▁with ▁a ▁few ▁weeks ▁of ▁meeting , ▁she ▁was ▁mother ▁to ▁the ▁future ▁Emperor ▁T iber ius . ▁ ▁This ▁v ase ▁suggests ▁Oct av ian ▁was ▁desc ended ▁partly ▁from ▁Apol lo ▁( th us ▁partly ▁divine , ▁sh ades ▁of ▁Ach illes ), ▁whom ▁he ▁worship ed ▁as ▁a ▁god , ▁gave ▁private ▁parties ▁in ▁his ▁honor ▁together ▁with ▁Min erva , ▁Roman ▁God dess ▁of ▁War , ▁from ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁Rome , ▁and ▁his ▁connection ▁to ▁his ▁uncle ▁Julius ▁Ca esar , ▁for ▁whom ▁as ▁a ▁young ▁man ▁he ▁gave ▁a ▁remarkable ▁fun eral ▁or atory , ▁and ▁who ▁adopted ▁him ▁on ▁his ▁father ' s ▁death , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁only ▁four . ▁ ▁All ▁the ▁pieces ▁and ▁people ▁fit ▁in ▁this ▁theory ▁and ▁it ▁explains ▁most ▁myster ies ▁( ap art ▁from ▁who ▁actually ▁made ▁it ). ▁ ▁It ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁fab ul ously ▁expensive ▁piece ▁to ▁commission , ▁so ▁that ▁few ▁men ▁of ▁the ▁period ▁could ▁have ▁afford ed ▁it . ▁ ▁Several ▁attempts ▁at ▁creating ▁the ▁v ase ▁must ▁have ▁been ▁made , ▁as ▁modern ▁reprodu ction ▁tri als ▁show ▁today ▁( see ▁below ). ▁ ▁Histor ians ▁and ▁ar che olog ists ▁dismiss ▁this ▁modern ▁theory ▁as ▁gods ▁and ▁god d esses ▁with ▁myth ical ▁alleg ories ▁were ▁usually ▁port rayed , ▁but ▁could ▁this ▁remarkable ▁v ase ▁have ▁broken ▁convention , ▁and ▁shown ▁real ism ▁in ▁portrait ure , ▁known ▁sole ly ▁on ▁co ins ▁of ▁the ▁period , ▁before ▁it