land ▁v ase ▁figures . ▁ ▁This ▁theory ▁propos es ▁that ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁figures ▁are ▁G ai us ▁Oct av ius , ▁father ▁of ▁the ▁future ▁em peror , ▁and ▁At ia ▁Bal ba ▁Ca es onia , ▁his ▁mother ▁( h ence ▁Cup id ▁with ▁the ▁arrow ) ▁who ▁had ▁a ▁dream ▁of ▁being ▁im pre gn ated ▁by ▁Apol lo ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁a ▁sea ▁ser pent ▁( ket os ), ▁note ▁the ▁s nake ' s ▁prominent ▁teeth . ▁ ▁The ▁on look er ▁with ▁his ▁staff , ▁could ▁be ▁A ene as , ▁a ▁hero ▁of ▁the ▁Tro jan ▁Wars ▁who ▁saved ▁his ▁father ▁by ▁carrying ▁over ▁his ▁back ▁( h ence ▁his ▁h unch ed ▁position , ▁and ▁his ▁Tro jan ▁be ard ) ▁and ▁who ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁founded ▁Rome , ▁and ▁from ▁whom ▁the ▁Julian ▁gens , ▁including ▁Julius ▁Ca esar ▁and ▁Att ia , ▁claimed ▁descent , ▁witness ing ▁the ▁conception ▁of ▁Rome ' s ▁future ▁sav ior ▁as ▁an ▁Empire , ▁and ▁the ▁greatest ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁Em per ors . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁reverse ▁is ▁Oct av ian , ▁Oct avia ▁his ▁sister , ▁wid ow ▁of ▁Mark ▁Anthony ▁( down cast ▁fl am be au , ▁broken ▁table ts ) ▁and ▁Liv ia , ▁Oct av ian ' s ▁third ▁wife ▁who ▁out l ived ▁him . ▁These ▁two ▁are ▁looking ▁directly ▁at ▁each ▁other . ▁Oct av ian ▁commanded ▁she ▁divor ce ▁her ▁then ▁husband ▁and ▁marry ▁him