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Opus sectile panel (made of precisely cut polished varicolored marble) from the Basilica of Junius Bassus, which stood on the Esquiline Hill in Rome. The panel, dating from the 4th century CE, represents the processus consularis (a procession for the appointment of a consul) of Junius Bassus on a biga (two-horse chariot) followed by four horsemen representing the factions of the circus.
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome.
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