his shoulders in the lower left corner. In the Tomb of the Jugglers from 520 BCE (see in Gallery "Tomb of the Jugglers"), the magistrate to whom the tomb is dedicated is also seen to be seated on his sella curulis on the far right which indicates that he is the owner and magistrate.

The curule chairs themselves indicated the authority of the magistrate as he conducted business while sitting in the chair. Therefore, the seats themselves have been symbolically viewed as political pawns for power over Rome itself. However, this powerful