Historiae Romanae 75.4..2-3

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Reference
Historiae Romanae 75.4..2-3
Quotation
ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ τῇ Ῥωμαίᾳ βῆμα ξύλινον ἐν χρῷ τοῦ λιθίνου κατεσκευάσθη, καὶ ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῦ οἴκημα ἄτοιχον περίστυλον, ἔκ τε ἐλέφαντος καὶ χρυσοῦ πεποικιλμένον, ἐτέθη, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ κλίνη ὁμοία, κεφαλὰς πέριξ θηρίων χερσαίων τε καὶ θαλασσίων ἔχουσα, ἐκομίσθη στρώμασι πορφυροῖς καὶ διαχρύσοις κεκοσμημένη
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Bier for wax effigy of Pertinax, set inside shrine by the rostra
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Textile
Visual Work: Dye
Visual Work: Embroidery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Purple and gold coverlets
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Septimius Severus
Item Identifier
A01999
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