| Commodus | The Severan Emperors | The Square of the Corporations | |
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1. Famine and a plague 2. Warehouses, meat and fish 3. Guild temples and the theatre 4. Honours to Commodus |
5. Severan building activity 6. The Imperial cult 7. Sculpture 8. Paintings and mosaics |
9. History of the excavations and of the interpretation 10. Playful ambiguity or bizarre amateurism? 11. Tour of the mosaics 12. The temple and the statues |
13. Work on the square 14. Art and respect |
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| Portus on a coin struck by Commodus, in 191 AD. M COMMODVS ANTONINVS PIVS FELIX AVG BRIT. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus. VOTIS FELICIBVS. Portus with the Emperor standing at right, before a tripod, accompanied by a priest. At the left, a ship under sail with Serapis seated in the stern; four other ships above and below. At the right, the lighthouse of Claudius; in the foreground, a sacrificed bull. |