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Show Remarkable Head oi ihe Fast Roman Emperor Found Among the Ruins of . Ancient Tibur, Showing a Strangely H e-i-rHn official Gov- U;' t-v n f P . T . p ernment archao gs 1 Dii rerent Expression trom me ;'L'rt & & Famous Vatican Statue Emperor Augustus I Immense Interest, be- k'. . jN . I cause it is a contem- 5 vf'' i j- ii ids at a certain 1 I I period. The world ' " ,. ?, .. " ha- been chiefly mado WV J I familiar with hi? appearance from tho Vj'.' ''V'v'r 'fv. v ' jfiV' ' - majestic statue of him in armor now stand- ft"- ' ' " ,.. ffljri . " 5"; " c" ing in the Vatican trallery- ., ' ' ' V I The Vatican statue shows him at the vF. y r . H hci::ht of his military career and of hi? , f I n , str igl The newly found statue H BboWs him a middle-aged man, bowed down t; - y Jr V' with years of statecraft and struggle, worn i with ill-health and perhaps excesres, al- f. , V though Augustus was regarded as a dis- I . '.i' . ' '- i ' - . J cr.'et ruler. The:- art several other t'NlCy " ifkCQlti&WtTTi iff ( $ -H and heads of Augustus, but 85' "' '-Stoa V '"' ' .fl I 'ft V m iShBI3h t&HBBKi ljfiW JS1"' ?i fl that shows the same expression as this TSt s&y.;-pffy ' .? ' ';.. '' (.. f 'H the founder of the empire in a sense, and Ffrk.;- '" B fV the grand-nephew of Julius Caesar Tho . iHBB i will recall, by the kimes of Bi-utus and bis fiffi, I -' .'" v . ' J & friends, because of a suspicion that ho "' .'- ; - Y1- ' V-- ig id , , . ' V . S I Rt planned to be emperor. H The archaeologists were recently improv- j'r ."'j v'. ,...7 W'' ' , 1 A ing the drainage of the excavated Mens i -fl kA P DderariuVi the ancient Roman office of ,i " " ' , i " at Tibur A work- V 1 ; '.- man -lipped down a hole, and when the V F qthers dug down to him they found him 'Ifei' );'''-. -A B P i ' - . I I standing on a v.onderful marble inlaid t . I -tfl7ni.J.W,t-.,:vJ km pavement. ;n I t!:en. upun tin, I'ii 1 1 ! c i . d -" -V .- f"" ' W ' r "I . . - 5 yr . "t u J up the perfectly preserved marble head of j Mark Antony Going to Meet . .r. Her - I ,,r jj' Barge. From the Painting by I The remainder of the statue was soon fc Gustave Werthcimer. JH f; recovered icnt proved to be t . fl that of a temple probably erected in honor ' W, IjH of Augustus, or perhaps older It faces Jr ! v Ml on what is now cr.lled the PiaUM del 'Olmo, '" J- tJiir l where the Cathedral stands. It Is believed .' afl j' that this Hot was the centre of ancient - I T. Tibur and known as the Curia Tiburtina jfcjQv Ou Investigation ihe statue was proved , Pl " '' "tl i.. tiot rf Litfriietne l'.ii--nr II v. s in R. - i iB decipheied an in- ggSk&' ' ' 1 'jjflffi C It' - tjB scriptton reading: V'S Statue of B "pro salute et B99HM; l j -vj4'' Augutu Caoai I M,dc When H August! Caesaris." ' 'i ." ' " Wai in tlx (Than1; uilcnng f-r tpfflgm . ' ,f, ' , Prime of Life I'l and 1 numph. il return of our iurd IHftv 'J I Augustu? I 1 -Hi Tho wil 1 corn the ' J ! Hf tune :S 1 1 represents him t . fif''" ti' l in expression and j -'uflH I:,a''' I tBBMl The water whloh they beat to fol- .- t . Ill- pj'i-,, '; ..-.v. ' l"V. I a, -r. f gira A'- M) 1 " j If town of Tibur. and --SBBB : ea evidently, from the , , for h 0 r owa f in ..,.,,,:, Tr,n The Bunt of Augutu Cactar, Junt Found 9 inscription, recently I( beggar'd ail de- cured of some severe at Anc.ent Tibur. U Particularly In- :;crlption. Un, ii tcrcting Bccnuir It Show the The age Of the Em- Aged, Weary Feature of Aujustuj, UDDOl gl peror when this' Mat- A. Contracted v.th the V,Corou, Wither her. no. ue was made is bo- Faco of lhe vt'" Statue. ,Ipr Mnt ! lieved to have been lioty." about forl. It was made some years after the battle of Acllum. fought In 31 B. C. w hen Augustus defeated Mark Antony and Clco-IH Clco-IH patra and droe them to suicide, a Vlctoi i that led to Augustus's assumption of the 9m title of Emperor. He was born in 63 B. C hH Why does the great Iimperor look petu- !anl? Is it because he regrets having pur-JB pur-JB nied the