Il sarcofago con le fatiche di Ercole e altri sarcofagi rinvenuti in area veliterna

The Velletri sarcophagus with the labours of Hercules represents within the funerari production of Roman time san unicum both for the monumentality of its dimensions and for the decorative and figurative apparatus. The bibliography related to the sarcophagus, which has collected in Appendix., shows the interest aroused by the sarcophagus since the finding in 1955. The frontes scenae model used for the architectural scanning of the chest and the influence of Attic and Microasiatic funerary productions, is emphasized by other examples as it has been noticed by scholars. The other sarcophagi found in Velletri and its surroundings point out even more the exceptionality of the exemplar with the labours of Hercules in the area. It has been assumed that its collocation in the Arcioni district is due to the medieval reuse, for it was originally elsewhere.