ends are seats for journalists. The gallery on the second level, which is slightly recessed from the one on the first level, is for the general public. The chamber is architecturally based on an ancient Greek theatron. The wall behind the presidium is designed like an antique skene with marble colonnades that carry a gable. The group of figures in the gable are made of Laas marble and depict the allegorical times of the day. The columns and pilasters of the wall are made of marble from Untersberg, the stylobates of dark marble, the decorations of the doors of red Salzburg marble. The wall space between the pillars is made of grey scagliola, with niches in between decorated with statues made of Carrara marble. The statues show historical persons such as Numa Pompilius, Cincinnatus, Quintus Fabius Maximus, Cato the Elder, Gaius Gracchus, Cicero, Manlius Torquatus, Augustus, Seneca the Younger and Constantine the Great. The friezes above were painted by August Eisenmenger and depict the history of the emergence of civic life. Starting from left to right it shows: Kampf der Kentauren und Lapithen (Battle of the Centaurs and Lapithes) Minos richtet nach eigenem Ermessen (Minos judges according to his own discretion) Einsetzung der Volksvertretung in Sparta (Swearing-in of the representatives of Sparta) Brutus verurteilt seine Söhne (Brutus condemns his sons) Menenius Agrippa versöhnt die Stände (Menenius Agrippa reconciles the estates) Sophokles im Wettkampf mit Aischylos (Sophokles in competition with Aischylos) Sokrates auf dem Markte von Athen (Sokrates visiting the market of Athens) Anordnung der Prachtbauten durch Perikles (The order of the representative buildings through Pericles. Note: the head of Pericles actually has the features of Baron Theophil von Hansen) Herodot in Olympia Plato lehrt die Gesetze (Plato teaches law) Demosthenes redet zum Volke (Demosthenes addresses the people) Decius Mus weiht sich dem Tode (Decius Mus dedicates himself to death) Caius Gracchus auf der Rednertribüne (Caius Gracchus holds a speech from the speaker's platform) Solon läßt die Athener auf die Gesetze schwören (Solon has the Athenians swear on the laws) der Friede (Peace) The chamber of the House of Representatives was important for the history of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Many politicians started their career as deputies, such as Karl Renner, later chancellor and president of Austria, and Leopold Kunschak, later conservative leader. Other deputies from outside core Austria played important roles in their native countries after the First and Second World