Palazzo dei Cesari Casa Paterna di Tiberio Galatea

Palazzo dei Cesari Casa Paterna di Tiberio Galatea

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Palazzo dei Cesari Casa Paterna di Tiberio Galatea

From the album Rome to Pompeii


ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image: 9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.2 × 20.5 cm)
Mount: 10 11/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.2 × 35.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Phil Porter
Inscriptions Printed in image, BL: 371. PALAZZO DEI CESARI CASA PATERNO DI TIBERIO
GALATEA E DO[cut off]
Inscribed in black ink on mount, R: B. 240 \ Excavated in 1869 the only one of the kind in the midst of the Palaces \ of Emperors—is believed to have been house of Tiberius Claudius \ Nero, father of Tiberius. Called Casa di Livia. Livia, the mother of \ Tiberius retired here after death of Augustus, in order to marry whom she \ she divorced her first husband (probably Tiberius Claudius Nero (?) [sic]
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