88 
ROMAN GALLERY. 
Underneath : portion of a sepulchral inscription to Fabius Alpinus 
Classicianus;-scroll termination, probably the end of the lid of a large 
sarcophagus, of which the inscription may have formed part; sepul¬ 
chral inscription, much worn, to A. Alfidius Rombo(?); portion of 
the upper stone of a Roman mill. These objects were discovered at 
the foot of London Wall, behind Trinity House Square , and presented 
by W. J. Hall, Esq., 1852. Roman sepulchral inscription to Gaius 
Valerius, of Lyons, standardbearer of the Second Legion. Discovered 
on the bank of the river Usk, near Caerleon, in Monmouthshire. 
Sloane Collection. 
COMPARTMENT VI. 
On the wall: two other portions of tesselated pavement, from 
Abbot’s Ann, Hampshire. 
ROMAN ICONOGRAPHY. 
This Series is arranged chronologically. The figures wdthin brackets, 
in the ensuing description, indicate the dates, w T herever known, of the 
birth and death of the person represented; the intermediate date, 
added in the case of an Emperor, is that of his accession. The 
periods under which the unascertained portraits are classed can only 
be regarded as approximate.* 
COMPARTMENT I. 
Unascertained Persons. 
Draped bust of a boy. Bequeathed by R. P. Knight, Esq., 1824. 
Bust of a middle-aged man, with a belt crossing his right shoulder. 
Bequeathed by R. P. Knight, Esq., 1824. 
Colossal terminal bust of a young person with dishevelled hair, 
perhaps a barbarian captive. Presented by the Hon. Mrs. Hamer. 
Male head, quite bald. Bequeathed by R. P. Knight, Esq., 1824. 
Bust of a child, undraped. 
In front of the Pilaster. —Statue of heroic size, representing a 
Roman personage draped in the toga, and wearing a peculiar kind of 
buskin. The head, which, though antique, did not originally belong 
to this figure, resembles the portraits of Pompey the Great on the 
coins of his sons. Formerly in the Arundel collection , and presented 
by W. P. Williams Freeman, Esq., 1854. 
compartment n. 
Head supposed to represent Julius Caesar (b.c. 101—44). 
Head of Augustus (b.c. 63, Imp. b.c. 31 —a.d. 14). Purchased 
in 1812, at the sale of the collection of the Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke. 
Head of Tiberius (b.c. 42, Imp. a.d. 14—37). Purchased with 
the preceding. 
Head of Nero (a.d. 37, Imp. 54—68.) Brought from Athens, 
1740. Pt. 10. PI. vi. 
* All the sculptures in this, and in the ensuing Graeco-Roman Series, of which 
the former proprietors are not specified, belonged to the collection of the late 
Charles Townley, Esq., purchased after his decease, in 1805. More ample descrip¬ 
tions, with plates, of a considerable portion of these sculptures, have been pub¬ 
lished in Parts. References to the Parts, and to the Plates, are here annexed to 
the notices of the objects themselves. 
