X. Sarcophagi of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus i. 11-1/2”h., c 1850, Statuary (Greek?) marble (Unengraved: the largest model of the sarcophagus we’ve yet encountered) ii. 8”h., c 1850, Africano marble iii. 7-1/2”h., c 1850, Peperino (the stone identical to that used in the ancient sarcophagus) iv. 4-1/4”h., c 1840, Giallo antico marble, inkwell lacking lid v. 3”h., c 1850, Giallo antico marble
Sometimes/more often than not/almost always, enduring fame relies as much on felicitous timing as momentous deeds. In 298 BCE, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, a Roman Consul, led his army to a great victory over the Etruscans at the Battle of Volterra. Twenty-eight years later, he was dead, entombed in a particularly handsome sarcophagus, placed in the family vault along the Appian Way, and forgotten.
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