fascinating Cleopatra toher death, or Is it. perhaps because he regrets not IH having caught her and exhibited her in chains, which would have pleased the Ro-,JH Ro-,JH man populace immensely? Certainly the ' il relenl ursuit of Cleopatra was one of j-j the most strikintr features of Augustus's JflH long and varied life. J Soon after the murder of Julius Caesar the young Augustus combined with Mark Antony and Pompey to rule the Roman world. Augustus and Mark Antony then combined to eliminate Pompey. After that JM Augustus proceeded to eliminate Antony. As a girl Cleopatra had fascinated the H great Julius Caesar, and that rankled in the soul of hia nephew Augustus and other Romans. Now the famous Mark Antony fi ll under her domination. Antony aecom-'. aecom-'. panied her through the streets of Alexan- H dria dressed as Osiris and in other fautas- H Shakespeare baa told us how Cleopatra looked when she first captivated the sus-3H sus-3H ceptlbje Antony: ''The biirge she sat in, like a burulsh'd Bum'd on the water; the poop was beaten Purple the sails, and so perfumed that Antony hr.d beeu married to Octavis the sister of Augutu. and w In r. In' n l')i- t nl this noblo lady and folhowed the Egyptian Egyp-tian siren it angered the young Caesar and helped hiy ambitions. When Augustus led hia army against Antony he .-aid to bin soldiers: "It Is not against Antony, tho Roman soldier, that we are going to fight, but .".gainst this woman, who in the delirium of her hopes and the intoxication of her good fortune dreams of the fall of the Capitol aiid the ruin of the Empire," Augustus met the forces of Antony and Cleopatra near Aciium on the Ionian Sea. Antony would have fought on land, as he was the most popular Roman general but Cleopatra persuaded him. in spite of the advice of his soldiers, to meet Augustus at sea, because she wished her large fleet to Shajfl In the glory of the battle. Antony then put most of his army on the ships. Augustus, by skilful manoeuvring, threw the hostile fleet into confusion The battle was by no meaus lost, howover, when Cleopatra was struck by panic and sailed away at the head of her fleet. Antony could not stay away from his charmer, and forgetting for-getting the men who were dying for him ho took his swiftest galley and followed the Queen's ship with tho purple sails. Augustus then completely scattered the force.-! df Antony. Cleopatra returned to Alexandria, where she plundered the temples, and desiring the friendship of the Medos sent them the head of her prisoner, pris-oner, tin; King of Armenia, as a gift. There are ninny little-known details of this early romance of world politic i, 1 . - 1 - p ' ' ' -, MHi A Marine Theatre of the Roman Period Among the Ruins at Tibur the Modern Tivoli. a After wandering through Asia Antony rejoined the Queen in Egypt. They planned to escape to several parts of the world, but Augustus cut them' off. Antony, in despair, shut himself up for a time In a tower at the end of a pier and said he would spend his life there alone, but, tbo historian Duruy tells us, he could not stay away from Cleopatra. They founded a new society, called "Tho Inseparable in Death," whose members aM planned to pass their days in wild orgL and end their lives by suicide. Cleopatra collected all Ihe poisons known and studied their effects upon living persons. She also tried venomous reptiles, and decided that the asp. which produced a uulef death whereby the features were not disturbed, was the most desirable. Cleopatra and Antony offered certain terms of submission to Augustus. At the sume time sheseeretly invited the latter to shore her throne. Tho crafty Augustus sent a message giving her hope and encouraging her to keep Antony alive so that he might grace the conqueror's triumph in Rome. Tho Queen sent word to Augustus that he would llnd a private meeting with her agreeable. Recalling how she had fascf-uated fascf-uated his great uncle, she believed she could charm the nephow. She was thou thlrty-niue. but her beauty had always been less