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Pietro da Eboli : "Alas, how many perjuries he committed on that day when the unlucky count was anointed Behold the ancient monster, nature’s crime, an abortion; behold an ape is crowned, a base man!"

bands Rev: Sphinx seated to right; T•CARISIVS above, III•VIR in exergue Ref: Crawford 464/1; Carisia 10

their fathers and recall the memory of the elder Brutus and of those who took the oath together against ancient

Civil Wars that Transformed Ancient Rome, history.com Keaveney, Arthur. Sulla: The Last Republican.

Theuma was a town of Ancient Thessaly near the frontiers of Dolopia (southwest Thessaly).

the source of the opening image of the collector sitting at his desk in front of a pile of coins (or ancient

." - Livy, The History of Rome, 7.9-10 Although he seemed by his looks to be outmatched, Titus Manlius

Rev: Male figure left, dropping inscribed tablet into a cista Ref: Crawford 413/1; Syd. 935; Cassia 10

deposit consisted of a pair of identical, locally-made bowls, one of which was flipped over and placed on top

Attis went mad, and, imagining that the roof of the chamber was falling in, he fled and ran for the top

as the clouds veil the sky, gets his name from nuptus ‘veiling,’ that is, opertio ‘covering,’ as the ancients

often of the comment of Francesco Gnecchi in a book published by Spink 1903, describing those new to ancient