Aeneas and Romulus as dog-headed apes
About the work
Imported from the workbook's Full reassessment sheet, revised 7 October 2026 (record ID 28). The assessment below is the workbook's comparative judgment under its stated criteria; source links and limits are retained.
Workbook assessment: Insufficient evidence
Date or witness: 14–79 CE
Region: Pompeii
Workbook date-sort bounds: 14 CE to 79 CE; these bounds are not automatically invention or disappearance dates.
Description
A familiar Aeneas-carrying-Anchises composition is redrawn with hybrid ape bodies and dog heads, alongside a parody of Romulus. Heroic imagery becomes a grotesque visual joke.
Evidence of adoption or transmission
A familiar heroic composition was locally reworked into animal figures.
What remains uncertain
The specific parody is not shown to recur independently or circulate among workers.
Workbook revision note: Reassessed using grassroots criteria