seductive than her Intellect, grace and charm. Augustus remained cold - - Antony killed himself, as everybody knows. Cleopatra was then In despair of finding anybody to help her. Augustus advanced ad-vanced at the head of his army and entered en-tered Alexandria. Augustus came once to see her. She surrounded herself with mementoes of his uncle. Julius Caesar, and used every trlcli she knew to arouse his plU The conqueror listened to her in Silew S with hip eyes Uxcd on the grouud. Then he said, "Bo of good courage, lady," and V ' . e-jiwwfc H'jrf Mr ,-jit My (C) Iotcnutlooal l.jturc Sorrlco. Inr. ' Trr-f coldly askod her for a list of her Jewels, treasures and valuablo possessions. Cleopatra learned from a young Roman nobleman, whom she had ensnared, that Augustus was planning to take her to Rome to graco a great triumphal procession. proces-sion. When she heard this she said: "I will not be dragged along in a triumph." The next, day she was found dead on a golden bed, clad lu her royal robes, with two women lying lifeless at her feet. Thoro is no certainty how she died. Augustus, Au-gustus, by displaying at his triumph in Rome a statue of Cleopatra with a serpent on her arm, confirmed the report that she had caused herself to bo stung to death by an asp. Augustus put to death her son, Cacsarlon, who might have claimed to be the heir of Julius Caesar. Augustus became tho llr.jt Roman Emperor Em-peror a few years after this. Ho died in 14 A. D., when he was seventy-seven years old, a great age for that time. The Saviour was born In his reign, Latin literuturo reached its highest development and this was In many ways one of the greatest epochs In the history of the world. This Is the man whose face has now been revealed to us by a statue as he looked after the period of his greatest struggles nud triumphs. Critics say that the statue was made with high artistic skill. It tells the story of cares and anxieties, anx-ieties, advancing age and bodily heaviness and lnllrmity. The flesh on the lace sags down somewhat, which it does not do iu the Vatican statuo. The Emperor is nof now concerned with winning battle as much as with holding on to the enormous possessions he has secured. se-cured. This he succeeded in doing for many years. It Is not suggested that there Is any lack of vigor In tho face at this age. The resemblance between Augustus and his grand uncle, Julius Caesar, is striking. There ls tho same aqulliue nose, broad Gnat IJrluto R!ghl KrreO. 1 Ruins of the Period of Augustus at Tibur, Near Rome, Where the New Statue of the Emperor Has Been Found. Wk forehead, slightly wrinkled, small mouth, wide-set eyes and curly hair. The stutuo when in Its original condition represented the Emperor seated with his rieht forearm posed on his right kneo ami the left arm raised, with the hand half closed. A graceful drapery covered the lower part of the body, leaving the shoulders nude. With the use of a little plaster it would ba possible t i put the three parts together and restore the statue to nearly perfect condition. This work Is now probably prob-ably completed. Tho temple found at tho same time as the statue was of oblong form, with a beautiful beau-tiful pavement formed xt marble bricks of different colors arranged in a mosaic design. de-sign. At one end was an apse, the back wall of which was frescoed in rid with garlands of laurels. The other discoveries iu tire vicinity are of great interest The "Ponderarluni." or office of weights and measures, is still tho subject of investigation, although it was discovered several years ago. This Roman off ice is the only one of its kind yet did Tk covered. fM It contains two marble counters where twenty centuries ago the people of Tibur brought i oil, wine and other liquids to be measured. Rome during the time of Vugustas. Il was if V his time, lie and other Roman poets en-celebrated en-celebrated Maecenas at this resort, it lias been coxiji t tnred from internal evl- H 1 ii .i " after i to 1 Tibur and tho erection of the temple. Hi |