Keywords: Thronus Martialis et Veneris.gif The accompanying woodcut shows two gilded thrones with cushions and drapery represented on paintings found at Resina Ant d'Erc vol I tav 29 These were intended to be the thrones of Mars and Venus which is expressed by the helmet on the one and the dove on the other http //penelope uchicago edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA /Thronus html J Yates art Thronus in W Smith Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities London 1875 p 1129 1875 PD-old - Thrones Cushions |