The Appeal., 1922-01-07
find LIKENESS
OF AUGUSTUS
ArchaeoIogist Discovers Splendid
Statue Of Roman Emperor
at TivoIi.
.L|FEL|KE STUDY BY ARTIST
Valuable Addition to Portraits Of Ro-
man Emperors and Is Only Ono
Extant Done During En-
perors Life.

Rome.-Tivoli, that lovely little city
perched above Rome, called Thur by
the ancient Romans, has just given to
the archaeological world two new art
treasures-an augusteum, or hall.
and a splendid head of Emperor Au.
gustus.
Prof. Alessio Vale, one Of the arch
aeologists who have made Tivoli q
special study, long believed that
Tivoli should reveal an ancient hall
Of importance, considering the -four
ishing state Of the city In Roman
days. He began to dig near newly
discovered weights and measures Of
fee, also dating from the Roman en-
pire, thinking that the public weights
and measures must surely be near
some important hall.
He was not mistaken. He has
opened up hall with q Roman pave
ment Of white and green marble
which looks as if 1t were put down
this morning, SO fresh Is it, and the
statue Of Augustus, broken but with
the head intact, as the picture shows,
with the lifelike lines cut out Of the
marble by some unknown sculptor Of
evident genius.
Likeness Of Augustus.
The statue is a likeness Of Angus
tus when be had grown old. An in
scription underneath 1t, which dedi-
Gates the statue to the gods, "for the
happy return in good health of our
Augustus Caesar" proves it was done
during the famous emperOr's lifetime,
votive offering to the gods by
loyal Tvoh citizen who signs himself
NJ. Veranus Diifilus. The same man
gave the public weights and measures
to the city.
: History lets US date this statue be-
tween B. G. 81 and A. D. IA. when
Emperor Augustus died near Naples,
aged seventy-six. Experts say the face
is the face Of a man Of fifty. In the
worn lines. the ill-tempered mouth. its
upward twist at the left side. we have
no flattering picture Of the great
emperor, but a lifelike study by an
artist who dared to cut his statue as
he saw the human model. For this
reason, and because Of its surely be.
ing done in Augustus lifetime, It is
a very valuable addition to the col
lection Of portraits Of the Roman
emperors, and probably the only one
extant of Augustus done during his
lifetime. ..::
The figure, which originally sat on
the pedestal at the head Of the hall,
is graceful, as Suetoius, that gos-
sipy historian from whom r.! later
scribes have learned nearly all they
know about the Roman emperors,
told US, saying:
Graceful Person. r. !.
"He was q very graceful person
through all the stages of life, though
he was very careless in his dress and
would set several BARRIERS to work
upon his hair together, and would
sometimes clip and sometimes shave
his beard, and at the same time
would be reading or writing"
Augustus, though emperor, called
himself a democrat and, says Sue.
toius, 'always abhorred the title of
lord as scandalous affront." He
tells u.s. too, that the emperor caught
cold easily and wore woolen under
wear in winter, with q thick wool
toga."
This broken statue, with the base
on which 1t stood, unearthed after so
long bridges the gulf of centuries and
brings one Of the greatest rulers the