FLOOR.] 
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Against the pilasters on this side stand five Altars, of which the . 
most remarkable is that between Compartments V. and VI., having a 
dedication in Greek to the Tyrian 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 v*^all on the North side of this Boom.. 
Those in Compartments VII — IX. were discovered in London ; and 
those in Compartments X — XII., at Abbot's Ann, in Hampshire. 
EOMAN ICONOGHAPHY. 
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 whicli here commences,, 
and which is continued through the four succeeding, or Gr^eco- 
Roman, rooms, was formed by Charles Townley, Esq., and 
purchased, after his decease in] 80 5, for ^£^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 
hai'barian chieftain ; Hadrian in armour ; his favourite Antinous ; 
and Hadrian undraped. 
Against the pilaster, a statue of Hadrian, in armour. 
Compartment X. — Busts of ^lius Caesar (the adopted heir of 
Hadrian, but who died in the lifetime of that Emperor) ; of Sabina 
(wife of Hadrian) ; of a young man (with a dedicatory inscription 
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