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features are very like those of this emperor in the 
most authenticated medals, but the antiquity of this 
bust is nevertheless doubtful. Julius Caesar was born 
in Rome in July, 6544 A. U. C. 100 years before the 
Christian era. He was the son of Lucius Julius Caesar 
and Aurelia and was not only a great warrior but was 
also a great promoter of the fine arts, and several of 
the ancient Roman Museums were founded by him. 
This bust may have been cast before he obtained from 
the Senate the privilege of wearing the laurel crown 
a privilege which was the dearer to him (as they say 
because it served to hide his baldness which he much 
disliked to skow in public. 
60. Caesar Britannicus, a bust. He was the son of 
Claudius and Messalina, and brother to Nero, who had 
him poisoned after having deprived him of his rights 
to the throne. 
49. Julia, daughter of Augustus was first the wife 
of Agrippa and then of the emperor Tiberius. She 
possessed the most admirable beauty, and Domitianus 
nad her represented in the form ot a goddes. This 
bust and that of Agrippa belong to the best epoch 
of Roman sculpture. 
64. Claudius. The dulness and poverty of soul of 
this emperor, which rendered him despicable to every 
body, and of which he was himself the victim, are 
well expressed in this bust. His reigned lasted 13 years 
and 20 days. 
56. Hippolytus. The front-side of this sarcophagus 
is divided into two parts by the pillar of a gate, and 
represents two different subjects, one of which is the 
temptation of Hippolytus; the other is Hippolytus 
hunting a wild boar. On the right is Phaedra sitt- 
ing among some girls, one of whom is tearing her 
own hair, and another holds a book in her hands; a 
young cupid is before her holding his torch in his 
right hand and his quiver in his left. The old nurse 
is speaking to Hippolytus, but he turns his back upon 
her. He wears a clamys and holds a spear in his 
left hand. Behind him is a hunter standing with his 
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