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voted against her by the Senate after her death. Several possibilities have been advanced without widespread acceptance. A portrait type that survives in at least three replicas and which can be referred to as the "Alesia type" may represent
Livilla. The replicas show the head of a lady, with a
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Livilla. Although it is possible that the seated woman on the right on the
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