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Stuccoed vaults, mosaic floors of both black and white and polychrome,
marble-veneered walls, and this colossal statue decorate the room.  From its
position in the apse the iconic image of the emperor dominates the interior
space of the basilica.  The thirty foot high enthroned statue is composed of
a brick core, a wooden torso covered with bronze, and head and limbs of
marble.  Authority captured in stone, the colossal size, the eyes directed
at no person or thing of this world, all combine to produce the formula of
overwhelming power appropriate to the exalted position of Diocletian.  
A Diocletian scholar who studies law, reads a manuscript before you.