Germanicus Caesar 19 CE

"You janitors of the dead, block all the roads of Hades, and be bolted, you entrance doors. I myself, Hades, order it. Germanicus belongs to the stars, not to me; Acheron has no room for so great a ship."

-Lollius Bassus, [Greek Anthology: The Sepulchral Epigrams, Book 7.391]

Head of Germanicus. Marble. After 19 CE. Height 34 cm. Inv. No. 756. Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek.

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