ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. 
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Against another pilaster is a remarkable Altar, with a dedication in 
Greek to the Tynan Hercules. 
Against the Western wall is a large Basin, in the form of half an 
octagon, with bas-reliefs on the sides. 
The minor sculptures on the South side are all likewise remains of 
the Roman rule in Britain. 
To the same class belong the six specimens of mosaic or tesselated 
work attached to the upper wall on the North side of this Room. 
Those in Compartments VII — IX. were discovered in London ; and 
those in Compartments X — XII., at Abbot's Ann, in Hampshire. 
AUGUSTUS W. FRANKS. 
ROMAN ICONOGRAPHY. 
Along the North side of the gallery is arranged the series 
of Roman portraits, in chronological order. The period 
included within each of the six compartments is inscribed 
in gilt letters on the wall. Upon the pedestal of each statue, 
or bust, are inscribed, when known, the name of the per- 
son represented, the dates of such person's birth, death, and 
(if an Emperor) of his reign, and the site where the sculpture 
was discovered. 
The greater part of the collection which here commences, 
and which is continued through the four succeeding, or Grseco- 
Roman, rooms, was formed by Charles Townley, Esq., and 
purchased, after his decease in 1805, for 6^20,000. Subse- 
quent acquisitions have been made by the bequest of the col- 
lection of R. Payne Knight, Esq., in 1824, and by various 
individual purchases and donations. 
Compartment VII.— Portraits of unknown persons, of uncertain 
period, though probably belonging to the first and second centuries 
after Christ. 
Against the pilaster, a statue of an unknown personage, wear- 
ing the toga ; apparently dating not far from the Christian Era. 
Compartment VIII.— Heads of Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, 
and Nero, and bust of Domitia (wife of the Emperor Domitian). 
Against the pilaster, a figure of uncertain period. 
Compartment IX. — The following busts, or heads: — Trajan; a 
barbarian chieftain; Hadrian in armour; his favourite Antinoiis ; 
and Hadrian undraped. 
Against the pilaster, a statue of Hadrian, in armour. 
Compartment X.— Busts of yElius Caosar (the adopted heir of 
Hadrian, hut who died in the lifetime of that Emperor) : of Sabina 
(wife of Hadrian); of a young man (with a dedicatory inscription 
