether the inscription
applied to this tomb originally belonged to it.
The slab upon which it is engraved certainly fits
the place, although not there found: at all events
the matter cannot be worth controversy. This
monument, as well as its cylindrical neighbour,
was probably surmounted with a statue. The
hole in the latter was originally a panel, intend-
> These, except that over the door, had all fallen Jan. 1818.