De vita Caesarum 2: Augustus, 72.3

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
De vita Caesarum 2: Augustus, 72.3
Quotation
… sua vero quamvis modica non tam statuarum tabularumque pictarum ornatu quam xystis et nemoribus excoluit rebusque vetustate ac raritate notabilibus, qualia sunt Capreis immanium beluarum ferarumque membra praegrandia, quae dicuntur gigantum ossa, et arma heroum.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure: Interior
Object/ Person Ornamented
Villa of Emperor Augustus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Nature
Architecture: Garden
Architecture: Building: Domestic Space: Exterior
Architecture: Architectural Element
Military: Arms and Armour
Medium/a Ornamenting
Architecture and garden - Xystis: garden walks/open colonnades or porticos with trees and flower beds/ terraces, garden grottoes. Also the bones of large creatures and the weapons of heroes
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Emperor Augustus
Notes
From the context. Not adorned with statues and panel paintings.
Item Identifier
A00309
Determination
Derived directly from text